WHALE EXORCIZE LOSING STREAK WITH WIN OVER DEVILS

     VERSUS      BY: Mitch Beck If Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander had any hair, he’d probably be pulling it out about now. His team did win on the road…

EX-WOLF PACK RUN SOUND TIGERS

BY: Bruce Berlet Round III of the Brent Thompson-Eric Boguniecki Connection is underway in Bridgeport. Two of hockey’s most passionate personalities first became acquainted as players with the AHL’s defunct…

JOHNSON TOPS BETWEEN THE PIPES

WHALE’S CHAD JOHNSON NAMED REEBOK/AHL GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH The American Hockey League announced today that Connecticut Whale netminder Chad Johnson has been named the Reebok/AHL Goaltender of the Month…

AHL ANNOUNCES SUSPENSIONS

Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander was livid after Saturday night’s game against the Springfield Falcons after an obvious illegal hit to the head of Mats Zuccarello by NHL veteran…

3’s and 2’s

      VERSUS      After knocking off the Springfield Falcons 4-1 Sunday afternoon in front of 2,764 at the XL Center, if the Connecticut Whale were at all superstitious they would be…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – AVERY, “I COULD PROBABLY PLAY”

BY: Bruce Berlet Sean Avery, wearing a yellow no-contact jersey, skated for the first time in nearly three weeks Wednesday morning in a 50-minute workout with the Connecticut Whale at…

IN VANCOUVER, OLD FRIENDS BECOME FOES FOR BLUESHIRTS

NEW YORK RANGERS at VANCOUVER CANUCKS Rogers Arena - Vancouver, British Columbia October 18, 2011 - 10:00 p.m. TOMORROW'S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Vancouver Canucks tomorrow, Oct.…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – THE ICE BATTLE FOR I-91 SUPREMACY

BY: Bruce Berlet When the Hartford Civic Center roof collapsed early on the morning of Jan. 21, 1978, local hockey fans hardly missed a beat, forming the I-91 Club to…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – MOVING FORWARD… AND DEFENSE

BY: Bruce Berlet The parent New York Rangers recalled defenseman Brendan Bell from the Connecticut Whale Sunday. Bell’s call-up came only hours after center Kris Newbury was summoned after getting…

STILL LEARNING TO FLY

     VERSUS          It was not a good night for the battle between the New York organizations if you’re sitting on the Rangers side of that turf war as both…