WHALE FRUSTRATED IN SPRINGFIELD
VERSUS There are a multitude of ways to lose in any sporting event, and the Connecticut Whale have certainly explored many of them this season, but Saturday night’s 2-0 loss to the Springfield Falcons at the MassMutual Center in front of 5,003…
WHALE SINK PIRATES SHIP
VERSUS BY: Bruce Berlet Special teams often are the difference at all levels of hockey these days, and the Connecticut Whale proved that again Friday night against the Portland Pirates. Andre Deveaux and Brendan Bell scored the game’s first two…
SPOTLIGHT: CHAD KOLARIK
BY: Bruce Berlet One of the Beatles’ most famous songs in a litany of platinum recordings was entitled “The Long and Winding Road.” The creation of songwriters Paul McCartney and the late John Lennon was released 16 years before Chad Kolarik was even…
SPOTLIGHT: MELROSE PICKS
By Bruce Berlet Former NHL player and coach Barry Melrose has always been an entertaining personality and a straight shooter as an ESPN hockey analyst. Not surprisingly, Melrose picked two former Hartford Whalers as the greatest power forwards in NHL…
WHALE WEEKLY: February 21 – 26, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale posted another successful week as they entered the third weekend in February, winning two out of three games on their slate. Connecticut began the weekend with a 6-3 defeat of the Springfield…
THE PLAN IS COMING TOGETHER.
VERSUS Winning is contagious. Much like Ronald Reagan’s trickle down economics, the same seems to be the case with the Connecticut Whale. After a horrendous January where they were winless, going 0-6-3-2, the Whale benefitted from the…
SPOTLIGHT: WADE REDDEN
BY: Bruce Berlet In 13 seasons in the NHL, Wade Redden never missed more than 18 games. In fact, in 10 of those seasons, the defenseman played at least 75 of 82 games. So the 22 games that Redden has had to sit out since he was injured in the Connecticut…
SPOTLIGHT: BRENT THOMPSON
BY: Bruce Berlet Brent Thompson could be in line for a Coach of the Year daily double. The former Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman was named ECHL Coach of the Year last season after leading the Alaska Aces to the regular season and playoff titles. Now…
11-OF-12: AND IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE ENOUGH
VERSUS “All good things must come to an end,” goes the old English proverb. For the Connecticut Whale their five-game winning streak ended in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers before 7,693 at the Webster Bank Arena Sunday…
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CRUSH A MONARCHY?
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale struck three times in a span of just 1:31 in the second period and then rode solid goaltending by Chad Johnson to win their fifth straight game 4-1 at the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester over the Monarchs…