FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – On the one hand, Oren Eizenman was a typical pro hockey wannabee growing up in Toronto, skating on a rink in his backyard with…

THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

VERSUS  In the 13 years as the Hartford Wolf Pack, each team presented a different challenge to the coach…even in the good years. The name has changed now from the…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – Talk about a marriage made in heaven happening by happenstance. Two years ago, Juan Nunez was working his way toward a degree in business…

WHALE WEEKLY: November 29-December 5, 2010

After a 4-3 shootout loss in Bridgeport Friday in the last game as the Hartford Wolf Pack, the franchise won its first two games as the re-branded Connecticut Whale, both…

UNDEFEATED

VERSUS  HARTFORD, Conn. – So all they needed to do was change the uniforms, the name and start pumping "Brass Bonanza" into the arena and now suddenly they're an undefeated…

A NEW ERA BEGINS

VERSUS  HARTFORD, Conn. – What a difference a day makes? Well that and an XL Center filled with 13,089 fans. A better than expected, pardon the pun, “packed” house and…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – Howard Baldwin peered down from the XL Center’s directors suite at an arena three-quarters full and broke into a wide smile. “It’s a big…

“FRUSTRATING…”

VERSUS  From the minute they took the ice for the first time on October 3, 1997 the heart of this team has been personified by Ken Gernander. He was a…

FOREVER THE FACE OF THE TEAM

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. _ Ken Gernander has been the face of the Hartford Wolf Pack for more than 13 years. He has been pro hockey’s torchbearer in the…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – The first Connecticut Whale game Saturday night will have a bit of a Hartford Whalers feel. Former Whalers players Garry Swain, Norm Barnes, Yvon…