1ST RD: GAME TWO – LIKE PARENT – LIKE AFFILIATE

VERSUS    The Connecticut Whale lost Game Two of their first round playoff series at the Cumberland County Civic Center to the Portland Pirates 3-2 in overtime before 5,029 Saturday night.…

WHEELING GETS NAILED BY WARRIORS IN OT

 VERSUS     GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors evened their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Wheeling Nailers with a 2-1 overtime win on Friday night. The…

WHALE AUDITIONS, ROUND ONE

VERSUS Ken Gernander did not win the AHL equivalent of the Jack Adams award, the Louis A.R. Pieri Award. That went, deservedly so, to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Coach John Hynes, however you…

WHALE CLOSE FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME WITH A THUD

VERSUS It would have been a perfect night for the Connecticut Whale. The fans were in the XL Center ready for all the excitement and energy to root on their…

EX-WOLF PACK A LOCKE OF AN MVP

BINGHAMTON SENATORS FORWARD COREY LOCKE NAMED AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER SPRINGFIELD, MA. - The American Hockey League announced today that center Corey Locke of the Binghamton Senators has…

E.J. McGUIRE – MORE THAN JUST A GOOD COACH, AN EVEN BETTER HUMAN BEING

We only had a few opportunities to speak with E.J. McGuire. Sure we could have written something that would have sounded either totally disconnected and written like some heartless obituary.…

A SAD, SAD DAY… EJ McGUIRE DEAD AT 58

WHALE MOURN THE PASSING OF EJ McGUIRE *           *           *           * Was the Wolf Pack’s First Head Coach HARTFORD, CT: The National Hockey League today announced the loss of Edward…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek now fully understands the adage that it’s sometimes better to be lucky than good. Despite admittedly knowing little about men’s college…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet With veterans such as Wade Redden, Kris Newbury, Brodie Dupont and All-Star Jeremy Williams in the Connecticut Whale locker room, one might not think there’s much room…

GROOVIN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

VERSUS    If a movie producer was pitching a film to a studio about this past weekend’s Connecticut Whale games they’d likely say that it was equally part “Slap Shot,” part…