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 Saturday night knocking off the Albany Devils 3-2 in a shootout in front of 3,006 at the…
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 Louisville Panthers in 1999-2000, the…
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 for October. Johnson made five appearances during…
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 Adam Mair went unpunished. Gernander told reporters after that…
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 heading to place 3-3-3 as their lottery number because Sunday was all…
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 the XL Center in Hartford. Avery participated in the entire practice,…
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. 18, at Rogers Arena (10:00 p.m.), to…
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 watch the World Hockey Association’s New England Whalers play in Springfield. Well, a…
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 a goal and two assists and being named the No. 2 star in…
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 the parent and top affiliate clubs lost to their biggest in-state rivals. The Rangers lost 4-2…