BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – “SO THAT’S A LATTE AND A HOCKEY CONTRACT TO GO?”
BY: Bruce Berlet Kale Kerbashian joined the New York Rangers organization literally over a cup of coffee and a vanilla milkshake. The smallish (5-foot-11, 165 pounds) but quick forward was interviewing with Rangers scout Rich Brown at a Starbucks in…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – MAYBE YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
BY: Bruce Berlet Hockey often makes for strange bedfellows, coincidences and ironies. You can now look no farther than Jordan Owens, one of six invitees to Connecticut Whale training camp. Growing up in Toronto, one of Owens’ favorite players was center…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – WADE REDDEN, YEAR TWO
BY: Bruce Berlet Despite spending a pleasant summer in picturesque Kelowna, British Columbia, with his wife and young daughter, Wade Redden experienced a bit of an unsettling offseason, proving again that money can’t buy you complete happiness. First,…
NO BAND-AIDS NEEDED FOR THESE CUTS
RANGERS TRIM TRAINING CAMP ROSTER BY 28 35 Active Players Remain with the Club New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has assigned the following 21 players to Connecticut (AHL): goaltenders Chad Johnson,…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – McDONAGH, BUILDING A FUTURE IN NEW YORK
BY: Bruce Berlet A year ago, Ryan McDonagh attended his first NHL training camp after foregoing his senior year after he, Derek Stepan and the University of Wisconsin lost 5-0 in the NCAA title game to Boston College, led by Chris Kreider, considered by…
ALL THAT WILL BE MISSING IS FERRIS BUELLER
“WHALE FACE-OFF” SEASON KICK-OFF EVENT SET FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 * * * * Pep Rally-style Event Takes Place at West Hartford’s Blue Back Square For The Connecticut Whale’s first full season fans will be literally dancing in…
THE AHL PRE-SEASON ANNOUNCED
The AHL has released the official pre-season schedule. The Whale Games are highlighted in Green and you can find them all after the jump…
A NEW VOICE FOR THE WHALE
FRANK BERRIAN TO BE NEW WHALE P.A. VOICE * * * * Experienced Radio Vet is also Team’s Community Relations Manager Whalers Sports & Entertainment (WSE) president and COO Howard Baldwin, Jr. announced today that Frank…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – CHAD JOHNSON, A GOALIE LOOKING TO REBOUND
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET Chad Johnson, A Goalie Looking to Rebound Chad Johnson experienced about the ultimate in good news-bad news last season. The good? The New York Rangers called up the goalie from the Connecticut Whale on Feb. 28 after…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Dale Weise got a taste of the NHL last season and would love to have a permanent dose this year. So to try to give himself the best possible chance to making the New York Rangers, the right wing changed his diet and worked with a…