BYERS SIGNS…BUT NOT WITH WHALE
When the Connecticut Whale next take on the Columbus Blue Jacket’s top farm club in Massachusetts to face off with their 1-91 rivals the Springfield Falcons, staring at them across the red line will be two former Hartford Wolf Pack alumni. Alexandre…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Dale Purinton and Richard Scott early on and Justin Soryal and Devin DiDiomete lately have been energetic instigators/enforcers who earned the respect of teammates and love from fans in the 14-year history of the Hartford Wolf…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Brad Richards met the New York media for the first time Wednesday as the newest member of the Rangers and showed why his on-ice prowess isn’t the only reason he was signed to a nine-year, front-loaded, $58.5 million contract. Richards…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet For those New York Rangers/Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale fans worrying about center Artem Anisimov not filing for arbitration on the deadline Tuesday, stop fretting. Anisimov, who played two seasons with the Wolf Pack before…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The New York Rangers plucked the cream of the free agency crop, Dallas Stars center Brad Richards, via a nine-year, $60 million contract with an annual cap hit of $6.5 million. Richards will receive $24 million in the first two years and…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The melancholy filtered through the phone line. Brodie Dupont, the player with the longest standing with the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale, had got his wish this week when he was qualified by the parent New York Rangers. But…
SORYAL SIGNS IN CAROLINA
Justin Soryal, who has been the Hartford Wolf Pack / Connecticut Whale enforcer for the past three seasons will join another ex-Wolf Pack player, Bobby Sanguinetti when he joins the Carolina Hurricanes AHL club in Charlotte. Here’s the official release…
BRODIE DUPONT TRADED
Brodie Dupont, who’s spent the last four years in Hartford and finally broke through getting his first experience in the NHL this past year playing one game with the New York Rangers, was traded by the only team he’s ever played for as a pro to the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Within weeks of trading captain Mike Richards and fellow high scorer Jeff Carter on the same day, the Philadelphia Flyers won the Jaromir Jagr sweepstakes Friday after the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings bowed out. Jagr signed…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet GREENBURGH, N.Y. – There was a passing of the veteran center guard in New York Rangers camp on Thursday. A day after buying out the final year of Trumbull native/captain Chris Drury’s five-year, $35.35-million contract, the Rangers…