UPCOMING WHALE EVENTS

There are some big special events coming up fans of the Connecticut Whale. Here’s a listing of some of them… (more…)

WHALE DUNK BRUINS IN P-TOWN

VERSUS  Since rebranding the Hartford Wolf Pack into the Connecticut Whale a week ago Saturday the team has won two games and lost another in a shootout. While the name…

ALL-STAR BALLOTING TO BEGIN

REEBOK FAN BALLOTING BEGINS TUESDAY FOR 2011 AHL ALL-STAR CLASSIC PRESENTED BY CAPITAL BLUECROSS SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League has announced that 2011 AHL All-Star Classic Fan Balloting…

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…