RANGER ROOKIES PLAY WELL BUT CAN’T STOP THE STORM
VERSUS Connecticut Whale fans watching Thursday night’s game between the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes saw many of their AHL favorites in the Blueshirts lineup. Dale Weise, Kris Newbury, were up front while Ryan McDonagh continued to impress…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, CT – As Howard Baldwin and his son, Howard Jr., walked into the Rentschler Field press box just after noon Thursday, their jaws seemingly dropped to the floor as they spoke as one. “Awesome,” they said in stereo while…
RANGERS BURN LEAFS IN GARDEN
VERSUS The Rangers had a huge night knocking off Toronto but it came with a price as yet another mainstay player, Ruslan Fedotenko went down with an injury that will keep him out two-to-four weeks. NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES AND QUOTES January 19,…
PAGING DON MALONEY…
The New York Rangers announced that one time Wolf Pack and current Rangers center Brandon Dubinsky has somehow broken his left leg, specifically a stress fracture of the fibula.
MORE ADDED TO WHALEFEST
BILL BENNETT, JEFF BRUBAKER, NORM BARNES AND GARRY SWAIN ADDED TO PLAYER ROSTER FOR WHALERS VS. BRUINS LEGENDS GAME AT OUTDOOR HARVEST-PROPERTIES.COM “WHALE BOWL” FEBRUARY 19 Legends Game Precedes Outdoor AHL Battle between the CT Whale and Providence…
ON THE LINE WITH LUKE GALVIN
Being an official in any league for any sport is a tough job. Nobody will ever write in their columns or comment on the air that the officiating for a particular game was well done but make a mistake on a key call, be out of position or unsure of the…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The XL Center could have made some serious money selling programs Tuesday if Connecticut Whale practice was open to the public. Coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daignault and Pat Boller were in scramble mode again thanks to a…
WORST TO FIRST
VERSUS (Editor’s note: Our apologies for this being posted late…busy day at work) The Connecticut Whale rebounded from Saturday’s poor performance against the Atlantic Division’s worst team, the Providence Bruins, with one of their…
PROVIDENCE BRUIN HEAT FOR OUTDOOR GAME
VERSUS When Michael Del Zotto, playing in his first game in Hartford since being sent down to the AHL by the parent New York Rangers, hit the crossbar just 4:22 into the game, that would summarize how the night went for the Connecticut Whale who…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After debuting their new blue road jerseys in the end of a four-game trip Friday night in Portland, Maine, the Connecticut Whale return to the XL Center Saturday at 7 p.m. to face the Providence Bruins in the start of a three-game…