FOREVER THE FACE OF THE TEAM
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. _ Ken Gernander has been the face of the Hartford Wolf Pack for more than 13 years. He has been pro hockey’s torchbearer in the Connecticut capital since the Whalers left for North Carolina in 1997. Gernander was Wolf Pack…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – The first Connecticut Whale game Saturday night will have a bit of a Hartford Whalers feel. Former Whalers players Garry Swain, Norm Barnes, Yvon Corriveau, Gerry McDonald, and captain Russ Anderson will be signing…
STOCK PILING FORWARDS
Desperately seeking some combination of players that will give 60-minutes night in and night out, the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale are looking for help wherever they can find it. As a result, the team has brought on Tyler Donati, who hasn’t done…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Before thanking Howard Baldwin for bringing the Whale back to Hartford and proclaiming this “Connecticut Whale Week” in the state, Gov. M. Jodi Rell had a special request: “Where’s Pucky?” Pucky? Who’s Pucky? Oh, he’s the mascot of the…
RANGERS/WOLF PACK/WHALE ACQUIRE DEFENSEMAN STU BICKEL
The Wolf Pack today eliminated one player that CLEARLY didn’t want to be there and was playing that way. The New York Rangers sent Nigel Williams to the Anaheim Ducks fir defenseman Stu Bickel. What does this say about Williams, a former second round…
Wolf Pack/Whale Weekly, November 22-28
WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 22-28, 2010 The Wolf Pack (6-11-2-2, 16 pts.) split four road games this past week, as they passed the quarter-pole of their season. A school-day morning outing in Manchester on Wednesday saw the Pack end up on the short…
SAME OLD, SAME OLD
VERSUS The last time the Hartford Wolf Pack won two straight games (Oct. 16-17) they followed it up with a slide into near oblivion going 1-9-2-2 over he next 14 games. For Coach Ken Gernander’s sake hopefully this one doesn’t start a streak like that…
IMPEACHING THE SENATORS
VERSUS The Hartford Wolf Pack overcame two Binghamton Senator leads and a referee that, based upon the way he was calling the game, seemed more “Lost” than the cast of the recently ended ABC hit series, and went on to win 3-2 in overtime on a spectacular…
DOV GRUMET-MORRIS PROMOTED TO THE AHL
The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris has been loaned to the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League. Grumet-Morris started each of the last three games for the Road Warriors and won two of them including…
WOLF PACK GROUND FALCONS
VERSUS (We had technical issues that prevented us from seeing a better part of the contest between the Wolf Pack and the Falcons. We feel it’s unethical to write about things we mostly heard and didn’t see with our own eyes. Therefore, enjoy Bruce…