PACK SALES FORCE HONORED
While the team didn’t get into the playoffs for the first time in their history, congratulations to the Hartford Wolf Pack sales department for a terrific achievement in the face of a terrible economy and a team that really struggled on the ice, the team…
IN THE NEWS
In a move that many saw coming, Ryan McDonagh has decided to forego his college senior year and decided to come out and be a professional. Depending upon how things go in training camp, McDonagh is seen as having NHL ready skills. We don’t really comment…
WIIKMAN GOES HOME…SO DOES URQUHART
Ex-Pack and NY Ranger Miika Wiikman told Howlings that he has signed to play in the SM Liiga in his native Finland for Rauman Lukko. Wiikman has previously won the Championship between the pipes in the SM Liiga. “I’m really grateful for the time that I…
EX-WOLF PACK FORWARD ALEX GIROUX TO EDMONTON (UPDATED)
UPDATED: Howlings spoke with former Rangers head coach and current Edmonton bench master Tom Renney who had this to say about Alex Giroux, “Alex has proven himself at the American league level and has now put himself in a position to do the same…
FIRST NEW PLAYER FOR HARTFORD
The Rangers have made their first big signing today as they ink one of their prime draftees, forward Derek Stepan who is likely headed to Hartford. Here’s the official release: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD DEREK STEPAN New York Rangers…
HERE TODAY…GONE TODAY…
The New York Rangers apparently feel they have enough defenseman in the stable as they have traded former first round pick, Bobby Sanguinetti to the Carolina Hurricanes for a second round pick in next year’s draft, which was originally Washington’s pick…
RANGERS AND THE ECHL
Ever since the Charlotte Checkers made the announcement that they were moving up to the American League from the East Coast League, the question has been who the New York Rangers would affiliate themselves with for their players at that level. Howlings…
NEWBURY COMING BACK
After arriving from Detroit in the trade that sent the popular Jordan Owens out west, Kris Newbury demonstrated that he could be a key contributor to the Hartford Wolf Pack and potentially to the NY Rangers by playing a hard, aggressive style with the…
THE SOUNDS OF “Unbroken” GLASS
Howlings caught up very briefly with the recently resigned Trevor Glass. The who was in Charlotte last season and then suffered a bad back and hip injury that essentially ended his season. He’s had time to mend and the Wolf Pack monitored his…
GLASS NOT SO FRAGILE ANYMORE
Trevor Glass, who spent the better part of the season out of the lineup in Charlotte last season with a variety of health issues has apparently healed up pretty well and the Wolf Pack announced today that they have signed the 22-year old defenseman to a…