CHECKERS MAKE MOVES
The Charlotte Checkers, currently the New York Rangers ECHL affiliate, made a pair of moves with former Rangers General Manager and current owner of the Johnstown Chiefs, Neil Smith and acquired defenseman Trevor Hendrikx and forward Mike Bartlett in…
RUNNING ON EMPTY
VERSUS Wednesday night, the Hartford Wolf Pack dropped a game they REALLY needed to win to the first place Sharks 6-4 at the DCU Center in Worcester. The loss brings them one step further away from seeing their AHL record thirteenth consecutive…
HAVE GM’S TAKEN TOO MANY HEADSHOTS?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7LEZ78_o&hl=en_US&fs=1&] It’s not often that we’ve gotten on a soapbox for any particular issue, but we think about something this serious, it’s long overdue that we did. According to a story at…
WOLF PACK WEEKLY: March 8-14, 2010
The Wolf Pack (26-27-6-5, 63 pts.) remained in seventh place in the Atlantic Division, after posting a shootout loss and an overtime loss in two road games last week. The Pack came back from two-goal deficits to gain a standings point in both games, a…
HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL
VERSUS Everyone will get asked at some point in their life if they see a glass of a liquid as half-empty or half-full.” Your answer is supposed to dictate if you see life as an optimist or a pessimist. That philosophical challenge also sums up…
0-for-3
VERSUS It was not a good night for any of the New York Ranger’s teams or affiliates. First the Rangers lost to the Alex Ovechkin led Washington Capitals 2-0 while in Toledo the Charlotte Checkers came back from a two goal deficit, then blew one…
WOLF PACK SPEAK
It has been an eventful 24 hours to say the least for the Hartford Wolf Pack. At the trade deadline, the Rangers organization traded versatile forward Jordan Owens to the Detroit Red Wings who sent Grand Rapids Griffins center Kris Newbury back to the…
DANDENAULT RETIRES
Howlings has learned that Mathieu Dandenault has retired. Technically he was released from his Professional Try-Out contract. We will have more on this after 5pm eastern including our interview with the newest Wolf Pack player, Kris Newbury and head…
WIIKMAN FOR ERIKSSON
The second move by the Rangers/Wolf Pack saw Miika Wiikman heading out to Rangers West as Don Maloney took yet another of the players he brought over here and sent back another defenseman in Anders Eriksson. The 35-year old defenseman has been in Wolf…
NEWBURY FOR OWENS
The Rangers have made a minor league move in sending the Pack’s versatile utility guy, Jordan Owens, for Detroit’s Kris Newbury. Newbury is a quick footed center who should give the Pack a player that he can use to try and get P.A. Parenteau, Dane Byers…