FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Not surprisingly, the mother of Wade Belak said the former NHL player suffered from depression before committing suicide last Wednesday. “I think he was taking control of that,” Lorraine Belak said in a phone interview with the Canadian…
GREENVILLE ANNOUNCES PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that they will play a pair of preseason games against the South Carolina Stingrays in October. The home-and-home series between the Palmetto State rivals begins in Greenville on Friday,…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Another tragic story rocked the pro hockey world Wednesday when another former tough guy battling personal issues, Wade Belak, was found dead in his Toronto condominium. Belak, who was 35, announced his retirement from hockey in March…
GREENVILLE PREMIERS INK ON 3-D
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that they have signed defensemen Wes Cunningham, T.J. Fast, and Jeff Caister for the 2011-12 season.
WHALE TIX ARE HERE
CT WHALE ANNOUNCES GALA HOME OPENER AND SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 * * * * Home Opener is Saturday, October 15 Hockey Night in Hartford is 45 days away and counting. Whalers Sports &…
WANT TO WORK IN PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY?
Getting a position is professional sports is like trying to get a straight answer from a scandal ridden politician…next to impossible. Well, there are a few ways to get in to the industry… 1) Be related to someone who works in it 2) Have some…
WHALERS WATCH with BRITTANY BURKE
BY: Brittany Burke Last Friday night and despite it being the end of summer with the heat sitting still in the muggy air, droves of cars fill a Cromwell parking lot with boys and men a like filing out holding what could be mistaken for football bags (the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Two former New York Rangers/Hartford Wolf Pack players were on the opposite ends of the happiness scale Wednesday. Defenseman Fedor Tyutin hit the jackpot, while center Marc Savard’s career sadly could be over far too soon. Tyutin, the…
A NEW PARTNER FOR THE WHALE
WHALERS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP TO THE “MAX” * * * * Max Restaurant Group Joins Aetna and St. Francis in Growing Alliance of Connecticut Whale Partners Hockey Night in Hartford has taken on a whole…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Dave Scatchard is the latest example of why all of hockey should do everything possible to prevent headhunting. Scatchard, a center who played three games with the Hartford Wolf Pack in the 2007-08 season, has decided to end his 14-year…