FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Though NHL officials still deny a report the Atlanta Thrashers are about to relocate to Winnipeg, Manitoba, leading to the AHL’s Moose moving to St. John’s, Newfoundland, fans and officials in Atlanta might have already said and heard…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale has made the offseason a lot more pleasant and relaxing for Jared Nightingale. The Whale exercised their 2011-12 option on the AHL contract of the unrestricted defenseman six weeks before the parent New York Rangers…
WHALE RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN JARED NIGHTINGALE
FROM THE CT WHALE: Veteran Won 2010-11 Team Character and Community Service Awards HARTFORD, May 24, 2011: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has exercised its 2011-12 option on the AHL contract of defenseman…
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By: Bruce Berlet Talk about being way off base. Larry Brooks, longtime New York Rangers beat writer for the New York Post, rightfully took George Laraque to task in his column Sunday for saying the NHL team somehow turned their back on Derek Boogaard in…
NIEDERT RETURNS TO DANBURY
Nick Niedert Signs Agreement for 2011-12 Season Herm Sorcher, CEO and Managing General Partner of The Danbury Whalers announced that Goaltender, Nick Niedert has resigned with the team for the 2011-12 season. Niedert led the Federal Hockey League in four…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet It seemed appropriate that rain fell as hundreds of family, friends and hockey teammates, opponents and officials filed in and out of the chapel for the private funeral of Derek Boogaard on Saturday. The New York Rangers were well…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet The cause of Derek Boogaard’s death was never going to be easy to accept, but it was especially sad to hear that it was from an accidental mixture of alcohol and oxycodone toxicity. That’s what the Hannepin (Minn.) County Medical…
STAJCER’S GOALTENDING IN RANGERS PLANS
This story broke in the media a couple of days ago, but the Rangers make it official with the signing of goaltender Scott Stajcer. Stajcer will compete for the goaltending job in Hartford with Cam Talbot for sure and possibly Chad Johnson if he’s…
RANGERS SIGN THOMAS – THANK GOD NOT ISAIAH
Other than the fact that Christian Thomas is the son of the well travelled Steve Thomas and that he was part of a trade that sent Michael Del Zotto and John Taveras from Oshawa to London in the OHL, we know nothing about the right winger, who was the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet NHL general managers and coaches usually worry about their players getting injured in such special events as the Olympics and World Hockey Championships, especially when they’re goalies. Intelligent officials won’t keep players from…