ECHL Player of the Week – Justin Bowers

BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors Justin Bowers of the Greenville Road Warriors is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Jan.…

SPOTLIGHT: AHL ALL-STAR GAME

BY: Bruce Berlet The Eastern Conference lost a four-goal lead and a shootout in the AHL All-Star Game on Monday night that had a definite Connecticut Whale flavor. Rookie Jonathan…

ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY RELEASE: 1/30 – 2/5/12

BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors lived up to their nickname last week as they claimed three consecutive road victories over the Florida…

GIMME A BREAK – AN ALL-STAR BREAK

      VERSUS      The late, great Gilda Radner’s character, “Roseanne Rosannadannna” used to say to great laughs, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another…” Those words rang very true Saturday night…

WHALE INNOVATE TO MOTIVATE

Before I took on the task of attempting to be an expert and a strong columnist, I was a big Hartford Wolf Pack (as they were called) fan, so if…

SPOTLIGHT: ZUCCARELLO

BY: Bruce Berlet After a 5-3 victory over the Springfield Falcons on Dec. 31, the Connecticut Whale (19-15-3-5) had a six-point lead over the Adirondack Phantoms in the AHL’s Northeast…

WHALE WEEKLY: January 23 – 29, 2012

BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale endured another tough week in the opening month of 2012, suffering a defeat to begin the week’s action Wednesday in…

IS THIS ROCK BOTTOM?

      VERSUS      Throughout the 2011-2012 season the Whale have had two glaring problems: allowing quick back-to-back goals and not holding third period leads. Both of those Achilles Heel issues haunted…

STINGER FOR ROAD WARRIORS

   VERSUS      BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors suffered their fifth straight road loss on Friday night in a 4-1 defeat at the…

THE TIP OF THE ICECAP

      VERSUS      The RMS Titanic sunk about 400 miles south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912. Almost 100 years later, The Connecticut…