HOWLINGS RECOGNIZED

SportsMemorabilia.com has awarded Howlings distinction among the Top 50 NHL blogs as voted upon by their readers. Howlings was also the only AHL blog to make the list. We’re grateful…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet The financially strapped New York Islanders and their top affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers might finally have got some much needed/desired help Wednesday. The Islanders’ lease with the…

ROAD WARRIORS COUNTING DOWN 2010-11 TOP TEN

GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that they will be counting down the 10 best moments from the 2010-11 season over the next 10 weeks. Fans can…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – June 2 will mark the first anniversary of Whalers Sports and Entertainment chairman and CEO Howard Baldwin announcing his group’s plans to assume business…

YOU KNOW IT’S OVER WHEN…

…the ice is removed off the XL Center floor until next season. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0E6i7O_D8Y&w=448&h=252&hd=1] Here construction crews are about an-hour from finishing all of the work to restore the floor back…

ENTIRE RANGERS ORGANIZATION IS DONE FOR ‘10-‘11

VERSUS     ROAD WARRIORS FALL IN OVERTIME OF GAME SEVEN GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors were defeated by the Wheeling Nailers, 4-3, in overtime on Wednesday night in…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT. – The XL Center ice was being scraped away and melted down as most Connecticut Whale players cleaned out their lockers, packed for outposts worldwide,…

GAME SIX – NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T

VERSUS It was the common theme of the season…penalties, penalties, penalties and the price for taking too many of them finally caught up with the New York Ranger’s top farm…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – There’s bad luck, and there’s REALLY bad luck. Then there’s the bizarre one-in-a-million bad luck that Connecticut Whale wing Mats Zuccarello suffered Thursday night…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet Anticipation. Instincts. Timing. Guts. In some ways, blocking shots in hockey is even more dangerous than goaltending. Neither is for the faint of heart, but at least…