BOUNCING BACK FOR ROADIES
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors Tonight the Greenville Road Warriors get their second crack at the division-leading Gwinnett Gladiators in as many nights as they travel to the Arena at Gwinnett Center for their fifth of six…
LOSING THE LOSING
VERSUS Well there that wasn’t so hard now was it? The newly remodeled Connecticut Whale fell behind early but stuck to their game plan and scored two power play goal en route to a 3-2 win over the Albany Devils Friday night in front of 4,028…
WARRIORS AND GLADIATORS GO AT IT AGAIN
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors will travel down I-85 this evening to pay a visit to the division-leading Gwinnett Gladiators. It is the fourth of six straight games for Greenville away from the BI-LO…
BOWERS A WARRIOR AND ECHL PLAYER OF THE MONTH
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors Justin Bowers of the Greenville Road Warriors is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Player of the Month for January. Bowers joins Brendan Connolly (November 2010) and Jeff Prough (November 2011) as the third…
SPOTLIGHT: STATE OF THE LEAGUE
BY: Bruce Berlet The biggest news out of AHL president and CEO Dave Andrews’ State of the League Address during the All-Star Classic is video review of disputed goals is one step from becoming a reality. Andrews said the AHL board of governors will vote…
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. 23-29. Bowers is the first Road Warrior to be honored as the player of the week. The…
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 Audy-Marchessault scored on his first shift of the game and had a goal and…
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 Everblades and reached a season-high five straight wins overall.…
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 for the Connecticut Whale, but nobody was laughing as the…
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 you don’t mind, I’m going to unleash my inner Connecticut Whale fan for a moment… Word came today that the…