GAME FIVE – DUPONT GIVETH AND DUPONT TAKETH AWAY
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale fought back valiantly from a three-goal deficit, not once but TWICE, and finally tied it early in the third on a Brodie Dupont goal. But as has been the case with this team all season long with the entire team, Dupont’s…
GAME SIX SATURDAY – GET YOUR TIX NOW!
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FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet The headlines Tuesday night at the XL Center were the Connecticut Whale’s continued penalty killing excellence backstopped by goalie Dov Grumet-Morris, the return of their two most skilled players, wings Mats Zuccarello and Chad Kolarik,…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet John Mitchell isn’t going to win many fastest skater races. He’s not going to win many fastest shot competitions. He isn’t likely to win many trick-shot contests, though his insurance goal Sunday night defied that premise. But the…
1ST RD: GAME ONE – ’57 MINUTES NOT ENOUGH!
VERSUS Thursday night the Connecticut Whale returned to the playoffs after a one year absence, the first in the team’s history, only to have the first game turn into a microcosm of their entire 2010-2011 season. The Whale didn’t put out a full…
PLAYOFF FEVER COMING SUNDAY AND TUESDAY
(Click on the picture to be brought to the site to get your tickets) Whalers Sports & Entertainment staff and players are challenging the fans to grow a beard…The rules are…shave today as we have our first playoff game tonight and you cannot shave…
GREENVILLE KEEPS ROLLING ALONG!
WHERE WERE YOU? When the Greenville Road Warriors came back from a 1-0 deficit, and battled the Elmira Jackals through two sudden death overtimes; when Sean Berkstresser scored the game winning goal and sent the Greenville Road Warriors into the next…
WHALE WEEKLY: April 11-17, 2011
The Whale (40-32-2-6, 88 points) wrapped up a playoff spot this past week with a win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday, which will enable them to enter postseason play for the 13th time in the 14-year history of the franchise. Connecticut also…
WHALE AUDITIONS, ROUND ONE
VERSUS Ken Gernander did not win the AHL equivalent of the Jack Adams award, the Louis A.R. Pieri Award. That went, deservedly so, to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Coach John Hynes, however you can’t minimize the job that Gernander did to get his Connecticut…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet Dov Grumet-Morris earned the Connecticut Whale’s MVP and Fan Favorite awards in more ways than most. Grumet-Morris got it done on the ice, proving to be a godsend to the Whale as a late-season AHL signee after spending most of the…