FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet When an athlete says his parents are his idols because of the strong faith they show every day, you know you have a special person. Connecticut Whale defenseman Jared Nightingale is just such an individual. While Nightingale is one of the…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – On the one hand, Oren Eizenman was a typical pro hockey wannabee growing up in Toronto, skating on a rink in his backyard with older brothers Alon and Erez. On the other hand, Eizenman has about as atypical a background…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Before thanking Howard Baldwin for bringing the Whale back to Hartford and proclaiming this “Connecticut Whale Week” in the state, Gov. M. Jodi Rell had a special request: “Where’s Pucky?” Pucky? Who’s Pucky? Oh, he’s the mascot of the…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Wise veteran defenseman Wade Redden put the Wolf Pack’s plight of one-goal losses this season into perfect perspective. “We have to find a way to win these games,” Redden said after a 4-3 loss to the Manchester Monarchs on Wednesday. The…
DANE BYERS TRADED
The New York Rangers have traded Wolf Pack captain Dane Byers to the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Chad Kolarik. Kolarik appears to be a career AHL players having bounced between Springfield, Syracuse and the San Antonio Rampage. This is CLEARLY a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet With Tim Kennedy out with an undisclosed injury, the four centers who played for the Wolf Pack on Wednesday night started the game against the Albany Devils with a total of zero goals. That’s nada, zilch, none – in eight games. Ryan…
NIGHT VISION
By Bruce Berlet Wolf Pack Grads Continue To Excel on Broadway Wolf Pack graduates from Asylum Street continue to make vital contributions for the parent team on Broadway. In the Rangers’ 3-2 victory over the Bruins on Saturday night, center Artem…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Devin DiDiomete says he might resemble a bouncing cannonball on his first shift on the XL Center ice Friday night. Who could blame the Hartford Wolf Pack’s feisty left wing? The 5-foot-11, 200-pound DiDiomete hasn’t played in a game since…
NIGHT VISION
By: Bruce Berlet Cameron Talbot’s 41-save shutout in his first pro start Sunday proved even more remarkable than it originally appeared. Turns out Talbot tweaked his groin in the second period while chasing a puck that had been shot into the Hartford…
HOBBIT DELIVERS WIN
VERSUS With star forward Dale Weise sidelined with a hand/wrist injury, someone on the Hartford Wolf Pack roster was going to need to step up. That’s the long and the short of it. That’s exactly what happened as the Hartford Wolf Pack defeated…