CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK PRE-SEASON VOLUME 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The first skating sessions for the Hartford Wolf Pack’s truncated 2020-21 season are set to begin when training camp begins on Sunday. The ice at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell is being worked…
CANTLON: UCONN HAS A POSITIVE COVID TEST-SEASON PAUSED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – The COVID-19 carousel has finally come to UCONN Husky hockey. Monday night, the team issued a two-sentence press release stating they have paused their activities because an undisclosed player tested…
TRUST: ZUHLSDORF SCORES IN DEBUT, GREENVILLE FALLS IN OT
BY: Matt Trust, Greenville Swamp Rabbits Greenville, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits scored a season-high four goals but fell short to the Wheeling Nailers, 5-4 in overtime on Wednesday night at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Greenville’s point streak…
CHAIMOVICH: 28 TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2020-21 AHL SEASON
League’s 85th campaign set to begin Feb. 5 BY: Jason Chaimovich, American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Howson announced today that the 2020-21 season will include 28 teams…
CANTLON: FEW DETAILS EXIST FOR START OF AHL SEASON
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – AHL hockey will return on February 5th, that much is for certain, but regarding details, like schedules, the number of games, yea or nay to spectator participation, and a plethora of other decisions still…
TRUST: GAME PREVIEW: SWAMP RABBITS at STINGRAYS, 3:05 PM
BY: Matt Trust, Greenville Swamp Rabbits Greenville, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits are slated to rematch the South Carolina Stingrays this afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum. It’s the third meeting this season between the in-state rivals,…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WILL THE AHL SEASON BE SAVED?
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The AHL season is not dead yet. While it seemed almost a certainty that there would not be an AHL season a week ago, now seems to have completely flipped the other way. The AHL’s Return to Play…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFFSEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 37
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The talk of the hockey world, and for that matter, the rest of the general population, is when will the lives of people in a post-pandemic world begin. For the NHL and AHL they are no different.…
CANTLON: CRDA LOOKS TO FINALLY START BUILDING RENOVATION
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The opening of the XL Center in the first quarter of 2021 and the February 5th AHL start date stand like everything else, held hostage by recent COVID spikes. “We have been told probably February, but so…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOL 36
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Covid-19 continues to be the top story worldwide. Its effects are almost too wide to document, and it’s had a profound effect on the hockey world as well. UCONN-MAINE POSTPONED Because of positive…