CANTLON: XL CENTER REMAINS QUIET FOR NOW
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Like so many businesses and citizens in Connecticut, the XL Center remains in purgatory and when the gates will be re-opened is anybody’s guess. Meanwhile, the losses are mounting daily. “It’s very…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 6
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – It seems that all the news going on in the world has some connection to the coronavirus pandemic. Hockey is no different. Much is going in the industry starting with signings in Hartford for the Wolf Pack.…
CANTLON: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – While in our safe places under a pandemically-induced house arrest, there is some limited hockey news still going on. XL CENTER The XL Center, despite being shut down, progress on the facility’s…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK SIGN FORWARD ALEX WHELAN
Ramsey, NJ native just finished a four-year career at Quinnipiac University BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, March 25, 2020: Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Chris Drury announced today that the Wolf Pack has signed forward Alex Whelan…
CANTLON’S CORNER” AHL WEIGHING IT’S FUTURE AND ASSORTED HOCKEY NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The future isn’t what it seems to be. With the entire world still trying to find its footing in the face of the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus that began in Wuhan, China, the hockey world is not any…
BECK: RANGERS SIGN FREE AGENT FORWARD, AUSTIN RUESCHHOFF
BY: Mitch Beck, Howlings New York, NY – According to the sports site, theScore, the New York Rangers have signed Western Michigan University, forward, Austin Rueschhoff, to a two-year entry-level contract that will start with the 2020-21 season.…
RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH DEFENSEMAN K’ANDRE MILLER
Rangers’ first-round pick in 2018 NHL Entry Draft signs entry-level contract BY: The New York Rangers NEW YORK, March 16, 2020 – The New York Rangers announced today that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman K’Andre Miller on an entry-level…
CHAIMOVITCH: UPDATE FROM AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE REGARDING 2019-20 SEASON
BY: Jason Chaimovitch, American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has advised its clubs that the indefinite suspension of AHL play will not be lifted before May. The League is recommending that teams facilitate…
COLLINS: P-BRUINS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM PACK IN 3-1 WIN
Providence Bruins 3, Hartford Wolf Pack 1 BY: Micah Collins, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT, March 8, 2020 – Paul Carey scored twice, and Jakub Zboril had a goal and an assist, Wednesday night at the XL Center, as the Providence Bruins extended a…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER GETS FUNDING FOR RENOVATION
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The XL Center will be rebooted. The seven-year odyssey to rebuild/re-boot a 45-year-old building finally has life. Wednesday afternoon the Connecticut State House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly…