SPOTLIGHT: AL MONTOYA
BY: Bruce Berlet Friday night wasn’t exactly what former Hartford Wolf Pack goalie Al Montoya and AHL Hall of Famer Bruce Boudreau had in mind, but it did have some redeeming value. Montoya played his first game in the building where he watched games as…
ANOTHER CHARACTER WIN FOR WHALE
VERSUS Say what you will about the 2011-2012 version of the Connecticut Whale, but this is a team of character. They find ways to win late; they find ways to win games early, they can win games ugly and they can win games like they did Friday…
SPOTLIGHT: HARTFORD GRADUATES
BY: Bruce Berlet Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale graduates are helping the parent New York Rangers more all the time. Take Thursday night, in a 5-3 victory over the host Carolina Hurricanes, in which the Rangers rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits.…
HOWARD BALDWIN, JR. – “NOW IS THE TIME”
The following is a released statement from Howard Baldwin, Jr. the President and Chief Operating Officer of Whalers Sports and Entertainment. We fully agree word-for-word with it and encourage you to follow up on what Mr. Baldwin is saying.
FROM THE, “NO-SURPRISE-HERE-DEPARTMENT”
LEE BALDWIN REASSIGNED TO ECHL GREENVILLE Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned defenseman Lee Baldwin from the Whale to its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.…
SPOTLIGHT: WHO’S PLAYING AND WHERE?
BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale defenseman Pavel Valentenko is sometimes self-conscious about his English. But the personable Russian has certainly improved on the official language of the United States since arriving in Hartford two years ago. And he…
GREENVILLE TO VISIT KALAMAZOO
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors Tonight the Greenville Road Warriors will try to slow down the high-flying Kalamazoo Wings and earn consecutive road victories for the second time this season.
SPOTLIGHT: CAM ATKINSON
BY: Bruce Berlet Cam Atkinson could be the Tim Tebow of hockey. Virtually all Atkinson has ever heard about are his shortcomings (pardon the pun) rather than the big things that he has to offer, like speed, soft hands and a good shot. But like the…
ROUND ONE OF BATTLE OF THE BOURQUES GOES TO: RYAN AND THE WHALE
VERSUS BY: Bruce Berlet The Bourque brothers, sons of Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque, did their different things Tuesday night while playing against each other for the first time. With their parents and a dozen friends from Boxford, Mass.,…
ROAD WARRIORS HEADING INTO A CYCLONE
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of Greenville Road Warriors CINCINNATI, OH – Tonight the Greenville Road Warriors play the third game of their seven-game road trip at US Bank Arena against the Cincinnati Cyclones.