YOU KNOW IT’S OVER WHEN…

…the ice is removed off the XL Center floor until next season. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0E6i7O_D8Y&w=448&h=252&hd=1] Here construction crews are about an-hour from finishing all of the work to restore the floor back…

ENTIRE RANGERS ORGANIZATION IS DONE FOR ‘10-‘11

VERSUS     ROAD WARRIORS FALL IN OVERTIME OF GAME SEVEN GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors were defeated by the Wheeling Nailers, 4-3, in overtime on Wednesday night in…

WE’RE GOING SEVEN IN GREENVILLE

   VERSUS   GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors used a three-goal first period to propel themselves to a 6-3 victory over the Wheeling Nailers on Tuesday night at the…

WHALE WEEKLY: April 26-May 1, 2011

The Whale’s 13th Calder Cup playoff appearance in the franchise’s 14-year history ended Saturday, with a 6-4 loss to the Portland Pirates in Game Six of the two teams’ Atlantic…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT. – If the New York Rangers are to find a trade for veteran defenseman Wade Redden to eliminate his annual $6.5 million salary cap hit,…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT. – The XL Center ice was being scraped away and melted down as most Connecticut Whale players cleaned out their lockers, packed for outposts worldwide,…

GAME SIX – NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T

VERSUS It was the common theme of the season…penalties, penalties, penalties and the price for taking too many of them finally caught up with the New York Ranger’s top farm…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – There’s bad luck, and there’s REALLY bad luck. Then there’s the bizarre one-in-a-million bad luck that Connecticut Whale wing Mats Zuccarello suffered Thursday night…

ZUCCARELLO DONE FOR THE SEASON

As Howlings reported last night, Mats Zuccarello sustained a serious injury in the first period of Game Five against the Portland Pirates. The word out of the various New York…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet Anticipation. Instincts. Timing. Guts. In some ways, blocking shots in hockey is even more dangerous than goaltending. Neither is for the faint of heart, but at least…