MCKENZIE CALLED UP FROM FLORIDA

Rookie forward leads Florida rookies with 18 goals CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today that forward Mike McKenzie has been recalled from…

WHALE WEEKLY: March 14-20, 2011

The Whale (33-26-2-6, 74 pts.) split four games over the past week, beginning with a 5-2 road win over the league-leading Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Tuesday. Connecticut then returned to the…

THE BEST OF 13

VERSUS  The Connecticut Whale travelled to the DCU Center in Worcester Sunday afternoon with a five-game winning streak against and a two point lead on their Atlantic Division opponents. Their…

CHECKERS COME UP SHORT AGAINST SENATORS

VERSUS SENS SCORE THREE STRAIGHT TO SKIP CHECKERS Bailey scores first two goals of the season; Brust makes 31 saves in win CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After falling behind 1-0 in…

FLORIDA FOR THE ROAD WARRIORS

ESTERO, FL - The Greenville Road Warriors are in southwest Florida for the final time this season to battle the Florida Everblades. The two-game mini-series kicks off tonight with a…

VARSITY AND JV BOTH WIN

VERSUS  Saturday hosted one of those rare nights where both the NHL and their AHL affiliates would squared off on the same day. The AHL Connecticut Whale did their part…

BOWMAN PLEASE TAKE THE ELEVATOR UP

‘CANES RECALL DRAYSON BOWMAN FROM CHARLOTTE Forward earned 10 points in 13 games in February RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Bruce Landon has known Howard Baldwin for nearly four decades. When Landon wasn’t tending goal for Baldwin’s New England Whalers for parts of their first five seasons…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet It was a doubly good Tuesday for Connecticut Whale center Francis Lemieux. Lemieux was released from his second professional tryout contract and signed to an AHL deal…

ON A CLEAR DAY…

Lots of news and a bit of a surprise start off the day for the Connecticut Whale. First is the announcement of the signing of Francis Lemieux to a full…