REMEMBERING SEPT. 11 with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet September 11 always elicits memories of that fateful trip down the Merritt Parkway. A decade ago, I was passing through Meriden on the way to the opening day of Rangers’ training camp at Madison Square Garden when a news flash on the…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
BY: Bruce Berlet After a stellar first season with the New York Rangers, it has been a difficult 12 months for Marian Gaborik. First, the right wing who signed a five-year, $37.5 million free-agent deal with the Blueshirts on July 1, 2009 saw his goal…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet I can still picture New York Rangers center Artem Anisimov, then with the Hartford Wolf Pack, standing with Alexander Vasyunov after he was named the No. 1 star and his former Russian linemate the second star in a 4-3 shootout loss to…
BE MORE THAN JUST A GREENVILLE FAN
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that they are looking for talented, enthusiastic men and women to be a part of their game night staff for the 2011-12 season. A night out at the Road Warriors game is about more than…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Not surprisingly, the mother of Wade Belak said the former NHL player suffered from depression before committing suicide last Wednesday. “I think he was taking control of that,” Lorraine Belak said in a phone interview with the Canadian…
WHALE TIX ARE HERE
CT WHALE ANNOUNCES GALA HOME OPENER AND SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 * * * * Home Opener is Saturday, October 15 Hockey Night in Hartford is 45 days away and counting. Whalers Sports &…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Two former New York Rangers/Hartford Wolf Pack players were on the opposite ends of the happiness scale Wednesday. Defenseman Fedor Tyutin hit the jackpot, while center Marc Savard’s career sadly could be over far too soon. Tyutin, the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Colin McDonald didn’t hide his feelings – and didn’t want to, either. After scoring an AHL-leading 42 goals with the Oklahoma City Barons last season, the Wethersfield native felt slighted when the Edmonton Oilers made an offer he could…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Talk about a worthwhile confab. The Houston Aeros were floundering in January when coach Mike Yeo, elevated to coach of the parent Minnesota Wild on June 17, called a team meeting. “It was a decision that we decided to make and kind of a…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Matt Zaba didn’t particularly enjoy his last season playing goal in North America. While the Hartford Wolf Pack, now Connecticut Whale, were missing the playoffs for the only time in the franchise’s 14 seasons in 2009-10, Zaba was…