SUMMER HOCKEY IN DANBURY
BY: Brittany Burke After falling to the New York Aviators in round one of last season’s Federal Hockey League playoffs by a single goal in a game five overtime situation, Whalers hockey has returned to the ice at the Danbury Ice Arena for the second…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The run of Trumbull native Chris Drury as center and captain of the New York Rangers is over. The Rangers bought out the final year of Drury’s five-year, $35.25-million contract on Wednesday, making one of the world’s all-time great…
CAPTAIN, OH CAPTAIN
It’s not normally the way things are written here, but I am going to write to you today from the heart and not in the most professional manner. For me, today is a sad day.
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet HOWE TO THE HALL Mark Howe was making the one-hour drive from his beach house in Beach Haven, N.J., to his home in Jackson, N.J., on Tuesday afternoon when his cell phone rang. Howe said reception in the area isn’t always good, but the…
FAN-FARE -The Art of The Offer Sheet
BY: Adam Gavriel Keeping a close eye on the Stamkos deal in Tampa? No? Well, start researching. Reports constantly coming out of Tampa Bay are saying that the Stamkos and Lightning parties are decently far apart in what it’s going to take to lock up the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet While the Rangers tried to peddle Evgeny Grachev for a year before trading the forward to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, they have no interest in dealing fellow Russian and former Hartford Wolf Pack center Artem Anisimov. That’s hardly…
GREAT NEWS FOR WHALE FANS
The Connecticut Whale announced today that they are going to be broadcasting EVERY game this season on WCCC-FM. The radio deals that the team has had the past couple of seasons have been nothing shy of a joke. You had to either have a digital radio…which…
YOUNGSTERS PACKING FOR SUMMER CAMP
2011 RANGERS PROSPECT DEVELOPMENT CAMP New York, June 26, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club will hold the 2011 Prospect Development Camp, Monday, June 27th – Friday, July 1st, at the Madison…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet With goaltending and defense in lots of good hands, it wasn’t surprising the New York Rangers’ first four picks in the NHL draft Friday night and Saturday were forwards. With the 15th pick, the Rangers chose center/left wing Jonathan T.…
A FUTURE WHALE IS BORN?
With their first pick in the 2011 NHL Entry draft, 15th overall, the New York Rangers selected centerman J.T. Miller. One never knows what’s going to happen or how a player is going to turn out from the first round. Will they turn out to be like…