FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Veteran right wing Jeremy Williams, the Connecticut Whale’s leading goal scorer and only AHL All-Star last season, won’t be returning to Hartford. The 27-year-old Williams wasn’t offered a new contract by the parent New York Rangers and…
FAN-FARE with ADAM GAVRIEL
BY: Adam Gavriel In our ever-expanding pursuit of making Howlings.net the best coverage possible on the entire New York Rangers organization, we have been looking long and hard for a young person who could write well, knew the Blueshirts and could share…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Trumbull native Chris Drury’s time as New York Rangers center and captain is on the verge of ending. Multiple sources have told the New York Post that Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather has informed Drury that he will be…
TWO MINUTES with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet As expected, the Manitoba Moose are no more. The American Hockey League’s Board of Governors unanimously approved on Friday the relocation of the franchise owned by True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd. from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet An estimated 5,000 fans lined the streets of Binghamton, N.Y., on Wednesday to celebrate the city’s first pro hockey title. Few enjoyed it more than two men with Connecticut ties, one of whom had to get reports in his hospital bed. The…
COMING IN AT NUMBER 5 ON THE COUNTDOWN…
GREENVILLE, SC – Continuing their countdown of the most memorable moments from their inaugural season in the ECHL, the Greenville Road Warriors revealed moment number five today. A trip to southwestern Florida in early February would sound like a…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Binghamton Senators hadn’t even qualified for the Calder Cup playoffs the past five seasons, but Tuesday night they had extra incentive to win their first AHL championship. With assistant coach and former Bridgeport Sound Tigers and…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Good news and bad news today on the “used to be on the local hockey market scene.” First, the Phoenix Coyotes, who are NOT moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba, signed former Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers goalie Jason LaBarbera to a…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
The Binghamton Senators moved within one victory of their first Calder Cup title Saturday night, but they’ll have to win it on the road. Former Hartford Wolf Pack center Corey Locke got the Senators started and Zach Smith scored a power-play goal late in…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals Saturday night could have even more emotion than the scintillating opener that the Vancouver Canucks won 1-0 over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night on Raffi Torres’ goal with only 18.5 seconds left. Canucks center…