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, they’ll have to find out which eight teams he doesn’t want to be dealt to that’s part of…
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, picked up their summer training manuals and had exit meetings with coach…
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 team, the Connecticut Whale as they were defeated by the Portland Pirates 6-4 at…
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 in Game 5 of the Atlantic Division semifinals against the…
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 media websites that it has been confirmed that “The Norwegian Hobbit” broke…
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 a goalie has plenty of padding and a facemask. But a willingness to…
GAME FIVE – DUPONT GIVETH AND DUPONT TAKETH AWAY
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale fought back valiantly from a three-goal deficit, not once but TWICE, and finally tied it early in the third on a Brodie Dupont goal. But as has been the case with this team all season long with the entire team, Dupont’s…
3-0 LEAD BECOMES 3-1 FOR RANGERS
VERSUS The New York Rangers went from having taken total control of their series with the Washington Capitals to being on the verge of elimination as they blew a 3-0 lead through two periods and lost at 12:36 of double overtime on a Jason Chimera…
CHECKERS EVEN SERIES
VERSUS CHECKERS DODGE HERSHEY COMEBACK, EVEN SERIES AT 2-2 Murphy stops 35 for first-star honors; Game 5 Friday in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mike Murphy made 35 saves and Nick Dodge scored a late-third period goal as the Charlotte Checkers held…
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