WHALE OF A COMEBACK
VERSUS Kris Newbury scored on a power play early in the third period and the Connecticut Whale held on for an important 4-3 road win against the second place Portland Pirates in front of 5,709 at the Cumberland County Civic Center Saturday night.
TIGERS BEATEN BY SOUND WHALES
VERSUS While they were far from perfect, the Connecticut Whale had a good all around team effort anchored by Chad Johnson’s first star performance between the pipes and beat the fading Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-2 in front of 6,023 at the XL Center…
WHALE PICKS
By Bruce Berlet The Green Bay Packers are 21/2-point favorites over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, but the Connecticut Whale family likes the Steelers to extend their record for wins to seven by an even narrower margin.
UPGRADING NET COVERAGE
While Pier-Oliver Pelletier is a really good bloke, he’s not an AHL quality netminder. Friday, The Connecticut Whale sent him packing and brought back Dov-Grumet Morris and signed the Greenville Road Warrior netminder to a Professional Try-Out (PTO)…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, CT – Jeremy Williams’ first All-Star appearance this week provided several memorable moments, not the least of which was playing center for an extended period for the first since learning to skate on the rink on his family farm…
A LOSS FOR US ALL
There are just certain people that touch your lives and leave an impression that nothing and no one can replace. For me that person is Tom Renney, the current coach of the Edmonton Oilers and the head man in New York with the Rangers prior to John…
MAR-TY…MAR-TY…MAR-TY… YOU….ARE AT MSG
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILSThursday, Feb. 3, 7:00 p.m.Madison Square Garden • New York, NYRangers: 29-20-4 (62 pts)Devils: 17-30-3 (37 pts) * All information through NHL games on Feb. 1
GOING UP…AGAIN, BOYCHUK RECALLED
‘CANES RECALL ZACH BOYCHUK FROM CHARLOTTE Forward has seven points in 18 NHL games this season RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled…
CHIEF DANIELS EXCITED ABOUT WHALE-BOWL
By Brittany Burke Whalers alumnus Scott “Chief” Daniels isn’t returning to Hartford this month as just an alum, waiting to take on his former rivals, the Boston Bruins in the Harvest-Properties.com “Whale Bowl”. He is traveling to Hartford to be a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Ron Francis. Kevin Dineen. … Kevin Dineen. Ron Francis. Trying to select the best player in Hartford hockey history always comes down to the two most iconic figures since the New England Whalers arrived in town from Boston in 1974. Gordie…