FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The season to forget could be over for Rangers captain and Trumbull native Chris Drury. Drury, who missed 31 of the first 32 games this season with a twice-broken finger, will have surgery on his left knee that will keep him out an…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Don’t ever say hockey players, or even coaches, aren’t some of the toughest hombres in all of sports. Getting stitched up and returning to the ice by the next period is common for most players, but Worcester Sharks coach Roy Sommer earned…
WHALE WEEKLY: February 8-13, 2011
The Whale (24-21-2-5, 55 pts.) started this past weekend by snapping a four-game home losing streak Friday night with a 3-2 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The Whale then traveled to Portland for the first game of a home-and-home set with the…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet AHL president and CEO Dave Andrews called last week’s All-Star Classic “awesome” for a number of reasons, starting with two nights of sellout crowds for the skills competition and All-Star Game at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa.
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…