HAVE GM’S TAKEN TOO MANY HEADSHOTS?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7LEZ78_o&hl=en_US&fs=1&] It’s not often that we’ve gotten on a soapbox for any particular issue, but we think about something this serious, it’s long overdue that we did. According to a story at…
HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL
VERSUS Everyone will get asked at some point in their life if they see a glass of a liquid as half-empty or half-full.” Your answer is supposed to dictate if you see life as an optimist or a pessimist. That philosophical challenge also sums up…
WOLF PACK SPEAK
It has been an eventful 24 hours to say the least for the Hartford Wolf Pack. At the trade deadline, the Rangers organization traded versatile forward Jordan Owens to the Detroit Red Wings who sent Grand Rapids Griffins center Kris Newbury back to the…
WIIKMAN FOR ERIKSSON
The second move by the Rangers/Wolf Pack saw Miika Wiikman heading out to Rangers West as Don Maloney took yet another of the players he brought over here and sent back another defenseman in Anders Eriksson. The 35-year old defenseman has been in Wolf…
COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE…
In our first item: According to all the major news organizations that cover the Rangers, both Enver Lisin and veteran Aaron Voros have been put on waivers by the New York Rangers. Lisin will be on display for potential suitors as the Rangers take on the…
SPECIAL GAME ON MARCH 27th
The Hartford Wolf Pack have announced that they will have a special alumni game prior to the a game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on March 27th featuring Boston Bruins Alumni. Why would we post this on a site primarily focused in on the NY…
TWO EX-PACK TRADED…
AND …For each other. Last year’s Wolf Pack captain Greg Moore was traded from the Sound Tigers to the Columbus Blue Jackets for ex-Pack d-man Dylan Reese. TSN.ca has Moore…pardon the pun.
AND WHAT OF VALIQUETTE?
As we wrote Friday night based upon the sources we spoke to, the Checkers have been assigned Miika Wiikman and the Rangers have a new backup netminder in New York in Alex Auld. It appears now, for the time being anyway that all of the Rangers goaltending…
CHANGES IN THE WIND
Our good friend Gerry Cantelon (www.Eurohockey.net) and I spoke with Jim Schoenfeld, General Manager of the Hartford Wolf Pack between the second and third period of Sunday’s game with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He files this report. Changes abound in…
“ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK…”
VERSUS Frustration, Head Coach Ken Gernander agreed, would be the best word to describe how he feels after watching his troops play a hard fought game but come up short for the 33rd time in 59 games (26-26-3-4) as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers…