SPOTLIGHT: CHAD KOLARIK
BY: Bruce Berlet If you want to see the personification of tough luck, look no farther than Connecticut Whale right wing Chad Kolarik. After persevering through nagging hamstring problems last season to earn kudos from New York Rangers coach John…
ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY RELEASE – 12/5 to 12/11/11
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors closed out their seven-game road trip last week by winning three of four games against North Division foes. This week, the focus turns back to the…
YOU CAN’T WIN’EM ALL
VERSUS Two goal leads and discipline have been the Connecticut Whale’s Achilles’ Heel to this point in the season and they both reared their ugly heads Sunday as the Binghamton Senators defeated the New York Ranger’s top minor league…
RANGERS TAKE ON TORONTO
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Monday, Dec. 5, 7:00 p.m. Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Rangers: 15-5-3 (33 pts) Maple Leafs: 14-10-2 (30 pts) * All information through NHL games on Dec. 3
SPECIAL TEAMS LEAD TO SPECIAL WIN FOR WHALE OVER FALCONS
VERSUS In 1973, with the New York Mets mired in last place at the time, but still within striking distance in a very tight divisional race, the press asked, then Manager, Yogi Berra if the season was finished, he replied with the classic line,…
ROAD WARRIORS COME UP ON SHORT SIDE OF HIGH SCORING GAME
VERSUS BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors could not finish off a sweep of North Division opponents this week as they fell 6-5 to the Cincinnati Cyclones at US Bank Arena on Saturday night. The…
SPOTLIGHT: AL MONTOYA
BY: Bruce Berlet Friday night wasn’t exactly what former Hartford Wolf Pack goalie Al Montoya and AHL Hall of Famer Bruce Boudreau had in mind, but it did have some redeeming value. Montoya played his first game in the building where he watched games as…
RANGERS DOUBLE UP LIGHTNING
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTESDecember 3, 2011 (Game 23, Away Game 14)St. Pete Times Forum – Tampa,…
ANOTHER CHARACTER WIN FOR WHALE
VERSUS Say what you will about the 2011-2012 version of the Connecticut Whale, but this is a team of character. They find ways to win late; they find ways to win games early, they can win games ugly and they can win games like they did Friday…
SPOTLIGHT: HARTFORD GRADUATES
BY: Bruce Berlet Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale graduates are helping the parent New York Rangers more all the time. Take Thursday night, in a 5-3 victory over the host Carolina Hurricanes, in which the Rangers rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits.…