WHALE WEEKLY: April 4-10 2011

The Whale (39-30-2-6, 86 pts.) faced three Atlantic Division foes over the past week, dropping a pair of road tilts before finishing the weekend’s action with a victory over Portland…

CONGRATS TO JUNIOR CHECKERS

CHARLOTTE JR. CHECKERS 12 & UNDER TEAM IS A FINALIST AT THE USA HOCKEY NATIONAL TOURNAMENT INDIAN TRAIL, NC - The Charlotte Metro Hockey Association’s Charlotte Jr. Checkers 12 &…

GOALTENDING

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON’S BRAD THIESSEN NAMED AHL’s OUTSTANDING GOALTENDER FOR 2010-2011 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Brad Thiessen of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins has been named the winner…

BRENDAN CONNOLLY HONORED BY ECHL

BRENDAN CONNOLLY IS CO-RECIPIENT OF ECHL PLUS PERFORMER OF THE YEAR AWARD PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL on Monday announced that Brendan Connolly of the Greenville Road Warriors and Trent…

GROOVIN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

VERSUS    If a movie producer was pitching a film to a studio about this past weekend’s Connecticut Whale games they’d likely say that it was equally part “Slap Shot,” part…

NEWBURY TO NEW YORK

In listening to Sunday’s broadcast of the New york Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers, Ruslan Fedotenko left the game in the second period after a hit by Braydon Coburn that apparently…

PLAYOFFS COULD BE BRUIN

NY RANGERS vs. BOSTON BRUINS Monday, Apr. 4, 7:30 p.m. Madison Square Garden • New York, NY Rangers: 42-32-5 (89 pts) Bruins: 44-23-11 (99 pts) * All information through NHL…

TURNING IT AROUND

VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES April 3, 2011 - New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 SO (Game No. 79, Away No. 41) *       The Rangers defeated the Philadelphia…

NEW YORK LEADS SPRINGFIELD OVER CONNECTICUT

VERSUS If “the wheels on the bus go round-and-round” as the children’s song goes, then the wheels on the Connecticut Whale bus have gone flat and Head Coach Ken Gernander…

ROAD WARRIORS ANNOUNCE FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors announced today the schedule for their first round Kelly Cup Playoffs series against the Elmira Jackals. The Road Warriors travel north for Games…