CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON Volume 10
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – After a vote by its membership, the NHLPA has approved the NHL’s decision to move to a 24-team playoff format to bring to a conclusion the 2019-20 NHL season. With that announcement coming earlier…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER FUTURE FRONT AND CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The proverbial puck is in the state’s corner. The XL Center last week officially placed the XL Center in Ned Lamont’s bonding package for $27.5M per year ($55 million total) over the next two…
CANTLON: (SUN) QUINNIPIAC HOLDS OFF LATE UCONN CHARGE WIN 3-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – Despite a furious final six-minute push to tie the game the UCONN Huskies (9-11-4) came up short 3-2 to the Quinnipiac University Bobcats (14-8-1) in the first game of the SNY College Cup Championhip.at…
CANTLON: (FRI) JONES SCORES TWICE IN PACK WIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Rookie Nick Jones scored twice as the Hartford Wolf Pack engineered a 2-1 pre-season win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in a lively, spirited game at the Koeppel Community Center at Trinity College…
CANTLON’S CORNER: THE POST FREE AGENT FRENZY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – If Steve Miller wanted to rewrite his masterpiece, “Take the Money and Run” and put a Hartford Wolf Pack spin on it, it might sound something like this. “This a story about Bigras and…
CANTLON: NHL 2019 HALL OF FAME CLASS ANNOUNCED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings TORONTO, CANADA – Six more names have been selected to enter the esteemed NHL Hall of Fame on Yonge Street in Toronto on November 18th. Ex-New York Ranger, Sergei Zubov, as well as Guy Carbonneau, Hayley Wickenheiser,…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON – Volume 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – In spite of the fact that the prevailing news of the day centers on the precipice of a new era for the New York Rangers, as the 2019 NHL Entry Draft is about to occur in Vancouver, more news is going in…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON REPORT – VOLUME 7
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –Â The ECHL’s Kelly Cup has been won. The AHL’s Calder Cup winner was decided. On Wednesday night, the top award in professional hockey, the Stanley Cup will be awarded to either the St. Louis…
CANTLON’S CORNER – OFF-SEASON VOLUME 6 PART 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey is winding down its various level championship series at all levels and the news just keeps flowing. CALDER CUP FINALS Both finalists competing for the Calder Cup Championship’s teams, start…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON – VOLUME 5
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – There is so much activity going on in Rangers-World that Blueshirts fans have plenty to be excited about. DAVIDSON RETURNS One of the many issues John Davidson (JD) will find on his new big desk as…