CANTLON’S CORNER: OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES – VOLUME II
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Much has gone on in the hockey world. In the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs, the best-of-five first-round series have mostly ended and there are a few surprises. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers won Game 4 in overtime…
CANTLON’S CORNER: OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES – VOLUME I
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Now that the Bradford pears and forsythias have sprung into bloom and are kicking in, the New York Rangers might want to put a giant set of forsythias in front of the XL Center to obscure the Hartford Wolf…
CANTLON: (FRI) BEARS CLAW PACK IN HOME FINALE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack home schedule mercifully came to an end, but in a way that was hardly surprising. Mike Sgarbossa’s three points and two goals from Steve Whitney, and Nathan Walker allowed the…
CRAWFORD: CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR, PACK LOSE TO PHANTOMS IN SO
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Allentown, PA, April 13, 2019 – The Hartford Wolf Pack scored the first two goals of the game Saturday night at the PPL Center, in their second-to-last game of the season, but the Lehigh Valley Phantoms battled back…
CRAWFORD: PACK SKATE IN CHOCOLATE IN FINAL HOME GAME
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT, April 12, 2019 – Nathan Walker had two goals and an assist, and Steve Whitney also scored twice, Friday night at the XL Center, as the Hershey Bears defeated the Hartford Wolf Pack 6-3, in the Wolf…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK START FINAL WEEKEND OF THE SEASON
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The 2018-19 season that started out with so much promise, comes to an end with it being the fifth of the last six springs in Hartford without post-season hockey. The magic of fourteen straight seasons with…
CANTLON: PACK DOWN DEVILS 6-2 IN SUNDAY MATINEE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack scored three goals in the second period and five unanswered goals overall to help them overtake and defeat the Binghamton Devils, 6-2, snapping a six-game losing streak in a Sunday…
CANTLON: (SAT) TWO EX-PACK LEAD COMETS TO VICTORY IN HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Two ex-Hartford Wolf Pack players lead the Utica Comets to a 4-0 shutout victory over their former team before an announced crowd of 3,980 at the XL Center on Saturday night. Tom Pyatt paced the win with a…
CANTLON: (WED) WOLF PACK LOSE IN SPRINGFIELD, 5-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings SPRINGFIELD, MA – A strong start allowed the Springfield Thunderbirds to stay ahead of and eventually beat the Hartford Wolf Pack 5-2 on Wednesday night at the Mass Mutual Center. The Thunderbirds won the season series…
KUHNS: BOLTON’S GOAL CAPS OFF THRILLING WIN IN NORFOLK
Swamp Rabbits survive a high-scoring affair BY: Jordan Kuhns, Greenville Swamp Rabbits BOXSCORE NORFOLK, Va. — 2:01 into overtime, Jake Bolton converted a 2-on-1 break, and the Greenville Swamp Rabbits started a three-game swing in Norfolk in victorious…