NHL EDITION – REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Salary cap restrictions forced The New York Rangers to be very frugal during the NHL Free Agency market. Only time will tell if they spent wisely or foolishly. It was a tornado-like free agency for the…
FREE AGENCY AND THE NEW YORK RANGERS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The annual NHL free agency shopping spree has begun for the New York Rangers; with serious salary cap issues, they’re shopping for deals in the clearance bins. On Friday, the Rangers announced who…
THE NHL DRAFT AND THE NEW YORK RANGERS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – On paper, anyway, The New York Rangers had a successful 2023 NHL Draft. For now, “hope springs eternal.” How it all shakes out in the end, only time will tell. The Rangers added four additional…
HARTFORD WOLF PACK ANNOUNCE GUARANTEED DATES
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack will open the home portion of their 2023-24 regular season schedule at the XL Center in downtown Hartford on Friday, October 20th, 2023. The time and opponent will be announced at…
CINCINNATI CYCLONES NEW RANGERS ECHL AFFILIATE
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has entered an affiliation agreement with the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones. The Cyclones will function as a…
NEW YORK RANGERS 2023 DRAFT CLASS
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers, parent club of the American Hockey League’s Hartford Wolf Pack, selected five players in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft held in Nashville, Tennessee. The five picks were forward…
UCONN MATT WOOD SELECTED IN NHL DRAFT
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – On the first day of the NHL draft, the Nashville Predators selected UConn’s Matt Wood at number 15. Wood slipped down a bit further than he was expected to be selected partly because Anaheim, picking…
TY EMBERSON WINS AHL BEST DEFENSIVE D-MAN AWARD
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman Ty Emberson was selected as the best defensive defenseman in the AHL’s Eastern Conference during the 2022-23 season by The Professional Hockey Players’…
HOWLINGS REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Time once again to empty the Howlings Reporter’s Notebook. The New York Rangers have their new head coach Peter Laviolette in place, and the Wolf Pack have Kris Knoblauch in Hartford set for his…
XL CENTER FUTURE UNSETTLED, STATE APPROVES FUNDING
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The future of the XL Center is finally at hand. The Capital Regional Development Corporation (CRDA) is the state quasi-public agency with the unenviable task of having the XL Center as part of its…