WHALERS WATCH – EMIRA AND DANBURY – A MATCH MADE IN HOCKEY HEAVEN
BY: Brittany Burke It is the goal of any minor league team to provide affordable entertainment and game-day experiences for the fans, while also acting as a platform for athletes to move up within the world of professional sports. The Danbury Whalers, a…
BRENDAN BELL IN – T.J. FAST OUT
The New York Rangers sent Brendan Bell to the Connecticut Whale. With one defenseman coming in, one had to go and according to the AHL Transactions page, the Whale have released T.J. Fast from his Professional Try-Out contract. Sean Avery’s arrival to…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – JASON LABARBERA, CLASS ON AND OFF THE ICE
BY: Bruce Berlet I learned how classy goalie Jason LaBarbera is when he was with the Hartford Wolf Pack for four seasons and then the Manchester Monarchs, where he never complained about the waiver rules that kept him locked in the AHL because the Los…
DANBURY WHALERS MAKING THINGS SPECIAL FOR FANS
BY: Brittany Burke Both the NHL and AHL seasons are underway and that means the start of the 2011-2012 FHL season is just days away. Soon familiar faces will be joined by some new ones as both take to the ice at the Danbury Ice Arena with the hope of…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – UNLIKE WALL STREET, McDONAGH STOCK RISING
BY: Bruce Berlet Talk about a turnaround. A year ago, Ryan McDonagh was trying to find himself as a pro after the defenseman and center Derek Stepan left the University of Wisconsin early after losing to New York Rangers top prospect Chris Kreider and…
WHALE WEEKLY: October 10-16, 2011
BY: Bob Crawford The Whale split their first two games of the season during the year’s opening weekend, first falling to the Adirondack Phantoms, 6-3, on Saturday night despite Kris Newbury’s first Whale hat trick. Connecticut rebounded with a solid 1-0…
GET THE KIDS ROWDY
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors and BB&T introduced today the brand-new Rowdy’s Kids Club. The exclusive club is open to Road Warriors fans 12 years old and younger. “Rowdy’s Kids Club presented by BB&T is a…
ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY NEWS #1 – 10/10 to 10/16/11
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors completed their preseason schedule last week with a pair of wins over the South Carolina Stingrays. This week, Greenville will focus on preparing for opening weekend which includes a rematch with the…
WHALE GUTS…
VERSUS After watching the Connecticut Whale work through 65 minutes of scoreless, defensive hockey and then score three times out of four in the shoot-out for a 1-0 victory over the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Penguins Sunday night, the only way to…
AND THEY’RE OFF…IN MANY WAYS
VERSUS BY: Mitch Beck The 2011-2012 season is underway and it starts with a thud as the team blows an early 3-1 lead from a Kris Newbury hat trick in the first 21:09 of the game and they went on to get doubled-up by the Adirondack Phantoms…
