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 at the XL Center. Connecticut was edged, 3-2, by the Providence Bruins…
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 & Under “AA” team fell short in their bid for the 2011 USA…
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 of the Aldege “Baz”…
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 Daavettilla of the Kalamazoo Wings are the recipients of the…
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 “Night of the Living Dead and a measure of “Sybil” or “Invasion of the Body…
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 had more than just a little affect on him. He has had injury issues this…
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 games on Apr. 2
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 Flyers, 3-2, in a shootout today at Wells Fargo Center to improve to…
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 and his staff are running out of time to get the bus moving again as the Whale…
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 One and Two at First Arena in Elmira on Tuesday, April 5…
