WHALE WEEKLY: January 30 – February 5, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale finished out the first month of 2012 with a pair of home games at the XL Center, and despite two hard-working efforts, the squad could not get themselves into the win column as they endured a…
GIMME A BREAK – AN ALL-STAR BREAK
VERSUS The late, great Gilda Radner’s character, “Roseanne Rosannadannna” used to say to great laughs, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another…” Those words rang very true Saturday night for the Connecticut Whale, but nobody was laughing as the…
WHALE INNOVATE TO MOTIVATE
Before I took on the task of attempting to be an expert and a strong columnist, I was a big Hartford Wolf Pack (as they were called) fan, so if you don’t mind, I’m going to unleash my inner Connecticut Whale fan for a moment… Word came today that the…
WHALE WEEKLY: January 23 – 29, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale endured another tough week in the opening month of 2012, suffering a defeat to begin the week’s action Wednesday in Portland, 4-2, before beginning a five-game homestand on Friday night in…
WHALE WEEKLY: January 16 – 22, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale visited Norfolk, VA this past weekend for their only road action against the Norfolk Admirals this season. Connecticut dropped both ends of the two-game set, falling by a 3-1 score Friday night…
NEWBURY RECALLED
With Brandon Dubinsky nursing a shoulder injury and Ruslan Fedotenko suffering from back spasms, Kris Newbury has been recalled from the Connecticut Whale to join the Rangers for their game with the Montreal Canadiens. That’s one long day of travel. A…
MAKE THAT A DOUBLE
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors will try to make it two wins in as many nights against the Gwinnett Gladiators as they host their I-85 rivals at 7:35 p.m. tonight. The Road Warriors (20-13-2, 42 pts.)…
FANFARE: CONDITION IMPOSSIBLE
BY: Adam Gavriel In his pre-game media scrum late this afternoon New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella discussed the possibility of sending Wojtek Wolski and Eric Christensen to the AHL’s Connecticut Whale for conditioning stints. According to the…
AHL HISTORY MADE IN PHILADELPHIA
BY: Jason Chaimovitch, Vice-President of Communications All-time attendance record set for outdoor AHL game at Citizens Bank Park A crowd of 45,653 fans – by far the largest gathering ever in the 76-year history of the American Hockey League – packed…
SPOTLIGHT: WHALE ALL-STARS REACT
BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale wing Mats Zuccarello likely was the most surprised of the 48 players named to participate in the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic on Wednesday. Zuccarello, the skilled Norwegian playing his second season in North America, had…