CHECKERS COME UP SHORT AGAINST SENATORS

VERSUS SENS SCORE THREE STRAIGHT TO SKIP CHECKERS Bailey scores first two goals of the season; Brust makes 31 saves in win CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After falling behind 1-0 in…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet For the past month, the Connecticut Whale proved the tough really can get going when the going gets tough. The stretch epitomized their coach, Ken Gernander, who…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Facing pucks flying at him at more than 100 mph never seemed so easy, so mundane, so inconsequential to Connecticut Whale goalie Dov Grumet-Morris. Not when you’re…

EIZENMAN SENT TO THE ECHL

WHALE LOAN FORWARD OREN EIZENMAN TO ECHL ELMIRA *           *           *           * Has Six points in 33 Games with Whale HARTFORD, March 10, 2011:  Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Bruce Landon has known Howard Baldwin for nearly four decades. When Landon wasn’t tending goal for Baldwin’s New England Whalers for parts of their first five seasons…

REFS GONE WILD

VERSUS If you were looking to make the argument against having two referees on the ice at the same time, or maybe just having these two particular referees period, this…

ON A CLEAR DAY…

Lots of news and a bit of a surprise start off the day for the Connecticut Whale. First is the announcement of the signing of Francis Lemieux to a full…

WHALE WEEKLY: March 7-13, 2011

The Whale (31-24-2-6, 70 pts.) finished an important three-game stretch with playoff implications with a perfect 3-0-0-0 record last week, posting two wins over Springfield and one over Worcester. The…

WHALE GOES MOBY DICK ON SHARKS

VERSUS So much for trouble scoring goals. First, the goal-challenged New York Rangers scored seven goals for the third time this season and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, a division rival,…

CHECKERS JUMP OVER MONARCHS

VERSUS BOYCHUK’S LATE GOAL STINGS MONARCHS Pogge makes 33 saves, now 11-5-1 on the road MANCHESTER, N.H. - Zach Boychuk’s goal with less than a minute remaining in the third…