FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Chad Kolarik was chilling out around 4 p.m. Thursday when he got a phone call from Columbus Blue Jackets assistant general manager Chris McFarland. To his stunning surprise, the right wing on the Springfield Falcons’ No. 1 line learned he…
MICFLIKIER’S HAT TRICK SILENCES SOUND TIGERS
VERSUS MICFLIKIER’S HAT TRICK SILENCES SOUND TIGERS Checkers with season-high goal output in 6-1 win Jacob Micflikier registered the first hat trick in Checkers history as Charlotte defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 6-1, on Thursday evening at…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Left wing Dane Byers will be playing in the Wolf Pack’s home finale Saturday night – for the opposition. Byers, the Wolf Pack’s fourth captain, was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the New York Rangers on Thursday for…
NIGHT VISION
By Bruce Berlet Though this space is usually filled with information and features on the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale and New York Rangers, special occasions bring special consideration. The two games for the Yale women’s hockey team this weekend…
NOW YOU SEE’EM, NOW YOU DON’T
VERSUS The players on the Hartford Wolf Pack talked about not getting too high or too low after dismantling the injury depleted Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Sunday, but that it was something they could build on. Well, so much for that. “I didn’t like…
HURRICANES REASSIGN BRETT CARSON TO CHARLOTTE
HURRICANES REASSIGN BRETT CARSON TO CHARLOTTE Defenseman played in two games during recall Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned defenseman Brett…
BEARS STRIKE EARLY, DOWN CHECKERS, 5-2
VERSUS BEARS STRIKE EARLY, DOWN CHECKERS, 5-2 Charlotte splits two-game series with defending champs The Charlotte Checkers fell behind early and could not recover as they were downed 5-2 by the defending champion Hershey Bears on Tuesday evening in…
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS PREVIEW
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS Tuesday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. Madison Square Garden • New York, NY Rangers: 7-6-1 (15 pts) Capitals: 10-4-0 (20 pts) * All information through NHL games on Nov. 7 TOMORROW’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off…
WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 8-14, 2010
The Wolf Pack (4-8-2-1, 11 pts.) snapped a franchise-record nine-game winless streak (0-7-2-0) with a 7-1 pounding of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Sunday in GEICO Connecticut Cup action at the XL Center. Prior to that seven-goal explosion, the Pack had…
CHECKERS TAME BEARS
VERSUS CHECKERS OUTLAST DEFENDING CHAMPS, 4-2 Muphy stumps Hershey offense with 42-save performance For the second straight game, the Charlotte Checkers witnessed an outstanding performance from their starting goaltender and outlasted the…