CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOL 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers have just four picks in this year’s NHL Entry Draft. The Rangers’ highest pick this year is in the second round at No. 63 and is the only pick the Rangers have through the first…
CANTLON: ALL BLACK NHL LINE FOLLOWS A STRONG HISTORY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey’s continued growth in non-traditional communities received a big boost with the line of all-black players deployed by the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Head Coach, Jon Cooper, at the end of the …
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 30
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –Â So much news and activity in the hockey world this week. As a business, the AHL had a small-town model that was the norm nearly 30 years ago. That is now long gone. An average salary then was a mere $40K.…
CANTLON: NHL/AHL FREE AGENCY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The roster wheels were churning on Monday. It was going so quickly that not a single hamster or a gerbil on a Habitrail wheel would have kept pace. The New York Rangers led the parade of signings by inking…
CANTLON: PACK AND BRUINS BATTLE TO OT
    VERSUS   BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – A late bench minor penalty for Too Many Men cost the Hartford Wolf Pack dearly as it allowed the Providence Bruins to complete their comeback and earn a 4-3 win in overtime while sending…
CANTLON’S CORNER: “SHOOTER” SCORES ALL HOF & HOCKEY NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –Â The AHL Hall of Fame Class of 2019 was announced late Thursday and Connecticut can raise it’s collective glasses to two new AHL Hall of Famers who had their finest seasons in Connecticut. Brad…
CANTLON: PRATT KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND THE XL CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – For Derek Pratt, it’s nice to start your first pro camp in familiar territory. The two-time captain and of the UCONN Huskies had to go just about 15-feet from his former locker room to enter the…
SPOTLIGHT: SOUNDING OUT THE TIGERS
BY: Bruce Berlet After a well-earned four-day break, the Northeast Division-leading Connecticut Whale looks to extend their latest points streak to four games when they visit their intrastate rival Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Monday night. The Whale…
SPOTLIGHT: AL MONTOYA
BY: Bruce Berlet Friday night wasn’t exactly what former Hartford Wolf Pack goalie Al Montoya and AHL Hall of Famer Bruce Boudreau had in mind, but it did have some redeeming value. Montoya played his first game in the building where he watched games as…
SPOTLIGHT: HARTFORD GRADUATES
BY: Bruce Berlet Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale graduates are helping the parent New York Rangers more all the time. Take Thursday night, in a 5-3 victory over the host Carolina Hurricanes, in which the Rangers rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits.…