SPOTLIGHT: DEVEAUX TO THE PRESS BOX

BY: Bruce Berlet With first-line right wing Andre Deveaux suspended three games because of boarding incidents in two games against the Springfield Falcons last weekend, the Connecticut Whale could use…

DEVEAUX LOST TO WHALE VIA SUSPENSION

Right Wing Andre Deveaux lost his job in the NHL with the New York Rangers when he took a foolish elbowing penalty. “I Guess I elbowed my way out of…

THE LOST WEEKEND

      VERSUS      In 1945, Ray Milland starred in a film called, “The Lost Weekend” about an alcoholic trying to get a hold of his issues only to succumb to a…

WHALE OBJECTION OVERRULED

      VERSUS      If the Connecticut Whale are going to make a serious run at a Calder Cup championship they are going to have to learn how to play with a…

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…

SPOTLIGHT: ALL-STAR GAME

BY: Bruce Berlet Congratulations to Connecticut Whale forwards Jonathan Audy-Marchessault and Mats Zuccarello on being named Wednesday to the Eastern Conference team for the AHL All-Star Classic on Jan. 29-30…

I’D BE SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE BUS

      VERSUS      Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander does not handle losing well and it is almost a certainty that he was beside himself on Monday afternoon at the Cumberland…

WHALE DROWN CHASING SHARKS

 VERSUS  In the baseball film, “Bull Durham” the Manager of the baseball team that Kevin Costner plays for is upset after a loss and tells his players his view of…

GERNANDER: A LEADER ON AND OFF THE ICE

      VERSUS      Ken Gernander coaches hockey the way that he played the game…with great attention to detail, a lot of emotion and a hockey sense and intelligence that few can…

ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS

      VERSUS      The Connecticut Whale ended their four day holiday break and began their toughest stretch of the season that will see them play five games over the next eight…