FINDING THE WAY
VS. (FRI) VS. (SAT) BY: Mitch Beck “Early on in the season we came out to good starts and didn’t sustain it, allowed teams to come back on us. As of late, we’ve had a little bit more killer instinct and been able to close games out,” Connecticut…
3’s and 2’s
VERSUS After knocking off the Springfield Falcons 4-1 Sunday afternoon in front of 2,764 at the XL Center, if the Connecticut Whale were at all superstitious they would be heading to place 3-3-3 as their lottery number because Sunday was all…
MONARCHS OVERTHROWN BY WHALE FRIDAY
BY: Brian Ring The Connecticut Whale defeated the Manchester Monarchs Friday night, 5-0, before 3,272 fans at the XL Center. The Whale received two goals and an assist from forward Mats Zuccarello, who made his first appearance with the club after…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – CARL “ROAD RUNNER” HAGELIN
BY: Bruce Berlet Speed can be lethal, especially in hockey. Carl Hagelin possesses some of the best speed at any level of the game, but the Connecticut Whale’s rookie left wing is quickly learning that slower can be better. Hagelin had his breakout game…
FAN-FARE: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED? R-O-A-D T-R-I-P!
BY: Adam Gavriel I like to call myself a huge Rangers fan, however words are wind and proving it is another task altogether. Up until yesterday I have only seen one AHL game live, a Wolf-Pack vs. Sound Tigers meeting in Bridgeport during the lockout…
STILL LEARNING TO FLY
VERSUS It was not a good night for the battle between the New York organizations if you’re sitting on the Rangers side of that turf war as both the parent and top affiliate clubs lost to their biggest in-state rivals. The Rangers lost 4-2…
WHALE OUTSHOT IN SHOOTOUT
BY: Bruce Berlet Talk about a game of inches. For a second straight game, the Connecticut Whale had to go overtime plus in a shootout, but this time they came out on the short end after blowing a two-goal lead. Matt Taormina scored the only goal of the…
AND THEY’RE OFF…IN MANY WAYS
VERSUS BY: Mitch Beck The 2011-2012 season is underway and it starts with a thud as the team blows an early 3-1 lead from a Kris Newbury hat trick in the first 21:09 of the game and they went on to get doubled-up by the Adirondack Phantoms…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – THE CRYSTAL BALL
BY: Bruce Berlet Composing preseason previews is always a fun exercise but hardly an exact science. As New York Rangers assistant general manager/assistant coach/Connecticut Whale GM Jim Schoenfeld said in early September, “Pre-camp interviews are always…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – DECISION TIME
BY: Bruce Berlet Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller had plenty decisions to make after their team’s preseason finale Sunday, a 3-2 victory over the Worcester Sharks at…