NEW YORK RANGERS PRE SEASON CONTINUES
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers’ pre-season game with the New York Islanders was canceled for Friday night and moved to Saturday, after serious flooding in NYC and on Long Island. The Rangers made roster moves…
NHL EDITION – REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Salary cap restrictions forced The New York Rangers to be very frugal during the NHL Free Agency market. Only time will tell if they spent wisely or foolishly. It was a tornado-like free agency for the…
CANTLON: (2/12) UCONN BEATS BC 6-4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CHESTNUT HILL, MA – UCONN earned two points in a wild 6-4 road win over Boston College at Kelley Rink. Carter Turnbull, Jachym Kondelik, and two goals from an unexpected scoring source defenseman, Jarrod Gourley, as…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK SIGN ANOTHER FORWARD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack made a rare Sunday transaction with the signing of a collegiate forward, James Sanchez. Hailing from NCAA Division-1 Independent program, the Arizona State Sun Devils, Sanchez signed…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 20 (PART TWO)
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NHL “playoffs” are officially underway and the news is coming fast and furious. The AHL has set a date for their return to play. On Thursday, the league’s “Return to Play…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 15
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –Â As Connecticut prepares to move to the next stage of it’s opening up, the hockey world continues to make plans, not only for the upcoming playoffs, set to begin at the end of July but for the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON Volume 10
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – After a vote by its membership, the NHLPA has approved the NHL’s decision to move to a 24-team playoff format to bring to a conclusion the 2019-20 NHL season. With that announcement coming earlier…
CANTLON: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – While in our safe places under a pandemically-induced house arrest, there is some limited hockey news still going on. XL CENTER The XL Center, despite being shut down, progress on the facility’s…
CANTLON: (3/6) UCONN CLOSES OUT REGULAR SEASON AT UMASS—LOWELL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The UCONN Huskies close out the Hockey East regular season on Friday night on the road at the Tsongas Center to face the number 12 nationally ranked UMASS-Lowell River Hawks at 7 PM (ESPN 97.9 and WILI…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 16
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Summer is winding down. The days aren’t quite as long and the heat is subsiding a bit and that means fall is approaching and the 2019-20 hockey season is just around the corner. As Cantlon’s Corner…