THOMAS: IGOR SHESTERKIN WON THE VEZINA TROPHY
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The National Hockey League announced today, June 21st, that New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin won the Vezina Trophy. The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually “to the goaltender adjudged to be the…
CANTLON: PACK SMOKED BY PENGUINS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings WILKES-BARRE, PA – Drew O’Connor’s heady performance and Samuel Poulin’s two points helped the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sink the stumbling Hartford Wolf Pack, dropped an important divisional road game 5-1 on…
SHELLEY: RABBITS COMEBACK COMES UP SHORT IN OT
BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. – Despite scoring four unanswered goals between the second and third periods, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits fell to the South Carolina Stingrays 5-4 in overtime on Wednesday night at Bon Secours…
THOMAS: PACK LOSE CRITICAL GAME TO PENS
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack got a goal from Anthony Greco on Wednesday night, but in the end, they came up short against a desperate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins team. In the second period, the Penguins…
THOMAS: PACK WIN WILD GAME OVER BEARS
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack built a 3-0 lead on the Hershey Bears Saturday night at the XL Center in Hartford, but the Bears stormed back to tie the game and eventually force a shootout. In the skills…
CANTLON: NHL FREE AGENT FRENZY OKTOBERFEST STYLE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The end of a very busy week in pro hockey as free agency for the NHL and AHL kicks off the official start of the 2020-21 season which still has no schedule but does have a tentative start date of January…
KEELEY: FALMOUTH NATIVE BEN FREEMAN SIGNS WITH MARINERS
Out of the University of Connecticut, 6’5 forward is a local product BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – August 3, 2020 – After Cumberland-born brothers Ted and Brian Hart made Mariners history last season, becoming the first Maine natives…
CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL RETURN IMMINENT AND OTHER HOCKEY NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – For the first time since March, professional hockey is so close to being played for fans that you can almost reach out and touch it. With that start rapidly approaching, there’s plenty of news…
CANTLON: XL CENTER OPENING DATE STILL UNKNOWN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – It’s a guessing game predicting for CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth as to the actual opening date for the XL Center to begin hosting events, with what is likely to be a reduced crowd.…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 12
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The world is slowly approaching normalcy. Sports news is becoming more and more prevalent as ALL sports are moving closer and closer towards returning into the daily lives of its fans. AHL AWARDS The…