CANTLON: NHL DRAFT DAY 2 SUMMARY AND NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The bulk of the selections in the NHL Draft come on day two. Due to the pandemic, the sample size for current video and seeing players in-person is much smaller. Therefore, there were far fewer than normal…
CANTLON: HAT TRICKS AND THE NAHL ENTRY DRAFT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NAHL conducted its entry draft consisting of 498 slots last Wednesday. It’s the last junior selections made before the big NHL Entry Draft at the end of the week. Since entering the league, the…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF SEASON VOLUME 6
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Off-Season is a busy time for hockey executives. Evaluations of the team’s talent, decisions on who to keep and who to release. Discussion of new talent to bring into the organization to improve…
CANTLON: QMJHL DRAFT COMPLETED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The second major junior draft conducted by the QMJHL finished up Friday and Saturday. The first 14 rounds encompassing the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland/Labrador,…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF-SEASON VOLUME 3
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NHL Draft is set for July 23-24, with the Buffalo Sabres holding the first overall pick. The expansion Seattle Kraken, with their General Manager being the former Hartford Whaler great, Ron Francis,…
CANTLON: EURO HOCKEY TITLE WINNERS DETERMINED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The 2020-21 Euro hockey season, fractured like hockey season’s worldwide from the Covid-19 pandemic, is closing out its seasons with some title winners. The champions are (alphabetically): Alps…
CANTLON: BRUINS BEAT PACK 6-3 WIN DIVISION TITLE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings MARLBOROUGH, MA – Providence scored six goals over the second half of the hockey game and defeated the Hartford Wolf Pack 6-3, and captured their second consecutive Atlantic Division title Thursday afternoon The Wolf…
CANTLON: UCONN END OF SEASON AWARDS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – The college hockey season is over, so the UCONN Huskies have announced their season award winners for 2020-21. Thomas J. Jacquard Award Thomas Jacquard was a UConn hockey freshman in 1989 when he was…
CANTLON: NEWS AND NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack’s Jonny Brodzinski is out until mid-April with an upper-body injury. His younger brother Ethan Brodzinski of St. Cloud State University suffered a broken femur in their 4-1 win…
CANTLON: UCONN LOSES 6-1 AT H-E QUARTERS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – Six different Providence College (11-8-5) players scored with four having multiple-point games as the Friars dominated UCONN 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Freitas Ice Forum. The Friars advance to the Hockey…