CANTLON’S CORNER: NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR DRAFTS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Its spring. Besides the flowers and bushes that all bloom, so do many of young hockey player’s futures as they hope to get drafted by various junior leagues in North America. For some Connecticut…
CANTLON’S CORNER: OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES – VOLUME II
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Much has gone on in the hockey world. In the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs, the best-of-five first-round series have mostly ended and there are a few surprises. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers won Game 4 in overtime…
CANTLON: RYAN LINDGREN PROFILE AND LATEST NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – It’s been a rollercoaster of a first season for Hartford Wolf Pack rookie defenseman, Ryan Lindgren. His play has earned him a passing grade for his effort, despite not going to the postseason for a second…
CANTLON: COLLEGE HOCKEY SIGNINGS AS OF MARCH 20TH
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The first Yale University player to sign is the swift-skating Joe Snively. He signs with the Washington Capitals. He also signed an ATO deal to play with the Hershey Bears (AHL). The Bears play in Hartford…
CANTLON: (SAT) HUSKIES BEAT TERRIERS IN OT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Following a late tying goal, the UCONN Huskies defeated the Boston University Terriers 3-2 in dramatic fashion, with Sasha Payusov tallying 51 seconds into overtime, his second game-winning OT goal in…
CANTLON: (FEB 7) UCONN BEATS NORTHEASTERN IN OVERTIME
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The UCONN Huskies reversed what could have been another looming one-goal loss and instead in dramatic fashion, turned it into a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over the 13th ranked, Northeastern Huskies…
CANTLON: HUSKIES LOSE TO ENGINEERS, 5-2
By Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Avon’s Chase Zieky had three points propelling RPI to a 5-2 non-conference win over the UCONN Huskies before 3,165 fans at the XL Center on Wednesday night. The UCONN record drops to 7-14-1 and 2-10-1…
CANTLON: HOLIDAY WRAPPINGS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – After dropping five in a row, the Hartford Wolf Pack have now won three straight games including a weekend sweep of the North Division-leading Rochester Americans and in the process climbed back to .500 at…
CANTLON: (WED) PHANTOMS BLAST PACK IN HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT- An early scoring blitz helped the Lehigh Valley Phantoms down the Hartford Wolf Pack, 7-3 on Wednesday night before announced crowd of 1,367 at the XL Center. Halloween is less than a week away, but the XL Center…
CANTLON’S CORNER: “SHOOTER” SCORES ALL HOF & HOCKEY NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The AHL Hall of Fame Class of 2019 was announced late Thursday and Connecticut can raise it’s collective glasses to two new AHL Hall of Famers who had their finest seasons in Connecticut. Brad…