CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOL 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers have just four picks in this year’s NHL Entry Draft. The Rangers’ highest pick this year is in the second round at No. 63 and is the only pick the Rangers have through the first…
CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFFSEASON VOL 4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a dramatic first-round playoff series and now face an elimination game with the Carolina Hurricanes (nee Hartford Whalers) who lead the series three…
CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON 3
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack off-season is expected to be another roster transformation project that will make the 2022-23 edition of the New York Rangers AHL affiliate into a very different team. Six Wolf Pack…
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: CT HOCKEY OFF SEASON VOLUME 8
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Tampa Bay Lightning captured their second consecutive (third overall) Stanley Cup championship. It a difficult feat under less restrictive times but almost unheard of in the post-hard-cap era. They’re…
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: CT HOCKEY OFF-SEASON VOLUME 4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Incoming Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman Braden Schneider played the first two games of the team’s abbreviated 2020-21 schedule. It was named the WHL Bill Hunter Award as the WHL Best Defenseman of…
CANTLON: ALL BLACK NHL LINE FOLLOWS A STRONG HISTORY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey’s continued growth in non-traditional communities received a big boost with the line of all-black players deployed by the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Head Coach, Jon Cooper, at the end of the …
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF SEASON VOLUME 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – With the completion of the 2020-21 AHL season, it’s time for hockey teams to begin the process of summer reflection, accounting, and planning for the future at all levels of the sport. The…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY 2021 OFFSEASON VOL 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –The offseason has begun for the Hartford Wolf Pack and the rest of the AHL, except for the Pacific division, which has a playoff. Teams are very busy planning and signing players and coaches for the…