CANTLON: (FRI) HUSKIES EDGE UNH 2-1 ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings DURHAM, NH – UCONN’s penalty kill on a late University of New Hampshire powerplay preserved their first come-from-behind road win of the season, 2-1. The two teams hook up for the backend of the home-and-home matchup at…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOL 35 PT 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hockey East conference released the coaches poll late last week, with UCONN listed at number seven. MEN’S POLL: Points, with first-place votes in parentheses Boston College, 95 (8) Massachusetts, 87…
CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY EAST SEASON UNVEILED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The upcoming Hockey East season now have dates. The Hockey East Association gave the University of Connecticut Huskies and its eleven members a finalized Conference-Only schedule for the 2020-21 season…
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…
CANTLON’S CORNER: FIRST NAHL DRAFT FOR DANBURY JUNIOR HAT TRICKS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings DANBURY, CT – The Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks participated in their first North American Hockey League (NAHL) Draft on Tuesday. Of the various junior programs, this is the last one held, and like all the others was done…
KUHN: SWAMP RABBITS RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN BRIEN DIFFLEY
BY: Jordan Kuhn, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. — Defenseman Brien Diffley is set to make his return to the Upstate after re-signing with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits for the 2020–21 season. Diffley, 25, completed his second professional…
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…
CHAIMOVITCH: SAN JOSE BARRACUDA’S JOHN McCARTHY VOTED WINNER OF AHL’S FRED T. HUNT MEMORIAL AWARD
BY: Jason Chaimovitch, American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that John McCarthy of the San Jose Barracuda is the 2019-20 winner of the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award as the AHL player who best exemplifies the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 8
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The suspension of hockey continues though the NHL may resume the regular season or go straight to a playoff format in an attempt to conclude the 2019-20 season. The AHL, meanwhile, is on the verge of…
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…