WORLD JUNIOR QUARTERFINALS SUMMARY
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack profited by Slovakia losing at the World Junior Championship earlier this week. Slovakia’s thrilling 4-3 overtime loss to Finland allows Adam…
CANTLON: PACK HOME FOR BATTLE WITH BRUINS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack looks to rebound from their first loss of the season as they set out to play the visiting Providence Bruins on Sunday at 1 PM at the XL Center. The Pack will try to improve on their…
SPOTLIGHT: MARK HOWE
BY: Bruce Berlet Though three of the four inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night played with the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, it was former New England and Hartford Whalers left wing/defenseman Mark Howe who stole the show. Leading a…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – WADE REDDEN, YEAR TWO
BY: Bruce Berlet Despite spending a pleasant summer in picturesque Kelowna, British Columbia, with his wife and young daughter, Wade Redden experienced a bit of an unsettling offseason, proving again that money can’t buy you complete happiness. First,…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
BY: Bruce Berlet After a stellar first season with the New York Rangers, it has been a difficult 12 months for Marian Gaborik. First, the right wing who signed a five-year, $37.5 million free-agent deal with the Blueshirts on July 1, 2009 saw his goal…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet I can still picture New York Rangers center Artem Anisimov, then with the Hartford Wolf Pack, standing with Alexander Vasyunov after he was named the No. 1 star and his former Russian linemate the second star in a 4-3 shootout loss to…
RUSSIAN TRAGEDY
There isn’t much to say other than that the hockey world is in shock after the news of a plane crash that happened near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia. According to Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry, the crash has claimed the…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After two deflating seasons on Broadway fraught with boos and negative press, no one could have blamed Wade Redden for exiting the NHL stage left for more pleasant endeavors like the impending birth of his first child. But chats with…