DESPERATE PIRATES FILET WHALE

      VERSUS      BY: Bruce Berlet The Portland Pirates, involved in a wild, multi-team chase for the final Eastern Conference playoff spots, parlayed goals from four different players and 29 saves…

REDEMPTION

      VERSUS     (I feel like I need to apologize to the readers of Howlings. I haven’t written my normal stories for the games on Friday and last night. This is…

ALL EVEN IN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS

VERSUS CHECKERS BLANKED, 3-0, BY PENGUINS IN GAME 2 Series tied 1-1; Game 3 is Monday in Charlotte WILKES-BARRE, P.A.—Aided by 34-save shutout from Brad Thiessen, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins blanked…

CHECKERS GET THE JUMP ON PENGUINS

  VERSUS   CHECKERS TAKE 1-0 SERIES LEAD OVER TOP-SEEDED PENGUINS Jon Matsumoto scored a pair of goals as the Checkers take Game 1 win WILKES-BARRE, P.A.—Jon Matsumoto scored two…

LUKE ADAM – AHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

PORTLAND PIRATES FORWARD LUKE ADAM NAMED AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE’S OUTSTANDING ROOKIE SPRINGFIELD, MA. - The American Hockey League announced today that forward Luke Adam of the Portland Pirates has been…

WHALE WEEKLY: March 7-13, 2011

The Whale (31-24-2-6, 70 pts.) finished an important three-game stretch with playoff implications with a perfect 3-0-0-0 record last week, posting two wins over Springfield and one over Worcester. The…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet It has been arguably the most topsy-turvy season in the 14 years of the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise. Man-games lost to injuries and call-ups are at…

POTENT PP PUNISHES PENGUINS

VERSUS Boychuk’s hat trick, Dalpe’s four assists lead Checkers to 9-5 win WILKES-BARRE, PA. - The Charlotte Checkers scored four goals on the power play, including the game-winning tally, as…

WORST TO FIRST

       VERSUS       (Editor’s note: Our apologies for this being posted late…busy day at work) The Connecticut Whale rebounded from Saturday's poor performance against the Atlantic Division’s worst team, the…

CHECKERS JUMPED BY PENGUINS

VERSUS      LATE COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AS CHECKERS LOSE TO PENS Tangradi scores twice; Micflikier adds goal and assist for Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Down four goals in the third period,…