MARCH 10th – A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

EX-RANGERS AMONG CT HOCKEY HOF INDUCTEES

NEW CLASS OF 2012 INDUCTEES REVEALED FOR CT HOCKEY HALL OF FAME *           *           *           * Seven New Hall of Famers to be Honored during March 10 CT Whale Home…

SPOTLIGHT: CARL HAGELIN

BY: Bruce Berlet A month after his call-up from the Connecticut Whale to the parent New York Rangers, left wing Carl Hagelin continues to solidify his position with the big…

IT’S OFFICIAL

The New York Rangers have announced, to no surprise to anyone who follows the team on a regular basis, that Ryan Callahan has been named the team’s 26th captain. Marc…

REMEMBERING SEPT. 11 with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet September 11 always elicits memories of that fateful trip down the Merritt Parkway. A decade ago, I was passing through Meriden on the way to the opening…

BACK TO THE FUTURE – CATCHING UP WITH MICHAEL DEL ZOTTO

BY: Mitch Beck with Adam Gavriel For athletes looking to develop a professional career, the path to achieving it, in many ways, resembles the four-year high school matriculation process. As…

A FUTURE WHALE IS BORN?

With their first pick in the 2011 NHL Entry draft, 15th overall, the New York Rangers selected centerman J.T. Miller. One never knows what’s going to happen or how a…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By: Bruce Berlet Former Hartford Wolf Pack center Jarkko Immonen was at his best in the World Hockey Championships and a major reason that Finland won the gold medal for…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Hall of Famer Brian Leetch had just one regret. “It went too fast,” the Cheshire native said. Just one regret, too, for Enfield…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet No one – repeat no one – enjoyed/enjoys tough, physical, fan-pleasing hockey more than Kevin Dineen. The former Hartford Whalers star right wing/captain, now coach of the…