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 Game Whalers Sports & Entertainment and the CT Hockey Hall of Fame today…
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 club. The rookie speedster from Sweden had his second two-goal game in only 16…
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 Staal and Brad Richards will be alternate captains. Brian Leetch, who was captain for…
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 day of Rangers’ training camp at Madison Square Garden when a news flash on the…
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 rookie, a player enters their freshman year; the new kid on…
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 player is going to turn out from the first round. Will they turn out to be like…
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 only the second time. Immonen scored his tournament-leading ninth goal to start…
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 native Craig Janney, playing with Leetch for only the second time since the 1988 Winter…
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 Portland Pirates, thrived on the kind of play, earning endless…