FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet There’s not suppose to be any cheering in the press box, but I can assure you that all those who have covered the Hartford Wolf Pack /…

DUPONT SIGNS IN NASHVILLE

Nashville Predators Sign Brodie Dupont By Press Release - Nashville Predators NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 8, 2011) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet The melancholy filtered through the phone line. Brodie Dupont, the player with the longest standing with the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale, had got his wish this week…

BRODIE DUPONT TRADED

Brodie Dupont, who’s spent the last four years in Hartford and finally broke through getting his first experience in the NHL this past year playing one game with the New…

TO QUALIFY OR NOT TO QUALIFY

For young restricted free agents, whether their parent teams qualify them or not is one of the most stressful times of their career. Get qualified and the dream continues. Don’t…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale has made the offseason a lot more pleasant and relaxing for Jared Nightingale. The Whale exercised their 2011-12 option on the AHL contract of…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT. – The XL Center ice was being scraped away and melted down as most Connecticut Whale players cleaned out their lockers, packed for outposts worldwide,…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – There’s bad luck, and there’s REALLY bad luck. Then there’s the bizarre one-in-a-million bad luck that Connecticut Whale wing Mats Zuccarello suffered Thursday night…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet Anticipation. Instincts. Timing. Guts. In some ways, blocking shots in hockey is even more dangerous than goaltending. Neither is for the faint of heart, but at least…

GAME FIVE – DUPONT GIVETH AND DUPONT TAKETH AWAY

VERSUS The Connecticut Whale fought back valiantly from a three-goal deficit, not once but TWICE, and finally tied it early in the third on a Brodie Dupont goal. But as…