FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Chad Kolarik was chilling out around 4 p.m. Thursday when he got a phone call from Columbus Blue Jackets assistant general manager Chris McFarland. To his stunning surprise, the right wing on the Springfield Falcons’ No. 1 line learned he had been…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Left wing Dane Byers will be playing in the Wolf Pack’s home finale Saturday night – for the opposition. Byers, the Wolf Pack’s fourth captain, was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the New York Rangers on Thursday for…
NIGHT VISION
By Bruce Berlet Though this space is usually filled with information and features on the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale and New York Rangers, special occasions bring special consideration. The two games for the Yale women’s hockey team this weekend have special meaning, so they’re receiving…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Coaching hockey at one of the world’s finest institutions of higher learning (and discipline) has been in the Riley family tree for 60 years. Memories abound since Jack Riley began a 36-year run on the banks of the Hudson River in New…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet John Paddock, who guided the Wolf Pack to their only Calder Cup in 2000, got an unexpected request Monday night to become the new interim coach of the Adirondack Phantoms, the top affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers. Paddock, the Flyers assistant general…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Wolf Pack coach Ken Gernander has never been averse to shuffling lines to try to shake up his troops, but he has changed them more this year than his socks. And that’s something considering the Wolf Pack usually don’t play more than…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet  Alexa Guglielmi grew up a Hartford Whalers fan, though she didn’t get to see her favorite team much before they pulled anchor and headed to North Carolina. But the parents of the Trinity College women’s hockey team captain were longtime Whalers supporters…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By: Bruce Berlet Losing one of your most versatile forwards and second-leading scorer before the season even starts and your leading scorer and captain in the third game might throw many teams for a loop. The Rangers faced such a dilemma early in their 85th…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet With Tim Kennedy out with an undisclosed injury, the four centers who played for the Wolf Pack on Wednesday night started the game against the Albany Devils with a total of zero goals. That’s nada, zilch, none – in eight games. Ryan…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Jeremy Williams has seen plenty in seven pro seasons and scored some NHL-type goals while in the AHL, as he did Saturday night for the Hartford Wolf Pack. So while his highlight-reel goal that ended a 159-minute, 18-second scoring drought couldn’t prevent…
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WOLF PACK SEND BRUINS PACKING WITH OT WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack are headed to the Atlantic Division Finals for the second straight season. A wild bounce saw a puck clip Jake Leschyshyn and beat Brandon Bussi 9:41 into overtime of Game 4 at…
PRE-GAME: WOLF PACK CAN CLOSE OUT BRUINS TONIGHT
PRE-GAME REPORT: WOLF PACK LOOK TO CLOSE OUT SERIES AGAINST BRUINS AT XL CENTER By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack welcome the Providence Bruins to town tonight for Game 4 of their Atlantic Division Semifinals series. Thanks to…
WOLF PACK SUFFER UGLY LOSS TO P-BRUINS IN GAME 2
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack were forced to settle for a split in Providence, as the Bruins roared back to take Game 2 6-0 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion on Friday night. The series, now tied 1-1,…
WOLF PACK TAKE GAME ONE OF SEMIS IN P-TOWN
By: Shay Costa, Howlings PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack’s Anton Blidh scored 1:28 into the third period to give the team a 4-3 road win against his former team, the Providence Bruins, in Game One of the Atlantic Division semifinal in front of…
WOLF PACK SEND BRUINS PACKING WITH OT WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack are headed to the Atlantic Division Finals for the second straight season. A wild bounce saw a puck clip Jake Leschyshyn and beat Brandon Bussi 9:41 into overtime of Game 4 at…
WOLF PACK SUFFER UGLY LOSS TO P-BRUINS IN GAME 2
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack were forced to settle for a split in Providence, as the Bruins roared back to take Game 2 6-0 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion on Friday night. The series, now tied 1-1,…
WOLF PACK TAKE GAME ONE OF SEMIS IN P-TOWN
By: Shay Costa, Howlings PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack’s Anton Blidh scored 1:28 into the third period to give the team a 4-3 road win against his former team, the Providence Bruins, in Game One of the Atlantic Division semifinal in front of…
WOLF PACK GET 3-PT NIGHT FROM PITLICK IN GM 1 WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack PROVIDENCE, RI – Tyler Pitlick picked up three points on Wednesday night as the Hartford Wolf Pack marched into the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence and took Game 1 of their best-of-five Atlantic Division Semifinals series. The Wolf Pack…
ORLANDO ENDS SWAMP RABBITS SEASON
Swamp Rabbits show life late, but Orlando pulls away to win the series BY: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC– Jaydon Dureau’s two-goal night spearheaded a 5-1 Orlando Solar Bears win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on Tuesday to win the South Division Semifinals…
SWAMP RABBITS ANSWER BACK IN GAME 2
Eberle nets game-winner; three multi-point performers shine in win BY: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC—Tanner Eberle broke a deadlock in a wild third period to headline the Greenville Swamp Rabbits’ Game 2 win over the Orlando Solar Bears by a 4-2 score on Monday…
SWAMP RABBITS DROP GAME 1 in OT
Spencer Kersten ends a 72-minute game to steal Game 1 from Greenville By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. – Spencer Kersten ended a marathon goalie duel to give the Orlando Solar Bears a lead in the South Division Semifinals, 1-0, over the Greenville…
SWAMP RABBITS SCHEDULE FOR SOUTH DIVISION SEMIFINALS
Swamp Rabbits and Solar Bears begin a best-of-seven series this Sunday in Greenville By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, announced the full schedule for the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs…
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