CANTLON’S CORNER: DANIELS A MODEL WHALER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Scott “Chief” Daniels was a seventh-round (186th overall) draft pick for the Hartford Whalers in 1989. Daniels was the epitome of hard work and perseverance, especially during his career in junior hockey.…
CANTLON: (SAT) SOUND TIGERS CLIP WOLF PACK IN OT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – Sporting one of the stronger home records in the AHL, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers got a goal from Otto Koivula with 6.9 seconds left in overtime to lift them to a 4-3 victory over the Hartford Wolf…
CHAIMOVICH: AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE ANNOUNCES SUSPENSIONS
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the following suspensions: Hartford Wolf Pack forward Steven Fogarty has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of a boarding incident in a game at Bridgeport on Dec. 27. Fogarty…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Facing pucks flying at him at more than 100 mph never seemed so easy, so mundane, so inconsequential to Connecticut Whale goalie Dov Grumet-Morris. Not when you’re helping bury one of your best friends and former Harvard teammates after…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Bruce Landon has known Howard Baldwin for nearly four decades. When Landon wasn’t tending goal for Baldwin’s New England Whalers for parts of their first five seasons in the World Hockey Association, he was playing mostly in Springfield,…
THE WOLF AND THE HAWK
By Bruce Berlet One is “Mr. Wolf Pack.” The other is “Hawk” – thought whether it’s for his ample nose or being a fan of the reigning Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks is open to debate. But there’s no debating the influence that Ken Gernander and…
IT AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS…
VERSUS There’s an old cliché every sports fan knows…“it ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings.” For the Hartford Wolf Pack, while they aren’t mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, after Saturday night’s 4-3 loss to the last place…