CANTLON’S CORNER – OFF-SEASON VOLUME 6 PART 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey is winding down its various level championship series at all levels and the news just keeps flowing. CALDER CUP FINALS Both finalists competing for the Calder Cup Championship’s teams, start…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 6 PART 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Player and Coaches alike are making moves these days and more announcements are expected. PLAYER AND COACHING MOVEMENT Former Hartford Whaler, Dave Tippett, gave up a luxurious job of creating the new…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK START FINAL WEEKEND OF THE SEASON
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The 2018-19 season that started out with so much promise, comes to an end with it being the fifth of the last six springs in Hartford without post-season hockey. The magic of fourteen straight seasons with…
CANTLON’S CORNER: PACK REFLECT ON BAD LOSS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – It was a very silent Hartford Wolf Pack practice at Champions Skating Center on Wednesday. Fresh off a disheartening 4-1 loss to the Hershey Bears, who scored all four of their goals in the last seven…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 18-24, 2019
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack (21-25-5-3, 50 pts., .463) registered three of a possible six points in three games this week, with a win and two overtime losses. On Wednesday night at home against defending…
CANTLON: NIGHTHAWK GREAT ANDERSON ENTERS AHL HALL OF FAME
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings SPRINGFIELD, MA – John Anderson’s road to the AHL Hall-of-Fame is a true hockey journey. Beginning with his captaincy during his junior days with the first edition of the Toronto Marlies of the OHA (now OHL). He…
CANTLON: BRAD “SHOOTER” SMYTH FINALLY HAS HIS DAY IN THE SUN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings SPRINGFIELD, MA – Shooter is where he deserves to be – The AHL Hall of Fame. For Brad “Shooter” Smyth, with his family and friends on hand, got to bask in the glow of the game he has loved so much. “It feels…
CANTLON: PACK HITTING THE ROAD AGAIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Both the Hartford Wolf Pack and the New York Rangers are embarking on critical road trips with both squads not running on all cylinders. The Rangers lost to the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-1, on Thursday night…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: October 22-28, 2018
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack (4-3-1-0, 9 pts., .563) made their only north-of-the-border foray of the season this past week and went 1-2-0-0 in three games against a trio of Canadian opponents. The trip started…
CRAWFORD: (SAT) PACK END ROAD CANADIAN ROAD TRIP WITH 3-2 LOSS
VERSUS BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Toronto, Ontario, October 20, 2018 – The Hartford Wolf Pack wrapped up a three-game Canadian road trip Saturday at Coca-Cola Coliseum and were unable to overcome an early deficit in a 3-2 loss to the…