SPOTLIGHT: KEVIN DINEEN
BY: Bruce Berlet Former Hartford Whalers star right wing and captain Kevin Dineen is certainly in the running for NHL Coach of the Year, after what he has done with the Florida Panthers in his first season behind an NHL bench. Well, Dineen earned more…
SPOTLIGHT: NHL REALIGNMENT
BY: Bruce Berlet The New York Rangers could be seeing even more of the arch-rival Islanders if a realignment plan approved by the NHL Board of Governors on Monday night is implemented. At the BOG meetings in Pebble Beach, Calif., the board approved a…
SPOTLIGHT: FRANCOIS BOUCHARD
BY: Bruce Berlet A lot of players might not be enamored with having to travel 12-15 hours round-trip to play their first few games with a new team. Not right wing Francois Bouchard, whom the New York Rangers acquired from the Washington Capitals on…
NEW “HALL” MONITORS
AHL ANNOUNCES 2012 INDUCTEES INTO AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE HALL OF FAME BY: Jason Chaimovitch, AHL VP of Communications SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the four people selected for induction into the American Hockey…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Who knows, maybe the New York Islanders will be moving to Hartford in four years? That could be one of the possibilities after residents of Nassau County on Long Island voted down a $400 million referendum in a special election Monday…
GET YOUR SCHEDULE INTRODUCTIONS HERE
WHALE ANNOUNCES 2011-12 SCHEDULE FORMAT * * * * I-91 Rivals Springfield and Bridgeport will be Most Familiar Adversaries HARTFORD, July 14 2011: The Connecticut Whale today announced its schedule format for the upcoming…
A NEW DIVISION FOR THE WHALE
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced that the league’s Board of Governors, convening this week for its Annual Meeting in Hilton Head Island, S.C., has approved the following division alignment for the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Hopefully NHL officials will again take notice of the Hartford market’s interest in hockey. As in the Eastern Conference finals, the Insurance City region ranked fourth in the overnight ratings for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals won by…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet An estimated 5,000 fans lined the streets of Binghamton, N.Y., on Wednesday to celebrate the city’s first pro hockey title. Few enjoyed it more than two men with Connecticut ties, one of whom had to get reports in his hospital bed. The…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Binghamton Senators hadn’t even qualified for the Calder Cup playoffs the past five seasons, but Tuesday night they had extra incentive to win their first AHL championship. With assistant coach and former Bridgeport Sound Tigers and…