CANTLON’S CORNER: AHL SUCCESSES AMONG MINORITIES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The well-deserved accolades are pouring in regarding the Abbotsford Heat’s Yushiroh Hirano, who earned his first AHL goal as a Japanese-born player. However, lost in the shuffle was the success of a…
SHELLEY: (2/2) RABBITS SIGN D’ARTAGNAN JOLY
BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers, announced today that the club has signed forward D’Artagnan Joly to a contract. Joly, 22, signs with Greenville amidst…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFFSEASON VOL 10 PT 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The last leg of the off-season began this week following the Seattle expansion and NHL Amateur drafts. Also announced were RFA offers for players on expiring Entry Level Contracts (ELC). Those signings…
CANTLON: SEATTLE GETS KRAKEN IN SELECTING A TEAM
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Former Hartford Whaler great and now Seattle Kraken General Manager Ron Francis has designed the first team, and they will skate at the Climate Pledge Arena in October. The NHL put on a show as they…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF-SEASON VOLUME 4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Incoming Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman Braden Schneider played the first two games of the team’s abbreviated 2020-21 schedule. It was named the WHL Bill Hunter Award as the WHL Best Defenseman of…
CANTLON: BINGHAMPTON DEVILS RELOCATING
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – News broke Saturday afternoon that the Binghamton Devils franchise was being relocated to, as of yet, an unknown destination. Tom Mitchell is the Devils’ Executive VP of Operations, and he’s…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOL 39
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The LANAH (Ligue Nord Americaine de Hockey) (North American Hockey League) a six-team, Quebec-based, minor professional circuit, announced it will not move its 25th season start date in 2020-21 due to…
CANTLON: HUSKIES KNOCK OFF BOSTON COLLEGE FOR FIRST WIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – For the second time in UCONN’s hockey history, the Huskies knocked off the nation’s second-ranked team, Boston College, 3-1 on Saturday, earning their first win of the season. In the third…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOL 35 PT 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hockey East conference released the coaches poll late last week, with UCONN listed at number seven. MEN’S POLL: Points, with first-place votes in parentheses Boston College, 95 (8) Massachusetts, 87…
CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY OPENS UP AGAINST UMASS (PREVIEW)
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – From Sunday through Wednesday, UCONN Huskies Head Coach, Mike Cavanaugh, was unsure if his team would start their season or not. What was supposed to be their opening season series this past weekend…