CANTLON: FREE AGENCY FRENZY – PART TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The cyclonic activity of roster changes during free agency continued even into Monday. With a pandemic and large economic worldwide distress, salaries in the NHL and AHL are off the chart. On Saturday, the…
CANTLON: NHL FREE AGENT FRENZY OKTOBERFEST STYLE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The end of a very busy week in pro hockey as free agency for the NHL and AHL kicks off the official start of the 2020-21 season which still has no schedule but does have a tentative start date of January…
CANTLON: NEWS & NOTES FROM NHL DRAFT DAY TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The second act of the annual NHL Entry Draft took place on Wednesday. In the First Round, not only did the New York Rangers have the first overall pick in the draft that they used to take superstar…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOL 29
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Tampa Bay Lightning won their second Stanley Cup in tema history this past week with three Connecticut connections earning Championship rings. In 2010, Ryan McDonagh played half of a season with the…
CANTLON: HOCKEY NEWS & NOTES OFF SEASON – VOLUME 17
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NHL took a big step forward on Friday, July the 10th, as the owners and players ratified the “Return-To-Play” package and a six-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that will keep…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2020
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings TORONTO, CANADA – During the world-wide pandemic, the NHL brought some sunshine to the hockey world in naming their 2020 Hall-Of-Fame class which included Ken Holland, who was inducted in the Builder’s category, and…
MASSE: HOCKEY HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES 2020 INDUCTEES
BY: Kelly Masse, NHL, Hockey Hall of Fame TORONTO (June 24, 2020) – Lanny McDonald, Chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame announced today that individuals have been elected to Hockey Hall of Fame Honoured Membership, in both the Player and Builder…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 12
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The world is slowly approaching normalcy. Sports news is becoming more and more prevalent as ALL sports are moving closer and closer towards returning into the daily lives of its fans. AHL AWARDS The…
CANTLON’S CORNER: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT…BUT STILL THE SAME
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Game on! Well, sort of. On Tuesday afternoon, NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman announced the outline of a plan to “Return-To-Play” that was agreed to between the players, and the league with the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 8
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The suspension of hockey continues though the NHL may resume the regular season or go straight to a playoff format in an attempt to conclude the 2019-20 season. The AHL, meanwhile, is on the verge of…