FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet If the Connecticut Whale survives another wild playoff chase better than a year ago, they can look back to a 9-2 drubbing in Toronto on Feb. 9 as the turning point of the season. After tying franchise records for most goals allowed and…
THE BEST OF 13
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale travelled to the DCU Center in Worcester Sunday afternoon with a five-game winning streak against and a two point lead on their Atlantic Division opponents. Their mission: Grab two points; Come out of the game healthy and…
VARSITY AND JV BOTH WIN
VERSUS Saturday hosted one of those rare nights where both the NHL and their AHL affiliates would squared off on the same day. The AHL Connecticut Whale did their part with a 4-2 victory, their fifth in seven tries, against the Worcester Sharks. After…
REFS GONE WILD
VERSUS If you were looking to make the argument against having two referees on the ice at the same time, or maybe just having these two particular referees period, this would be the game that you’d point to as exhibit number one. However despite the…
WHALE GOES MOBY DICK ON SHARKS
VERSUS So much for trouble scoring goals. First, the goal-challenged New York Rangers scored seven goals for the third time this season and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, a division rival, 7-0 Sunday afternoon. Then their AHL affiliate, the equally…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – Ken Gernander had been all through the routine nearly 13 years ago, but that didn’t make it any easier. In fact, in some ways, it was harder. Gernander missed the first two games in his four-year Hartford Wolf…
TALBOT TO HARTFORD, JOHNSON TO NHL
According to reports from the beat writers in NYC, Chad Johnson has been recalled by the New York Rangers to be Henrik Lundqvist’s understudy while Cam Talbot has been sent to Hartford to share the goaltending duties with Dov Grumet-Morris. This is going…
TRANSACTIONS…WE’VE GOT TRANSACTIONS
It’s official release time. As mentioned earlier Cam Talbot is Henrik Lundqvist’s new caddie in New York after Marty Biron broke his collarbone in practice. Also, Here is the John Mitchell acquisition as well.
BIRON OUT – TALBOT IN
Andrew Gross is reporting on his twitter account that Marty Biron has broken his collarbone at practice today and is out indefinitely. Cam Talbot has been recalled from the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL to replace him on the Rangers bench. As the…
ROAD WARRIORS SLAY GLADIATORS
VERSUS GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors did not let an early setback derail them on Tuesday night and roared back for a 7-1 win over the Gwinnett Gladiators at the BI-LO Center. The win improved Greenville’s record to 33-20-2…