END OF THE PRESEASON
VERSUS By Bruce Berlet In keeping with the theme of change surrounding the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise this season, captain Dane Byers decided on a new look, a shaved head. Some stubble has begun to show, but one thing hasn’t…
JOHNSON NOT SHARP IN RANGERS LOSS
NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES September 26, 2010 – New York Rangers 3 at Detroit Red Wings 5 [Pre-Season Game: 3; Away Game: 2] * The New York Rangers were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings, 5-3, tonight at Joe Louis Arena, in the second game of…
JOHNSON TO TEAM CANADA
Sportsnet.ca is reporting that Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Chad Johnson has been added to Team Canada by General Manager Mark Messier for the upcoming IIHF World Hockey Championship. Johnson had an up and down rookie campaign for the Rangers top farm…
CLOSE OUT SPECIALS
VERSUS “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” As cliché as that phrase might sound, and it’s been used too often, it truly is the best phrase to sum up the entire New York Rangers organization 2009-2010 campaigns in both…
GO WITH A SMILE…
VERSUS In the original Batman movie starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton, the Joker says at one point in the script, “…As my plastic surgeon always said, ‘when you got to go, go with a SMILE.” A crowd of 7,275 left the XL Center Saturday…
YOU CAN’T SAY THEY DIDN’T TRY!
VERSUS After getting soundly defeated at home 9-2 Wednesday night, the Hartford Wolf Pack could have easily stuck their heads in the sand and, pardon the pun, “packed it in.” But regardless of the interpretation of the collective skill level…
OH WHAT A NIGHT!
VERSUS Playing with a consistency, passion and sense of desperation like they’ve only found sporadically all season long, the Hartford Wolf Pack put on a first class performance as they dominated all over the ice Saturday Night at the…
HUGE NIGHT FOR THE AFFILIATES
VERSUS “We rose to the occasion for some big games this year, and this was another one,” Dale Weise said after the Hartford Wolf Pack got a much win victory over the Lowell Devils 5-2 Friday night at the XL Center. “The more compact you can…
ON THE BRINK…
VERSUS You have to feel for Hartford Wolf Pack head coach Ken Gernander. Over his career as a player it was often said that he was a coach on the ice. The man played EVERY shift like it was his last. The Coleraine, Minnesota native knows…
GOALTENDER IN THE MIST
The Rangers have announced that they have signed goaltender Cameron Talbot out of the University of Alabama-Huntsville. I would expect that the organization will look at one or two other netminders before the start of training camp next fall. Chad…