PIRATED
VERSUS The third time isn’t always the charm. In the previous two games, the Hartford Wolf Pack fell behind by two goals and rallied for wins. This time, they spotted their opponent the two goals but weren’t able to close the deal. Kyle…
ONE FOR THE AGES
VERSUS The next time NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, or AHL Commissioner Dave Andrews needs to explain to someone why hockey is the greatest sport that there is, they won’t have to do anything other than show them a tape of Saturday night’s Bridgeport and…
“I’M NOT DEAD!”
VERSUS Early in the film, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” a worker is collecting dead bodies. The Eric Idle, as the Cart-master is clanging a cow bell and shouting, “Bring out your dead!” [clang] “Bring out your dead!” With that, John…
PACK COME UP XL AT THE XL
VERSUS If Saturday’s game was the season in a microcosm, then this game was what the 2009 – 2010 season could have been. Sure it wasn’t pretty at times and the team wasn’t perfect, but they competed and didn’t give up. The team’s best players…
IT AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS…
VERSUS There’s an old cliché every sports fan knows…“it ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings.” For the Hartford Wolf Pack, while they aren’t mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, after Saturday night’s 4-3 loss to the last place…
CHECKERS WIN, PACK & HOWLINGS LOSE
VERSUS Howlers, this is going to be one of those times where I’m going to have to just repeat the info that the teams send out. Why? Well I’m typing with just my left hand. I seemed to forget that I’m 48 and not 18 and was playing street hockey…
HOME SWEET HOME
VERSUS Ken Gernander’s post game mood this season has not always been the most pleasant. However, after defeating the Lowell Devils 6-2 and winning their second game in a row, the first time since a pair of wins against Providence in mid-January,…
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
VERSUS What better way to get a team’s confidence back and end the season’s longest winless streak (0-3-3-1) than to play a rivalry game against the worst team in the American League? Wolf Pack Ken Gernander couldn’t have asked to visit the…
HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL
VERSUS Everyone will get asked at some point in their life if they see a glass of a liquid as half-empty or half-full.” Your answer is supposed to dictate if you see life as an optimist or a pessimist. That philosophical challenge also sums up…
HARD TIMES
VERSUS If it’s not one thing, it’s another… If the Hartford Wolf Pack stand any chance at all of making the American League playoffs, they’re going to need their star players to elevate their games. That’s not news. General Manager Jim…