SPOTLIGHT: HARTFORD GRADUATES
BY: Bruce Berlet Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale graduates are helping the parent New York Rangers more all the time. Take Thursday night, in a 5-3 victory over the host Carolina Hurricanes, in which the Rangers rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits.…
WHALE REBOUND
VERSUS Say what you will about Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander, but the guy knows how to motivate a team and he knows how to win. For the fourth time in the last five games, the fifth year Wolf Pack/Whale Head Coach did what it took…
WHALE DROWN IN SOUND
VERSUS If there’s one thing that you learn from being around Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander is that he is NOT one to make excuses. Gernander sees opportunities for role players to have their chance to step up and rise to the…
BELL TOWERS OVER FALLEN POULIN WALL
VERSUS (Oops Update…Just realized this posting was still sitting in the draft section of the blog from Friday night and that it was never posted… our apologies) Despite 65 minutes of spectacular goaltending from the Bridgeport Sound Tiger’s…
MAYBE THE WHALE SHOULD PLAY FROM BEHIND AND TRY AND WIN LATE?
VERSUS BY: Mitch Beck “Disappointing? Frustrating? Which word do you want to use?” Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander said to start his post game press conference after his squad dropped their second straight in a 6-3 home loss to the…
JOHNSON TOPS BETWEEN THE PIPES
WHALE’S CHAD JOHNSON NAMED REEBOK/AHL GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH The American Hockey League announced today that Connecticut Whale netminder Chad Johnson has been named the Reebok/AHL Goaltender of the Month for October. Johnson made five appearances during…
3’s and 2’s
VERSUS After knocking off the Springfield Falcons 4-1 Sunday afternoon in front of 2,764 at the XL Center, if the Connecticut Whale were at all superstitious they would be heading to place 3-3-3 as their lottery number because Sunday was all…
STILL LEARNING TO FLY
VERSUS It was not a good night for the battle between the New York organizations if you’re sitting on the Rangers side of that turf war as both the parent and top affiliate clubs lost to their biggest in-state rivals. The Rangers lost 4-2…
WHALE OUTSHOT IN SHOOTOUT
BY: Bruce Berlet Talk about a game of inches. For a second straight game, the Connecticut Whale had to go overtime plus in a shootout, but this time they came out on the short end after blowing a two-goal lead. Matt Taormina scored the only goal of the…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – JOHNSON IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander offered goalie Chad Johnson a bit of a challenge before the franchise began its 15th season last weekend. After a solid rookie pro season in 2009-10, Johnson was less successful last season,…