PROVIDENCE BRUIN HEAT FOR OUTDOOR GAME

VERSUS      When Michael Del Zotto, playing in his first game in Hartford since being sent down to the AHL by the parent New York Rangers, hit the crossbar just 4:22…

JUST LIKE THAT

VERSUS Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander, along with just about every coach from Pee-Wee on up, preaches to his players about playing the full 60 minutes. In Gernander’s case…

A NIGHT OF FIRSTS

VERSUS The New York Rangers entire organization is in full fledged youth movement mode. If John Tortorella is the Chief Architect then Ken Gernander is the Master Builder. For some…

YOU CAN’T WIN’EM ALL

VERSUS     Martin Jones is simply the best goaltender that the Connecticut Whale have faced all season. The Ranger’s top AHL farm team just can’t seem to find a way to…

WHALE “GO-MOBY” AND SINK PIRATES

VERSUS     (We apologize for the late posting…busy day in the office) The Connecticut Whale have become more than the blue whale with a hockey stick like their logo suggests and…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Few sporting entities ebb and flow together more than a hockey goaltender and his or her team. Chad Johnson has discovered that more than ever this season,…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale might have seen the last of crafty wing Mats Zuccarello. The 5-foot-7, 170-pound “Norwegian Hobbit” had his second consecutive strong game and recorded his…

WHALE AND BLIZZARD STORM BRIDGEPORT

VERSUS       Sometimes concern for others supersedes the concern for making money. Sometimes it doesn't. (more…)

MAMA SAID…

VERSUS “Mama Said there’d be days like this. There’d be days like this my mama said…” You knew they were bound to lose at some point, but you didn’t think…

WHALE BECOMING ‘MOBY DICK’

VERSUS       On the 80’s TV show, “The ‘A’ Team,” the team’s leader John “Hannibal” Smith would always say the phrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.” If Connecticut…