WHALE WEEKLY: January 16 – 22, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale visited Norfolk, VA this past weekend for their only road action against the Norfolk Admirals this season. Connecticut dropped both ends of the two-game set, falling by a 3-1 score Friday night…
NEWBURY RECALLED
With Brandon Dubinsky nursing a shoulder injury and Ruslan Fedotenko suffering from back spasms, Kris Newbury has been recalled from the Connecticut Whale to join the Rangers for their game with the Montreal Canadiens. That’s one long day of travel. A…
THE AVERY AFFECT
VERSUS Much as the Peanuts character Pigpen seems to always have a cloud of dirty following him wherever he goes, the same can be said for former New York Rangers’ forward Sean Avery. Saturday night in Norfolk, Virginia the Connecticut Whale…
ZUCCARELLO: NOW YOU SEE HIM – MAYBE NOW YOU DON’T?
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale travelled down to The Scope in Norfolk, Virginia to start a pair of games with the Admirals. Head Coach Ken Gernander started the trip on an up-note as he was able to pencil in All-Star forward Mats Zuccarello for…
SPOTLIGHT: DAN GIRARDI
BY: Bruce Berlet One of the great success stories in Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale history continued Thursday when defenseman Dan Girardi was one of three New York Rangers named to the NHL All-Star team. Girardi, who earned his first All-Star…
SPOTLIGHT: MID-SEASON REPORT
BY: Bruce Berlet After being among the AHL’s elite for most of the season, the Connecticut Whale looks to smooth their first speed bump as the midpoint of the season arrives Friday night in Norfolk, Va. The Whale’s four-game winless streak (0-2-1-1) is…
SPOTLIGHT: CHRISTENSEN
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale added a new player to their roster Wednesday, center Erik Christensen. And they could have a second new player, wing Wojtek Wolski, in the near future. Christensen agreed to a two-week conditioning assignment…
CHRISTENSEN “GETTING PHYSICAL” WITH WHALE
The Rangers are sending veteran Erik Christensen to the Whale on a two week conditioning stint. As of this particular moment the Whale are still at their veteran limit because Andre Deveaux is suspended for the next three games. In their meeting with…
SPOTLIGHT: DEVEAUX TO THE PRESS BOX
BY: Bruce Berlet With first-line right wing Andre Deveaux suspended three games because of boarding incidents in two games against the Springfield Falcons last weekend, the Connecticut Whale could use some reinforcements. They could be getting them from…
FANFARE: CONDITION IMPOSSIBLE
BY: Adam Gavriel In his pre-game media scrum late this afternoon New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella discussed the possibility of sending Wojtek Wolski and Eric Christensen to the AHL’s Connecticut Whale for conditioning stints. According to the…