BOB CRAWFORD’S WHALE WEEKLY
WHALE WEEKLY: October 3-9, 2011 The Whale are set to hit the road this weekend, as they open up the 15th season of American Hockey League action in the city of Hartford. Connecticut will begin the year with a pair of road tilts, as they open the season…
WHALE CUTS
WHALE ANNOUNCE ROSTER DELETIONS * * * * Two Players Released, Four Assigned to ECHL Greenville Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld today announced the following cuts from the team’s training camp…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – DECISION TIME
BY: Bruce Berlet Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller had plenty decisions to make after their team’s preseason finale Sunday, a 3-2 victory over the Worcester Sharks at…
WHALE BITE BACK ON SHARKS
VERSUS BY: Brian Ring The Connecticut Whale defeated the Worcester Sharks, 3-2, in their preseason finale Sunday afternoon at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell, Conn. Scott Tanski, T.J. Fast and Chris McKelvie all scored for the Whale, who…
WHALE MOVES
WHALE ANNOUNCE ROSTER CHANGES * * * * Parent Rangers Assign Seven, Whale Send Six to ECHL Greenville Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld today announced the following changes to the team’s training camp…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – TENACIOUS TANSKI
BY: Bruce Berlet You can’t help but root for Scott Tanski to make the Connecticut Whale. The day before New York Rangers opened camp, Tanski was preparing to leave on a road trip with his Carleton University team in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, when he got a…
WHALE GET HEAVIER
More decisions are in store for Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander as the New York Ranges have made what is expected to be all but their last cut. According to the New York media tweeting this morning the Blueshirts have sent forwards Ryan…
SHARKS JUMP WHALE AT QUINNIPIAC
VERSUS BY: Brian Ring Hamden, CT, September 30, 2011 – The Connecticut Whale were defeated by the Worcester Sharks, 2-1, Friday night in AHL preseason action at the TD Bank Sports Center at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. Despite…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – STAAL NOT STALLING
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale had quite an addition at their pregame skate Friday morning, but unfortunately he isn’t likely to be playing any time soon. New York Rangers All-Star defenseman Marc Staal worked out with the Whale at Champions…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – THE BUSINESS OF WHALE HOCKEY
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale is the focus of Whalers Sports and Entertainment’s business game, and the brainchild of former Hartford Whalers owner and managing general manager partner Howard Baldwin is making a major push to improve its…