A FUTURE WHALE IS BORN?
With their first pick in the 2011 NHL Entry draft, 15th overall, the New York Rangers selected centerman J.T. Miller. One never knows what’s going to happen or how a player is going to turn out from the first round. Will they turn out to be like…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet More future Connecticut Whale players will be selected in the NHL draft Friday night and Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The parent New York Rangers have the 15th pick and are likely to take a forward considering…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Hopefully NHL officials will again take notice of the Hartford market’s interest in hockey. As in the Eastern Conference finals, the Insurance City region ranked fourth in the overnight ratings for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals won by…
KOLARIK COMING BACK
In a strong and important move for Connecticut Whale fans, Chad Kolarik has been resigned by the New York Rangers. Kolarik had a good season that was cut short by injury after arriving from Springfield in a deal that sent Ex-Captain Dane Byers further up…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Veteran right wing Jeremy Williams, the Connecticut Whale’s leading goal scorer and only AHL All-Star last season, won’t be returning to Hartford. The 27-year-old Williams wasn’t offered a new contract by the parent New York Rangers and…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Trumbull native Chris Drury’s time as New York Rangers center and captain is on the verge of ending. Multiple sources have told the New York Post that Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather has informed Drury that he will be…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet An estimated 5,000 fans lined the streets of Binghamton, N.Y., on Wednesday to celebrate the city’s first pro hockey title. Few enjoyed it more than two men with Connecticut ties, one of whom had to get reports in his hospital bed. The…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
Sounds like the Connecticut Whale made a good move today signing center Max Campbell to an AHL contract. Jess Rubenstein of Prospect Park called Campbell “the comeback kid who rebuilt his entire game” at Western Michigan University and should have been…
CAMPBELL IN WHALE SOUP
The Connecticut Whale make a signing for next season. Former 5th round pick Max Campbell will be in camp in September. According to Hockey’s Future, Campbell is a playmaking center and a left-handed shot. Of him they say that he is a, “a real offensive…
TWO MINUTES for BRUCE BERLET
Great move by the Rangers today to sign Connecticut Whale defenseman Blake Parlett to a NHL contract. The free agent was another player that I talked to Rangers assistant GM/assistant coach/Whale GM Jim Schoenfeld about signing. First, he picked up the…