END OF THE PRESEASON
VERSUS By Bruce Berlet In keeping with the theme of change surrounding the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise this season, captain Dane Byers decided on a new look, a shaved head. Some stubble has begun to show, but one thing hasn’t…
RANGERS CUTS ADD TO PACK STRENGTH
The New York Rangers have just announced another round of cuts sending Dale Weise and Mats Zuccarello back to Hartford but adding Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko to the mix. This will just make the Wolf Pack / Whale that much stronger and make the…
WOLF PACK SINK SOUND TIGERS
VERSUS By Bruce Berlet and Bob Crawford The experienced Hartford Wolf Pack methodically wore down the youthful Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday night, scoring five times on nine shots in the third period for a 5-1 victory at the TD Bank Sports…
WOLF PACK / WHALE CUTS
The first cuts have been made. No real surprises. Probably the only name here that anyone knows is Tysen Dowzak who was sent to Dayton of the CHL. The rest are mostly headed to the ECHL. Here’s the release: WOLF PACK ANNOUNCE ROSTER CHANGES * …
REDDEN SPEAKS…PEOPLE LISTEN
By Bruce Berlet Wade Redden was less than 10 minutes into his first minor-league interview when three playful new Hartford Wolf Pack teammates made the veteran defenseman feel as if he was back on Broadway. Redden broke into a wide grin as Ryan Garlock…
HERE IT IS…
Here is the brand new Connecticut Whale logo… The transition from the Hartford Wolf Pack to the new Connecticut Whale continued today as Howard Baldwin and his Whalers Sports and Entertainment (WS&E) unveiled the new logo. “We have…
REAL WHALE LOGO
UPDATE: We’ve seen the new logo and it looks tremendous. We will have the full release for you later today… __________________ We are being sent the REAL logo for the Connecticut Whale very shortly. We are not allowed by agreement with the…
BERLET REPORT FROM PACK / WHALE CAMP – Day 4
By Bruce Berlet Let the REAL evaluations begin. After four days of drills, workouts and intra-squad scrimmages that increased the value of some players and devalued others, the Wolf Pack start beating…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS FROM PACK/WHALE PRACTICE
By Bruce Berlet The Wolf Pack had barely finished their third day of training camp when reinforcements arrived at Champions Skating Center from the Rangers. Goalie Chad Johnson and forwards Dane Byers, the team captain, Dale Weise and Kris Newbury showed…
NEW CONNECTICUT WHALE LOGO
UPDATE: (12:10am) We have just heard from another VERY reliable source that the information we had about this being the new Logo, which we got from someone who has been reliable with us in the past, might be wrong. We’ll look into it on Tuesday. …