FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Cleaning out the notebook after cleaning off the driveway and sidewalk in the wake of the record snowfall from Winter Storm Benedict before heading to Washington, D.C., for my first visit to Arlington National Cemetery and the memorial…
CHECKERS REBOUND, DOWN SENATORS, 4-2
VERSUS Pogge stops 34 shots for fourth straight win; Osala with three-point effort CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Justin Pogge stopped 34 shots and the Charlotte Checkers scored the game’s first three goals as they defeated the visiting Binghamton Senators,…
CHECKERS JUMPED BY SENS
VERSUS BRUST THE DIFFERENCE AS SENATORS BLANK CHECKERS, 3-0 Senators netminder tied for league lead with four shutouts CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Goaltender Barry Brust was the difference, stopping 32 shots, as the Binghamton Senators blanked the…
NEWS ON SIGNINGS
A few bits of news from the, “In-Case-You-Haven’t-Seen-It” file. Corey Locke has signed a two way deal with the Ottawa Senators. Ex-Pack Captain Andrew Hutchinson has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins and as we reported here first, Hugh Jessiman is…
GO WITH A SMILE…
VERSUS In the original Batman movie starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton, the Joker says at one point in the script, “…As my plastic surgeon always said, ‘when you got to go, go with a SMILE.” A crowd of 7,275 left the XL Center Saturday…
YOU CAN’T SAY THEY DIDN’T TRY!
VERSUS After getting soundly defeated at home 9-2 Wednesday night, the Hartford Wolf Pack could have easily stuck their heads in the sand and, pardon the pun, “packed it in.” But regardless of the interpretation of the collective skill level…
WEISE CALLED UP
Dale Weise has been called up by the New York Rangers replacing Corey Locke who returns to Hartford. Weise told Howlings that he was told by Ken Gernander after the Wolf Pack head coach received a call on the bus ride back from Springfield from Rangers…
COREY LOCKE…ALL-STAR
Congratulations to the Hartford Wolf Pack’s Corey Locke who was named to the 2009-2010 AHL Second Team AHL All-Star. Locke, who’s had a good run in his first year in Hartford, is currently in the NHL with the New York Rangers. Here’s the official…
ON THE BRINK…
VERSUS You have to feel for Hartford Wolf Pack head coach Ken Gernander. Over his career as a player it was often said that he was a coach on the ice. The man played EVERY shift like it was his last. The Coleraine, Minnesota native knows…
S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E!!!
In Monday morning’s AHL Transactions list comes imagine our surprise to see this little shocker. “03/28/2010 – Corey Locke (C) – Hartford – DEL – Recalled from loan by N.Y. Rangers (NHL)” Who the diminutive Locke could be replacing is hard to…