SPOTLIGHT: BATTLE LINES DRAWN IN THE ICE
By: Bruce Berlet Connecticut’s two AHL entries have reached a share of first place in the Northeast Division from quite different directions, yet neither is anywhere near clinching a playoff berth, something both coaches and former Hartford Wolf Pack…
JOHNSON TO NEW YORK FOR A CUP OF COFFEE
NEW YORK RANGERS TRANSACTION UPDATE Recall Goaltender Chad Johnson from Connecticut (AHL) New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has recalled goaltender Chad Johnson from the Connecticut Whale of the…
COMPLETING THE SET, THE CARD SET THAT IS
FRIDAY IS FINAL WHALE TRADING CARD NIGHT * * * * Card Giveaway Presented by Webster Bank The Connecticut Whale’s home game at the XL Center tomorrow night, Friday, March 16, a GEICO Connecticut Cup battle, and first-place…
SPOTLIGHT: BICKEL STU – A RANGER SPECIALTY
BY: Bruce Berlet When it comes to feel-good stories in the NHL this season, you’d be hard-pressed to find one better than New York Rangers defenseman Stu Bickel, who began the season playing on Asylum Street in Hartford. Though Bickel will never be…
SPOTLIGHT: COMINGS AND GOINGS
BY: Bruce Berlet It’s official. Sid “The Kid” Crosby will be returning AGAIN in the world’s biggest media center. Crosby, who has been battling the effects of post-concussion syndrome for more than 14 months, will be back in the Pittsburgh Penguins’…
FAN-FARE: THE AVERY LEGACY
BY: Adam Gavriel It appears that the Sean Avery saga is finally coming to an end with the Rangers…again. Though this time it seems to be for good and not just with the Rangers, but with the NHL, KHL, SEL, AHL, or any hockey league you can think of. Last…
WHALE WEEKLY: March 12 – 18, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale The Whale won two out of three games again this past weekend, starting off with a key 4-3 shootout victory at home Friday over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in Northeast Division action. The Whale would fall to the…
TWO POINTS ARE TWO POINTS
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale should be happy they came away with the two points they got for the 5-3 win Sunday afternoon in Manchester when they faced the Monarchs at the Verizon Wireless Arena, because they certainly weren’t going to be…
SHORT ON THE MEASURING STICK
VERSUS On Friday night the theme approaching Saturday night’s battle with the AHL leading Norfolk Admirals was that the game would be a measuring stick as to where the team was in facing the best. After a 3-1 loss that was an exceptionally tight…
ZUCCARELLO RECALLED BY RANGERS
According to the AHL transaction wire “The Norwegian Hobbit,” Mats Zuccarello, has been recalled by the New York Rangers. Andrew Gross reports on his Rangers Rants blog that Zuccarello will be with the Rangers for tonight’s tilt with with the New York…