SPOTLIGHT: WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA
BY: Bruce Berlet Mission accomplished. That’s the consensus of left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka after playing six games in 10 days with the Connecticut Whale in two-week conditioning assignments from the New York Rangers. The stints…
11-OF-12: AND IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE ENOUGH
VERSUS “All good things must come to an end,” goes the old English proverb. For the Connecticut Whale their five-game winning streak ended in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers before 7,693 at the Webster Bank Arena Sunday…
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CRUSH A MONARCHY?
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale struck three times in a span of just 1:31 in the second period and then rode solid goaltending by Chad Johnson to win their fifth straight game 4-1 at the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester over the Monarchs…
STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED: BUT NOT TOO MANY
VERSUS There is something about the entire New York Rangers organization in 2011-2012…they just seem to dialed in to winning…even when they’re losing. In New York, the Rangers are tops in the Eastern Conference and are three points behind the…
WELCOME TO RHODE RIVER BOAT SALES
What can a guy say but, “Thank you Rhode River Boat Sales.” Rhode River cares about Hartford hockey and they care about their customers. Don’t let their Maryland address fool you. They can get a quality boat to you wherever you may be and they can do it…
NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT
VERSUS Amazing what the changing of the calendar and some personnel changes can do for a team. After the Connecticut Whale spent the month of January making up for being so good from mid-November to mid-December by not winning a game, the team…
THIS LOOKS LIKE FUN…
LABATT BLUE BUBBLE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE AHL UNDER WAY 11 AHL cities hosting qualifying rounds; championship Mar. 31 in Hershey The American Hockey League and Labatt Blue have announced that the 2012 Labatt Blue Bubble Hockey Tournament of…
WHALE WEEKLY: February 6 – 12, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale finished the first week of February with their best stretch of 2012 to date, snapping an eleven-game winless streak with back-to-back wins over Albany and Hershey. Connecticut knocked off the…
SWEET VICTORY IN HERSHEY
VERSUS (We were unable to attend or watch yesterday’s battle between the Whale and Hershey due to a prior commitment to do our standup comedy at a fundraiser. – It went very well in case you’re interested. We will watch the replay and repost…
MCNAUGHT A ROAD WARRIOR
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that forward Randy McNaught has been loaned to the club by the American Hockey League’s Connecticut Whale. After beginning the season with the…