CLEANING UP THE ROSTER
Eric Christensen, 28, spent two weeks on a conditioning stint with the Connecticut Whale and has now been traded along with a conditional seventh round pick in the 2013 draft to the Minnesota Wild for 24-year old forward Casey Wellman who has 12g, 14a in…
WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA TO HARTFORD
Left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka have accepted two-week conditioning assignments to join the Connecticut Whale according to reports throughout the New York media. Both players are likely going to see a lot of ice time with the Whale…
VOROS RELEASED, MCNAUGHT TO GREENVILLE
The Connecticut Whale have released former New York Ranger’s forward Aaron Voros from his PTO with the team. The team also announced that recent signee Randy McNaught has been loaned to Greenville. Voros, while a terrific guy personally was essentially…
WHALE WEEKLY: January 30 – February 5, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale finished out the first month of 2012 with a pair of home games at the XL Center, and despite two hard-working efforts, the squad could not get themselves into the win column as they endured a…
GIMME A BREAK – AN ALL-STAR BREAK
VERSUS The late, great Gilda Radner’s character, “Roseanne Rosannadannna” used to say to great laughs, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another…” Those words rang very true Saturday night for the Connecticut Whale, but nobody was laughing as the…
LOSING…THE LOSING
VERSUS Well there that wasn’t so hard now was it? The newly remodeled Connecticut Whale fell behind early but stuck to their game plan and scored two power play goal en route to a 3-2 win over…
WHALE INNOVATE TO MOTIVATE
Before I took on the task of attempting to be an expert and a strong columnist, I was a big Hartford Wolf Pack (as they were called) fan, so if you don’t mind, I’m going to unleash my inner Connecticut Whale fan for a moment… Word came today that the…
SPOTLIGHT: ZUCCARELLO
BY: Bruce Berlet After a 5-3 victory over the Springfield Falcons on Dec. 31, the Connecticut Whale (19-15-3-5) had a six-point lead over the Adirondack Phantoms in the AHL’s Northeast Division and were within two points of the Eastern Conference’s top…
CHAD JOHNSON – NY BOUND
Larry Brooks reported on his Twitter page Tuesday that New York Rangers goaltender Marty Biron, who was scheduled to start for the Blueshirts tonight against the Winnipeg Jets has come down with the flu and will be out. Taking Biron’s spot on the…
MCNAUGHT A MCFORWARD FOR THE MCWHALE
WHALE SIGN FORWARD RANDY McNAUGHT * * * * Six-Foot-Five, 221-pound Winger was Seventh-round Ranger Draft Pick in 2010 Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale has signed forward Randy…