CANTLON: CT HOCKEY 2021 OFFSEASON VOL 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –The offseason has begun for the Hartford Wolf Pack and the rest of the AHL, except for the Pacific division, which has a playoff. Teams are very busy planning and signing players and coaches for the…
CANTLON: FREE AGENCY FRENZY – PART TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The cyclonic activity of roster changes during free agency continued even into Monday. With a pandemic and large economic worldwide distress, salaries in the NHL and AHL are off the chart. On Saturday, the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL RETURN IMMINENT AND OTHER HOCKEY NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – For the first time since March, professional hockey is so close to being played for fans that you can almost reach out and touch it. With that start rapidly approaching, there’s plenty of news…
CANTLON’S CORNER: VINNI LETTIERI PLAYS BIG PIECE OF WOLF PACK PLAYOFF RUN
Vinni Lettieri BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – Prior to his departure for the AHL All-Star Classic in Ontario, California Vinni Lettieri was in a good spot as the final 22 games of the regular season. The last stretch commences in a home…
CANTLON: PACK HIT THE ROAD FOR THREE-IN-THREE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack have passed the halfway mark on the 2019-20 season and they do so sitting atop the Atlantic Division with a 19-8-2-5 (45 points) record. It’s hard to imagine that back in…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE ROAD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The first two recalls heading to the NHL from the Hartford Wolf Pack this season, saw the team’s leading scorer, Filip Chytil, and first pair defenseman, Ryan Lindgren, head to New York to join the…
CANTLON: PACK LOSE IN A SHOOTOUT TO LAVAL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings LAVAL, QUEBEC – After a truly hard fought 65 minutes of Sunday afternoon hockey, the Hartford Wolf Pack saw Alex Belizle scoring the lone goal in the shootout to give the Laval Rocket a 2-1 win. Belizle used a delayed…
CRAWFORD: PACK LEAVE LAVAL SHORT A SECOND POINT AFTER SHOOTOUT LOSS
Laval Rocket 2, Hartford Wolf Pack 1 (SO) BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Laval, Quebec, November 1, 2019 – Adam Huska made 27 saves, and Joey Keane scored his fifth goal of the season, for the Hartford Wolf Pack Friday night at Place Bell, but the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: PACK REFLECT ON BAD LOSS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – It was a very silent Hartford Wolf Pack practice at Champions Skating Center on Wednesday. Fresh off a disheartening 4-1 loss to the Hershey Bears, who scored all four of their goals in the last seven…
CANTLON: DISMANTLING THE WOLF PACK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Any thought of the Hartford Wolf Pack making the post-season were slim at best, but another Monday off day trade pretty much seals the team’s fate. The New York Rangers have tossed in the towel on their…