CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 4-10, 2019
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT – The Wolf Pack (19-23-3-2, 43 pts., .457) returned from the AHL All-Star break with a 5-2 loss at Springfield on Friday night. Hartford came back from a 2-0 first-period deficit to tie that game…
CANTLON: (SAT) ROCHESTER TRIPS UP WOLF PACK, 4-1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Both CJ Smith and Eric Cornel tallied a goal and an assist while goalie Jonas Johansson stopped 34 of 35 shots giving the Rochester Americans a 4-1 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack, who are without a win in…
CANTLON: (SAT) PACK SCARE PHANTOMS OUT OF THE XL WITH OT WIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – It took another overtime effort, but the Hartford Wolf Pack with Vinni Lettieri’s second goal on the power play to pull out a 6-5 victory over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms before 4,595 fans at the XL Center.…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK MAJOR THREE-IN-THREE DIVISION WEEKEND
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The wound needs time to heal. The loss of captain Cole Schneider via trade on Monday had far more impact than the trade last year of Joe Whitney. The loss was palpable. “The first practice (Tuesday) was…
IN THE CORNER WITH BRIAN RING – SCOTT TANKSI
BY: Brian Ring Rookie forward and Ontario native Scott Tanski was all but ready to head to Carleton University to start the season, but the need for an extra body put him directly on a track that would see him start his professional career by cracking…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – ZUKE ARRIVES
BY: Bruce Berlet While the New York Rangers prepared to face off with the Stanley Cup runner-up Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night, Mats Zuccarello was 3,000 miles away, tricky-dribbling pucks and cavorting with his new/old Connecticut Whale teammates at…
IN VANCOUVER, OLD FRIENDS BECOME FOES FOR BLUESHIRTS
NEW YORK RANGERS at VANCOUVER CANUCKS Rogers Arena – Vancouver, British Columbia October 18, 2011 – 10:00 p.m. TOMORROW’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Vancouver Canucks tomorrow, Oct. 18, at Rogers Arena (10:00 p.m.), to…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – MOVING FORWARD… AND DEFENSE
BY: Bruce Berlet The parent New York Rangers recalled defenseman Brendan Bell from the Connecticut Whale Sunday. Bell’s call-up came only hours after center Kris Newbury was summoned after getting a goal and two assists and being named the No. 2 star in…
STILL LEARNING TO FLY
VERSUS It was not a good night for the battle between the New York organizations if you’re sitting on the Rangers side of that turf war as both the parent and top affiliate clubs lost to their biggest in-state rivals. The Rangers lost 4-2…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – THE CRYSTAL BALL
BY: Bruce Berlet Composing preseason previews is always a fun exercise but hardly an exact science. As New York Rangers assistant general manager/assistant coach/Connecticut Whale GM Jim Schoenfeld said in early September, “Pre-camp interviews are always…