WHALE LOOK TO MAKE TWO POINTS AND COME UP SHORT ON BOTH

VERSUS  “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” The start to Charles Dickens, The Tale of Two Cities. It’s so cliché to use it to…

NEWBURY BACK TO NEW YORK

According to the beat reporters in New York, Kris Newbury has been recalled and will play tomorrow night against the LA Kings. What is going to be interesting is if…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, CT. – All that was missing were the strains of “The Stripper” reverberating through empty Rentschler Field. Connecticut Whale rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek lost the…

A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME?

VERSUS  When a hockey team goes five-for-five on the penalty kill and has a three-for five night on the power play, odds are pretty good that that team is going…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet After the forgettable performance/effort in the opener of their only venture into Canada this season, the Connecticut Whale needed a serious gut check Friday night. They got…

DIDIOMETE’S GOAL TAMES BULLDOGS

VERSUS  A great start and an even better finish sent the Connecticut Whale to their 25th win of the season with a 3-2 road win against the Hamilton Bulldogs Friday…

PATHETIC

VERSUS  What words can possibly be written without sounding unnecessarily vicious and yet accurately describe what happened on the ice after the Connecticut Whale and were so embarrassingly bad Wednesday…

WHALE PICKS

By Bruce Berlet The Green Bay Packers are 21/2-point favorites over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, but the Connecticut Whale family likes the Steelers to extend…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet No one – repeat no one – enjoyed/enjoys tough, physical, fan-pleasing hockey more than Kevin Dineen. The former Hartford Whalers star right wing/captain, now coach of the…

PIRATES HARPOON THE GREAT WHALE

VERSUS     There’s a popular old saying that goes, “Better Late Than Never.” However if you asked the Connecticut Whale players what they thought about that saying and how it played…