FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Devin DiDiomete says he might resemble a bouncing cannonball on his first shift on the XL Center ice Friday night. Who could blame the Hartford Wolf Pack’s feisty left wing? The 5-foot-11, 200-pound DiDiomete hasn’t played in a game since…
FIRSTS ALL AROUND
VERSUS Sunday afternoon’s Hartford Wolf Pack contest with the Providence Bruins provided for a lot of firsts. It was the Wolf Pack’s first shutout of the young season. It was their first three goal period and three goal lead of the season. The…
HOBBIT DELIVERS WIN
VERSUS With star forward Dale Weise sidelined with a hand/wrist injury, someone on the Hartford Wolf Pack roster was going to need to step up. That’s the long and the short of it. That’s exactly what happened as the Hartford Wolf Pack defeated…
FROM THE CREASE: By Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Most folks enjoy rooting for an underdog at some point. There’s no bigger underdog or thoughtful individual for local hockey fans to pull for than the Hartford Wolf Pack’s second-smallest player, Kelsey Tessier. The 5-foot-9, 177-pound…
NIGHT AND DAY
VERSUS What a difference a day makes…well not even a day. The Hartford Wolf Pack could not get out of their own way Sunday afternoon and just like last season and just like the night before kept a steady march into the penalty box and…
A NIGHT OF FIRSTS
VERSUS AND THEY’RE OFF… The Howard Baldwin era in Hartford hockey has resumed and the infusion of new faces and new energy had a big payoff Saturday night as 7,013 were shown an exciting game and what could be a very solid Hartford Wolf…
BERLET’S PACK SEASON PREVIEW
By Bruce Berlet After the Hartford Wolf Pack missed the playoffs for the first time in their 13-year history last season, several players did some serious soul-searching among themselves. Sure there had been exit meetings with general manager Jim…
END OF THE PRESEASON
VERSUS By Bruce Berlet In keeping with the theme of change surrounding the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise this season, captain Dane Byers decided on a new look, a shaved head. Some stubble has begun to show, but one thing hasn’t…
RANGERS CUTS
Some surprises in who was cut today…not the least of which was Dale Weise. We thought Dale was playing exceptionally well and was on a fast track to make it in New York. What is also a surprise is that Michael Sauer is still in New York after what has…
Lots of news…
There’s been some news coming out of New York today…how it all plays out is anyone’s guess. The big news of the day is of course the signing of Tim Kennedy, a left wing formerly from the Buffalo Sabres. According to Steve Zipay and Andrew Gross, it is…