HARTFORD WOLF PACK LOSE SEASON FINALE TO SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings SPRINGFIELD, MA – Joel Hofer’s 35-save effort at the MassMutual Center led the Springfield Thunderbirds to a 1-0 shutout win over the Hartford Wolf Pack, ending the team’s eight-game winning streak. The…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFFSEASON VOL 10 PT 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The last leg of the off-season began this week following the Seattle expansion and NHL Amateur drafts. Also announced were RFA offers for players on expiring Entry Level Contracts (ELC). Those signings…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK WIN BIG IN SEASON OPENER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack scored five unanswered goals, including four in the third period, from five different players, and pulled away from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in a 5-2 season-opening win at a…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK PRESEASON VOLUME 3
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The first baby steps on an AHL 2020-21 season are about to be taken. In what will be the first hockey action since March 12, 2019, on January 31st, the Hartford Wolf Pack will play in a pre-season tilt…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 30
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – So much news and activity in the hockey world this week. As a business, the AHL had a small-town model that was the norm nearly 30 years ago. That is now long gone. An average salary then was a mere $40K.…
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: NHL FREE AGENT FRENZY OKTOBERFEST STYLE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The end of a very busy week in pro hockey as free agency for the NHL and AHL kicks off the official start of the 2020-21 season which still has no schedule but does have a tentative start date of January…
CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL DRAFT & FREE AGENCY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Stanley Cup finals are completed and attention has shifted to who will be the next superstar and who will be the steal of the draft as teams have come together via video to make their NHL Entry Draft…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 20
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Pre-season hockey has started and the playoffs begin this weekend in both Toronto and Edmonton. There have been two possible player moves that have come to light recently and the first concerns 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…