FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Tommy Grant arrived in Hartford in late March unheralded but hardly bashful in his demeanor. Grant had a bit of an edge from the get-go. Nothing cocky, mind you, just an air of confidence that he belonged in the AHL with the Connecticut…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet NHL general managers and coaches usually worry about their players getting injured in such special events as the Olympics and World Hockey Championships, especially when they’re goalies. Intelligent officials won’t keep players from…
IT WASN’T PRETTY; THAT’S FOR SURE!
VERSUS “That was what we call in hockey, ‘a greasy win,’” Connecticut Whale Assistant Coach J.J. Daigneault said his team gutted one out and defeated the Springfield Falcons 3-1 Sunday afternoon in front of 4, 985 at the XL Center. “But we’ll take it,”…
“TIGER’S BLOOD AND ADONIS DNA”
VERSUS It was such great spectacle the first time so why not do it again? The Connecticut Whale played the third period of Saturday’s back-end of the home-and-home series with the Springfield Falcons, taking a page out of the Charlie Sheen quote book,…
WINNING!!!
VERSUS Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” The Connecticut Whale looked like they had given away a standings point to the visiting Springfield Falcons after surrendering a Tomas Kubalik game-tying, power play goal with just 41.7 left…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The season to forget could be over for Rangers captain and Trumbull native Chris Drury. Drury, who missed 31 of the first 32 games this season with a twice-broken finger, will have surgery on his left knee that will keep him out an…
FALCONS FLY OVER CHECKERS
VERSUS SECOND-PERIOD SURGE LEADS FALCONS OVER CHECKERS Dalpe records career-high four points CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Springfield Falcons used five second-period goals to beat the Charlotte Checkers, 6-5, in front of more than 10,300 fans at Time…
WOLF PACK GROUND FALCONS
VERSUS (We had technical issues that prevented us from seeing a better part of the contest between the Wolf Pack and the Falcons. We feel it’s unethical to write about things we mostly heard and didn’t see with our own eyes. Therefore, enjoy Bruce…
WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 8-14, 2010
The Wolf Pack (4-8-2-1, 11 pts.) snapped a franchise-record nine-game winless streak (0-7-2-0) with a 7-1 pounding of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Sunday in GEICO Connecticut Cup action at the XL Center. Prior to that seven-goal explosion, the Pack had…
FALCON CREST
VERSUS After losing four straight at home, the Hartford Wolf Pack entered Friday night’s contest against the visiting Springfield Falcons desperately seeking two things: goals and a win. But despite a 42-shot effort, it was ultimately a bad…