HUMPTY-DUMPTY

VERSUS     Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again The Connecticut Whale…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after…

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…

A WHALE OF A WIN

VERSUS Playing on ice that more closely resembled a Coney Island sno-cone than an American League hockey rink, the Connecticut Whale overcame a two goal deficit and came back to…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet If the Connecticut Whale survives another wild playoff chase better than a year ago, they can look back to a 9-2 drubbing in Toronto on Feb. 9…

VARSITY AND JV BOTH WIN

VERSUS  Saturday hosted one of those rare nights where both the NHL and their AHL affiliates would squared off on the same day. The AHL Connecticut Whale did their part…

REFS GONE WILD

VERSUS If you were looking to make the argument against having two referees on the ice at the same time, or maybe just having these two particular referees period, this…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet It was a doubly good Tuesday for Connecticut Whale center Francis Lemieux. Lemieux was released from his second professional tryout contract and signed to an AHL deal…

ON A CLEAR DAY…

Lots of news and a bit of a surprise start off the day for the Connecticut Whale. First is the announcement of the signing of Francis Lemieux to a full…

JUST NOT ENOUGH

VERSUS Goaltender Mike Murphy stopped all 28 Connecticut Whale shots on goal and Matthew Pistilli scored the first goal of the game for the second consecutive game meting with the…