ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY #24: 3/28/11 – 4/4/11
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors enter the final week of the regular season with wins in each of their last three games and they continue to hold the top spot in the Eastern Conference. This week’s schedule features three games…
TROUBLE BRUIN IN PROVIDENCE
VERSUS There’s a reason that Ken Gernander was the most popular player in Hartford Wolf Pack history. The ingredient that made him that, is what has made him the winningest coach in franchise history as well. Gernander is an honest, no-nonsense…
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
VERSUS With under five minutes to go in the game Friday night and the Connecticut Whale trailing 0-2, some of the 5,862 fans at the XL Center began filing out of the building…wonder how they feel now after the home team scored two goals in 1:13 to tie…
CHARLOTTE’S PERSPECTIVE
VERSUS WHALE STUN CHECKERS W/COMEBACK SHOOTOUT WIN Checkers earn point; magic number now 8 points HARTFORD, Conn. – After erasing a 2-0 deficit in the final 2:21 of the third period, the Connecticut Whale got shootout goals from John Mitchell and…
WE DON’T NEED NO 60 MINUTES!
VERSUS Muhammad Ali faced one of his toughest opponents, George Foreman in one of the most amazing fights of all time, “The Thrilla in Manila.” In that fight, Ali allowed Foreman to throw all of his strongest punches, which he dubbed “Rope-A-Dope,” and…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet As the pressure mounts as the playoffs approach, players and teams can buckle or get stronger late in games. The latter has been the Connecticut Whale’s MO the past few weeks. Despite still having five players injured and two on recall to…
WHALE WEEKLY: March 21-27, 2011
The Whale (36-26-2-6, 80 pts.) improved to a season-best ten games over .500 by sweeping last week’s action with a perfect three-game slate. The Whale defeated the Manchester Monarchs, 1-0, on the road Friday night, before returning to the XL Center for…
ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY #23: 3/21/11-3/27/11
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors took two wins out of three home games last week over the defending Kelly Cup champion Cincinnati Cyclones and clinched their first ever Kelly Cup Playoff berth in the process. This week they will try to…
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,”…
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 beat the Providence Bruins 4-3 in a shootout at the XL Center in front of…