CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY ARENA GETS GREEN LIT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – The long-awaited on-campus arena eight years in the making is finally going to be built. The UCONN Board of Trustees approved a $70 million price tag for the yet-to-be-named arena likely to be completed in…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK SHUTOUT BY SOUND TIGERS 4-0
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Bridgeport Sound Tigers goaltender, Ken Appleby, stopped all twenty shots he faced while Otto Koivula and Arnaud Durandeau each had two-point games to pace a 4-0 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack…
CANTLON: PACK WIN SEVENTH STRAIGHT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack kept their winning streak alive, winning their seventh straight in defeating the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4-2 on Thursday afternoon. The Wolf Pack’s seven straight wins have…
CANTLON: CT COLLEGE HOCKEY NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Activity in Connecticut college hockey is m making headlines. The Quinnipiac University Bobcats (ECACHL) in Hamden have received a grad transfer goaltender to replace the graduating Keith Petruzzelli. The…
CANTLON’S CORNER: KHORDORENKO LEARNING
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The AHL exists for a reason, and Patrick Khordorenko is a perfect example of why. The 22-year-old product of Michigan State via Walnut Grove, CA, is learning in his hockey apprenticeship on the farm at the…
CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY BACK IN ACTION
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – The UCONN Huskies are finally back on skates and will play some hockey after a 10-day layoff after a false positive COVID-19 test kept them off the bench. After postponing last weekend’s series…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOL 39
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The LANAH (Ligue Nord Americaine de Hockey) (North American Hockey League) a six-team, Quebec-based, minor professional circuit, announced it will not move its 25th season start date in 2020-21 due to…
CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY EAST SEASON UNVEILED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The upcoming Hockey East season now have dates. The Hockey East Association gave the University of Connecticut Huskies and its eleven members a finalized Conference-Only schedule for the 2020-21 season…
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: 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…