BRUCE BERLET REPORTS FROM PACK/WHALE PRACTICE
By Bruce Berlet The Wolf Pack had barely finished their third day of training camp when reinforcements arrived at Champions Skating Center from the Rangers. Goalie Chad Johnson and forwards Dane Byers, the team captain, Dale Weise and Kris Newbury showed…
GREENVILLE TICKETS ARE GOING TO BE A HOT COMMODITY
The Greenville Road Warriors, ECHL affiliate of the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers, announced today that individual game tickets will be available to the general public beginning this Friday, October 1, 2010. Tickets will be available for…
TRAINING CAMP FOR A PACK OF WHALES
WOLF PACK ANNOUNCE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER Initial Group Numbers 33 Players Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld today announced the Wolf Pack’s roster for the start of its 2010 training camp. Following is the roster of players who will open…
SPIN THE DIAL…
Nobody is saying officially what team is going to be the new ECHL affiliate for the AHL’s soon-to-be Connecticut Whalers and the parent New York Rangers. That doesn’t mean though that talks aren’t going on. Howlings has been checking around and has…
WIIKMAN GOES HOME…SO DOES URQUHART
Ex-Pack and NY Ranger Miika Wiikman told Howlings that he has signed to play in the SM Liiga in his native Finland for Rauman Lukko. Wiikman has previously won the Championship between the pipes in the SM Liiga. “I’m really grateful for the time that I…
RANGERS AND THE ECHL
Ever since the Charlotte Checkers made the announcement that they were moving up to the American League from the East Coast League, the question has been who the New York Rangers would affiliate themselves with for their players at that level. Howlings…
THE SOUNDS OF “Unbroken” GLASS
Howlings caught up very briefly with the recently resigned Trevor Glass. The who was in Charlotte last season and then suffered a bad back and hip injury that essentially ended his season. He’s had time to mend and the Wolf Pack monitored his…
GLASS NOT SO FRAGILE ANYMORE
Trevor Glass, who spent the better part of the season out of the lineup in Charlotte last season with a variety of health issues has apparently healed up pretty well and the Wolf Pack announced today that they have signed the 22-year old defenseman to a…
ODDS AND EVENS
VERSUS CHECKERS EDGED BY CYCLONES IN GAME 7 Goaltender Smith Stops 33 of 34 Shots In 2-1 Win, Helps Cincinnati To Conference Finals If they could have just reversed their trend of winning even games instead of odds, you’d be reading about the…
ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO
VERSUS CHECKERS BLANK CYCLONES TO FORCE GAME 7 Munce Earns Second Shutout Of Series In 3-0 Win Over Cincinnati The Charlotte Checkers entered Tuesday night facing elimination. One stunning performance in between the pipes by Ryan Munce and…