KEELEY: MARINERS WEEKLY: SCHEDULE SOFTENING
BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – Feb. 24, 2020 – It’s been a major grind for the Mariners through the first two months of 2020. After playing 15 games in January, the Mariners will wind down their 14-game February with two this…
CANTLON: PENS WIN IN OT OVER PACK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Adam Johnson’s penalty shot goal at 1:47 of overtime allowed the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins to pull out a 4-3 win before a season-best XL Center crowd of 7,438. The situation presented itself when the…
CANTLON: WOLD PACK DROP SOUND TIGERS 4-1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – Tim Gettinger scored a stupendous shorthanded goal and had an assist to pace the Hartford Wolf Pack to a solid 4-1 road win to break a modest two-game losing streak over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 24-March 1, 2020
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack (30-14-6-5, 71 pts.) finished the week one point out of first place in the Atlantic Division, after a 4-1 win at Bridgeport Sunday, in the last of three games on the weekend. J-F…
KUHN: SWAMP RABBITS WEEKLY #20
Strong Central Division opponents on the horizon BY: Jordan Kuhn, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits entered the week looking for a boost in the South Division standings. Four teams are in the running for the…
KUHN: JEREMY HELVIG CALLED UP BY CHARLOTTE CHECKERS
Goaltender gets first call-up to the AHL this season BY: Jordan Kuhn, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. — Goaltender Jeremy Helvig has been called up by the Charlotte Checkers, after a multi-tier goaltending carousel in the Carolina Hurricanes…
KEELEY: TAYLOR’S GOAL NOT ENOUGH TO SPARK COMEBACK AS GROWLERS TOP MARINERS
Early 3-0 deficit proves too much for Mariners BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – February 23, 2020 – The Newfoundland Growlers built a 3-0 first period lead on Sunday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Arena, and cruised to a 4-1 win over…
KEELEY: KILE SCORES TWICE AS MARINERS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT IN NEWFOUNDLAND
Mariners leave Newfoundland with six of eight possible points BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners ST. JOHN’S, NL – February 19, 2020 – The Mariners built a 3-1 first period lead on Wednesday night at the Mile One Centre and never looked back, on their way…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK TRADE TOM McCOLLUM AND LEWIS ZERTER-GOSSAGE TO LEHIGH VALLEY
Receive future considerations in return BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, February 20, 2020: Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Chris Drury announced today that the Wolf Pack has traded goaltender Tom McCollum and forward Lewis…
CANTLON’S CORNER: AHL CHANGES FOR NEXT SEASON UNDERWAY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – In what was thought to be a quiet year for the AHL with just an expansion team in Palm Springs being announced as the 32nd franchise, the only other piece of business besides the naming of the successor to…