FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT. – As his new/old Connecticut Whale teammates worked out after practice early Wednesday afternoon, Kris Newbury played equipment man/delivery boy, helping the equipment staff bring the four bags of gear he had transported…
DONATI GETS ON BOARD
WHALE RECALL FORWARD TYLER DONATI FROM ECHL ELMIRA * * * * Defending ECHL Scoring Champ and MVP HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale has recalled forward Tyler Donati…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The XL Center could have made some serious money selling programs Tuesday if Connecticut Whale practice was open to the public. Coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daignault and Pat Boller were in scramble mode again thanks to a…
DONATI GOES BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE
The Tyler Donati experiment is over in Hartford. The Whale today announced that they have “loaned” Donati to the Jackals. Donati really didn’t do all that much as a member of the team and had been scratched the past several games. Donati has familiarity…
STOCK PILING FORWARDS
Desperately seeking some combination of players that will give 60-minutes night in and night out, the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale are looking for help wherever they can find it. As a result, the team has brought on Tyler Donati, who hasn’t done…
RANGERS/WOLF PACK/WHALE ACQUIRE DEFENSEMAN STU BICKEL
The Wolf Pack today eliminated one player that CLEARLY didn’t want to be there and was playing that way. The New York Rangers sent Nigel Williams to the Anaheim Ducks fir defenseman Stu Bickel. What does this say about Williams, a former second round…
GLADIATORS AND ROAD WARRIORS TWO
The Greenville Road Warriors will travel away from the BI-LO Center for the first time tonight as they visit The Arena at Gwinnett Center to take on the Gladiators. Greenville closed out its season-opening six-game home stand with a 3-1 win over Gwinnett…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Tyler Donati had been hanging around his home in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, for several months hoping for a two-way American Hockey League–East Coast Hockey League contract. It seemed a formality after Donati led the ECHL in scoring…
PAGING TYLER DONATI
WOLF PACK SIGN FORWARD TYLER DONATI * * * * Led ECHL in Points, was League MVP, Last Season with Elmira Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Tyler Donati to an…
CHECKERS WIN, PACK & HOWLINGS LOSE
VERSUS Howlers, this is going to be one of those times where I’m going to have to just repeat the info that the teams send out. Why? Well I’m typing with just my left hand. I seemed to forget that I’m 48 and not 18 and was playing street hockey…