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CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON – VOLUME 18

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT -  Next week the New York Rangers will get their first look at their highly touted group of prospects in in-game action when they…

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CANTLON: WOLF PACK CAMP IN SESSION

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT - The time has come for a preview of the 22nd Hartford Wolf Pack training camp for the 2018-19 edition of the team is a major…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet Lights. Camera. Action. Yes, more than the usual number of faces was on hand for the opening of the New York Rangers’ training camp Friday at the…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet While the Rangers tried to peddle Evgeny Grachev for a year before trading the forward to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, they have no interest in…

GRACHEV SENT PACKING

We hate to say we told you so, but we told you so. For all they press attention that surrounded Evgeny Grachev, repeatedly Howlings readers were told that it was…

1ST RD: GAME ONE – ’57 MINUTES NOT ENOUGH!

    VERSUS    Thursday night the Connecticut Whale returned to the playoffs after a one year absence, the first in the team’s history, only to have the first game turn into…

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…

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…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after…

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…