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 take the ice at the 2019 Traverse City prospects tournament. The Rangers are…
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 work in progress. The New York Rangers, under a new coaching regime headed by…
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 Madison Square Garden training facility in Greenburgh, N.Y. HBO has begun filming 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 dealing fellow Russian and former Hartford Wolf Pack center Artem Anisimov. That’s hardly…
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 just that – Hype. While we’re completely sure that he won’t ever say so publicly or…
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 a microcosm of their entire 2010-2011 season. The Whale didn’t put out a full…
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 of the building…wonder how they feel now after the home team scored two goals in 1:13 to tie…
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 period, the Connecticut Whale got shootout goals from John Mitchell and…
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 watching Valentenko doing plenty of just such dirty work…
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 afternoon in front of 4, 985 at the XL Center. “But we’ll take it,”…