ITS NEWBURY TO NEW YORK
With Alex Frolov down, Kris Newbury has been recalled by the Rangers to take his place. Obviously we were wrong in thinking it would be Evgeny Grachev and we ruled Newbury out because we thought he had to pass through waivers…guess he doesn’t!
FROLOV DOWN…WHO’S UP?
Larry Brooks has stated the following on his Twitter account, “Indication is that (Alex) Frolov is going to be out for a while with knee. Another recall will be necessary.”
MCDONAGH TO MAKE DEBUT VERSUS STARS
According to all of the NY Rangers beat writers, the word out of Dallas is that Michael Rozsival is out for tonight’s game and that Ryan McDonagh will make his NHL debut afterall.
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet When forwards Ryan Callahan and Vinny Prospal return from long-term injuries in the next few weeks, New York Rangers management will have some interesting and difficult decisions to make.
A NIGHT OF FIRSTS
VERSUS The New York Rangers entire organization is in full fledged youth movement mode. If John Tortorella is the Chief Architect then Ken Gernander is the Master Builder. For some of the building blocks in that future foundation, Wednesday night found…
WHO KNEW…
VERSUS As the Hartford Wolf Pack they struggled to find a way to win even six of their first 22 games and were last in the Atlantic Division. As the Connecticut Whale they’ve won 12 of their first 16 and moved into second place. How did they manage…
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BOUNCES
(Due to having a crippling case of the flu, we were unable to watch yesterday’s game between the Connecticut Whale and the Adirondack Phantoms. However, our good friend Bruce Berlet was there and files this report) VERSUS By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD,…
WHALE DUNK BRUINS IN P-TOWN
VERSUS Since rebranding the Hartford Wolf Pack into the Connecticut Whale a week ago Saturday the team has won two games and lost another in a shootout. While the name has changed, some of the problems the coaching staff has been facing with it’s…
NO SURPRISE TO HOWLINGS READERS
As we had surmised over the past few days, with the return of Evgeny Grachev there was just going to be no room for Brandon Wong on the current Wolf Pack roster. That sentiment became official Tuesday morning when the Wolf Pack sent the former Quinnipiac…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Wolf Pack coach Ken Gernander has never been averse to shuffling lines to try to shake up his troops, but he has changed them more this year than his socks. And that’s something considering the Wolf Pack usually don’t play more than four…