SPOTLIGHT: MELROSE PICKS

By Bruce Berlet Former NHL player and coach Barry Melrose has always been an entertaining personality and a straight shooter as an ESPN hockey analyst. Not surprisingly, Melrose picked two…

SPOTLIGHT: MARK HOWE

BY: Bruce Berlet Though three of the four inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night played with the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, it was former New England…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet HOWE TO THE HALL Mark Howe was making the one-hour drive from his beach house in Beach Haven, N.J., to his home in Jackson, N.J., on Tuesday…

WHALE WEEKLY: March 28-April 3, 2011

The Whale (38-28-2-6, 84 pts.) split four games over the past week, winning two out of three home games before falling in the weekend’s finale at Providence. Connecticut came from…

HUMPTY-DUMPTY

VERSUS     Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again The Connecticut Whale…

TOMMY GRANT SIGNS ATO

WHALE SIGN FORWARD TOMMY GRANT TO ATO *           *           *           * Leading Scorer from University of Alaska-Anchorage HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet With the gala “Howe Family Night” rapidly approaching Saturday night, Connecticut hockey fans again owe a major dose of gratitude to the Big Bad Boston Bruins for…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet As the pressure mounts as the playoffs approach, players and teams can buckle or get stronger late in games. The latter has been the Connecticut Whale’s MO…

WHALE WEEKLY: March 21-27, 2011

The Whale (36-26-2-6, 80 pts.) improved to a season-best ten games over .500 by sweeping last week’s action with a perfect three-game slate.  The Whale defeated the Manchester Monarchs, 1-0,…

“HOWE FAMILY NIGHT” – MARCH 26

MARCH 26 WHALE HOME GAME TO BE “HOWE FAMILY NIGHT” *           *           *           * Entire Howe Family to be Saluted with Banner-raising; First 2,000 Fans to Receive Commemorative Howe Program…