A NEW ERA BEGINS

VERSUS  HARTFORD, Conn. – What a difference a day makes? Well that and an XL Center filled with 13,089 fans. A better than expected, pardon the pun, “packed” house and…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – Howard Baldwin peered down from the XL Center’s directors suite at an arena three-quarters full and broke into a wide smile. “It’s a big…

OWN A GAME WORN DANBURY WHALERS JERSEY

Danbury, CT_This Saturday, November 27th, at 7:05 PM, when the Danbury Whalers take on the Rome Frenzy the team will be auctioning off the official game worn white jersey's they…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – The first Connecticut Whale game Saturday night will have a bit of a Hartford Whalers feel. Former Whalers players Garry Swain, Norm Barnes, Yvon…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Before thanking Howard Baldwin for bringing the Whale back to Hartford and proclaiming this “Connecticut Whale Week” in the state, Gov. M. Jodi Rell had a special…

SAME OLD, SAME OLD

VERSUS The last time the Hartford Wolf Pack won two straight games (Oct. 16-17) they followed it up with a slide into near oblivion going 1-9-2-2 over he next 14…

DANBURY WHALERS TO THE RESCUE

There are a few times during a season where a team comes together for a special moment.  This happened for the Danbury Whalers Hockey Club on Monday night, early Tuesday…

END OF AN ERA

It's the end of an era for Hartford professional hockey. First the Hartford Whalers left town back in 1997 and went to Carolina to become the Hurricanes. To add insult…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Coaching hockey at one of the world’s finest institutions of higher learning (and discipline) has been in the Riley family tree for 60 years. Memories abound since…