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 a very exciting victory over an interstate opponent, started off Howard Baldwin’s…
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 night and a big step, but just one of many to come,” said Baldwin, the chairman and…
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 will be wearing in that night’s game. Fans can place their bids…
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 Corriveau, Gerry McDonald, and captain Russ Anderson will be signing…
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 request: “Where’s Pucky?” Pucky? Who’s Pucky? Oh, he’s the mascot of the…
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 games. For Coach Ken Gernander’s sake hopefully this one doesn’t start a streak like that…
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 morning, as they recorded an assist but not in the traditional hockey score sheet…
WHALE OF A DEAL
There are specials aplenty comingto Hartford for the re-branding of the team as the Connecticut Whale. It’s time for the talking about it to stop and the standing up for it to begin in earnest. As we have stated several times, this is…
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 to injury, while as the Whalers, Hartford was only able to win one round of…
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 Jack Riley began a 36-year run on the banks of the Hudson River in New…