KEELEY: MARINERS RE-SIGN FIVE PLAYERS FOR 2019-20
Mariners bring back five players, four with New England ties BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – June 17, 2019 – The Maine Mariners announced the re-signing of five players to standard players contracts on Monday, officially marking the…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 6 PART 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Player and Coaches alike are making moves these days and more announcements are expected. PLAYER AND COACHING MOVEMENT Former Hartford Whaler, Dave Tippett, gave up a luxurious job of creating the new…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON – VOLUME 5
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – There is so much activity going on in Rangers-World that Blueshirts fans have plenty to be excited about. DAVIDSON RETURNS One of the many issues John Davidson (JD) will find on his new big desk as…
RANGERS: JIM SCHOENFELD STEPS DOWN
BY: The New York Rangers NEW YORK, May 16, 2019 – Rangers Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager Jim Schoenfeld stepped down from his position today. “In nearly two decades with the Rangers, Jim made an impact on every level of the…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON VOLUME 3
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Much is going on in the hockey world. You would think the hockey season is coming to a close with the playoffs in the conference finals, but the hockey world is not slowing down. The hockey hotbed of North…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK ANNOUNCE SEVEN 2019-20 PROMOTIONAL NIGHT DATES
Opening Night Slated for Saturday, October 5 BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, May 13, 2019: Spectra, operators of the XL Center and Hartford Wolf Pack, today announced seven prime home game dates for the Wolf Pack’s 2019-20 AHL season. …
CANTLON’S CORNER: NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR DRAFTS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Its spring. Besides the flowers and bushes that all bloom, so do many of young hockey player’s futures as they hope to get drafted by various junior leagues in North America. For some Connecticut…
CANTLON’S CORNER: EX-PACK MEGNA, ONE HAPPY BEAR
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Hershey Bears stood in the hallway of the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport last Saturday night following their ending the Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ season with a 3-2 overtime win, the third OT…
CANTLON’S CORNER: OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES – VOLUME II
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Much has gone on in the hockey world. In the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs, the best-of-five first-round series have mostly ended and there are a few surprises. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers won Game 4 in overtime…
CANTLON’S CORNER: OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES – VOLUME I
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Now that the Bradford pears and forsythias have sprung into bloom and are kicking in, the New York Rangers might want to put a giant set of forsythias in front of the XL Center to obscure the Hartford Wolf…