CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL RETURN IMMINENT AND OTHER HOCKEY NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – For the first time since March, professional hockey is so close to being played for fans that you can almost reach out and touch it. With that start rapidly approaching, there’s plenty of news…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 18
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – News in the hockey world is coming in expedited fashion as the NHL has returned to the ice in their respective training camps as they get ready for the upcoming 24-team tournament to determine a 2019-2020…
CANTLON: HOCKEY NEWS & NOTES OFF SEASON – VOLUME 17
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NHL took a big step forward on Friday, July the 10th, as the owners and players ratified the “Return-To-Play” package and a six-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that will keep…
KUHN: SWAMP RABBITS RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN BRIEN DIFFLEY
BY: Jordan Kuhn, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. — Defenseman Brien Diffley is set to make his return to the Upstate after re-signing with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits for the 2020–21 season. Diffley, 25, completed his second professional…
CANTLON: XL CENTER OPENING DATE STILL UNKNOWN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – It’s a guessing game predicting for CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth as to the actual opening date for the XL Center to begin hosting events, with what is likely to be a reduced crowd.…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 15
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – As Connecticut prepares to move to the next stage of it’s opening up, the hockey world continues to make plans, not only for the upcoming playoffs, set to begin at the end of July but for the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The news cycle is overflowing with COVID-19-related stories and the sports world, and hockey in-particular is no exception. AHL AWARDS With the 2019-020 season now officially canceled the parade of end of…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 7
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Planning for the 2020-2021 AHL season is well underway as is the possible return of the NHL in the summer and a possible late-in-the-year start to the following season are dominant news stories this week.…
CANTLON: XL CENTER REMAINS QUIET FOR NOW
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Like so many businesses and citizens in Connecticut, the XL Center remains in purgatory and when the gates will be re-opened is anybody’s guess. Meanwhile, the losses are mounting daily. “It’s very…
CANTLON: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – While in our safe places under a pandemically-induced house arrest, there is some limited hockey news still going on. XL CENTER The XL Center, despite being shut down, progress on the facility’s…