CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY EAST SEASON UNVEILED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The upcoming Hockey East season now have dates. The Hockey East Association gave the University of Connecticut Huskies and its eleven members a finalized Conference-Only schedule for the 2020-21 season…
CANTLON: UCONN’S MAY START HOCKEY EAST SEASON
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hockey East 2020-21 season is inching closer to becoming reality. The UCONN Huskies are hoping they will be able to announce an approved and finalized conference-only schedule either later this week or…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 32
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – There will be a new captain for the Hartford Wolf Pack next season. Last year’s captain, the 13th in Wolf Pack history, Steven Fogarty, has signed a one-year, two-way deal with the Buffalo Sabres…
CANTLON: NHL FREE AGENT FRENZY OKTOBERFEST STYLE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The end of a very busy week in pro hockey as free agency for the NHL and AHL kicks off the official start of the 2020-21 season which still has no schedule but does have a tentative start date of January…
CANTLON: NEWS & NOTES FROM NHL DRAFT DAY TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The second act of the annual NHL Entry Draft took place on Wednesday. In the First Round, not only did the New York Rangers have the first overall pick in the draft that they used to take superstar…
CANTLON: UCONN OUT OF THE XL CENTER TILL FALL ’21
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The hammer has fallen. CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth, said on Wednesday morning that the XL Center will NOT host any play from either men’s or women’s UCONN basketball, and UCONN…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOLUME 21
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – With the first round of the NHL playoffs on the verge of completion, there is news from all over the globe with the sport still making news. AHL ALL-STAR GAME The AHL has moved the All-Star Classic out of…
KEELEY: FALMOUTH NATIVE BEN FREEMAN SIGNS WITH MARINERS
Out of the University of Connecticut, 6’5 forward is a local product BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – August 3, 2020 – After Cumberland-born brothers Ted and Brian Hart made Mariners history last season, becoming the first Maine natives…
KUHN: KARL EL-MIR RE-SIGNS IN GREENVILLE
BY: Jordan Kuhn, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. — Forward Karl El-Mir has re-signed with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits for the upcoming 2020–21 season. The native of Montréal, Quebec, had an impressive rookie season, split between the Indy Fuel…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 20 (PART TWO)
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NHL “playoffs” are officially underway and the news is coming fast and furious. The AHL has set a date for their return to play. On Thursday, the league’s “Return to Play…