DOUG ROBERTS BACK IN HARTFORD
Story and Photo By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Doug Roberts, 80, is the older of the Roberts brothers who played with the New England Whalers and was a trailblazer throughout his hockey career. The Detroit-area native and his brother…
HARTFORD WOLF PACK REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The dog days of summer pose challenges for hockey executives of all levels, including the Hartford Wolf Pack, to fill out their rosters for the upcoming season. The contract status of veteran Tanner Fritz,…
CANTLON: LACROIX LOVED THE JOURNEY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The annual Hartford Whalers Day at Dunkin Donuts Park, home to the Hartford Yard Goats, was a special day filled with plenty of reminiscing about days gone by with some of the team’s legends. André…
CANTLON’S CORNER: KEVIN MORRISON, A NEW HAVEN ORIGINAL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey has been ingrained in Kevin Morrison’s DNA from his early days in Nova Scotia through the time he passed through Connecticut in the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving an indelible mark in New…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 17
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – With Labor Day coming this weekend signaling the traditional end of summer, hockey fans, especially Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers fans, are gearing up for what should be an exciting season.…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON – VOL. 8
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The final trophy in professional hockey for the 2018-2019 has been awarded when the Stanley Cup was presented to the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. But now the real work begins as every team will…
CANTLON’S CORNER: A GAME THAT WAS A BLAST FROM THE PAST
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – It was like the first day of school as the Hartford Wolf Pack and Hartford Whalers alumni gathered for its annual charity game against the Hartford PAL team. For Stefan Cherneski, a former Wolf Pack, he…
CANTLON: (SAT) HUSKIES BEAT TERRIERS IN OT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Following a late tying goal, the UCONN Huskies defeated the Boston University Terriers 3-2 in dramatic fashion, with Sasha Payusov tallying 51 seconds into overtime, his second game-winning OT goal in…
CANTLON’S CORNER: THE MAGICIAN COMES TO HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Before Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux there was another free-wheeling magician on the ice, and he played in Hartford. Saturday’s summer festival honoring the Hartford Whalers/New England Whalers that was…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Talk about a worthwhile confab. The Houston Aeros were floundering in January when coach Mike Yeo, elevated to coach of the parent Minnesota Wild on June 17, called a team meeting. “It was a decision that we decided to make and kind of a…