SPOTLIGHT: “PAPA” REDDEN, THE CAPTAIN
BY: Bruce Berlet When the Connecticut Whale gathered for a team meal Saturday night in Manchester, N.H., coach Ken Gernander had a surprise, especially for veteran defenseman Wade Redden. After the Whale had been without a captain for nearly 16 months,…
FAN FARE: MIKHAIL PASHNIN
BY: Adam Gavriel Let’s start with the simple understanding that when depending upon Google translating an article from Russian to English there could be some slight nuances, and maybe even who phrases not exactly written as they were meant to be. Given…
SPOTLIGHT: CARL HAGELIN
BY: Bruce Berlet A month after his call-up from the Connecticut Whale to the parent New York Rangers, left wing Carl Hagelin continues to solidify his position with the big club. The rookie speedster from Sweden had his second two-goal game in only 16…
SPOTLIGHT: TIM ERIXON
BY: Bruce Berlet Tim Erixon has certainly experienced a full gamut of emotions the past two-plus years and especially in the last six weeks. The Connecticut Whale’s rookie defenseman decided against signing with the Calgary Flames, after being their…
SPOTLIGHT: RYAN McDONAGH
BY: Bruce Berlet A year ago, Ryan McDonagh was trying to find his way on the blue line of the then Hartford Wolf Pack, after leaving a highly successful University of Wisconsin program following his junior year. While center Derek Stepan made the New…
WHALE EXORCIZE LOSING STREAK WITH WIN OVER DEVILS
VERSUS BY: Mitch Beck If Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander had any hair, he’d probably be pulling it out about now. His team did win on the road Saturday night knocking off the Albany Devils 3-2 in a shootout in front of 3,006 at the…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – DECISION TIME
BY: Bruce Berlet Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller had plenty decisions to make after their team’s preseason finale Sunday, a 3-2 victory over the Worcester Sharks at…
HUMPTY-DUMPTY
VERSUS Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again The Connecticut Whale had been, to paraphrase Annie Savoy (New York Rangers’ fan,…
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
VERSUS With under five minutes to go in the game Friday night and the Connecticut Whale trailing 0-2, some of the 5,862 fans at the XL Center began filing out of the building…wonder how they feel now after the home team scored two goals in 1:13 to tie…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after watching Valentenko doing plenty of just such dirty work…