WHEN YOU’RE HOT, YOU’RE HOT
VERSUS BY: Bruce Berlet Despite numerous injuries and call-ups, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers had proven to be a bugaboo for the Connecticut Whale. The Sound Tigers were 5-1-1-1 in the first eight meetings with their intrastate rival, though the…
NOT ONE FOR THE HIGHLIGHT REEL
VERSUS “Coverage mistakes and lack of urgency on the back-check cost us two goals,” Whale head coach Ken Gernander told Brian Ring after the Connecticut Whale wasted a lead entering the third period for the seventh time this season and lost on…
SWEET VICTORY IN HERSHEY
VERSUS (We were unable to attend or watch yesterday’s battle between the Whale and Hershey due to a prior commitment to do our standup comedy at a fundraiser. – It went very well in case you’re interested. We will watch the replay and repost…
GIMME A BREAK – AN ALL-STAR BREAK
VERSUS The late, great Gilda Radner’s character, “Roseanne Rosannadannna” used to say to great laughs, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another…” Those words rang very true Saturday night for the Connecticut Whale, but nobody was laughing as the…
IS THIS ROCK BOTTOM?
VERSUS Throughout the 2011-2012 season the Whale have had two glaring problems: allowing quick back-to-back goals and not holding third period leads. Both of those Achilles Heel issues haunted the Whale Saturday night as they dropped a 5-4…
WHALE DROWN CHASING SHARKS
VERSUS In the baseball film, “Bull Durham” the Manager of the baseball team that Kevin Costner plays for is upset after a loss and tells his players his view of the game this way: “This is a simple game. Ya throw the ball; Ya hit the ball; Ya catch the…
WHALE QUIET SOUND TIGERS
VERSUS There certainly was not going to be much not to like for Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander not to like after his team crushed the injury and call-up depleted Bridgeport Sound Tigers 6-3 at the XL Center in front of a small but…
SPOTLIGHT: SCOTT TANSKI
BY: Bruce Berlet When Scott Tanski roofed a shot under the crossbar to win his second practice-ending shootout in three days last week, he was mobbed by virtually all of his Connecticut Whale teammates, many of whom leaped into the plexi-glass to try to…
SPECIAL TEAMS LEAD TO SPECIAL WIN FOR WHALE OVER FALCONS
VERSUS In 1973, with the New York Mets mired in last place at the time, but still within striking distance in a very tight divisional race, the press asked, then Manager, Yogi Berra if the season was finished, he replied with the classic line,…
ANOTHER CHARACTER WIN FOR WHALE
VERSUS Say what you will about the 2011-2012 version of the Connecticut Whale, but this is a team of character. They find ways to win late; they find ways to win games early, they can win games ugly and they can win games like they did Friday…