CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK 2019-20 ROSTER IS SET
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hartford Wolf Pack fans have a reason for optimism as the start of the 2019-20 season approaches on Saturday against a very revamped defending Calder Cup champion, the Charlotte Checkers. The game will…
CANTLON’S CORNER: THE POST FREE AGENT FRENZY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – If Steve Miller wanted to rewrite his masterpiece, “Take the Money and Run” and put a Hartford Wolf Pack spin on it, it might sound something like this. “This a story about Bigras and…
CANTLON: NHL/AHL FREE AGENCY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The roster wheels were churning on Monday. It was going so quickly that not a single hamster or a gerbil on a Habitrail wheel would have kept pace. The New York Rangers led the parade of signings by inking…
CANTLON’S CORNER: EX-PACK MEGNA, ONE HAPPY BEAR
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Hershey Bears stood in the hallway of the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport last Saturday night following their ending the Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ season with a 3-2 overtime win, the third OT…
CANTLON’S CORNER: OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES – VOLUME II
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Much has gone on in the hockey world. In the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs, the best-of-five first-round series have mostly ended and there are a few surprises. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers won Game 4 in overtime…
CANTLON: (FRI) BEARS CLAW PACK IN HOME FINALE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack home schedule mercifully came to an end, but in a way that was hardly surprising. Mike Sgarbossa’s three points and two goals from Steve Whitney, and Nathan Walker allowed the…
CRAWFORD: PACK SKATE IN CHOCOLATE IN FINAL HOME GAME
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT, April 12, 2019 – Nathan Walker had two goals and an assist, and Steve Whitney also scored twice, Friday night at the XL Center, as the Hershey Bears defeated the Hartford Wolf Pack 6-3, in the Wolf…
CANTLON: BEARS BURY PACK DESPITE LETTIERI HAT TRICK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Vinni Lettieri and Devante Smith-Pelly matched hat tricks while John Gilmour’s and Nathan Walker each had three helpers for their respective teams, but in the end, it was the Hershey Bears who pulled off a…
CRAWFORD: LETTIERI HAT TRICK NOT ENOUGH AS PACK MELT AGAINST HERSHEY, LOSE 5-3
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT, March 10, 2019 – Vinni Lettieri had his first pro hat trick for the Hartford Wolf Pack Sunday at the XL Center, but Devante Smith-Pelly also scored three times for the Hershey Bears, who prevailed over…
CANTLON: PACK RIDE TOKARSKI TO 3-1 WIN OVER SOUND TIGERS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – 23 saves by Dustin Tokarski and two goals guided the Hartford Wolf Pack through a strong third-period en-route to a 3-1 win over the visiting Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday night at the XL Center.…