CANTLON: WOLF PACK ANNOUNCE THEIR PRESEASON GAMES AND CHANGES TO HOCKEY OPS AND ADDITIONS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The 2019-20 Hartford Wolf Pack hockey season is rapidly approaching. In fact, the season starts in just over a month, and the parent New York Rangers have made some important moves to get the team ready to…
RANGERS ANNOUNCE ADDITIONS TO HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF
BY: The New York Rangers NEW YORK, August 21, 2019 – The New York Rangers announced today that the team has made several additions to its hockey operations staff. Tanner Glass and Tuomo Ruutu have been named Assistant Directors of Player Development.…
CANTLON’S CORNER: (FOR THE FANS) PACK SEASON COMES TO A MERCIFUL END
BY: Gerry Cantlon, HOWLINGS HARTFORD, CT- The 2018-19 season has mercifully ended for the Hartford Wolf Pack and thus begins another long spring without having playoffs in the Connecticut capitol and a summer of big questions for the New York…
CANTLON: (SAT) SOUND TIGERS EDGE WOLF PACK IN FIRST MEETING, 5-4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – A strong late surge by the Hartford Wolf Pack wasn’t enough to overcome a one-goal deficit and the team dropped a 5-4 decision on the back-end of a hockey doubleheader Saturday night at the XL Center to…
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…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Good news and bad news today on the “used to be on the local hockey market scene.” First, the Phoenix Coyotes, who are NOT moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba, signed former Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers goalie Jason LaBarbera to a…
TWO MINUTES with BRUCE BERLET
South Windsor native and Houston Aeros captain Jon DiSalvatore has had the season of his life while leading the Western Conference champions within two victories of their second Calder Cup title. DiSalvatore had a career-high 28 goals in the regular…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Manny Malhotra Miracle Saga took another major positive step Saturday. And the former Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers forward had a difficult time hiding his emotions in his first media interview since a deflected puck to his…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale has made the offseason a lot more pleasant and relaxing for Jared Nightingale. The Whale exercised their 2011-12 option on the AHL contract of the unrestricted defenseman six weeks before the parent New York Rangers…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet Talk about being way off base. Larry Brooks, longtime New York Rangers beat writer for the New York Post, rightfully took George Laraque to task in his column Sunday for saying the NHL team somehow turned their back on Derek Boogaard in…