CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFFSEASON VOL 10 PT 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The last leg of the off-season began this week following the Seattle expansion and NHL Amateur drafts. Also announced were RFA offers for players on expiring Entry Level Contracts (ELC). Those signings…
CANTLON’S CORNER: DANIELS A MODEL WHALER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Scott “Chief” Daniels was a seventh-round (186th overall) draft pick for the Hartford Whalers in 1989. Daniels was the epitome of hard work and perseverance, especially during his career in junior hockey.…
CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL DRAFT & FREE AGENCY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Stanley Cup finals are completed and attention has shifted to who will be the next superstar and who will be the steal of the draft as teams have come together via video to make their NHL Entry Draft…
CANTLON: PACK PREPARE FOR BUSY WEEKEND
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack will entertain the Charlotte Checkers Friday night before departing for four games on the road over the next two weeks. They will not return home until January 24th against the…
CANTLON: (SUN) WOLF PACK END PRESEASON IN BRIDGEPORT WITH A LOSS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – Two goals in a 13-second span in the third period by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers upended the Hartford Wolf Pack by a score of 4-2 on Saturday afternoon to end the pre-season sadly in all too familiar…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON – VOLUME 12
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The life of a hockey executive never ends… Oh sure it slows down, but all the coaches and management in professional hockey are all working to construct and hopefully improve their rosters for the…
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: NHL DRAFT REVIEW
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers got the player some say they were hoping for, Kaapo Kakko, who cames from TPS Turku (Finland-FEL) with the second overall selection bringing his 6’2, 200-pound stature, speed,…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON – Volume 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – In spite of the fact that the prevailing news of the day centers on the precipice of a new era for the New York Rangers, as the 2019 NHL Entry Draft is about to occur in Vancouver, more news is going in…
CRAWFORD: PACK GET BETTER EFFORT AGAINST SOUND TIGERS, BUT LOSE IN SHOOTOUT
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT, February 2, 2019 – The Hartford Wolf Pack jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Tuesday night at the XL Center, but the visitors recovered for a 3-2 shootout win.…