SPOTLIGHT: STATE OF THE LEAGUE

BY: Bruce Berlet The biggest news out of AHL president and CEO Dave Andrews’ State of the League Address during the All-Star Classic is video review of disputed goals is…

SPOTLIGHT: AHL ALL-STAR GAME

BY: Bruce Berlet The Eastern Conference lost a four-goal lead and a shootout in the AHL All-Star Game on Monday night that had a definite Connecticut Whale flavor. Rookie Jonathan…

WHALE WEEKLY: January 30 – February 5, 2012

BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale finished out the first month of 2012 with a pair of home games at the XL Center, and despite two…

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…

LOSING…THE LOSING

      VERSUS      Well there that wasn’t so hard now was it? The newly remodeled Connecticut Whale fell behind early but stuck to their game plan and scored two power play…

WHALE INNOVATE TO MOTIVATE

Before I took on the task of attempting to be an expert and a strong columnist, I was a big Hartford Wolf Pack (as they were called) fan, so if…

SPOTLIGHT: ZUCCARELLO

BY: Bruce Berlet After a 5-3 victory over the Springfield Falcons on Dec. 31, the Connecticut Whale (19-15-3-5) had a six-point lead over the Adirondack Phantoms in the AHL’s Northeast…

MCNAUGHT A MCFORWARD FOR THE MCWHALE

WHALE SIGN FORWARD RANDY McNAUGHT *           *           *           * Six-Foot-Five, 221-pound Winger was Seventh-round Ranger Draft Pick in 2010 Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale…

WHALE WEEKLY: January 23 – 29, 2012

BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale endured another tough week in the opening month of 2012, suffering a defeat to begin the week’s action Wednesday in…

THE TIP OF THE ICECAP

      VERSUS      The RMS Titanic sunk about 400 miles south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912. Almost 100 years later, The Connecticut…