MONARCHY CRUMBLES IN 3:37
VERSUS If there’s one thing about this particular Connecticut Whale team it’s that they can lull you to sleep and then suddenly snap out of it and look like world beaters. Friday night they never woke up dropping a 3-2 decision to the Portland…
CHECKERS OUTSHOOT MONARCHS IN SHOOTOUT
VERSUS CHECKERS KING MONARCHS IN SHOOTOUT THRILLER McNicoll pots two goals; Dalpe scores in first game back from Canes CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After squandering a 5-2 lead in the third period, Drayson Bowman, Jon Matsumoto and Chris Terry scored shootout…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After their team surrendered a four-goal lead Tuesday night, Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander and his assistants figured a 9 a.m. practice Wednesday, only eight hours after the team arrived home from New Hampshire, might not be “very…
TA-DAH
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale did their best impression of illusionist Criss Angel Tuesday night when they made a 4-0 lead and two standings points disappear in a span of just 12:04 and like the Long Island magician they made it look effortless.…
WHALE BECOMING ‘MOBY DICK’
VERSUS On the 80’s TV show, “The ‘A’ Team,” the team’s leader John “Hannibal” Smith would always say the phrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.” If Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander were that kind of boisterous sort, he might have said…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Wise veteran defenseman Wade Redden put the Wolf Pack’s plight of one-goal losses this season into perfect perspective. “We have to find a way to win these games,” Redden said after a 4-3 loss to the Manchester Monarchs on Wednesday. The…
MONARCHS RULE OVER WOLF PACK
VERSUS “One night we maybe play 52 (of 60) minutes, then the next night we only play 20. That’s what’s costing us hockey games.” Justin Williams told reporters after the Hartford Wolf Pack once again failed to put a full 60 minute effort on the ice in…