CANTLON: NEW YORK RANGERS MADE THEIR FIRST ROUND OF CUTS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers made their first round of cuts on Thursday and Friday, sending plenty of players to the Hartford Wolf Pack. Physicals for these players will be Sunday, with training camp beginning on…
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: FREE AGENCY FRENZY – PART TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The cyclonic activity of roster changes during free agency continued even into Monday. With a pandemic and large economic worldwide distress, salaries in the NHL and AHL are off the chart. On Saturday, the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON Volume 10
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – After a vote by its membership, the NHLPA has approved the NHL’s decision to move to a 24-team playoff format to bring to a conclusion the 2019-20 NHL season. With that announcement coming earlier…
CANTLON: (FRI) ROCKET CRASHES IN HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack scored two early goals and utilized a stingy defense along with solid goaltending from Tom McCollum and upended the visiting Laval Rocket, 3-1, before 4,089 on Friday night at the XL…
CANTLON: PACK HIT THE ROAD FOR THREE-IN-THREE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack have passed the halfway mark on the 2019-20 season and they do so sitting atop the Atlantic Division with a 19-8-2-5 (45 points) record. It’s hard to imagine that back in…
CANTLON’S CORNER: MUCH TO DISCUSS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack went to Pennsylvania in search of a couple of wins, but despite some strong play, they returned to Insurance City with two losses which ran their current losing streak to five…
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’S CORNER: WOLF PACK PREPARE FOR FINAL SIX GAMES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The sun is close to setting on the Hartford Wolf Pack’s 2019-20 season. The Wolf Pack have their last midweek contest in Springfield in a building that has haunted THEM the past two seasons and…
CANTLON: (FEB 7) UCONN BEATS NORTHEASTERN IN OVERTIME
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The UCONN Huskies reversed what could have been another looming one-goal loss and instead in dramatic fashion, turned it into a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over the 13th ranked, Northeastern Huskies…