NEW-BURIES ONE
VERSUS (Due to internet failure and computer problems, we were unable to write a report on this game. Bruce Berlet has the story.) By Bruce Berlet MANCHESTER, N.H. – After three one-goal losses at the Verizon Wireless Center this season, the last in a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet If the Connecticut Whale survives another wild playoff chase better than a year ago, they can look back to a 9-2 drubbing in Toronto on Feb. 9 as the turning point of the season. After tying franchise records for most goals allowed and…
THE BEST OF 13
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale travelled to the DCU Center in Worcester Sunday afternoon with a five-game winning streak against and a two point lead on their Atlantic Division opponents. Their mission: Grab two points; Come out of the game healthy and…
VARSITY AND JV BOTH WIN
VERSUS Saturday hosted one of those rare nights where both the NHL and their AHL affiliates would squared off on the same day. The AHL Connecticut Whale did their part with a 4-2 victory, their fifth in seven tries, against the Worcester Sharks. After…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet For the past month, the Connecticut Whale proved the tough really can get going when the going gets tough. The stretch epitomized their coach, Ken Gernander, who has carried his dislike for losing from his playing days to behind the bench.
REFS GONE WILD
VERSUS If you were looking to make the argument against having two referees on the ice at the same time, or maybe just having these two particular referees period, this would be the game that you’d point to as exhibit number one. However despite the…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet It was a doubly good Tuesday for Connecticut Whale center Francis Lemieux. Lemieux was released from his second professional tryout contract and signed to an AHL deal before being among the 22 players on the Whale’s Clear Day list.…
ON A CLEAR DAY…
Lots of news and a bit of a surprise start off the day for the Connecticut Whale. First is the announcement of the signing of Francis Lemieux to a full AHL contract, up from the PTO that he had signed late last month. The reason he was signed, besides…
WHALE GOES MOBY DICK ON SHARKS
VERSUS So much for trouble scoring goals. First, the goal-challenged New York Rangers scored seven goals for the third time this season and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, a division rival, 7-0 Sunday afternoon. Then their AHL affiliate, the equally…
“TIGER’S BLOOD AND ADONIS DNA”
VERSUS It was such great spectacle the first time so why not do it again? The Connecticut Whale played the third period of Saturday’s back-end of the home-and-home series with the Springfield Falcons, taking a page out of the Charlie Sheen quote book,…