FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet With their top four centers missing and their leading scorer and No. 1 offensive defenseman injured before the game was 25 minutes old, the Connecticut Whale desperately…

WINNING!!!

VERSUS Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” The Connecticut Whale looked like they had given away a standings point to the visiting Springfield Falcons after surrendering…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – Ken Gernander had been all through the routine nearly 13 years ago, but that didn’t make it any easier. In fact, in some ways,…

JUST NOT ENOUGH

VERSUS Goaltender Mike Murphy stopped all 28 Connecticut Whale shots on goal and Matthew Pistilli scored the first goal of the game for the second consecutive game meting with the…

BRUTAL

VERSUS Top to bottom the Whale’s visit to Charlotte for the first time against the team that for 17 years was their ECHL affiliate ended as badly as it started…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Oh, for the love of hockey. Yes, it’ll always be known as Memorable Monday for Alexandre Imbeault. It started with a 4 a.m. wakeup call in Fort…

WHALE LOOK TO MAKE TWO POINTS AND COME UP SHORT ON BOTH

VERSUS  “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” The start to Charles Dickens, The Tale of Two Cities. It’s so cliché to use it to…

WHALE SHOOTOUT PHANTOMS

VERSUS  It wasn’t pretty but it’s still two points. (more…)

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, CT – The Connecticut Whale bus wouldn’t get into gear after a practice in suburban Syracuse during the team’s only venture into Canada this season to…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, CT. – All that was missing were the strains of “The Stripper” reverberating through empty Rentschler Field. Connecticut Whale rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek lost the…