FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

Everyone likes to be wanted. After two tumultuous seasons in the Big Apple with the Rangers, Wade Redden has that feeling again. Redden, a 13-year NHL defenseman with the Ottawa…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet An undisclosed injury to Chad Johnson or Cameron Talbot caused the Hartford Wolf Pack to sign goalie Dov Grumet-Morris to a professional tryout agreement Monday. Johnson was…

FIRSTS ALL AROUND

     VERSUS      Sunday afternoon’s Hartford Wolf Pack contest with the Providence Bruins provided for a lot of firsts. It was the Wolf Pack’s first shutout of the young season. It…

FROM THE CREASE: By Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet  Most folks enjoy rooting for an underdog at some point.  There’s no bigger underdog or thoughtful individual for local hockey fans to pull for than the Hartford…

KENNEDY TO THE PACK

By Bruce Berlet  The Hartford Wolf Pack will have a new player at practice Thursday morning. With Rangers captain/Trumbull native Chris Drury returning from a broken left index finger for…

WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: October 11 – 17, 2010

The Wolf Pack/Whale launched into their 2010-11 season with a pair of home games this past week, and ended up with a split.  Head Coach Ken Gernander’s club handed the…

“FROM THE CREASE”

editors note: We’re very excited to have our good friend and 30+ year sports writer Bruce Berlet contributing to Howlings via his position with Whalers Sports and Entertainment (WSAE). We’re…

NIGHT AND DAY

      VERSUS       What a difference a day makes...well not even a day. The Hartford Wolf Pack could not get out of their own way Sunday afternoon and just like…

A NIGHT OF FIRSTS

      VERSUS         AND THEY’RE OFF… The Howard Baldwin era in Hartford hockey has resumed and the infusion of new faces and new energy had a big payoff Saturday night…

BERLET’S CORNER

By Bruce Berlet When not battling injuries, Hartford Wolf Pack left wing Justin Soryal is known mainly for his toughness and ability to battle the opposition with lefts and rights.…