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 Senators and Rangers, got constant harassment from the Madison Square Garden…
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 2-1-0-1 in starting the Wolf Pack’s first four games, then…
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 was their first three goal period and three goal lead of the season. The…
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 Wolf Pack’s second-smallest player, Kelsey Tessier. The 5-foot-9, 177-pound…
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 the home opener Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the…
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 new Charlotte Checkers a 4-2 defeat Saturday at the XL Center, in the Checkers’…
“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 also grateful to WSAE for permission to use these stories. By…
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 last season and just like the night before kept a steady march into the penalty box and…
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 as 7,013 were shown an exciting game and what could be a very solid Hartford Wolf…
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. But the 23-year-old Soryal is determined to make everyone think of him…