GAME FOUR – IT’S NOW A BEST OF THREE

  VERSUS    (Hear all interviews below) It’s now a best of three series starting Thursday night in Portland as a critical Game Four in Hartford goes to the Connecticut Whale who…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet John Mitchell isn’t going to win many fastest skater races. He’s not going to win many fastest shot competitions. He isn’t likely to win many trick-shot contests,…

GAME THREE: NOW WE HAVE A SERIES

VERSUS    In a must-win game for the Connecticut Whale, Sunday evening in Game Three of their first round playoff series, the New York Rangers AHL affiliate used a total team…

1ST RD: GAME TWO – LIKE PARENT – LIKE AFFILIATE

VERSUS    The Connecticut Whale lost Game Two of their first round playoff series at the Cumberland County Civic Center to the Portland Pirates 3-2 in overtime before 5,029 Saturday night.…

PLAYOFF FEVER COMING SUNDAY AND TUESDAY

(Click on the picture to be brought to the site to get your tickets) Whalers Sports & Entertainment staff and players are challenging the fans to grow a beard…The rules…

WHALE WEEKLY: April 11-17, 2011

The Whale (40-32-2-6, 88 points) wrapped up a playoff spot this past week with a win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday, which will enable them to enter postseason…

A WHALE OF A PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

WHALE TO MEET PORTLAND IN FIRST-ROUND CALDER CUP PLAYOFF SERIES *           *           *           * Best-of-seven Battle starts Thursday Night in Portland HARTFORD, CT. - Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld…

HYNES COACH OF THE YEAR…NO SURPRISE

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that John Hynes of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins has been named the winner of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the…

MISSIAEN JOINS WHALE AS THIRD GOALIE

WHALE SIGN GOALTENDER JASON MISSIAEN TO ATO * * * Six-foot-eight Backstop had Third-most Saves in QMJHL HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet AHL president and CEO Dave Andrews called last week’s All-Star Classic “awesome” for a number of reasons, starting with two nights of sellout crowds for the skills…