“UGLY”

VERSUS  “It was just an ugly goal, just a bad goal,” Connecticut Whale goaltender Chad Johnson said after TJ Breenan’s bad angle shot with just 3:12 remaining was the difference…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Ron Francis. Kevin Dineen. … Kevin Dineen. Ron Francis. Trying to select the best player in Hartford hockey history always comes down to the two most iconic…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet No one – repeat no one – enjoyed/enjoys tough, physical, fan-pleasing hockey more than Kevin Dineen. The former Hartford Whalers star right wing/captain, now coach of the…

PIRATES HARPOON THE GREAT WHALE

VERSUS     There’s a popular old saying that goes, “Better Late Than Never.” However if you asked the Connecticut Whale players what they thought about that saying and how it played…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet When Jeremy Williams finally realized his goal of playing in the NHL five years ago, he had Toronto Maple Leafs captain, 2006 Olympic gold medalist and future…

WHALE ANNOUNCE PLAYER MOVES

Forwards Bretton Cameron, Chris Chappell and Tyler Donati Return to ECHL Clubs * * * * * * * * * HARTFORD, CT - Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld…

DONATI GETS ON BOARD

WHALE RECALL FORWARD TYLER DONATI FROM ECHL ELMIRA *           *           *           * Defending ECHL Scoring Champ and MVP HARTFORD, CT:  Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Cleaning out the notebook after cleaning off the driveway and sidewalk in the wake of the record snowfall from Winter Storm Benedict before heading to Washington, D.C.,…

OT SPECIALISTS

VERSUS     You’ve heard of shootout specialists, well Tim Kennedy is becoming the Connecticut Whale’s overtime specialist when he buried his second OT winner in a row, both against his former…

WHALE “GO-MOBY” AND SINK PIRATES

VERSUS     (We apologize for the late posting…busy day in the office) The Connecticut Whale have become more than the blue whale with a hockey stick like their logo suggests and…