BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – ZUKE ARRIVES
BY: Bruce Berlet While the New York Rangers prepared to face off with the Stanley Cup runner-up Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night, Mats Zuccarello was 3,000 miles away, tricky-dribbling pucks and cavorting with his new/old Connecticut Whale teammates at…
WHALE WEEKLY: October 17-23, 2011
BY: Bob Crawford, voice of the CT Whale The Whale began last weekend’s action with the final tilt of a three-game, season opening road trip against the Albany Devils. Connecticut gathered another valuable point on the road despite losing, 3-2 in a…
FAN-FARE: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED? R-O-A-D T-R-I-P!
BY: Adam Gavriel I like to call myself a huge Rangers fan, however words are wind and proving it is another task altogether. Up until yesterday I have only seen one AHL game live, a Wolf-Pack vs. Sound Tigers meeting in Bridgeport during the lockout…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – MOVING FORWARD… AND DEFENSE
BY: Bruce Berlet The parent New York Rangers recalled defenseman Brendan Bell from the Connecticut Whale Sunday. Bell’s call-up came only hours after center Kris Newbury was summoned after getting a goal and two assists and being named the No. 2 star in…
STILL LEARNING TO FLY
VERSUS It was not a good night for the battle between the New York organizations if you’re sitting on the Rangers side of that turf war as both the parent and top affiliate clubs lost to their biggest in-state rivals. The Rangers lost 4-2…
WHALE OUTSHOT IN SHOOTOUT
BY: Bruce Berlet Talk about a game of inches. For a second straight game, the Connecticut Whale had to go overtime plus in a shootout, but this time they came out on the short end after blowing a two-goal lead. Matt Taormina scored the only goal of the…
WHALE WEEKLY: October 10-16, 2011
BY: Bob Crawford The Whale split their first two games of the season during the year’s opening weekend, first falling to the Adirondack Phantoms, 6-3, on Saturday night despite Kris Newbury’s first Whale hat trick. Connecticut rebounded with a solid 1-0…
WHALE GUTS…
VERSUS After watching the Connecticut Whale work through 65 minutes of scoreless, defensive hockey and then score three times out of four in the shoot-out for a 1-0 victory over the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Penguins Sunday night, the only way to…
AND THEY’RE OFF…IN MANY WAYS
VERSUS BY: Mitch Beck The 2011-2012 season is underway and it starts with a thud as the team blows an early 3-1 lead from a Kris Newbury hat trick in the first 21:09 of the game and they went on to get doubled-up by the Adirondack Phantoms…
YOUR WHALE STARTING LINE-UP IS…
The Whale have announced their opening night roster. Sean Avery’s name is on that roster. Whether or not he is there for Saturday night’s game is anyone’s guess at this point. Stu Bickel is also on the list, but he will not be here this weekend. Here’s…