FALCON CREST
VERSUS After losing four straight at home, the Hartford Wolf Pack entered Friday night’s contest against the visiting Springfield Falcons desperately seeking two things: goals and a win. But despite a 42-shot effort, it was ultimately a bad…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet With Tim Kennedy out with an undisclosed injury, the four centers who played for the Wolf Pack on Wednesday night started the game against the Albany Devils with a total of zero goals. That’s nada, zilch, none – in eight games. Ryan…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Devin DiDiomete says he might resemble a bouncing cannonball on his first shift on the XL Center ice Friday night. Who could blame the Hartford Wolf Pack’s feisty left wing? The 5-foot-11, 200-pound DiDiomete hasn’t played in a game since…
WOLF PACK LOOK LOST AND LOST
VERSUS When a team loses and shows little to no effort, at home no less, it’s a safe bet that nobody in the locker room is going to be in a particularly good mood. Such was the case Wednesday night as the Hartford Wolf Pack got trounced by…
NIGHT VISION
By: Bruce Berlet Cameron Talbot’s 41-save shutout in his first pro start Sunday proved even more remarkable than it originally appeared. Turns out Talbot tweaked his groin in the second period while chasing a puck that had been shot into the Hartford…
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…
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 PACK SEASON PREVIEW
By Bruce Berlet After the Hartford Wolf Pack missed the playoffs for the first time in their 13-year history last season, several players did some serious soul-searching among themselves. Sure there had been exit meetings with general manager Jim…
END OF THE PRESEASON
VERSUS By Bruce Berlet In keeping with the theme of change surrounding the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise this season, captain Dane Byers decided on a new look, a shaved head. Some stubble has begun to show, but one thing hasn’t…
RANGERS CUTS
Some surprises in who was cut today…not the least of which was Dale Weise. We thought Dale was playing exceptionally well and was on a fast track to make it in New York. What is also a surprise is that Michael Sauer is still in New York after what has…