CHECKERS OUTSHOOT MONARCHS IN SHOOTOUT
VERSUS CHECKERS KING MONARCHS IN SHOOTOUT THRILLER McNicoll pots two goals; Dalpe scores in first game back from Canes CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After squandering a 5-2 lead in the third period, Drayson Bowman, Jon Matsumoto and Chris Terry scored shootout…
MONARCHS OVERRULE CHECKERS
VERSUS MONARCHS SPOIL CHARLOTTE COMEBACK ATTEMPT Sutter scores twice, adds assist; Teams to meet again tomorrow
MCNICOLL RECALLED FROM FLORIDA
MCNICOLL RECALLED FROM FLORIDA Second-year pro earns first call-up of season CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today that the team has recalled forward Cedric McNicoll from its ECHL…
YOU CAN’T WIN’EM ALL
VERSUS Martin Jones is simply the best goaltender that the Connecticut Whale have faced all season. The Ranger’s top AHL farm team just can’t seem to find a way to beat him. They have dropped all three contests when they’ve faced him in the 2010-2011…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After their team surrendered a four-goal lead Tuesday night, Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander and his assistants figured a 9 a.m. practice Wednesday, only eight hours after the team arrived home from New Hampshire, might not be “very…
TA-DAH
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale did their best impression of illusionist Criss Angel Tuesday night when they made a 4-0 lead and two standings points disappear in a span of just 12:04 and like the Long Island magician they made it look effortless.…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, Conn. – The blood between the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale and Worcester Sharks has been worse than the Hatfields and McCoys, and it only got worse on Monday. Whale wing Mats Zuccarello, second on the team in goals (13)…
ZUCARELLO SUSPENDED
Connecticut Whale right wing Mats Zuccarello has been suspended for one game as a result of his actions in the game against Worcester. They must have considered his hit on Jonathan Cheechoo to be over the line and a suspend-able offense. At the time, the…
WHALE BECOMING ‘MOBY DICK’
VERSUS On the 80’s TV show, “The ‘A’ Team,” the team’s leader John “Hannibal” Smith would always say the phrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.” If Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander were that kind of boisterous sort, he might have said…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL – Winning has a way of curing a lot of ills, as the Connecticut Whale has discovered the past three weeks. After a 1-9-2-1 slide led to the worst start in the franchise’s 14-year history (4-10-2-2), the Whale is on a 6-1-0-2 run…