CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK NOTES VOL5
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Several former Hartford Wolf Pack players led the New York Rangers to a 6-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals of the NHL playoffs. The Rangers’ win in…
CANTLON: PACK TRAINING CAMP GETTING UNDERWAY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Most of those looking to don the red, white, and blue of the Hartford Wolf Pack were present and accounted as the team starts its 25th season. In training camp were 17 forwards, ten defensemen, and five…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF-SEASON VOLUME 3
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NHL Draft is set for July 23-24, with the Buffalo Sabres holding the first overall pick. The expansion Seattle Kraken, with their General Manager being the former Hartford Whaler great, Ron Francis,…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON VOLUME 13
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –Â There has been much activity in the world of the NHL and AHL, especially for the heart of the summer. PLAYER AND COACHING MOVEMENT Former Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Ranger, Marc Savard, who has been…
CANTLON’S CORNER: NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR DRAFTS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Its spring. Besides the flowers and bushes that all bloom, so do many of young hockey player’s futures as they hope to get drafted by various junior leagues in North America. For some Connecticut…
CANTLON: BRAD “SHOOTER” SMYTH FINALLY HAS HIS DAY IN THE SUNÂ
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings SPRINGFIELD, MA – Shooter is where he deserves to be – The AHL Hall of Fame. For Brad “Shooter” Smyth, with his family and friends on hand, got to bask in the glow of the game he has loved so much. “It feels…
CANTLON’S CORNER: SHOOTER HEADS TO THE AHL HALL OF FAME
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – In the AHL, from the mid-1990’s to the middle part of the first decade of the 21st century, the name, Brad “Shooter” Smyth was synonymous with a big-time, clutch performer, and goal-scorer. In late…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Two former New York Rangers/Hartford Wolf Pack players were on the opposite ends of the happiness scale Wednesday. Defenseman Fedor Tyutin hit the jackpot, while center Marc Savard’s career sadly could be over far too soon. Tyutin, the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Dave Scatchard is the latest example of why all of hockey should do everything possible to prevent headhunting. Scatchard, a center who played three games with the Hartford Wolf Pack in the 2007-08 season, has decided to end his 14-year…
E.J. McGUIRE – MORE THAN JUST A GOOD COACH, AN EVEN BETTER HUMAN BEING
We only had a few opportunities to speak with E.J. McGuire. Sure we could have written something that would have sounded either totally disconnected and written like some heartless obituary. Instead we decided to speak to a few of the people who knew him…