SPOTLIGHT: ZUCCARELO AND KREIDER
By: Bruce Berlet Chris Kreider looks more and more like pro material when the postseason arrives. Kreider, the New York Rangers’ first-round pick (19th overall) in 2009, scored both Boston College goals in a 2-0 victory over Air Force in the NCAA men’s…
ZUCCARELLO RECALLED BY RANGERS
According to the AHL transaction wire “The Norwegian Hobbit,” Mats Zuccarello, has been recalled by the New York Rangers. Andrew Gross reports on his Rangers Rants blog that Zuccarello will be with the Rangers for tonight’s tilt with with the New York…
SPOTLIGHT: AHL ALL-STAR GAME
BY: Bruce Berlet The Eastern Conference lost a four-goal lead and a shootout in the AHL All-Star Game on Monday night that had a definite Connecticut Whale flavor. Rookie Jonathan Audy-Marchessault scored on his first shift of the game and had a goal and…
ZUCCARELLO HIT REDUX
In case you didn’t see the hit that was put on Mats Zuccarello by Adam Mair that has shaken up the Connecticut Whale forward that earned the Falcons center a four game suspension, here it is. Do you feel that four games was an adequate suspension? If…
ZUCCARELLO, TALBOT GIVE WHALE OF A WIN
VERSUS Mats Zuccarello may not be the world’s tallest hockey player, but he’s certainly making a case that he might be among it’s toughest. Listed at 5-7 and 174 pounds, “The Norwegian Hobbit” took a crushing, deliberate elbow to the head from…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet On paper, the Connecticut Whale appears as if they’ll start the season strong in goal and on defense but could be offensively challenged after the loss of at least three of their top six scorers. But as New York Rangers assistant general…
BOYLE BACK IN BLUE
BY: Bruce Berlet The expected became reality late Thursday night when center Brian Boyle signed a three-year, $5.1 million contract with the Rangers, averting a salary arbitration hearing on July 25. The Rangers also signed forward Andreas Thuresson to a…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet For those New York Rangers/Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale fans worrying about center Artem Anisimov not filing for arbitration on the deadline Tuesday, stop fretting. Anisimov, who played two seasons with the Wolf Pack before…
FROM THE CREASE – SEASON IN REVIEW with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – With the sting of another first-round playoff elimination fresh in everyone’s mind, it can be difficult to find positives in even the most trying of seasons. But New York Rangers assistant coach/assistant general manager…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – There’s bad luck, and there’s REALLY bad luck. Then there’s the bizarre one-in-a-million bad luck that Connecticut Whale wing Mats Zuccarello suffered Thursday night in Game 5 of the Atlantic Division semifinals against the…