WHALE ARE GHOSTBUSTERS
VERSUS Be thankful that they don’t award style points in hockey, because if they did, Wednesday night’s 6-4 road victory by the Connecticut Whale over the Adirondack Phantoms would have sent them home empty-handed. The Connecticut Whale swept both…
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…
NOW THAT’S HOCKEY
VERSUS Hartford, CT – The Connecticut Whale came into Saturday night’s contest with the visiting Worcester Sharks looking to build off a strong win in Providence the night before.…
NIGHT VISION
By Bruce Berlet New York Rangers assistant general manager and Wolf Pack GM Jim Schoenfeld categorically denied a report that Wolf Pack wing Mats Zuccarello was leaving the organization. New York Rangers assistant general manager and Wolf Pack GM Jim…
SHOT OUT
VERSUS The Hartford Wolf Pack played their first game on the road in this early 2010-2011 season and came up on the short-end of a 3-2 score, losing a six-round shootout 2-1 at the Times-Union Center to the Albany Devils. Stephen Gionta…
RANGERS CUTS ADD TO PACK STRENGTH
The New York Rangers have just announced another round of cuts sending Dale Weise and Mats Zuccarello back to Hartford but adding Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko to the mix. This will just make the Wolf Pack / Whale that much stronger and make the…
CALLUPS…ALREADY
Dale Weise and Mats Zuccarleo have been recalled by the NY Rangers for their preseason game in Ottawa this evening. Apparently Ryan Callahan and Marion Gaborik are being given the night off.
AND THEY’RE OFF…
VERSUS (Preseason Game One) By Bruce Berlet and Bob Crawford Mats Zuccarello has been trying to adjust to the smaller North American ice surface since he arrived from Norway this summer. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound leading scorer and MVP in the Swedish…
MOVES…MOVES…MOVES
It seems like déjà-vous to us, but the worst kept secret in Ranger-land was finally made official Wednesday as the team signed forward Mats Zuccarello Aasen from MODO of the Swedish Elite League. Aasen has the nickname Hobbit because he’s listed at 5’9”…