MONARCHY CRUMBLES IN 3:37

      VERSUS      If there’s one thing about this particular Connecticut Whale team it’s that they can lull you to sleep and then suddenly snap out of it and look like…

NOT ONE FOR THE HIGHLIGHT REEL

     VERSUS      “Coverage mistakes and lack of urgency on the back-check cost us two goals,” Whale head coach Ken Gernander told Brian Ring after the Connecticut Whale wasted a lead…

IT STARTS IN THE NET

     VERSUS     It’s one of the oldest cliché’s in hockey, “You build your team from the net out.” The emergence of the New York Rangers certainly starts with Henrik Lundqvist…

WHALE FRUSTRATED IN SPRINGFIELD

      VERSUS      There are a multitude of ways to lose in any sporting event, and the Connecticut Whale have certainly explored many of them this season, but Saturday night’s 2-0…

THEY’VE BEEN BETTER

      VERSUS      Sunday afternoon in Providence the Connecticut Whale could not find an answer for Carter Camper who’s hat-trick sealing third goal sunk the New York Rangers’ AHL affiliate 4-3…

11-OF-12: AND IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE ENOUGH

      VERSUS      “All good things must come to an end,” goes the old English proverb. For the Connecticut Whale their five-game winning streak ended in a 2-1 overtime loss to…

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CRUSH A MONARCHY?

      VERSUS      The Connecticut Whale struck three times in a span of just 1:31 in the second period and then rode solid goaltending by Chad Johnson to win their fifth…

STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED: BUT NOT TOO MANY

      VERSUS      There is something about the entire New York Rangers organization in 2011-2012…they just seem to dialed in to winning…even when they’re losing. In New York, the Rangers are…

NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT

      VERSUS      Amazing what the changing of the calendar and some personnel changes can do for a team. After the Connecticut Whale spent the month of January making up for…

WHALE WEEKLY: February 6 – 12, 2012

BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale finished the first week of February with their best stretch of 2012 to date, snapping an eleven-game winless streak with…