HARTFORD WOLF PACK REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack announced two home dates for their three-game pre-season action. Both contests will be held on the Hartford Campus of Trinity College at the Koeppel Community Center. The arena…
FREE AGENCY AND THE NEW YORK RANGERS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The annual NHL free agency shopping spree has begun for the New York Rangers; with serious salary cap issues, they’re shopping for deals in the clearance bins. On Friday, the Rangers announced who…
THE NHL DRAFT AND THE NEW YORK RANGERS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – On paper, anyway, The New York Rangers had a successful 2023 NHL Draft. For now, “hope springs eternal.” How it all shakes out in the end, only time will tell. The Rangers added four additional…
CANTLON: FREE AGENT FRENZY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The free-agent frenzy has led to completing the 2022-23 Hartford Wolf Pack roster as the usual free agency carnival has come and gone. Incredibly, over 150 players changed addresses, and close to a billion…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF-SEASON VOLUME 4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Incoming Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman Braden Schneider played the first two games of the team’s abbreviated 2020-21 schedule. It was named the WHL Bill Hunter Award as the WHL Best Defenseman of…
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: NHL DRAFT REVIEW
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers got the player some say they were hoping for, Kaapo Kakko, who cames from TPS Turku (Finland-FEL) with the second overall selection bringing his 6’2, 200-pound stature, speed,…
CANTLON: NHL DRAFT DAY DAY TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers took an extremely active stance in building their future in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft on Saturday. The only surprise came in who they took with their first pick of the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Great news that New Canaan native Max Pacioretty was back in a competitive environment Wednesday night more than four months after a severe concussion and fractured vertebrae ended last season for the Montreal Canadiens left wing.…
BLUESHIRTS BATTLE BRUINS IN BEANTOWN
NY RANGERS at BOSTON BRUINS Saturday, Mar. 26, 1:00 p.m. TD Garden • Boston, MA Rangers: 40-30-5 (85 pts) Bruins: 41-22-10 (92 pts) * All information through NHL games on Mar. 24