FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Kris Newbury said what a lot of people are thinking these days. “It’s like the Connecticut Rangers,” Newbury said with a chuckle Monday after participating in his first practice with the NHL Rangers. The 28-year-old Newbury is the fifth…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale has provided more support to the parent New York Rangers this season than ever before in the franchise’s 14-year history. Long-term injuries to former Hartford Wolf Pack All-Star right wing Ryan Callahan, Vinny…
SLOPPY SECONDS…GAMES THAT IS!
VERSUS They don’t award style points in hockey and even if they did, the Connecticut Whale wouldn’t have been awarded any in their 3-2 overtime win against the Norfolk Admirals at The Scope Saturday night. No, this one was not pretty…not by a…
JUST LIKE THAT
VERSUS Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander, along with just about every coach from Pee-Wee on up, preaches to his players about playing the full 60 minutes. In Gernander’s case he’s been saying it in Hartford back to when he was on the ice as a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By: Bruce Berlet MCDONAGH MAKES RANGERS DEBUT Rookie defenseman Ryan McDonagh became the third Connecticut Whale player to make his NHL debut this season with the Rangers on Friday night against the Dallas Stars. McDonagh played 21 shifts for 12:03 in…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet When forwards Ryan Callahan and Vinny Prospal return from long-term injuries in the next few weeks, New York Rangers management will have some interesting and difficult decisions to make.
A NIGHT OF FIRSTS
VERSUS The New York Rangers entire organization is in full fledged youth movement mode. If John Tortorella is the Chief Architect then Ken Gernander is the Master Builder. For some of the building blocks in that future foundation, Wednesday night found…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, Conn. – Less than seven months after being named to the NHL All-Rookie Team, defenseman Michael Del Zotto has begun a hockey refresher course with the Connecticut Whale. Del Zotto was sent to the minors for the first time on…
DEL ZOTTO TO HARTFORD, MCDONAGH TO NY
Andrew Gross and Larry Brooks are both reporting on their Twitter accounts that Michael Del Zotto has been sent to the Connecticut Whale to find his game and that Ryan McDonagh has been summoned to New York to take his place.
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale added one member of the parent New York Rangers on Wednesday and another could be coming for a refresher course.