CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 8
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The suspension of hockey continues though the NHL may resume the regular season or go straight to a playoff format in an attempt to conclude the 2019-20 season. The AHL, meanwhile, is on the verge of…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 17
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The summer months are winding down and teams are finalizing their rosters for their respective training camps in North America. Around the world, however, some seasons have already begun. It was another…
WIIKMAN GOES HOME…SO DOES URQUHART
Ex-Pack and NY Ranger Miika Wiikman told Howlings that he has signed to play in the SM Liiga in his native Finland for Rauman Lukko. Wiikman has previously won the Championship between the pipes in the SM Liiga. “I’m really grateful for the time that I…
THREE STRAIGHT
VERSUS CHECKERS DOWNED BY CYCLONES 5-3 strong>Charlotte Outshoots Cincinnati 34-15, Comes Out Empty-Handed The Charlotte Checkers badly outshot the Cincinnati Cyclones 34-15 but unable to walk away with the win as they were downed,…
WIIKMAN FOR ERIKSSON
The second move by the Rangers/Wolf Pack saw Miika Wiikman heading out to Rangers West as Don Maloney took yet another of the players he brought over here and sent back another defenseman in Anders Eriksson. The 35-year old defenseman has been in Wolf…
AND WHAT OF VALIQUETTE?
As we wrote Friday night based upon the sources we spoke to, the Checkers have been assigned Miika Wiikman and the Rangers have a new backup netminder in New York in Alex Auld. It appears now, for the time being anyway that all of the Rangers goaltending…
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Andres Ambühl is back from a very successful turn in the Vancouver Olympics. While Ambühl didn’t score any points, he played exceptionally well on defense and played center as well and was good on face-offs. In the games since Ambühl left Hartford on…
YOU KNOW THE OLYMPICS ARE ALMOST OVER WHEN…
The goalie shuffle between the New York Rangers and the Hartford Wolf Pack begins…and it’s begun today. The Rangers have sent Steve Valiquette and his broken finger back to the Wolf Pack and recalled Chad Johnson. Sending Johnson and not Matt Zaba makes…
WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN…?
VERSUS The old cliché states that, “When it rains it pours.” For the Hartford Wolf Pack, after being blown out for the fourth straight time and having lost their fourth-in-a-row for the third time this season, they must feel like they’re in the…
BRUTAL
VERSUS It was over before it really began. The Hartford Wolf Pack fell behind 3-0 before fans had even found their seats. The team battled back as best they could, but just could not slow down the red-hot Portland Pirates as they dropped a 7-4 decision…