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CRDA AND XL CENTER SPORTS BETTING HITS A SPEED BUMP

By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - As if the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) needed another headache with the XL Center. The ongoing bidding process to marry the CRDA…

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XL CENTER, CRDA IN FULL CRISIS MODE PART 2

By Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), which controls the XL Center, has plenty of issues on its plate, and there seem to be…

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XL CENTER IN FULL CRISIS MODE PART 1

By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The XL Center seems to be finally reaching an outcome. Last Thursday, at its monthly meeting, the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) unveiled…

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CANTLON: WOLF PACK REPLACE BOB CRAWFORD

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - After 24 years as the lone voice of the Hartford Wolf Pack, Bob Crawford is no longer with the team, as announced early…

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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…

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CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF SEASON VOLUME 2

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - With the completion of the 2020-21 AHL season,  it's time for hockey teams to begin the process of summer reflection, accounting, and planning…

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TRUST: XL CENTER MESS CONTINUES

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT -  Over the last eight years, the process of modernizing the 48-year-old XL Center has been a focal point of endless peaks and valleys.…

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CANTLON: XL CENTER WORKS CONTINUES

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - While the XL Center is open for hockey-only these days, work behind the scenes continues on. The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and…

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CANTLON’S CORNER: WILL THE AHL SEASON BE SAVED?

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The AHL season is not dead yet. While it seemed almost a certainty that there would not be an AHL season a week…

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CANTLON: LATEST IN XL CENTER AND UCONN NEWS

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - On Wednesday, Howlings reported that CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth, had said that the XL Center would NOT host any UCONN men's or women's…