SWAIN COMPLETES THE SOUND OF WHALE BROADCASTS

FORMER WHALER GARRY SWAIN TO JOIN CONNECTICUT WHALE BROADCAST TEAM *           *           *           * Former WHA and NHL Player Skated in Nine Professional Seasons Whalers Sports and Entertainment announced today…

CONGRATULATIONS TO A GREAT GUY!

We’ve had the good pleasure of speaking and working with Michael Kahn, the owner of the Charlotte Checkers, who today became a part-owner of the Carolina Hurricanes. Mr. Kahn is…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – JOHNSON IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander offered goalie Chad Johnson a bit of a challenge before the franchise began its 15th season last weekend. After a solid rookie…

DANBURY WHALERS MAKING THINGS SPECIAL FOR FANS

BY: Brittany Burke Both the NHL and AHL seasons are underway and that means the start of the 2011-2012 FHL season is just days away. Soon familiar faces will be…

WHO SHOULD STAY AND WHO SHOULD GO

Tim Erixon stays – Brendan Bell goes… Here’s the official release: Brendan Bell Assigned to Connecticut; Scott Stajcer Returned to Owen Sound (OHL) New York Rangers President and General Manager…

PENALTIES KILL WINS

     VERSUS     NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES                                               (Regular Season Game 1, Away 1) New York Rangers 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT) Ericsson Globe Arena – October 7, 2011 GAME…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – THE CRYSTAL BALL

BY: Bruce Berlet Composing preseason previews is always a fun exercise but hardly an exact science. As New York Rangers assistant general manager/assistant coach/Connecticut Whale GM Jim Schoenfeld said in…

HOW DO YOU SAY BLUESHIRTS IN SWEDISH? RANGERS START NEW SEASON IN STOCKHOLM

NEW YORK RANGERS vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS Ericsson Globe Arena - Stockholm, Sweden October 7, 2011 - 1:00 p.m. EST TOMORROW'S GAME: The Rangers will begin their 2011-12 regular season…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – A BOURQUE BY ANY OTHER NAME…

BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale veteran defenseman Wade Redden offered a straight-on, right-on reason why rookie left wing Ryan Bourque appears to have a long, strong future in professional hockey.…

RANGERS – WHALE MOVES STILL BEING MADE

RANGERS CLAIM DEFENSEMAN JEFF WOYWITKA Defenseman Stu Bickel Assigned to Connecticut New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the team has claimed defenseman Jeff Woywitka…