FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Another tragic story rocked the pro hockey world Wednesday when another former tough guy battling personal issues, Wade Belak, was found dead in his Toronto condominium. Belak, who was 35, announced his retirement from hockey in March…
WANT TO WORK IN PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY?
Getting a position is professional sports is like trying to get a straight answer from a scandal ridden politician…next to impossible. Well, there are a few ways to get in to the industry… 1) Be related to someone who works in it 2) Have some…
WHALERS WATCH with BRITTANY BURKE
BY: Brittany Burke Last Friday night and despite it being the end of summer with the heat sitting still in the muggy air, droves of cars fill a Cromwell parking lot with boys and men a like filing out holding what could be mistaken for football bags (the…
A NEW PARTNER FOR THE WHALE
WHALERS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP TO THE “MAX” * * * * Max Restaurant Group Joins Aetna and St. Francis in Growing Alliance of Connecticut Whale Partners Hockey Night in Hartford has taken on a whole…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Dave Scatchard is the latest example of why all of hockey should do everything possible to prevent headhunting. Scatchard, a center who played three games with the Hartford Wolf Pack in the 2007-08 season, has decided to end his 14-year…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Colin McDonald didn’t hide his feelings – and didn’t want to, either. After scoring an AHL-leading 42 goals with the Oklahoma City Barons last season, the Wethersfield native felt slighted when the Edmonton Oilers made an offer he could…
RANGERS FAN FEST POSTPONED
NEW YORK RANGERS SEASON SUBSCRIBER FAN FEST POSTPONED TO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER New York, August 26, 2011 – The Rangers Season Subscriber Fan Fest scheduled for Saturday, August 27th will be postponed due to inclement weather…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Matt Zaba didn’t particularly enjoy his last season playing goal in North America. While the Hartford Wolf Pack, now Connecticut Whale, were missing the playoffs for the only time in the franchise’s 14 seasons in 2009-10, Zaba was…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet While on a terrific reunion of my wife’s family in suburban Baltimore/Washington over the weekend, I got word of the retirement of one of the greatest winners in sports history. Trumbull native Chris Drury couldn’t find another job after…
CHRIS DRURY RETIRES
Chris Drury is a Connecticut guy through and through and today a long and incredibly successful career came to an end as the former New York Rangers captain called it a career and retired. From winning the Little League World Series, to Bean Pot and a…