CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL RETURN IMMINENT AND OTHER HOCKEY NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – For the first time since March, professional hockey is so close to being played for fans that you can almost reach out and touch it. With that start rapidly approaching, there’s plenty of news…
CANTLON’S CORNER: KEVIN MORRISON, A NEW HAVEN ORIGINAL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey has been ingrained in Kevin Morrison’s DNA from his early days in Nova Scotia through the time he passed through Connecticut in the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving an indelible mark in New…
CANTLON’S CORNER: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT…BUT STILL THE SAME
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Game on! Well, sort of. On Tuesday afternoon, NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman announced the outline of a plan to “Return-To-Play” that was agreed to between the players, and the league with the…
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: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 7
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Planning for the 2020-2021 AHL season is well underway as is the possible return of the NHL in the summer and a possible late-in-the-year start to the following season are dominant news stories this week.…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 17-23, 2020
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack (29-13-5-5, 68 pts.) won two of their three games this past week, to stay within two points of the Atlantic Division lead. After the Wolf Pack’s team-record 12-game home…
CHAIMOVITCH: SCOTT HOWSON ELECTED PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
BY: Jason Chaimovitch, American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Board of Governors has unanimously elected Scott Howson as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2020. Howson will become the tenth…
CANTLON: SANTOS TOP MAN IN THE EHL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings NEWINGTON, CT – Spending time with a league commissioner provides a glimpse into just how harried and crazed of a life that it can be. It also reveals a greater appreciation as to how difficult the business side of…
CANTLON: TAFT EDGES SALISBURY 3-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings WATERTOWN, CT – In a high-paced, well-played, early-season, prep school clash, the Taft Rhinos defeated the Crimson Knights of Salisbury School on Wednesday afternoon at the Odden Arena. Taft (2-2) scored two goals in a…
CANTLON: (FRI) JONES SCORES TWICE IN PACK WIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Rookie Nick Jones scored twice as the Hartford Wolf Pack engineered a 2-1 pre-season win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in a lively, spirited game at the Koeppel Community Center at Trinity College…