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…
PACK TIE TEAM RECORD…FOR LOSING
VERSUS After getting blown of of four straight games by an aggregate score of 27-12, for the Hartford Wolf Pack, the fact that Friday night’s 4-2 defeat to the visiting Bridgeport Sound Tigers was a close and spirited game was at least a step…
KAHN SPEAKS…
The biggest news in the last 48 hours is that the Charlotte Checkers, the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) affiliate for the New York Rangers since the 1994-1995, have decided to become the American Hockey League (AHL) and have agreed to become the…
POTTER AND JOHNSON DOWN…ZABA UP…WIIKMAN IN LIMBO
The goaltender shuffle continues as Chad Johnson will get in a couple of games with the Wolf Pack this weekend and they’ll have Corey Potter with him on the blue line. Matt Zaba has been sent to sit on the bench for a couple of days with the best seats…
IT’S OFFICIAL
AHL HOCKEY COMING TO CHARLOTTE IN 2010-11 Historic Announcement Reveals Checkers Will Play As Hurricanes Top Affiliate Charlotte Checkers owner Michael Kahn announced today that the American Hockey League Board of Governors has approved his purchase of…
POTTER RECALL
According to Larry Brooks in his Twitter account and theahl.com Corey Potter is on his way to New York as “precaution against injury…and not as a first step in a deal for (Sheldon) Souray.” Potter is not expected to play. He also has just come back from…
CHECKERS AHL-BOUND
The Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL have called a major news conference for Wednesday morning. Howlings has learned that Checkers owner, Michael Kahn will announce his team is moving up from the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) to the American Hockey…
WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 8-15, 2010
The Wolf Pack (25-20-3-4, 57 pts.) went 2-0-1-0 in three road games this past week, for their longest road undefeated streak of the season. The junket started with a game in Newark, NJ against the Lowell Devils Wednesday, and the Pack posted a 3-2…
GUESS WHO?
Time for our first ever Howlings picture contest. Take a look at the picture below. The first three people that email me at mitch@howlings.net with the correct answer will win a puck signed by this player. I’m not giving any hints because it’s too easy…
SKATE WITH THE GREATS
Here’s your chance…and you can help underprivileged children along the way as well. We’ll be taking part and hope you do as well… Here’s the official release out of NY Ranger Central: NY RANGERS LACE UP FOR 16th ANNUAL “SKATE WITH THE GREATS”…