BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – DECISION TIME

BY: Bruce Berlet Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller had plenty decisions to make after their team’s preseason finale Sunday, a…

WHALE MOVES

WHALE ANNOUNCE ROSTER CHANGES *           *           *           * Parent Rangers Assign Seven, Whale Send Six to ECHL Greenville Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld today announced the following changes to…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – TENACIOUS TANSKI

BY: Bruce Berlet You can’t help but root for Scott Tanski to make the Connecticut Whale. The day before New York Rangers opened camp, Tanski was preparing to leave on…

WHALE GET HEAVIER

More decisions are in store for Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander as the New York Ranges have made what is expected to be all but their last cut. According…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – STAAL NOT STALLING

BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale had quite an addition at their pregame skate Friday morning, but unfortunately he isn’t likely to be playing any time soon. New York Rangers…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – DEVEAUX, IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE

BY: Bruce Berlet Upon reflection, Andre Deveaux had one overriding thought. “I’m just happy I wasn’t hurt,” Deveaux said. Happy, indeed. Deveaux, a noted tough guy, is the latest victim…

FRIDAY JUST GOT MORE INTERESTING

The Connecticut Whale will have an extra skater on defense tomorrow as the Rangers  have announced that Marc Staal will skate with the Whale. The question that remains is whether…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – “SO THAT’S A LATTE AND A HOCKEY CONTRACT TO GO?”

BY: Bruce Berlet Kale Kerbashian joined the New York Rangers organization literally over a cup of coffee and a vanilla milkshake. The smallish (5-foot-11, 165 pounds) but quick forward was…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – YES, THEY GET HIS WHOLE NAME ON A SWEATER!

BY: Bruce Berlet Jonathan Audy-Marchessault might be the smallest player in Connecticut Whale training camp, but he certainly has made some big-time plays and impressions the past few weeks. It…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – WADE REDDEN, YEAR TWO

BY: Bruce Berlet Despite spending a pleasant summer in picturesque Kelowna, British Columbia, with his wife and young daughter, Wade Redden experienced a bit of an unsettling offseason, proving again…