SPOTLIGHT: BICKEL STU – A RANGER SPECIALTY

BY: Bruce Berlet When it comes to feel-good stories in the NHL this season, you’d be hard-pressed to find one better than New York Rangers defenseman Stu Bickel, who began…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet With their top four centers missing and their leading scorer and No. 1 offensive defenseman injured before the game was 25 minutes old, the Connecticut Whale desperately…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, CT. – As Jeremy Williams lay motionless on the XL Center ice for what seemed an eternity Wednesday night, the Connecticut Whale’s All-Star right wing had…

WINNING!!!

VERSUS Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” The Connecticut Whale looked like they had given away a standings point to the visiting Springfield Falcons after surrendering…

RANGERS/WOLF PACK/WHALE ACQUIRE DEFENSEMAN STU BICKEL

The Wolf Pack today eliminated one player that CLEARLY didn’t want to be there and was playing that way. The New York Rangers sent Nigel Williams to the Anaheim Ducks…

END OF THE PRESEASON

      VERSUS     By Bruce Berlet In keeping with the theme of change surrounding the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise this season, captain Dane Byers decided on a new look, a…

THE TOUGH GET GOING! LITERALLY…

The New York Rangers have recalled not one, but two key Wolf Pack players that won’t be in the Hartford lineup tonight in a must win game against the Adirondack…

“ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK…”

     VERSUS     Frustration, Head Coach Ken Gernander agreed, would be the best word to describe how he feels after watching his troops play a hard fought game but come up…

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…

BRUTAL

VERSUS It was over before it really began. The Hartford Wolf Pack fell behind 3-0 before fans had even found their seats. The team battled back as best they could,…