MARCHESSAULT WINS STANLEY CUP AND CONN SMYTHE
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – When he was a member of the Connecticut Whale, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault was a diamond in the rough. Marchessault was playing for the Quebec Remparts in the QMJHL, learning his craft under the…
SHELLEY: RABBITS SIGN BEMIDJI ST CAPTAIN, SOMOZA
BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers, announced today that the club had signed forward Ethan Somoza to an ECHL contract. Somoza, 25, inks his first…
SHELLEY: GERADS, INKS DEAL WITH RABBITS
BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits announced forward Dallas Gerads signed with the team ahead of the 2021-22 season. Gerads, a Blaine, MN native, joins the Swamp Rabbits after concluding a four-year…
KEELEY: MARINERS AND RAILERS IN PRESEASON GAME
Mariners and Railers play a “home and home” one week before the season begins BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – September 20, 2021 – The Maine Mariners will host the Worcester Railers on Friday, October 15th, at The Colisee in Lewiston…
CANTLON: LACROIX LOVED THE JOURNEY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The annual Hartford Whalers Day at Dunkin Donuts Park, home to the Hartford Yard Goats, was a special day filled with plenty of reminiscing about days gone by with some of the team’s legends. André…
KEELEY: BEN GUITE NAMED MARINERS HEAD COACH
Guite takes over for Riley Armstrong, Terrence Wallin becomes assistant BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – August 3, 2021 – The Maine Mariners are proud to announce former University of Maine National Champion Ben Guite as the second head…
CANTLON: ALL BLACK NHL LINE FOLLOWS A STRONG HISTORY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey’s continued growth in non-traditional communities received a big boost with the line of all-black players deployed by the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Head Coach, Jon Cooper, at the end of the …
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOL 39
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The LANAH (Ligue Nord Americaine de Hockey) (North American Hockey League) a six-team, Quebec-based, minor professional circuit, announced it will not move its 25th season start date in 2020-21 due to…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 32
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – There will be a new captain for the Hartford Wolf Pack next season. Last year’s captain, the 13th in Wolf Pack history, Steven Fogarty, has signed a one-year, two-way deal with the Buffalo Sabres…
CANTLON’S CORNER: FIRST NAHL DRAFT FOR DANBURY JUNIOR HAT TRICKS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings DANBURY, CT – The Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks participated in their first North American Hockey League (NAHL) Draft on Tuesday. Of the various junior programs, this is the last one held, and like all the others was done…