CANTLON: CT HOCKEY 2021 OFFSEASON VOL 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT –The offseason has begun for the Hartford Wolf Pack and the rest of the AHL, except for the Pacific division, which has a playoff. Teams are very busy planning and signing players and coaches for the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The news cycle is overflowing with COVID-19-related stories and the sports world, and hockey in-particular is no exception. AHL AWARDS With the 2019-020 season now officially canceled the parade of end of…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON – VOLUME 18
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Next week the New York Rangers will get their first look at their highly touted group of prospects in in-game action when they take the ice at the 2019 Traverse City prospects tournament. The Rangers are…
CANTLON: NHL/AHL FREE AGENCY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The roster wheels were churning on Monday. It was going so quickly that not a single hamster or a gerbil on a Habitrail wheel would have kept pace. The New York Rangers led the parade of signings by inking…
CANTLON’S CORNER: PACK REFLECT ON BAD LOSS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – It was a very silent Hartford Wolf Pack practice at Champions Skating Center on Wednesday. Fresh off a disheartening 4-1 loss to the Hershey Bears, who scored all four of their goals in the last seven…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet Former Hartford Wolf Pack wing Nigel Dawes was part of a Winnipeg native daily double for the Hamilton Bulldogs that was a large part of AHL history on Monday night. Dawes notched his team-leading ninth goal of the playoffs at 6:24 of the…
FIRST RANGERS TRADE OF THE OFF-SEASON
Here is your typical example of one of those, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” sort of moves by the New York Rangers, as they again traded with Don Maloney and the Not-Ready-For-Winnipeg Coyotes…or the Blueshirt’s apparent West Coast affiliate if you…