CANTLON: SYRACUSE CRUNCHES PACK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings SYRACUSE, NY – A three-goal third period sparked by a goal and two assists from Otto Sompii led the Syracuse Crunch over the Hartford Wolf Pack 4-2 on Wednesday night. The Wolf Pack (27-19-5-2) have lost three in a row…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK WIN IN OT…AGAIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Patrick Newell’s goal early into overtime sent the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 3-2 win over the Providence Bruins and their second straight extra-time victory Saturday afternoon at the XL Center. The winning…
CANTLON: (FRI) WOLF PACK PREPARE FOR THREE IN THREE AND NHL TRADE DEADLINE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – This is the time of the year when nothing is written in stone and movements sometimes make little sense. At 11:40 PM this past Wednesday, the New York Rangers announced they had acquired goaltender…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON – VOLUME 5
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – There is so much activity going on in Rangers-World that Blueshirts fans have plenty to be excited about. DAVIDSON RETURNS One of the many issues John Davidson (JD) will find on his new big desk as…
CANTLON’S CORNER: OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES – VOLUME I
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Now that the Bradford pears and forsythias have sprung into bloom and are kicking in, the New York Rangers might want to put a giant set of forsythias in front of the XL Center to obscure the Hartford Wolf…
CANTLON’S CORNER: (FOR THE FANS) PACK SEASON COMES TO A MERCIFUL END
BY: Gerry Cantlon, HOWLINGS HARTFORD, CT- The 2018-19 season has mercifully ended for the Hartford Wolf Pack and thus begins another long spring without having playoffs in the Connecticut capitol and a summer of big questions for the New York…
CANTLON: BEARS BURY PACK DESPITE LETTIERI HAT TRICK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Vinni Lettieri and Devante Smith-Pelly matched hat tricks while John Gilmour’s and Nathan Walker each had three helpers for their respective teams, but in the end, it was the Hershey Bears who pulled off a…
CANTLON: DISMANTLING THE WOLF PACK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Any thought of the Hartford Wolf Pack making the post-season were slim at best, but another Monday off day trade pretty much seals the team’s fate. The New York Rangers have tossed in the towel on their…
CANTLON: (FRI) PACK HOLD ON TO BEAT THUNDERBIRDS, 3-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack played a disciplined game that allowed them to build a 3-0 lead but hung on to escape with a 3-2 win over the Springfield Thunderbirds before a healthy-sized crowd of 5,780 at the XL…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 25-March 3, 2019
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack (23-25-6-3, 55 pts., .482) went 2-0-1-0 in three games this past week, stretching a streak of games with at least a standings point to a season-high six (3-0-3-0). The week began…