PERSONNEL MOVES
A couple of quick notes. As you might imagine, Kris Newbury has been returned to the Connecticut Whale from the New York Rangers. He should be in the lineup tonight when the Whale take on the Adirondack Phantoms in Glens Falls at 7pm. Also, Blake Parlett…
PELLETIER EMERGENCY BACKUP
WHALE SIGN GOALTENDER PIER-OLIVIER PELLETIER TO PTO * * * * Comes in from CHL Laredo for Second Stint with Whale HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale has signed…
UPGRADING NET COVERAGE
While Pier-Oliver Pelletier is a really good bloke, he’s not an AHL quality netminder. Friday, The Connecticut Whale sent him packing and brought back Dov-Grumet Morris and signed the Greenville Road Warrior netminder to a Professional Try-Out (PTO)…
WHALE HARPOONED BY BULLDOGS
VERSUS For Connecticut Whale Ken Gernander this could not have been a fun last couple of weeks. First the parent New York Rangers took the heart and soul out of his surging team when they recalled six of his best players and then the Hamilton Bulldogs…
WORST KEPT SECRET – PELLETIER SIGNS
WHALE SIGNS GOALTENDER PIER-OLIVIER PELLETIER TO PTO * * * * Played in 21 games this season for the CHL’s Laredo Bucks
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, CT – As Howard Baldwin and his son, Howard Jr., walked into the Rentschler Field press box just after noon Thursday, their jaws seemingly dropped to the floor as they spoke as one. “Awesome,” they said in stereo while…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Talk about a tough act to follow. Yes, even Connecticut Whale wing Brodie Dupont admitted he didn’t know what he could do for an encore as defending money-earning champion in the eighth Tip-A-Whale Dinner and Sports Carnival at the XL…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The XL Center could have made some serious money selling programs Tuesday if Connecticut Whale practice was open to the public. Coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daignault and Pat Boller were in scramble mode again thanks to a…