FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT. – The newest Connecticut Whale player, University of Michigan left wing/captain Carl Hagelin, circled the team’s XL Center locker room early Wednesday afternoon, extending his…

AHL PREVIEW – WHALE AND PIRATES

For those of you interested in reading a stat heavy presentation to make up your own minds of how you see the Connecticut Whale (New York Rangers) and Portland Pirates…

WHALE WEEKLY: April 11-17, 2011

The Whale (40-32-2-6, 88 points) wrapped up a playoff spot this past week with a win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday, which will enable them to enter postseason…

SCHEDULES…GET YOUR SCHEDULES HERE!!!

Here are your NHL and AHL playoff schedules for the team’s we’re covering on Howlings: First is the schedule for the New York Rangers playoff series with the Washington Capitals:…

WHALE CLOSE FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME WITH A THUD

VERSUS It would have been a perfect night for the Connecticut Whale. The fans were in the XL Center ready for all the excitement and energy to root on their…

A WHALE OF A PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

WHALE TO MEET PORTLAND IN FIRST-ROUND CALDER CUP PLAYOFF SERIES *           *           *           * Best-of-seven Battle starts Thursday Night in Portland HARTFORD, CT. - Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld…

LUKE ADAM – AHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

PORTLAND PIRATES FORWARD LUKE ADAM NAMED AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE’S OUTSTANDING ROOKIE SPRINGFIELD, MA. - The American Hockey League announced today that forward Luke Adam of the Portland Pirates has been…

EDDIE SHORE…OLD TIME HOCKEY?

PORTLAND’S MARC-ANDRE GRAGNANI NAMED AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE’S OUTSTANDING DEFENSEMAN SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Marc-Andre Gragnani of the Portland Pirates has been named the winner…

GROOVIN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

VERSUS    If a movie producer was pitching a film to a studio about this past weekend’s Connecticut Whale games they’d likely say that it was equally part “Slap Shot,” part…

NEWBURY TO NEW YORK

In listening to Sunday’s broadcast of the New york Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers, Ruslan Fedotenko left the game in the second period after a hit by Braydon Coburn that apparently…