CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY BACK IN ACTION
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – The UCONN Huskies are finally back on skates and will play some hockey after a 10-day layoff after a false positive COVID-19 test kept them off the bench. After postponing last weekend’s series…
CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK PRE-SEASON VOLUME 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The first skating sessions for the Hartford Wolf Pack’s truncated 2020-21 season are set to begin when training camp begins on Sunday. The ice at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell is being worked…
CANTLON: UCONN HAS A POSITIVE COVID TEST-SEASON PAUSED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – The COVID-19 carousel has finally come to UCONN Husky hockey. Monday night, the team issued a two-sentence press release stating they have paused their activities because an undisclosed player tested…
CANTLON: UCONN BLANKS PROVIDENCE COLLEGE 2-0
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – On the strength of Tomas Vomacka’s 37 saves, and Jonny Evans’ two-point performance, the UCONN Huskies earned a 2-0 shutout victory over the Providence College Friars win Monday afternoon at the…
CANTLON: NEWS & NOTES FROM NHL DRAFT DAY TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The second act of the annual NHL Entry Draft took place on Wednesday. In the First Round, not only did the New York Rangers have the first overall pick in the draft that they used to take superstar…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 20
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Pre-season hockey has started and the playoffs begin this weekend in both Toronto and Edmonton. There have been two possible player moves that have come to light recently and the first concerns the…
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…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 18
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – News in the hockey world is coming in expedited fashion as the NHL has returned to the ice in their respective training camps as they get ready for the upcoming 24-team tournament to determine a 2019-2020…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 15
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – As Connecticut prepares to move to the next stage of it’s opening up, the hockey world continues to make plans, not only for the upcoming playoffs, set to begin at the end of July but 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…