HANSONS SPEAK
By Bruce Berlet Steve Carlson is part of the answer to one of the great trivia questions in sports history. Who are the two players to be on the same team as Gordie “Mr. Hockey” Howe and Wayne “The Great One” Gretzky? Amazingly, both played for the World…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By: Bruce Berlet WHALE BOWL WILL BREAK AHL ATTENDANCE RECORD More than 22,500 tickets have been sold for Whale Bowl, the highlight of the “Harvest-Properties.com Whalers Hockey Fest 2011” at Rentschler Field, assuring the Whale will break the AHL…
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…
FOILING COACH
“THE HANSON BROTHERS” TO APPEAR AT OUTDOOR HARVEST-PROPERTIES.COM WHALE BOWL FEBRUARY 19 Famed Characters to Join Whaler Squad for Legends Game Prior to Outdoor AHL Battle between the CT Whale and Providence Bruins at Rentschler Field
ONE LESS WILLIAMS
WHALE RELEASE JASON WILLIAMS FROM PTO * * * * Eleventh-year Pro had Nine Points in 17 Games HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale has released forward Jason Williams from his Professional Tryout…
HEY STEWART…YOU _____!!!
RENOWNED REFEREE PAUL STEWART TO OFFICIATE LEGENDS GAME AT OUTDOOR HARVEST-PROPERTIES.COM WHALE BOWL FEBRUARY 19 Legends Game Precedes Outdoor AHL Battle between the CT Whale and Providence Bruins at Rentschler Field Hartford, CT – Whalers Sports…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, CT – Jim Hartnett called it his “Unlucky Number 7” project. But a Herculean effort of countless hours of overtime and dedication the past three snow-filled weeks have kept the historic “Harvest-Properties.com Whalers Hockey…
CHIEF DANIELS EXCITED ABOUT WHALE-BOWL
By Brittany Burke Whalers alumnus Scott “Chief” Daniels isn’t returning to Hartford this month as just an alum, waiting to take on his former rivals, the Boston Bruins in the Harvest-Properties.com “Whale Bowl”. He is traveling to Hartford to be a…
WHALE BOWL UPDATE
“SAM’S RACE FOR A PLACE” NAMED OFFICIAL CHARITY OF OUTDOOR HARVEST-PROPERTIES.COM WHALERS HOCKEY FEST 2011 Kingswood-Oxford Student’s Fund-raising Effort Benefits Ronald McDonald House Hartford, CT – Whalers Sports and Entertainment president and…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After 15 years playing and coaching in the University of Connecticut’s antiquated rink covered by an open dome, Bruce Marshall thought he was finished with outdoor hockey. “Coaching outdoors wasn’t high on my list to do,” Marshall, a 1985…