CANTLON: OFF-SEASON VOLUME 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – A week before the NHL Seattle Expansion Draft and the NHL Amateur Draft, the hockey movement this week was quiet, but some Connecticut pieces are on the move. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT The Wolf Pack…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 30
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – So much news and activity in the hockey world this week. As a business, the AHL had a small-town model that was the norm nearly 30 years ago. That is now long gone. An average salary then was a mere $40K.…
MONARCHY CRUMBLES IN 3:37
VERSUS If there’s one thing about this particular Connecticut Whale team it’s that they can lull you to sleep and then suddenly snap out of it and look like world beaters. Friday night they never woke up dropping a 3-2 decision to the Portland…
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CRUSH A MONARCHY?
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale struck three times in a span of just 1:31 in the second period and then rode solid goaltending by Chad Johnson to win their fifth straight game 4-1 at the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester over the Monarchs…
WHALE CRUSH THE MONARCHS
VERSUS BY: Brittany Burke The CT Whale grabbed an early lead and never let go as the men in green and blue topped the Manchester Monarchs 5-0 in front of 3,272 at the XL Center Friday night. Cam Talbot (1-1-0, 23 saves) earned the team’s first…
YOU CAN’T WIN’EM ALL
VERSUS Martin Jones is simply the best goaltender that the Connecticut Whale have faced all season. The Ranger’s top AHL farm team just can’t seem to find a way to beat him. They have dropped all three contests when they’ve faced him in the 2010-2011…
TA-DAH
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale did their best impression of illusionist Criss Angel Tuesday night when they made a 4-0 lead and two standings points disappear in a span of just 12:04 and like the Long Island magician they made it look effortless.…
WHALE BECOMING ‘MOBY DICK’
VERSUS On the 80’s TV show, “The ‘A’ Team,” the team’s leader John “Hannibal” Smith would always say the phrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.” If Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander were that kind of boisterous sort, he might have said…