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…

MAMA SAID…

VERSUS “Mama Said there’d be days like this. There’d be days like this my mama said…” You knew they were bound to lose at some point, but you didn’t think…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet When Chad Kolarik was asked how the Connecticut Whale had been able to make such a dramatic turnaround the past month, you could almost hear the surfer…

WHALE ARE GHOSTBUSTERS

VERSUS     Be thankful that they don’t award style points in hockey, because if they did, Wednesday night’s 6-4 road victory by the Connecticut Whale over the Adirondack Phantoms would have…

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…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL – Winning has a way of curing a lot of ills, as the Connecticut Whale has discovered the past three weeks. After a 1-9-2-1 slide led…

A NEW ERA BEGINS

VERSUS  HARTFORD, Conn. – What a difference a day makes? Well that and an XL Center filled with 13,089 fans. A better than expected, pardon the pun, “packed” house and…

“FRUSTRATING…”

VERSUS  From the minute they took the ice for the first time on October 3, 1997 the heart of this team has been personified by Ken Gernander. He was a…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet A Hockey’s Future scouting report on Wolf Pack rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek says he’s not expected to contribute much offensively but is responsible defensively and isn’t afraid…

BYERS WITH THE GAME WINNER – FOR SPRINGFIELD!

VERSUS In a game that had playoff intensity, the Hartford Wolf Pack bid adieu to their fans at the XL Center Saturday night but came up short in a 4-3…