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.…
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 with the way they were playing that it would come off something like the stinker the Connecticut…
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 sounds of America’s band, the Beach Boys, reverberating through the XL Center. “Catch…
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 sent them home empty-handed. The Connecticut Whale swept both…
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…
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 to the worst start in the franchise’s 14-year history (4-10-2-2), the Whale is on a 6-1-0-2 run…
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 a very exciting victory over an interstate opponent, started off Howard Baldwin’s…
“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 coach on the ice and in the locker room as well. When his playing days ended, it was a surprise to no…
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 to drop the gloves. The report proved right on in the…
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 shootout loss. Dane Byers had a big game and clinched it for – Springfield. Byers, the Wolf Pack’s…