FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

Sounds like the Connecticut Whale made a good move today signing center Max Campbell to an AHL contract. Jess Rubenstein of Prospect Park called Campbell “the comeback kid who rebuilt…

TIME TO STEP UP

(Howlings is glad to welcome Micki Peroni who will be adding his thoughts on things he sees in the Rangers' universe from time to time.) BY: Micki Peroni The past…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By: Bruce Berlet Former Hartford Wolf Pack center Jarkko Immonen was at his best in the World Hockey Championships and a major reason that Finland won the gold medal for…

FROM THE CREASE – SEASON IN REVIEW with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – With the sting of another first-round playoff elimination fresh in everyone’s mind, it can be difficult to find positives in even the most trying…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet Anticipation. Instincts. Timing. Guts. In some ways, blocking shots in hockey is even more dangerous than goaltending. Neither is for the faint of heart, but at least…

WIN TO GET IN – WON AND IT’S DONE

VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES AND QUOTES April 9, 2011 – New York Rangers 5, New Jersey Devils 2 (Game No. 82, Home No. 41) (more…)

THIS HURTS…

I guess that whole, “We want Zuke to play down there” thing got changed when the Rangers showed that without Ryan Callahan they don’t have any offensive spark. Zuccarello is…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet After two deflating seasons on Broadway fraught with boos and negative press, no one could have blamed Wade Redden for exiting the NHL stage left for more…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after…

BIG THIRD LEADS RANGERS PAST PENGUINS

VERSUS   NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES March 20, 2011 - New York Rangers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (Game No. 73, Away No. 37) *       The Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins,…