ZUCCARELLO: NOW YOU SEE HIM – MAYBE NOW YOU DON’T?
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale travelled down to The Scope in Norfolk, Virginia to start a pair of games with the Admirals. Head Coach Ken Gernander started the trip on an up-note as he was able to pencil in All-Star forward Mats Zuccarello for…
FANFARE: CONDITION IMPOSSIBLE
BY: Adam Gavriel In his pre-game media scrum late this afternoon New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella discussed the possibility of sending Wojtek Wolski and Eric Christensen to the AHL’s Connecticut Whale for conditioning stints. According to the…
FALCON CREST
VERSUS The Springfield Falcons scored twice in two separate bursts including one late before winning in a shootout over a forward-depleted Connecticut Whale at the XL Center Saturday night 5-4. Kris Newbury, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Andreas…
WHALE OBJECTION OVERRULED
VERSUS If the Connecticut Whale are going to make a serious run at a Calder Cup championship they are going to have to learn how to play with a lead and that it takes a full sixty minutes to win. Friday night in Binghamton, New York the Whale…
I’D BE SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE BUS
VERSUS Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander does not handle losing well and it is almost a certainty that he was beside himself on Monday afternoon at the Cumberland County Civic Center after his Whale amassed a three goal lead over the…
AVERY BACK IN HARTFORD
Sean Avery has been returned to the Connecticut Whale after clearing waivers for the second time this season and according to Head Coach Ken Gernander will be joining the team on Sunday for their trip to Portland, Maine. With the addition of Avery and…
SPOTLIGHT: SEAN AVERY
BY: Bruce Berlet The New York Rangers placed veteran left wing Sean Avery on waivers for a second time Friday. Avery was scratched for the 10th consecutive game Friday night at Florida against the surprising Southeast Division-leading Panthers and…
SPOTLIGHT: WEEKEND PREVIEW
The Connecticut Whale has several objectives for the last weekend of 2011. First, the Whale (18-9-1-3) would like to build on a seven-point lead over the Albany Devils in the Northeast Division in games at Worcester on Friday night and against…
SPOTLIGHT: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale got their first TV air time Saturday night since 2007 when the team was known as the Hartford Wolf Pack. Wednesday night the Whale could get some exposure on a much larger scale, as part of the first of four…
SPOLIGHT: AARON VOROS
BY: Bruce Berlet Aaron Voros knows all about the unemployment rate in the United States continuing to hover around nine percent. Voros, who spent the last eight seasons in the AHL and NHL, was part of the jobless force as he sat around New York City,…