THE WOLF AND THE HAWK
By Bruce Berlet One is “Mr. Wolf Pack.” The other is “Hawk” – thought whether it’s for his ample nose or being a fan of the reigning Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks is open to debate. But there’s no debating the influence that Ken Gernander and…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Chad Kolarik was chilling out around 4 p.m. Thursday when he got a phone call from Columbus Blue Jackets assistant general manager Chris McFarland. To his stunning surprise, the right wing on the Springfield Falcons’ No. 1 line learned he…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Left wing Dane Byers will be playing in the Wolf Pack’s home finale Saturday night – for the opposition. Byers, the Wolf Pack’s fourth captain, was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the New York Rangers on Thursday for…
DANE BYERS TRADED
The New York Rangers have traded Wolf Pack captain Dane Byers to the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Chad Kolarik. Kolarik appears to be a career AHL players having bounced between Springfield, Syracuse and the San Antonio Rampage. This is CLEARLY a…
NO SURPRISE TO HOWLINGS READERS
As we had surmised over the past few days, with the return of Evgeny Grachev there was just going to be no room for Brandon Wong on the current Wolf Pack roster. That sentiment became official Tuesday morning when the Wolf Pack sent the former Quinnipiac…
WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 8-14, 2010
The Wolf Pack (4-8-2-1, 11 pts.) snapped a franchise-record nine-game winless streak (0-7-2-0) with a 7-1 pounding of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Sunday in GEICO Connecticut Cup action at the XL Center. Prior to that seven-goal explosion, the Pack had…
WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 1-7, 2010
WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 1-7, 2010 The Wolf Pack (3-5-2-1, 9 pts.) saw a winless skein extend to six games (0-4-2-0) this past week, with a pair of regulation losses and an overtime defeat. The Albany Devils came into the XL Center on…
WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN?
VERSUS Wolf Pack head coach Ken Gernander has repeatedly asked the question in his post game press conferences over the five-game home losing streak, that was stretched to six after last night’s 3-2 defeat to the Springfield Falcons at the Mass…
FALCON CREST
VERSUS After losing four straight at home, the Hartford Wolf Pack entered Friday night’s contest against the visiting Springfield Falcons desperately seeking two things: goals and a win. But despite a 42-shot effort, it was ultimately a bad…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet With Tim Kennedy out with an undisclosed injury, the four centers who played for the Wolf Pack on Wednesday night started the game against the Albany Devils with a total of zero goals. That’s nada, zilch, none – in eight games. Ryan…