REED: JACKSONVILLE ICEMEN ADD BO HANSON AND BRENDAN LESS
By: Alex Reed, Jacksonville Icemen JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Icemen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s New York Rangers and the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack, announced today that the team has agreed to terms with defensemen Bo Hanson and Brendan…
CANTLON: OFF-SEASON VOLUME 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – A week before the NHL Seattle Expansion Draft and the NHL Amateur Draft, the hockey movement this week was quiet, but some Connecticut pieces are on the move. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT The Wolf Pack…
TRUST: FINKELSTEIN IS ECHL MAY ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
BY: Matt Trust, Greenville Swamp Rabbits Greenville, SC – Greenville Swamp Rabbits’ blueliner Ben Finkelstein was named Howies Hockey Tape May ECHL Rookie of the Month. Finkelstein returned to Greenville’s lineup on April 30 after a 29-game absence due…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK SHUTOUT BY SOUND TIGERS 4-0
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Bridgeport Sound Tigers goaltender, Ken Appleby, stopped all twenty shots he faced while Otto Koivula and Arnaud Durandeau each had two-point games to pace a 4-0 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack…
CANTLON’S CORNER: FIRST NAHL DRAFT FOR DANBURY JUNIOR HAT TRICKS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings DANBURY, CT – The Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks participated in their first North American Hockey League (NAHL) Draft on Tuesday. Of the various junior programs, this is the last one held, and like all the others was done…
KUHN: SWAMP RABBITS RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN BRIEN DIFFLEY
BY: Jordan Kuhn, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. — Defenseman Brien Diffley is set to make his return to the Upstate after re-signing with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits for the 2020–21 season. Diffley, 25, completed his second professional…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 8
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The suspension of hockey continues though the NHL may resume the regular season or go straight to a playoff format in an attempt to conclude the 2019-20 season. The AHL, meanwhile, is on the verge of…
CANTLON: (3/6) UCONN CLOSES OUT REGULAR SEASON AT UMASS—LOWELL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The UCONN Huskies close out the Hockey East regular season on Friday night on the road at the Tsongas Center to face the number 12 nationally ranked UMASS-Lowell River Hawks at 7 PM (ESPN 97.9 and WILI…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK ON THE ROAD FOR THREE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack got home to get a change of clothes, recuperate, and practice before heading back out on the road, leaving Tuesday afternoon for Utica for two games with the Comets and then another…
CANTLON: (TU) PACK END 2019 WITH WIN OVER SOUND TIGERS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack ended 2019 by holding off a late surge from the visiting Bridgeport Sound Tigers to edge out their in-state and division rivals 3-2 at the XL Center before a crows of 2,617. The…