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CANTLON’S CORNER: AHL SUCCESSES AMONG MINORITIES

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The well-deserved accolades are pouring in regarding the Abbotsford Heat’s Yushiroh Hirano, who earned his first AHL goal as a Japanese-born player. However,…

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CANTLON: PENS WIN IN OT OVER PACK

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Adam Johnson’s penalty shot goal at 1:47 of overtime allowed the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins to pull out a 4-3 win before a season-best…

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CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 17

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - With Labor Day coming this weekend signaling the traditional end of summer, hockey fans, especially Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers fans, are…

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CANTLON: BEARS BURY PACK DESPITE LETTIERI HAT TRICK

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Vinni Lettieri and Devante Smith-Pelly matched hat tricks while John Gilmour’s and Nathan Walker each had three helpers for their respective teams, but…

VALIQUETTE BACK IN THE AHL – FOR NOW

One time Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers netminder Steve Valiquette was back where he started having signed a Professional Try-Out (PTO) with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The always…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet Matt Zaba didn’t particularly enjoy his last season playing goal in North America. While the Hartford Wolf Pack, now Connecticut Whale, were missing the playoffs for the…

VALIQUETTE, A GIANT AMONG MEN AND NOT JUST IN GOAL

There are certain people that you meet over the course of your life that just leave an indelible impression upon you…Steve Valiquette is one of those people. “Vali,” is a…

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AND WHAT OF VALIQUETTE?

As we wrote Friday night based upon the sources we spoke to, the Checkers have been assigned Miika Wiikman and the Rangers have a new backup netminder in New York…

YOU KNOW THE OLYMPICS ARE ALMOST OVER WHEN…

The goalie shuffle between the New York Rangers and the Hartford Wolf Pack begins…and it’s begun today. The Rangers have sent Steve Valiquette and his broken finger back to the…

WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 16-21, 2010 AND ROSTER MOVES

The Wolf Pack (25-23-3-4, 57 pts.) dropped three Atlantic-Division games between Friday and Monday, remaining tied with Bridgeport and Providence for fifth place in the Atlantic.  The Pack fell to…