CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK NEWS WEEK 12
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hartford Wolf Pack news this week comes fast and furious as the season approaches. The news starts in New York, where the parent Rangers and President and General Manager, Chris Drury, must face two…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFFSEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 37
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The talk of the hockey world, and for that matter, the rest of the general population, is when will the lives of people in a post-pandemic world begin. For the NHL and AHL they are no different.…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 15
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – As Connecticut prepares to move to the next stage of it’s opening up, the hockey world continues to make plans, not only for the upcoming playoffs, set to begin at the end of July but for the…
CANTLON: (SAT) CHECKERS KNOCKED OFF 5-2 BY PACK IN SEASON OPENER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – It was the rookies that were touted, but it was the veterans on the Hartford Wolf Pack roster that provided the balance of the offense while rookie goaltender, Igor Shesterkin, shut the door on the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: “SHOOTER” SCORES ALL HOF & HOCKEY NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The AHL Hall of Fame Class of 2019 was announced late Thursday and Connecticut can raise it’s collective glasses to two new AHL Hall of Famers who had their finest seasons in Connecticut. Brad…
SPOTLIGHT: BICKEL STU – A RANGER SPECIALTY
BY: Bruce Berlet When it comes to feel-good stories in the NHL this season, you’d be hard-pressed to find one better than New York Rangers defenseman Stu Bickel, who began the season playing on Asylum Street in Hartford. Though Bickel will never be…
WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA TO HARTFORD
Left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka have accepted two-week conditioning assignments to join the Connecticut Whale according to reports throughout the New York media. Both players are likely going to see a lot of ice time with the Whale…
RANGERS OFFENCE TAMES PANTHERS
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES December 30, 2011 (Game 36, Away Game 20) BankAtlantic Center – Sunrise, Florida 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final New York Rangers 3 1 0 – 4 Florida…
GERNANDER: A LEADER ON AND OFF THE ICE
VERSUS Ken Gernander coaches hockey the way that he played the game…with great attention to detail, a lot of emotion and a hockey sense and intelligence that few can match. The 2011-2012 Connecticut Whale have taken on that persona and are…
SPOTLIGHT: SOUNDING OUT THE TIGERS
BY: Bruce Berlet After a well-earned four-day break, the Northeast Division-leading Connecticut Whale looks to extend their latest points streak to four games when they visit their intrastate rival Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Monday night. The Whale…