BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – WHOLE LOT OF PLAYER SHAKE UP GOIN’ ON

BY: Bruce Berlet The comings and goings just keep on coming and going for the New York Rangers and Connecticut Whale. With All-Star defenseman Marc Staal put on injured reserve…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – TENACIOUS TANSKI

BY: Bruce Berlet You can’t help but root for Scott Tanski to make the Connecticut Whale. The day before New York Rangers opened camp, Tanski was preparing to leave on…

WHALE GET HEAVIER

More decisions are in store for Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander as the New York Ranges have made what is expected to be all but their last cut. According…

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – DEVEAUX, IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE

BY: Bruce Berlet Upon reflection, Andre Deveaux had one overriding thought. “I’m just happy I wasn’t hurt,” Deveaux said. Happy, indeed. Deveaux, a noted tough guy, is the latest victim…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet The New York Rangers’ Summer of Success continued Thursday on several fronts. The Rangers again averted often contentious salary arbitration, and this time it was with former…

TO QUALIFY OR NOT TO QUALIFY

For young restricted free agents, whether their parent teams qualify them or not is one of the most stressful times of their career. Get qualified and the dream continues. Don’t…

GAME SIX – NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T

VERSUS It was the common theme of the season…penalties, penalties, penalties and the price for taking too many of them finally caught up with the New York Ranger’s top farm…

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

VERSUS With under five minutes to go in the game Friday night and the Connecticut Whale trailing 0-2, some of the 5,862 fans at the XL Center began filing out…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after…

IT WASN’T PRETTY; THAT’S FOR SURE!

VERSUS “That was what  we call in hockey, ‘a greasy win,’” Connecticut Whale Assistant Coach J.J. Daigneault said his team gutted one out and defeated the Springfield Falcons 3-1 Sunday…