CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOL 29
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Tampa Bay Lightning won their second Stanley Cup in tema history this past week with three Connecticut connections earning Championship rings. In 2010, Ryan McDonagh played half of a season with the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The news cycle is overflowing with COVID-19-related stories and the sports world, and hockey in-particular is no exception. AHL AWARDS With the 2019-020 season now officially canceled the parade of end of…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON – VOLUME 12
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The life of a hockey executive never ends… Oh sure it slows down, but all the coaches and management in professional hockey are all working to construct and hopefully improve their rosters for the…
CANTLON: DISMANTLING THE WOLF PACK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Any thought of the Hartford Wolf Pack making the post-season were slim at best, but another Monday off day trade pretty much seals the team’s fate. The New York Rangers have tossed in the towel on their…
CANTLON’S CORNER: LATEST XL CENTER UPDATE AN OTHER NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The saga of the XL Center remains in limbo as the change of state government has begun. “We haven’t had a meeting with the Governor-Elect or his transition team. I would think in about six weeks…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK KNOCK OFF BRUINS IN OT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack won a see-saw battle with the visiting Providence Bruins 4-3 in overtime at the XL Center on a Vinni Lettieri goal. After taking a pass from goaltender Dustin Tokarski, Lettieri…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Facing pucks flying at him at more than 100 mph never seemed so easy, so mundane, so inconsequential to Connecticut Whale goalie Dov Grumet-Morris. Not when you’re helping bury one of your best friends and former Harvard teammates after…