WHALE OBJECTION OVERRULED

      VERSUS      If the Connecticut Whale are going to make a serious run at a Calder Cup championship they are going to have to learn how to play with a…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet Tommy Grant arrived in Hartford in late March unheralded but hardly bashful in his demeanor. Grant had a bit of an edge from the get-go. Nothing cocky,…

1ST RD: GAME TWO – LIKE PARENT – LIKE AFFILIATE

VERSUS    The Connecticut Whale lost Game Two of their first round playoff series at the Cumberland County Civic Center to the Portland Pirates 3-2 in overtime before 5,029 Saturday night.…

GROOVIN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

VERSUS    If a movie producer was pitching a film to a studio about this past weekend’s Connecticut Whale games they’d likely say that it was equally part “Slap Shot,” part…

“UGLY”

VERSUS  “It was just an ugly goal, just a bad goal,” Connecticut Whale goaltender Chad Johnson said after TJ Breenan’s bad angle shot with just 3:12 remaining was the difference…

PIRATES HARPOON THE GREAT WHALE

VERSUS     There’s a popular old saying that goes, “Better Late Than Never.” However if you asked the Connecticut Whale players what they thought about that saying and how it played…

WHALE “GO-MOBY” AND SINK PIRATES

VERSUS     (We apologize for the late posting…busy day in the office) The Connecticut Whale have become more than the blue whale with a hockey stick like their logo suggests and…