CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF-SEASON VOLUME 13
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Ex-New York Ranger and Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman, Stu Bickel, hired by the Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) in the summer, then moved on to St. Thomas University (CCHA), a brand-new D1 program, has changed…
SPOTLIGHT: STATE OF THE LEAGUE
BY: Bruce Berlet The biggest news out of AHL president and CEO Dave Andrews’ State of the League Address during the All-Star Classic is video review of disputed goals is one step from becoming a reality. Andrews said the AHL board of governors will vote…
LATEST WHALE NEWS
The only trade that the Rangers have pulled off today was one to bring a player to Hartford. John Mitchell, a 26 year old center that plays for Toronto has been dealt for a 7th round draft pick. His role is to pick up where Tim Kennedy left off. One…
JUST NOT ENOUGH
VERSUS Goaltender Mike Murphy stopped all 28 Connecticut Whale shots on goal and Matthew Pistilli scored the first goal of the game for the second consecutive game meting with the Checkers and that was enough to give Charlotte a 1-0 win at the Time…
KENNEDY OUT FOR MCCABE, DEL ZOTTO IN…
RANGERS ACQUIRE DEFENSEMAN BRYAN MCCABE New York sends Tim Kennedy and a third round draft pick to Florida New York, NY – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has acquired defenseman Bryan McCabe from…
REDDEN TO THE RESCUE
VERSUS If there’s one thing that’s consistent about the Connecticut Whale in 2010-2011, it’s that they don’t win many games pretty; that’s for sure. Tuesday afternoon’s holiday matinee in Portland was no different. The Whale brought a one-goal lead into…
WHALE LOOK TO MAKE TWO POINTS AND COME UP SHORT ON BOTH
VERSUS “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” The start to Charles Dickens, The Tale of Two Cities. It’s so cliché to use it to describe anything these days, but it truly did describe Saturday’s Whale Bowl at Rentscheler Field that saw…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After the forgettable performance/effort in the opener of their only venture into Canada this season, the Connecticut Whale needed a serious gut check Friday night. They got it from start to finish, scoring on their first two shots and…
PATHETIC
VERSUS What words can possibly be written without sounding unnecessarily vicious and yet accurately describe what happened on the ice after the Connecticut Whale and were so embarrassingly bad Wednesday morning as the Toronto Marlies destroyed them 9-2…
“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 in a 3-2 win for the visiting Portland Pirates Sunday afternoon at the XL…