FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet When forwards Ryan Callahan and Vinny Prospal return from long-term injuries in the next few weeks, New York Rangers management will have some interesting and difficult decisions to make.
A NIGHT OF FIRSTS
VERSUS The New York Rangers entire organization is in full fledged youth movement mode. If John Tortorella is the Chief Architect then Ken Gernander is the Master Builder. For some of the building blocks in that future foundation, Wednesday night found…
WHALE WEEKLY: January 3-9, 2011
The Whale (18-13-2-5, 43 pts.) celebrated the turn of the year by winning three out of four divisional games this past week, to move into sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Division. The Whale scored overtime wins in both ends of a…
WHO KNEW…
VERSUS As the Hartford Wolf Pack they struggled to find a way to win even six of their first 22 games and were last in the Atlantic Division. As the Connecticut Whale they’ve won 12 of their first 16 and moved into second place. How did they manage…
OT SPECIALISTS
VERSUS You’ve heard of shootout specialists, well Tim Kennedy is becoming the Connecticut Whale’s overtime specialist when he buried his second OT winner in a row, both against his former team no less, and gave the Whale a 5-4 win in Portland against…
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 become more like Moby Dick and are just trampling over their competition.…
WILLIAMS INSURANCE
The Connecticut Whale is bringing in some veteran experience to the team and to the front line and they’re doing it on the cheap by signing Stanley Cup winner Jason Williams to a Professional Try-Out Contract.
WHALE AND BLIZZARD STORM BRIDGEPORT
VERSUS Sometimes concern for others supersedes the concern for making money. Sometimes it doesn’t.
WHALE ARE GHOSTBUSTERS
VERSUS Be thankful that they don’t award style points in hockey, because if they did, Wednesday night’s 6-4 road victory by the Connecticut Whale over the Adirondack Phantoms would have sent them home empty-handed. The Connecticut Whale swept both…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – Howard Baldwin and his Whalers Sports and Entertainment group have been working feverishly for months in an attempt to revitalize the local hockey market and get back into the NHL. But one of the major rivals of…