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.…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek now fully understands the adage that it’s sometimes better to be lucky than good. Despite admittedly knowing little about men’s college…

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…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, CT. – All that was missing were the strains of “The Stripper” reverberating through empty Rentschler Field. Connecticut Whale rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek lost the…

TIGERS BEATEN BY SOUND WHALES

VERSUS    While they were far from perfect, the Connecticut Whale had a good all around team effort anchored by Chad Johnson’s first star performance between the pipes and beat the…

WORST TO FIRST

       VERSUS       (Editor’s note: Our apologies for this being posted late…busy day at work) The Connecticut Whale rebounded from Saturday's poor performance against the Atlantic Division’s worst team, the…

JUST LIKE THAT

VERSUS Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander, along with just about every coach from Pee-Wee on up, preaches to his players about playing the full 60 minutes. In Gernander’s case…

THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

VERSUS  In the 13 years as the Hartford Wolf Pack, each team presented a different challenge to the coach…even in the good years. The name has changed now from the…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Wise veteran defenseman Wade Redden put the Wolf Pack’s plight of one-goal losses this season into perfect perspective. “We have to find a way to win these…