CANTLON: REMEMBERING SEAN AVERY IN HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – With the news that the Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) has signed Sean Avery to a Professional Try-Out (PTO) contract and his subsequent release two days later, it harkens back to his very last game, the now…
CANTLON: NHL FREE AGENT FRENZY OKTOBERFEST STYLE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The end of a very busy week in pro hockey as free agency for the NHL and AHL kicks off the official start of the 2020-21 season which still has no schedule but does have a tentative start date of January…
CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL RETURN IMMINENT AND OTHER HOCKEY NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – For the first time since March, professional hockey is so close to being played for fans that you can almost reach out and touch it. With that start rapidly approaching, there’s plenty of news…
CANTLON: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – While in our safe places under a pandemically-induced house arrest, there is some limited hockey news still going on. XL CENTER The XL Center, despite being shut down, progress on the facility’s…
KEELEY: MARINERS WEEKLY: STREAK STOPPERS?
BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – Feb. 10, 2020 – One game remains on the current homestand for the Maine Mariners before becoming road warriors for the next three weeks. After Tuesday’s season-series finale against the Brampton…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 3-9, 2020
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack (26-11-4-5, 61 pts.) split a home-and-home set with their I-91 rivals the Springfield Thunderbirds, topping the Thunderbirds 6-3 Friday night at the XL Center before falling by a 2-0…
KEELEY: MARINERS WEEKLY: WINNING 3KEND
BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners Jan. 6, 2020 – With 31 games played, the Mariners are tied for the fewest in the ECHL as they enter the swing of 2020. They won’t hold that distinction for much longer, with a January schedule that will have them…
CANTLON: WOLF PACK UPEND UTICA, 3-1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – In what could have been a preview of a possible playoff game, the Hartford Wolf Pack continued their home ice winning ways beating the Utica Comets 3-1 in a spirited, well-played contest between two of…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: November 18-24, 2019
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack (11-1-0-5, 27 pts.) remain in first place overall in the AHL, after a victory and a shootout loss in a home-and-home series with the Providence Bruins over the weekend. Friday night…
CANTLON: XL CENTER IN THE MIX OF GOVERNOR’S GRAND BARGAIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Nobody ever saw this one coming. Over the past several months, Connecticut’s newly elected Governor, Ned Lamont, has been in secret negotiations with the state’s two Indian tribes, the…