CANTLON: CRDA LOOKS TO FINALLY START BUILDING RENOVATION
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The opening of the XL Center in the first quarter of 2021 and the February 5th AHL start date stand like everything else, held hostage by recent COVID spikes. “We have been told probably February, but so…
CANTLON: (FRI) UMASS DROPS UCONN 5-1 IN HOCKEY EAST OPENER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The seventh-ranked UMASS Minutemen used a string of performances from Oliver Chau and Bobby Trivigno, who had two points each in overwhelming and dominating the Huskies, 5-1, on Friday night at the Mullins…
CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY OPENS UP AGAINST UMASS (PREVIEW)
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – From Sunday through Wednesday, UCONN Huskies Head Coach, Mike Cavanaugh, was unsure if his team would start their season or not. What was supposed to be their opening season series this past weekend…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOLUME 34
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The story, not just in hockey, but in all aspects of life these days, continues to be the Covid-19 pandemic. Not only the death, although that’s always the most serious repercussion, but also the…
CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY EAST SEASON UNVEILED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The upcoming Hockey East season now have dates. The Hockey East Association gave the University of Connecticut Huskies and its eleven members a finalized Conference-Only schedule for the 2020-21 season…
CANTLON: UCONN’S MAY START HOCKEY EAST SEASON
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hockey East 2020-21 season is inching closer to becoming reality. The UCONN Huskies are hoping they will be able to announce an approved and finalized conference-only schedule either later this week or…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS & NOTES – VOL 30
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – So much news and activity in the hockey world this week. As a business, the AHL had a small-town model that was the norm nearly 30 years ago. That is now long gone. An average salary then was a mere $40K.…
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: NEWS & NOTES FROM NHL DRAFT DAY TWO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The second act of the annual NHL Entry Draft took place on Wednesday. In the First Round, not only did the New York Rangers have the first overall pick in the draft that they used to take superstar…
CANTLON: LATEST IN XL CENTER AND UCONN NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – On Wednesday, Howlings reported that CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth, had said that the XL Center would NOT host any UCONN men’s or women’s basketball, or Hockey East play until the fall…