CANTLON’S CORNER: NHL TRADE DEADLINE REVIEW
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NHL trade deadline day on Monday has come and gone and the affects on the Hartford Wolf Pack were minimal with a few pieces overall having some Connecticut connection. The parent New York Rangers…
CANTLON: PENS WIN IN OT OVER PACK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Adam Johnson’s penalty shot goal at 1:47 of overtime allowed the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins to pull out a 4-3 win before a season-best XL Center crowd of 7,438. The situation presented itself when the…
CANTLON: (SAT) UCONN RALLIES LATE TO BEAT OR BU
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The hockey gods were in Hartford Friday night. The Huskies were outplayed in the final 39 of the game’s 40 minutes. They made the last 1:19 of play count and won 4-3 in overtime on Sasha’s Payusov’s…
CANTLON: (FRI) UCONN BIG WEEKEND
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack aren’t the only team with important hockey games this weekend. UCONN Huskies record stands (12-13-4, 9-8-2 HEA) and Boston University Terriers (12-9-8, 9-5-5 HEA) battle in the next…
CANTLON: UCONN BIG WEEKEND IN MAINE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The most pivotal weekend of the Hockey East season will be in Orono, Maine for the UCONN Huskies as they try to elbow their way into a solid playoff position with three weeks left. The Huskies will battle…
CANTLON: (FRI) ROCKET CRASHES IN HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack scored two early goals and utilized a stingy defense along with solid goaltending from Tom McCollum and upended the visiting Laval Rocket, 3-1, before 4,089 on Friday night at the XL…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER FUTURE FRONT AND CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The puck is now officially in the Connecticut legislature’s corner. Last week, during his State-of-the-State address, Governor Ned Lamont officially requested that the State Legislature grant him a…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER FUTURE FRONT AND CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The proverbial puck is in the state’s corner. The XL Center last week officially placed the XL Center in Ned Lamont’s bonding package for $27.5M per year ($55 million total) over the next two…
CANTLON: (WED) PACK KNOCK OFF SPRINGFIELD IN HISTORIC WIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack got two goals each from Patrick Newell and Vinni Lettieri and outlasted the Springfield Thunderbirds, 7-4, for the team’s 27th win of the season and the 500th in franchise…
CANTLON: UCONN BEATS WILDCATS, 7-4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The suddenly revived UCONN offense aided by a pair of seniors, Alexander Payusov two goals and Wyatt Newpower three assists and a plus-five, swept a critical Hockey East weekend series from UNH by the…