FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
Everyone likes to be wanted. After two tumultuous seasons in the Big Apple with the Rangers, Wade Redden has that feeling again. Redden, a 13-year NHL defenseman with the Ottawa Senators and Rangers, got constant harassment from the Madison Square Garden…
FIRSTS ALL AROUND
VERSUS Sunday afternoon’s Hartford Wolf Pack contest with the Providence Bruins provided for a lot of firsts. It was the Wolf Pack’s first shutout of the young season. It was their first three goal period and three goal lead of the season. The…
HOBBIT DELIVERS WIN
VERSUS With star forward Dale Weise sidelined with a hand/wrist injury, someone on the Hartford Wolf Pack roster was going to need to step up. That’s the long and the short of it. That’s exactly what happened as the Hartford Wolf Pack defeated…
SHOT OUT
VERSUS The Hartford Wolf Pack played their first game on the road in this early 2010-2011 season and came up on the short-end of a 3-2 score, losing a six-round shootout 2-1 at the Times-Union Center to the Albany Devils. Stephen Gionta…
KENNEDY TO THE PACK
By Bruce Berlet The Hartford Wolf Pack will have a new player at practice Thursday morning. With Rangers captain/Trumbull native Chris Drury returning from a broken left index finger for the home opener Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the…
A NIGHT OF FIRSTS
VERSUS AND THEY’RE OFF… The Howard Baldwin era in Hartford hockey has resumed and the infusion of new faces and new energy had a big payoff Saturday night as 7,013 were shown an exciting game and what could be a very solid Hartford Wolf…
BERLET’S CORNER
By Bruce Berlet When not battling injuries, Hartford Wolf Pack left wing Justin Soryal is known mainly for his toughness and ability to battle the opposition with lefts and rights. But the 23-year-old Soryal is determined to make everyone think of him…
END OF THE PRESEASON
VERSUS By Bruce Berlet In keeping with the theme of change surrounding the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise this season, captain Dane Byers decided on a new look, a shaved head. Some stubble has begun to show, but one thing hasn’t…
WOLF PACK / WHALE CUTS
The first cuts have been made. No real surprises. Probably the only name here that anyone knows is Tysen Dowzak who was sent to Dayton of the CHL. The rest are mostly headed to the ECHL. Here’s the release: WOLF PACK ANNOUNCE ROSTER CHANGES * …
REDDEN SPEAKS…PEOPLE LISTEN
By Bruce Berlet Wade Redden was less than 10 minutes into his first minor-league interview when three playful new Hartford Wolf Pack teammates made the veteran defenseman feel as if he was back on Broadway. Redden broke into a wide grin as Ryan Garlock…