GORDIE ROBERTS, HARTFORD WHALER LEGEND
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hartford Whaler legend Gordie Roberts took an unconventional route to pro hockey. Now, at 65, he returned to Hartford for the first time since participating in that infamous frozen Whale Bowl on a Saturday…
CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF SEASON NEWS 11
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack Training camp is three weeks away. Still, several New York Rangers prospects skated for various countries at the World Junior Championships version of the postponed from December WJC…
CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK NOTES VOL5
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Several former Hartford Wolf Pack players led the New York Rangers to a 6-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals of the NHL playoffs. The Rangers’ win in…
CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFFSEASON VOL 4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The New York Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a dramatic first-round playoff series and now face an elimination game with the Carolina Hurricanes (nee Hartford Whalers) who lead the series three…
CANTLON: LACROIX LOVED THE JOURNEY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The annual Hartford Whalers Day at Dunkin Donuts Park, home to the Hartford Yard Goats, was a special day filled with plenty of reminiscing about days gone by with some of the team’s legends. André…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 23
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Player Movement, industry news and a tragic loss made the headlines for the past week in professional hockey. Plenty of news surrounding the Hartford Wolf Pack. Chris McCarthy, who played for the Pack and…
CANTLON’S CORNER: KEVIN MORRISON, A NEW HAVEN ORIGINAL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hockey has been ingrained in Kevin Morrison’s DNA from his early days in Nova Scotia through the time he passed through Connecticut in the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving an indelible mark in New…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2020
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings TORONTO, CANADA – During the world-wide pandemic, the NHL brought some sunshine to the hockey world in naming their 2020 Hall-Of-Fame class which included Ken Holland, who was inducted in the Builder’s category, and…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 12
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The world is slowly approaching normalcy. Sports news is becoming more and more prevalent as ALL sports are moving closer and closer towards returning into the daily lives of its fans. AHL AWARDS The…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 7
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Planning for the 2020-2021 AHL season is well underway as is the possible return of the NHL in the summer and a possible late-in-the-year start to the following season are dominant news stories this week.…