11-OF-12: AND IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE ENOUGH
VERSUS “All good things must come to an end,” goes the old English proverb. For the Connecticut Whale their five-game winning streak ended in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers before 7,693 at the Webster Bank Arena Sunday…
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CRUSH A MONARCHY?
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale struck three times in a span of just 1:31 in the second period and then rode solid goaltending by Chad Johnson to win their fifth straight game 4-1 at the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester over the Monarchs…
STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED: BUT NOT TOO MANY
VERSUS There is something about the entire New York Rangers organization in 2011-2012…they just seem to dialed in to winning…even when they’re losing. In New York, the Rangers are tops in the Eastern Conference and are three points behind the…
NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT
VERSUS Amazing what the changing of the calendar and some personnel changes can do for a team. After the Connecticut Whale spent the month of January making up for being so good from mid-November to mid-December by not winning a game, the team…
SPOTLIGHT: WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA
BY: Bruce Berlet Taking one step back in hopes of making two forward is a familiar refrain. Left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka are hoping that theory works in their quests to get more ice time with the New York Rangers or another NHL…
LOSING THE LOSING
VERSUS Well there that wasn’t so hard now was it? The newly remodeled Connecticut Whale fell behind early but stuck to their game plan and scored two power play goal en route to a 3-2 win over the Albany Devils Friday night in front of 4,028…
CLEANING UP THE ROSTER
Eric Christensen, 28, spent two weeks on a conditioning stint with the Connecticut Whale and has now been traded along with a conditional seventh round pick in the 2013 draft to the Minnesota Wild for 24-year old forward Casey Wellman who has 12g, 14a in…
WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA TO HARTFORD
Left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka have accepted two-week conditioning assignments to join the Connecticut Whale according to reports throughout the New York media. Both players are likely going to see a lot of ice time with the Whale…
SHUTOUT-EE TO SHUTOUT-ER
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 14, 2012 (Game 42, Away Game 23) Air Canada Centre – Toronto, Ontario 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final New York Rangers 0 …
SPOTLIGHT: CHRISTENSEN
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale added a new player to their roster Wednesday, center Erik Christensen. And they could have a second new player, wing Wojtek Wolski, in the near future. Christensen agreed to a two-week conditioning assignment…