FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet With their top four centers missing and their leading scorer and No. 1 offensive defenseman injured before the game was 25 minutes old, the Connecticut Whale desperately needed help from new sources Wednesday night against the Springfield…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, CT. – As Jeremy Williams lay motionless on the XL Center ice for what seemed an eternity Wednesday night, the Connecticut Whale’s All-Star right wing had flashbacks to 11 years ago and a car accident in his tiny hometown of…
UPDATES
The latest news from Whale-Land… Kris Newbury has been sent down to Connecticut by the New York Rangers. Word is also out now that Alexandre Imbeault has been release from his PTO and will return to the Florida Everblades.
GRUMET-MORRIS HERE FOR GOOD
WHALE SIGN DOV GRUMET-MORRIS TO AHL CONTRACT * * * * Goaltender had been Playing with Whale on PTO HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has signed goaltender Dov…
COUTURE BACK ON A PTO
WHALE SIGN FORWARD DEREK COUTURE TO PTO * * * * Played 67 Games for Wolf Pack Last Season HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Derek Couture to a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet You’ll have to excuse the Connecticut Whale if they feel a bit lost at the XL Center on Wednesday night. Other than a handful of practices, the I-91 rival Springfield Falcons have been in the downtown Hartford arena as many times as the…
WHALE WEEKLY: February 28-March 6, 2011
The Whale (28-24-2-6, 64 pts.) started off a three-game road trip this past week with a big win over the Pirates last Monday afternoon, topping Portland 2-1 in overtime on Wade Redden’s shorthanded game-winner. Connecticut then made one of their longest…
SOMETHING’S UP WITH THIS MOVE
WHALE RELEASE FRANCIS LEMIEUX, ALEXANDRE IMBEAULT FROM PTOs * * * * Will Return to Florida of ECHL HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has released forwards Francis…
WHALE BOWL BENEFITS
WHALE ANNOUNCES “WHALE BOWL APPRECIATION NIGHT” PROMOTION * * * * Whale Bowl Ticket Purchasers will be Offered Special Deals on Tickets and Merchandise at Wednesday, March 2 Whale Game HARTFORD, February 24, 2011: Whalers…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The untimely Arctic Invasion on Saturday aside, the historic “Harvest-Properties.com Whalers Hockey Fest 2011” proved quite the bonanza for fans, hockey and Whalers Sports and Entertainment.