WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 15-21, 2010
The Wolf Pack (4-9-2-2, 12 pts.) logged a regulation loss and a shootout loss in two home games this past week. The Toronto Marlies came to the XL Center on Tuesday night, and handed the Wolf Pack their second shutout defeat of the season, by a 4-0…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
The Hartford Wolf Pack might not have won a lot of games recently, but they proved major winners in the community again Sunday. Wolf Pack players spent more than five hours at AMF Silver Lanes rolling bowling balls and offering good cheer to hundreds as…
WHALE OF A DEAL
There are specials aplenty comingto Hartford for the re-branding of the team as the Connecticut Whale. It’s time for the talking about it to stop and the standing up for it to begin in earnest. As we have stated several times, this is…
“ALL-TIME WOLF PACK TEAM” ANNOUNCED
“ALL-TIME WOLF PACK TEAM” ANNOUNCED * * * * Ken Gernander Tops Fan Voting Whalers Sports & Entertainment today announced the “Hartford Distributors/Bud Light All-Time Wolf Pack Team”, as voted by fans on-line at…
END OF AN ERA
It’s the end of an era for Hartford professional hockey. First the Hartford Whalers left town back in 1997 and went to Carolina to become the Hurricanes. To add insult to injury, while as the Whalers, Hartford was only able to win one round of…
THE WOLF AND THE HAWK
By Bruce Berlet One is “Mr. Wolf Pack.” The other is “Hawk” – thought whether it’s for his ample nose or being a fan of the reigning Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks is open to debate. But there’s no debating the influence that Ken Gernander and…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Left wing Dane Byers will be playing in the Wolf Pack’s home finale Saturday night – for the opposition. Byers, the Wolf Pack’s fourth captain, was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the New York Rangers on Thursday for…
NO SURPRISE TO HOWLINGS READERS
As we had surmised over the past few days, with the return of Evgeny Grachev there was just going to be no room for Brandon Wong on the current Wolf Pack roster. That sentiment became official Tuesday morning when the Wolf Pack sent the former Quinnipiac…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Wolf Pack coach Ken Gernander has never been averse to shuffling lines to try to shake up his troops, but he has changed them more this year than his socks. And that’s something considering the Wolf Pack usually don’t play more than four…
WOLF PACK/WHALE WEEKLY: November 8-14, 2010
The Wolf Pack (4-8-2-1, 11 pts.) snapped a franchise-record nine-game winless streak (0-7-2-0) with a 7-1 pounding of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Sunday in GEICO Connecticut Cup action at the XL Center. Prior to that seven-goal explosion, the Pack had…