CANTLON: HAT TRICKS AND THE NAHL ENTRY DRAFT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NAHL conducted its entry draft consisting of 498 slots last Wednesday. It’s the last junior selections made before the big NHL Entry Draft at the end of the week. Since entering the league, the…
CANTLON: OFF-SEASON VOLUME 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – A week before the NHL Seattle Expansion Draft and the NHL Amateur Draft, the hockey movement this week was quiet, but some Connecticut pieces are on the move. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT The Wolf Pack…
CANTLON: CHANGES COMING TO HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – There will be a new captain for the Hartford Wolf Pack next season. Last season’s captain, defenseman Vincent LoVerde signed a deal with EC Salzburg (Austria-IceHL) and ended his two-year…
CANTLON: CT HOCKEY OFF-SEASON VOLUME 5
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager has decided and hired veteran coach Gerard Gallant to replace David Quinn. Oddly, the introduction of Gallant in a press conference via Zoom is scheduled…
CANTLON: EURO HOCKEY TITLE WINNERS DETERMINED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The 2020-21 Euro hockey season, fractured like hockey season’s worldwide from the Covid-19 pandemic, is closing out its seasons with some title winners. The champions are (alphabetically): Alps…
CANTLON: HUSKA LEADING THE PACK
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Hartford Wolf Pack goalie Adam Huska has made the best of the odd second season of his young professional hockey life. He started his season back home in Slovakia on a loan deal with his hometown team, HKM…
CANTLON: UCONN HOCKEY ARENA GETS GREEN LIT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings STORRS, CT – The long-awaited on-campus arena eight years in the making is finally going to be built. The UCONN Board of Trustees approved a $70 million price tag for the yet-to-be-named arena likely to be completed in…
CANTLON’S CORNER: KHORDORENKO LEARNING
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The AHL exists for a reason, and Patrick Khordorenko is a perfect example of why. The 22-year-old product of Michigan State via Walnut Grove, CA, is learning in his hockey apprenticeship on the farm at the…
CANTLON: NEWS AND NOTES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack’s Jonny Brodzinski is out until mid-April with an upper-body injury. His younger brother Ethan Brodzinski of St. Cloud State University suffered a broken femur in their 4-1 win…
CANTLON: (SAT) PACK DROP SOUND TIGERS 5-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack won for the second straight game on Saturday afternoon at the XL Center, 5-2, over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The line of Justin Richards, Tim Gettinger, and Ty Ronning powered the…