VERSUS 
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Special to Howlings
HARTFORD, CT – In a fast-paced, well-played game, the Connecticut Whale beat the visiting Hershey Bears 3-2 in a shootout before a crowd of 5,854 at the XL Center Friday night.
The only goal scored among the ten shooters came off the stick of Whale assistant captain, Kris Newbury. The shot saw the puck JUST squeak over the goal line giving the Whale an all-important second point for the shootout win. Continue reading
VERSUS 
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Special to Howlings
HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut Whale held on for a 3-2 victory over the Springfield Falcons for their third straight win. Rookie goaltender Jason Missiaen had 29 saves in back-to-back starts for the Whale and for the third consecutive game in a row where he was named the game’s First Star.
The Irish Eyes were certainly smiling upon head coach Ken Gernander’s team as they gained two critical points in their chase for the playoffs.
“We were hanging on their in the third. Obviously we would have wanted to spend more time in the offensive zone, but ‘Mish’ (Missiaen) came up with some big saves and was a big difference in the game again tonight.” Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Blake Parlett, Brandon Segal, Connecticut Whale, ConnecticutWhale, Curtis McElhinney, Dylan McIlrath, Falcon, Ken Gernander, Ray Bourque, Ryan Bourque, Springfield Falcon, Springfield Falcons, Whale
VERSUS 
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale
Providence, RI – Jason Missiaen made 37 saves Sunday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, to backstop the Connecticut Whale to a 4-2 win over the Atlantic Division-leading Providence Bruins.
The Whale were outshot 39-25 in the game, but got third-period goals from Andrew Yogan, Nick Palmieri and Brandon Mashinter to erase a 2-1 deficit. Mike Vernace also scored for the Whale, and Yogan and Mashinter both added assists. Blake Parlett and Brandon Segal had two assists apiece. The win stopped a three-game Connecticut losing streak (0-2-0-1). Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Blake Parlett, Brandon Mashinter, Brandon Segal, Connecticut, ConnecticutWhale, Providence, Whale, XL Center
VERSUS 
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale
Binghamton, NY – Nathan Lawson made 34 saves for his first shutout of the season, and Fredrik Claesson’s goal only 56 seconds into the game turned out to be the winner, as the Binghamton Senators defeated the Connecticut Whale 3-0 Friday night at the Broome County Arena.
The loss dropped the Whale (27-24-5-3, 62 pts.) into a tie with the Manchester Monarchs for the eighth-and-final playoff spot in the AHL’s Eastern Conference. Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Binghamton, Blake Parlett, Cameron Talbot, Connecticut, ConnecticutWhale, Fredrik Claesson, Talbot, Whale
VERSUS 
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Special to Howlings
BRIDGEPORT, CT - Connecticut Whale defenseman Logan Pyett scored at 2:17 of overtime to edge the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-2 in front of 8,203 at the Webster Bank Arena Sunday afternoon.
The old hockey adage that, “Good defense leads to good offense,” applied on the winning play.
Whale forward Christian Thomas worked hard deep in the Connecticut defensive zone and broke up a Sound Tigers’ scoring chance and then set up a two-on-one breakout for Brandon Segal and Pyett. Over the past month, it’s seemed that Segal has been involved, in some capacity, in almost every Whale game winning or game tying goal – and was right in the center of the winning maelstrom once again, finding a wide open Pyett, a right-handed shot, on the left wing and buried it just inside the right post for his sixth of the season. Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Blake Parlett, Brandon Mashinter, Brandon Segal, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Cameron Talbot, ConnecticutWhale, Ken Gernander, Logan Pyett, Nathan McIver, Nick Palmieri, Segal, Webster Bank Arena, Whale, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, XL Center
VERSUS 
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale
Syracuse, NY, February 24, 2013 – Cedrick Desjardins made 28 saves to get the shutout, and Tyler Johnson scored twice, as the Syracuse Crunch defeated the Connecticut Whale 4-0 Sunday at the Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter.
It was the second consecutive shutout for Desjardins, and his second in three games since he joined the Crunch in a trade. Pierre-Cedric Labrie and J.T. Wyman also scored for Syracuse, which was 2/5 on the power play. Ondrej Palat had three assists and Mark Barberio had two helpers.
Cam Talbot made 34 saves in the Whale net. The Whale played two skaters short of the normal roster limit of 18, after defenseman Blake Parlett was injured in Saturday’s 2-1 overtime loss at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Continue reading
VERSUS 
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Special to Howlings
HARTFORD, CT - The Connecticut Whale scored two goals in sixteen seconds late in the third period to pull out a dramatic come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Manchester Monarchs in front of a crowd of 5,143 at the XL Center Sunday afternoon completing a sweep of the three-in-three weekend.
“It wasn’t the energy we had earlier in the weekend, but we said between the second and third that if we buck-up we can get the two points and make this a special weekend for ourselves, “ Whale head coach Ken Gernander said.
The win stretched their current winning streak to a season high five games and allowed the Rangers’ AHL affiliate to jump into sixth overall in the Eastern conference a spot ahead of the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins with 56 to 55 points on a record of 25-21-4-2. Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Blake Parlett, Brandon Mashinter, Brandon Segal, ConnecticutWhale, Ken Gernander, Manchester Monarchs, Segal, Whale, XL Center
Mitch Beck was a standup comedian and radio personality for over 25 years. His passion for hockey started with Team USA in 1980 when they defeated the Soviets at Lake Placid. He is now self-employed and has been reporting on the New York Rangers, and exclusively on the Hartford Wolf Pack / Connecticut Whale since 2005.
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