CRDA AND XL CENTER SPORTS BETTING HITS A SPEED BUMP
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – As if the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) needed another headache with the XL Center. The ongoing bidding process to marry the CRDA with real-world economics, including meeting the XL Center’s long-needed $107.2 million revitalization estimate, is underway….
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XL CENTER, CRDA IN FULL CRISIS MODE PART 2
By Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), which controls the XL Center, has plenty of issues on its plate, and there seem to be extra trips being made back for seconds and thirds. Two weeks ago, Radenka Maric, who…
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XL CENTER IN FULL CRISIS MODE PART 1
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The XL Center seems to be finally reaching an outcome. Last Thursday, at its monthly meeting, the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) unveiled a cost estimate of $107.2M to update the nearly 50-year-old building. But this is by…
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CANTLON: XL SPORTS BETTING UNVEILED Part 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Recently, articles published in both the Hartford Courant and The Day of New London suggest UCONN might move all of their sports operations to the Gampel Pavilion for both men’s and women’s hoops and the soon-to-be-opened on-campus unnamed…
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TRUST: XL CENTER MESS CONTINUES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Over the last eight years, the process of modernizing the 48-year-old XL Center has been a focal point of endless peaks and valleys. However, the process still sits in neutral with no real forward motion to push the…
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CANTLON: XL CENTER WORKS CONTINUES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – While the XL Center is open for hockey-only these days, work behind the scenes continues on. The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and Northland Investment Corp., the owner of the Atrium portion of the XL Center building, have…
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CANTLON’S CORNER: CRDA AND XL CENTER NEWS UPDATE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Tuesday post-holiday, virtual CRDA Meeting regarding the XL Center was canceled. The reason? Northland Corporation, which has been in negotiations for nearly three years with the CRDA regarding the pivotal atrium portion of the building, has requested…
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CANTLON: FEW DETAILS EXIST FOR START OF AHL SEASON
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – AHL hockey will return on February 5th, that much is for certain, but regarding details, like schedules, the number of games, yea or nay to spectator participation, and a plethora of other decisions still must be made and…
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CANTLON’S CORNER: WILL THE AHL SEASON BE SAVED?
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The AHL season is not dead yet. While it seemed almost a certainty that there would not be an AHL season a week ago, now seems to have completely flipped the other way. The AHL’s Return to Play…
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CANTLON: CRDA LOOKS TO FINALLY START BUILDING RENOVATION
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The opening of the XL Center in the first quarter of 2021 and the February 5th AHL start date stand like everything else, held hostage by recent COVID spikes. “We have been told probably February, but so much…
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WOLF PACK INK DEFENSEMAN NATE KNOEPKE TO PTO
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers Assistant General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has signed defenseman Nate Knoepke to a professional tryout agreement (PTO). Knoepke will join the Wolf Pack…
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WOLF PACK SEND BRANDON SCANLIN TO NY
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has recalled defenseman Brandon Scanlin from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Scanlin, 24, has appeared in 57 games with the Wolf Pack…
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WOLF PACK WEEKEND RECAP: MARCH 18th, 2024
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT—The Hartford Wolf Pack dropped their fifth straight contest on Sunday evening, falling 4-0 to the Hershey Bears. This is the second time this season that the Wolf Pack has suffered five consecutive losses. The team packed up…
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GARAND STOPS 31 WOLF PACK STILL LOSE TO CHECKERS 2-1
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack CHARLOTTE, NC – Dylan Garand turned in a terrific performance on Tuesday night, stopping 31 shots to help the Hartford Wolf Pack bank a point at the Bojangles Coliseum. Ultimately, it would not be enough as the Checkers prevailed…
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WOLF PACK INK DEFENSEMAN NATE KNOEPKE TO PTO
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers Assistant General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has signed defenseman Nate Knoepke to a professional tryout agreement (PTO). Knoepke will join the Wolf Pack…
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WOLF PACK SEND BRANDON SCANLIN TO NY
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has recalled defenseman Brandon Scanlin from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Scanlin, 24, has appeared in 57 games with the Wolf Pack…
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WOLF PACK WEEKEND RECAP: MARCH 18th, 2024
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT—The Hartford Wolf Pack dropped their fifth straight contest on Sunday evening, falling 4-0 to the Hershey Bears. This is the second time this season that the Wolf Pack has suffered five consecutive losses. The team packed up…
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RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH LOUIS DOMINGUE
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack NEW YORK, March 10, 2024 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has agreed to terms with goaltender Louis Domingue on a one-year contract extension. Domingue, 32, has appeared in 24 games…
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CYCLONES FALL SHORT IN TOLEDO AGAINST WALLEYE
Remy Parker scores in his professional debut By: Dana Grey, Cincinnati Cyclones TOLEDO, OH – The Cyclones fell to the Walleye 4-3 inside the Huntington Center Friday night. Cincinnati drops to 4-6-2-0 against Toledo in the regular season series. Three Cyclones forwards made their pro…
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SOMOZA LEADS SWAMP RABBITS TO ROAD TRIP SWEEP
Greenville goes four-for-four on the road with a 2-1 win over Savannah; the magic number at 15 for playoffs By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits SAVANNAH, Ga. – Ethan Somoza rifled a laser at 7:53 of the second period to break a 1-1 deadlock and,…
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SWAMP RABBITS WIN NAIL-BITER AGAINST ORLANDO
Greenville wins three of three on the road trip with one game remaining; the magic number to clinch now 17 By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits ORLANDO, Fla. – Ben Freeman broke a 1-1 deadlock late in the second period, and Jacob Ingham stopped all…
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SWAMP RABBITS GOALIE INGHAM GETS NHL DEAL
Net-minder signs one-year, two-way deal; assigned to Swamp Rabbits By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Los Angeles Kings, NHL affiliate of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, announced today the team has signed Swamp Rabbits goaltender Jacob Ingham to a one-year, two-way…
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