RANGERS ACQUIRE (F) RYANE CLOWE
Send 2 Draft Picks & a Conditional Pick to San Jose
BY: The New York Rangers
NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has acquired forward Ryane Clowe from San Jose in exchange for a second round pick in 2013, a third round pick in 2013 (originally Florida’s), and a conditional pick in 2014. Continue reading
BY: Bruce Berlet
When the Connecticut Whale gathered for a team meal Saturday night in Manchester, N.H., coach Ken Gernander had a surprise, especially for veteran defenseman Wade Redden.
After the Whale had been without a captain for nearly 16 months, Gernander announced he and assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller had decided the man affectionately known as “Papa” would be wearing the “C” for the first time in his illustrious career. Redden had been an assistant captain several times, including since he arrived in Hartford last season, but never was the official leader of the pack.
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, ECHL, Greenville Road Warriors, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Chad Kolarik, Columbus Blue Jackets, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Dane Byers, J.J. Daignault, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Ken Gernander, Pat Boller, Redden, Wade Redden, Whale, XL Center
In a move that is long overdue, veteran defenseman Wade Redden has been named the sixth captain in the history of the New York Rangers Hartford affiliation, first with the Wolf Pack and now with the Whale.
Head Coach Ken Gernander was the teams first captain for the Wolf Pack’s first eight seasons in existence, He was succeeded after he retired and became a coach by Craig Weller. Weller was followed Andrew Hutchinson, then Greg Moore and the last captain was Dane Byers. The hasn’t had a captain since Byers was traded by the parent New York Rangers to the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 10, 2010 for Chad Kolarik.
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Andrew Hutchinson, Chad Kolarik, Connecticut Whale, Craig Weller, CTWhale, Dane Byers, Greg Moore, Jim Schoenfeld, Kelsey Tessier, Ken Gernander, National Hockey League, New York Ranger, New York Rangers, Scott Tanski, Wade Redden, Whale, XL Center
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VERSUS 
There are a multitude of ways to lose in any sporting event, and the Connecticut Whale have certainly explored many of them this season, but Saturday night’s 2-0 loss to the Springfield Falcons at the MassMutual Center in front of 5,003 was in no small part due to some of the most bizarre officiating certainly of the season and possibly longer than that.
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Alexandre Giroux, Andre Deveaux, Brent Regner, Cam Atkinson, Cam Talbot, Casey Wellman, Chad Johnson, Connecticut Whale, CTWhale, Dane Byers, Falcon, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Kelsey Tessier, Ken Gernander, Kris Newbury, Martin St. Pierre, Mats Zuccarello, Maxsim Mayorov, New York Ranger, Paul Dainton, Pavel Valentenko, Ryan Garlock, Scott Tanski, Springfield Falcons, Tim Erixon, Tommy Grant, Whale
VERSUS 
Both I-91 rivals are a mix of veteran and young talent, but after scoring four unanswered goals over the last two periods, the Connecticut Whale showed how they have managed to hold onto first palace in the Northeast Division while the Springfield Falcons struggle to remain out of the division basement with a chemistry-led and convincing 5-2 win over in front of 5,448 at the XL Center on the last game of 2011.
Despite having strong talent like goaltender Manny Legace, AHL All-Star Martin St. Pierre, veteran Adam Mair, left winger Matt Calvert, ex-Wolf Pack captain Dane Byers and future AHL Hall-of-Famer Alexandre Giroux and young talent like Cam Atkinson and Tomas Kubalik the Falcons just seem adrift on the ice as they have lost all five games against the Whale this season.
For the Whale, Francois Bouchard, the game’s First Star, had a break-out game pacing the Whale with three assists. Kris Newbury extended his points scoring streak to seven games with two goals and Pavel Valentenko, quickly moving up the depth chart, had a goal and a helper, including what proved to be the game-winner for the Whale.
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, ECHL, Greenville Road Warriors, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Alexandre Giroux, Brendan Bell, Cam Atkinson, Cam Talbot, Connecticut Whale, Dane Byers, Falcon, Francois Bouchard, Hartford Wolf Pack, Kelsey Tessier, Ken Gernander, Kris Newbury, Manny Legace, Martin St. Pierre, Springfield Falcons, Whale, XL Center
BY: Bruce Berlet
If you want to see the personification of tough luck, look no farther than Connecticut Whale right wing Chad Kolarik.
After persevering through nagging hamstring problems last season to earn kudos from New York Rangers coach John Tortorella for his work during four games with the parent club, returning to continue his solid play in the AHL playoffs and then getting a contract extension on June 17 and married on Aug. 5, Kolarik was primed to enjoy a run at a steady job on Broadway.
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged AHL, Anterior cruciate ligament, Anterior cruciate ligament injury, Chad Kolarik, Columbus Blue Jackets, Connecticut Whale, Dane Byers, Francis Lessard, John Tortorella, Michael Sauer, New York Rangers, NHL, Rangers, Springfield Falcons
VERSUS 
In 1973, with the New York Mets mired in last place at the time, but still within striking distance in a very tight divisional race, the press asked, then Manager, Yogi Berra if the season was finished, he replied with the classic line, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
For the 2011-2012 Connecticut Whale, truer words have never been spoken.
Entering the third period trailing for the ninth time in twenty-two games, the Whale scored five, that’s right five, power play goals and came from behind in the third period for a win for the fifth time already this season and defeated the Springfield Falcons 6-3 in front of 3,523 at the MassMutual Center Saturday night.
Posted in AHL, Connecticut Whale, Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Sports
Tagged Aaron Voros, Alexandre Giroux, Andre Deveaux, Blake Parlett, Connecticut Whale, Dane Byers, Francois Bouchard, Jared Nightingale, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Kelsey Tessier, Kris Newbury, MassMutual Center, Mats Zuccarello, Pavel Valentenko, Ryan Bourque, Springfield Falcons, Wade Redden
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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