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WHALE WEEKLY: April 22-28, 2013

Posted on April 22, 2013 | Leave a comment

Bob-Crawford1-150x149BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale

The Whale’s 2012-13 season ended Saturday night, with a 5-1 loss at Portland, after Connecticut had dropped a 3-2 decision in Albany on Friday evening.  Those two defeats ran the Whale’s final season record to 35-32-6-3 for 79 points, leaving the club two points short of a playoff spot in the AHL’s Eastern Conference.  Kris Newbury scored his 20th goal of the season, and Christian Thomas his 19th, in Friday’s game, and Marek Hrivik scored the only Whale goal in Saturday’s finale. Continue reading →

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WHALE ADD FOUR FROM GREENVILLE

Posted on April 17, 2013 | Leave a comment

Connecticut-Whale_thumb1-150x150241WHALE ADD FOUR PLAYERS FROM ECHL GREENVILLE

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Forwards Jason Wilson, Danny Hobbs and Jordie Johnston, and Goaltender Scott Stajcer, Added to Whale Roster

 BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale

HARTFORD, April 17, 2013:  Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that forwards Jason Wilson, Danny Hobbs and Jordie Johnston, and goaltender Scott Stajcer, have joined the Whale from its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.  Continue reading →

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NIEMI BACK TO GREENVILLE – SIGN ANOTHER D IS COMING?

Posted on March 27, 2013 | Leave a comment

Connecticut-Whale_thumb1-150x15024BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale

HARTFORD, March 27, 2013:  Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned defenseman Jyri Niemi from the Whale to its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.

Niemi, whose latest Whale stint began with his reassignment from Greenville February 7, has played in a total of 11 games with Connecticut this season, scoring one goal and adding one assist for two points and registering a +2, with nine penalty minutes.  In 14 ECHL games with Greenville, Niemi, a third-year pro out of the Western Hockey League, has one goal and five assists for six points, a +8 and 34 PIM.  Continue reading →

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LOTS OF ROSTER MOVES IN GREENVILLE, HARTFORD AND NEW YORK

Posted on March 20, 2013 | Leave a comment

New-York-Rangers-150x150The New York Rangers have, in conjunction with the Connecticut Whale, made several roster moves.

According to the AHL Transactions page, the Blueshirts have recalled Chris Kreider from the Whale and sent Michael Haley back.

Kreider has been exceptionally hot since being sent down on February 28th.Connecticut-Whale_thumb1-150x15024 Since then, the 6’3″ 230-pounder has six goals in his last eight games. Goals are something in short supply in NY right now and the Rangers will look to get some activity from the 21 year old BU grad. Continue reading →

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WEEKLY WARRIOR

Posted on March 11, 2013 | Leave a comment

Andy-Zilch2BY: Andy Zilch, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors

Recap of Last Week

The Road Warriors began the longest road trip of the season last weekend in North Charleston against the South Carolina Stingrays. A three-game set began on Friday night against the South Division rival. The Road Warriors began the weekend with a great first period of play. Greenville took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission but ended up losing the game 3-2 in regulation. Saturday told a similar story with another regulation loss, only this time a shutout, by a score of 2-0. The Road Warriors battled hard in the series finale coming back from a two goal deficit to force overtime and shootouts. The Road Warriors would lose in shootouts and fall by a score of 3-2.  Continue reading →

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3-0 MEANS 0-4-0 FOR WARRIORS

Posted on March 9, 2013 | Leave a comment

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BY: Andy Zilch, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors

North Charleston, SC: The Road Warriors lost four straight for the first time in team history with a 3-0 loss against the South Carolina Stingrays.

The Stingrays took a 1-0 lead on the power play 7:05 into the first period. Kevin Quick fired a shot from the point that eased past heavy traffic for his second of the year. Luka Vidmar and Robby Dee collected assists on the goal. Continue reading →

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