WHALE 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
VERSUS 
BY: Andy Zilch, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors
Greenville, SC: The Road Warriors ended the 2012-13 season with a 5-0 loss in game five against the Reading Royals.
Stanislav Galiev scored on the power-play to open the scoring with a few minutes left in the first. Galiev scored his second goal of the series with a wrist shot over Scott Stajcer’s blocker. Continue reading
VERSUS 
FIRST ROUND: GAME ONE (Best of Seven)
BY: Andy Zilch, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors
Reading, PA: Yannick Tifu‘s second period goal combined with a stifling Reading Royals defense and a solid performance between the pipes from netminder Riley Gill, handed the Greenville Road Warriors a 1-0 loss in front of 3,272 at the Sovereign Center in Game One of the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs. Continue reading
Warriors Rise! Announced as 2013 Kelly Cup Playoffs Platform
BY: Andy Zilch, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors
Greenville, SC: The Road Warriors Drive to the Kelly Cup presented by FOX Carolina, ROCK 101 and 93.3 The Planet begins on Friday in Reading, PA.
Throughout the season the Greenville area has shown it has what it takes to Be A Warrior! The time has come for the next charge for Greenville’s Warriors! We ask that the Warriors Rise and join us to take on the battle for the Kelly Cup. This is the third consecutive season the Road Warriors have been play-off bound. Continue reading
BY: 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
The 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. 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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VERSUS 
BY: Andy Zilch, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors
Kalamazoo, MI: The Road Warriors tied a team high with nine goals to secure a victory in a 9-2 game against the Kalamazoo Wings.
Greenville began a three-goal first period with Jordie Johnston scoring his 19th of the year 6:17 into the frame. Johnston intercepted a play on the fore-check and ripped a shot over Joel Martin’s blocker. Steve Mele scored his first professional goal finding a rebound opportunity to put Greenville ahead by a 2-0 score. Lee Baldwin and Zach Cohen created the pressure and received the assists. Danny Hobbs extended the lead to a 3-0 score with his ninth of the year just 1:34 later. Hobbs took a rebound to the far post and beat Martin with the assists given to Chad Ziegler and Ryan Flanigan. Continue reading
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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