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MANCHESTER’S TOFFOLI – AHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Posted on April 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

AHL-Logo-150x150BY: Jason Chaimovitch, VP Communications, AHL

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that forward Tyler Toffoli of the Manchester Monarchs has been named the winner of the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding rookie for the 2012-13 season, as voted by AHL coaches, players and media in each of the league’s 30 member cities.

Toffoli, a second-round pick (47th overall) by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has recorded 28 goals and 20 assists for 48 points in 55 games for the Monarchs this season. He leads all AHL rookies in goals and shorthanded goals (three) and owns the highest plus/minus rating among rookie forwards in the league at plus-20. A 20-year-old native of Scarborough, Ont., Toffoli represented Manchester at the 2013 Dunkin’ Donuts AHL All-Star Classic, and was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team earlier this week. Toffoli made his National Hockey League debut on Mar. 16, and has recorded two goals and three assists in eight NHL games with the Kings. The Monarchs are 28-22-2-3 with Toffoli in the lineup this season, 4-9-1-1 without him. Continue reading →

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BERLET SPOTLIGHT: EX-WOLFPACK IN MOTION

Posted on July 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

BY: Bruce Berlet, Special to Howlings

Former New York Rangers and Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman Thomas Pock is back in North America.

Pock, an undrafted free agent out of UMass, was among six players signed by the Colorado Avalanche after three years in Europe, including last season with MoDo in the Swedish Elite League, where he had nine goals and 16 assists in 55 games. He signed a one-year, two-way contract and could play for the AHL’s Lake Erie Monsters, whose lineup also includes former Wolf Pack players Patrick Rissmiller and captain Dave Liffiton.  Continue reading →

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BERLET SPOTLIGHT: QUICK, BRING HOME THE CUP

Posted on June 12, 2012 | 1 Comment

By: BRUCE BERLET, Special to Howlings

The Stanley Cup will be making a rare appearance in Connecticut this summer after a rare blowout in this year’s finals Monday night.

Hamden native and former Hamden High and Avon Old Farms standout goalie Jonathan Quick made sure Tinseltown would be glittering again Monday night with 17 saves as the Los Angeles Kings completed one of the most improbable runs to hockey’s most cherished prize with a 6-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils before a raucous crowd of 18,858 at the Staples Center.  Continue reading →

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Posted on May 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

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BERLET SPOTLIGHT – TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, THE SEASONS OVER…

Posted on May 26, 2012 | Leave a comment

     VERSUS     

BY: Bruce Berlet, Special to Howlings

No one wanted to talk about Friday being the 18th anniversary of the memorable Mark Messier “guarantee victory” in Game 6 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals.

Indeed, these were almost totally different New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils teams, with Devils goalie Martin Brodeur the only participant in both games.

But for the longest time, it sure was eerily similar to May 25, 1994.

Like nearly two decades ago, the Devils took a 2-0 lead on first-period goals by Ryan Carter and Ilya Kovalchuk, the latter on the power play. But the Rangers countered with goals from Ruslan Fedotenko and captain and former Hartford Wolf Pack right wing Ryan Callahan as they dominated the second period.

But unlike nearly two decades ago, the Rangers didn’t have the final magic despite a pregame message on their locker-room board from Messier, who scored a hat trick in the third period of a 4-2 victory in Game 6 in 1994 before a Game 7 win advanced the Blueshirts to the finals, where they beat the Vancouver Canucks to end a 54-year Stanley Cup drought. Continue reading →

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BERLET SPOTLIGHT: QUICK GRAVY IS KING

Posted on May 8, 2012 | Leave a comment

BY: BRUCE BERLET, (Special to Howlings)

Adam Graves, one of seven former New York Rangers to have his number retired in the Madison Square Garden rafters, is a big fan of Hamden native and former Avon Old Farms and University of Massachusetts standout Jonathan Quick, who has backstopped the Los Angeles Kings in their improbable run to the NHL’s Western Conference finals.

“I can’t believe how low he gets,” Graves said Sunday night before the Connecticut Whale lost 4-3 to the Norfolk Admirals in Game 3 of the AHL Eastern Conference semifinal series. “It’s not a butterfly, it’s like he’s spread out right on the ice. But he has been terrific.”

Quick, a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goalie, made 23 saves, 13 in the second period, as the Kings beat the visiting second-seeded St. Louis Blues 3-1 Sunday for a four-game sweep and an 8-1 record through two rounds. The eighth-seeded Kings eliminated the President’s Trophy winner and No. 1 Vancouver Canucks in five games, and Quick allowed only six goals, none on 17 Blues power plays, in the Kings’ first postseason sweep.  Continue reading →

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BERLET SPOTLIGHT: NHL AWARDS HAVE CT FLAVOR

Posted on April 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

BY: Bruce Berlet

Two Connecticut natives are finalists for major National Hockey League awards.

Hamden native Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings and New Canaan native Max Pacioretty, a left wing with the Montreal Canadiens, have been nominated for the Vezina Trophy as the league’s best goalie and Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the “the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.”

Quick, who excelled at Avon Old Farms and the University of Massachusetts, is a finalist with the New York Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist and Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne. The competition for Pacioretty, who played at New Canaan High and Taft School in Watertown, is Ottawa Senators right wing and captain Daniel Alfredsson and Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Joffrey Lupul. Continue reading →

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