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BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Another week closer to the start of the 2019-20 hockey season. While the bulk of the hockey news has already happened with the draft, free-agent signings, and buy-outs, there's still plenty of news to share. The Hartford Wolf Pack are bringing back Greg Chase for the upcoming season after signing him to a one-year AHL deal. Chase enters his fifth professional season, after skating in five games with the Wolf Pack in 2018-19. He went scoreless with four penalty minutes and two shots on goal. The 6-0, 190-pound Edmonton, Alberta native also logged a total of 64 ECHL games with three different teams last season.  In 41 contests with the Wolf Pack’s ECHL affiliate, the Maine Mariners, the 24-year-old Chase notched 21 goals and 21 assists for 42 points, as well as 72 penalty minutes.  He also suited up for ten games with the Wichita Thunder (1-5-6, 12 PIM) and 13 games with the Allen Americans (1-2-3, 19 PIM). Chase was taken in the seventh-round draft pick (188th overall) by the Edmonton Oilers in 2013 and has seen action in 102 AHL games in his career. He's played with the Wolf Pack, the Oklahoma City Barons, Bakersfield Condors and Springfield Thunderbirds and has tallied seven goals and 20 assists (27 points) and amassed 55 penalty minutes. In 124 career ECHL contests with the Mariners, Thunder, Americans and Norfolk Admirals, he has totaled 48 goals and 57 assists for 105 points, as well as 159 PIM. Prior to turning pro, Chase played five seasons junior hockey action in the WHL with the Calgary Hitmen and Victoria Royals.  In 265 career WHL games, he registered 78 goals and 143 assists for 221 points, along with 247 penalty minutes. Chase is the nephew of former Hartford Whalers forward Kelly Chase. Kris Knoblauch and Gord Murphy start their first full week as the Hartford coaching tandem as they prepare for the Traverse City Prospects tournament. Looking at the WJSS in Plymouth, Michigan, two defensemen for the US squad really stood out. They are two Ranger draft picks, K’Andre Miller (University Wisconsin - Big10) and Zac Jones (Tri-City - USHL). Ex-Pack Layne Ulmer is not done yet. He left Cardiff Devils (Wales-EIHL) and signed with Manchester Storm (England-EIHL) for next season. Nice update on ex-Pack/CT Whale goalie Cam Talbot now in Calgary now on the other side of the Battle of Alberta, by Luke Fox of Rogers Sportsnet. Read it HERE Ex-Pack Shane McColgan was named Head coach and GM of the Valencia Flyers (WSHL) an AAU Tier III junior level league. The San Antonio Rampage announced Jim Johnson was let go in Edmonton. Johnson has a long NHL background with Tampa Bay, San Jose, and Washington as a head coach and assistant. He is the Rampage's new assistant coach to replace former Wolf Pack assistant coach JJ Daigneault, Daigneault took a head coaching job with Halifax (QMJHL). The other Rampage assistant is ex-Sound Tiger Daniel Thaczuk and the head coach is ex-Wolf Pack Drew Bannister. Great piece from the Sunday Toronto Sun column from long-time hockey writer columnist Steve Simmons and a great line from Ray Ferraro. A WHALE OF A STAFF The 1984-85 Hartford Whalers were not a very good team, finishing with 69 points, last in what was then the Adams Division, 14th in a 21-team NHL with a load of lousy teams. But here we are, 35 years later and the Whalers leading scorer, Ron Francis, was recently hired as the general manager of the expansion Seattle franchise, a week before, former teammate Paul Fenton was fired surprisingly as GM in Minnesota. From that forgettable Whalers team, there are coaches such as Joel Quenneville (Florida-NHL), Dave Tippett (Edmonton-NHL), Mark Johnson (University Wisconsin Big 10-W) and Kevin Dineen (San Diego-AHL), who have done quite well for themselves. There are broadcasters such as Ray Ferraro (TSN), the best in the game, and the long-serving Hockey Night in Canada color man, Greg Millen. There’s even career assistant coaches or minor league coaches like Ulf Samuelsson (presently not in coaching), Dean Evason (Minnesota-NHL) and Kurt Kleinendorst (Nuremberg Germany-DEL) from that team and a prominent player agent in former goalie, Mike Liut. Pretty amazing that ordinary NHL team could produce so many hockey lifers in prominent positions. “When I look back, we had Joel, Kevin Dineen, Dave Tippett, Doug Jarvis (Vancouver-NHL), John Anderson (Retired), Dean Evason — a lot of guys who became coaches on that team,” Ferraro said. “Maybe that was our problem with the Whalers. We had too many coaches, not enough players !!” Kevin Shattenkirk (Greenwich/Brunswick Prep) after just being bought out of his deal with the New York Rangers last Wednesday, officially signed a one year $1.75 million deal with Tampa Bay Monday. Another AHL'er leaves North America for Europe. Jonathan Dahlen, the son of former Ranger, Ulf Dahlen, gets loaned to Timra IK (Sweden-Allsvenskan) by the San Jose Sharks. Dahlen had been playing for the Sharks affiliate, the Utica Comets That makes 64 AHL’ers have signed in Europe and Asia and now 25 of 31 teams have lost at least one player. Former UConn Husky, Derek Pratt, the son of former New Haven Nighthawk, Tom Pratt, was involved in a two-for-one trade. He and Garrett Cecere were sent by the Maine Mariners to the Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL) for Jordan Klimek. Ex-Sound Tiger, Josh Holmstrom, signs with Norfolk (ECHL). Evan Wiscocky transfers out of UConn (HE) after two years to attend and play at Sacred Heart University (AHA). At age 21, he can play immediately this season and not sit out a full year. Wisocky, will meet his former school on opening night of the college hockey season in Bridgeport at the Webster Bank Arena October 5th. Five more collegians sign professional deals. John Marino leaves Harvard (ECACHL) a year early and signs and an entry-level deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He will likely start the season with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL). Anthony Crosten, of Arizona State, the NCAA Division I independent, signs with Adirondack (ECHL). Brendan Robbins of the University Maine (HE) signs with Reading (ECHL) and Devin Campbell, of Division III SUNY-Oswego (SUNYAC), signs with Wichita (ECHL). C.J. Stubbs departs Morrisville State College (SUNYAC) and signs a one-year deal with Roanoke (SPHL) and a try-out deal with Utah (ECHL) making 191 Division I players to have signed, and 258 overall college players to sign pro deals. Patrick Mullen, the nephew of ex-Nighthawk, Tom Mullen, and the son of former NHL great, Joey Mullen, moves from Vienna (Austria-EBEL) to Belfast (Northern Ireland-EIHL). Ex-Sound Tiger, Kirill Kabanov, goes from Krefeld (Germany-DEL) and heads back to Aalborg (Denmark-DHL). Brian Flynn (Pomfret Prep) goes from EV Zug (Switzerland-LNA) and goes to HC Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland-LNA). Steven Seeger (Stamford/Brunswick Prep/CT Oilers-EHL) leaves EHC Freiburg (Germany DEL-2) and heads to EC Kassel (Germany DEL-2). Matej Baca, the nephew of former Whaler, Jergus Baca, goes from HC Liptovsky (Slovakia-SLEL) to HC Bratislava (Slovakia Division-2) Former Ranger, Josh Green, goes from Winnipeg Blues (MJHL) in Junior A hockey to the just relocated Winnipeg Ice (WHL) in the same role as an assistant coach under ex-Ranger, James Patrick, the team’s heads coach. Ty Pochipinski, the son of former Nighthawk, Trevor Pochipinski, played four games with Colorado College (NCHC) and then the rest of the year with Penticton (BCHL), commits to Air Force (NCAA Independent) next year. David Bell leaves Ontario to take the same position as an assistant coach with Belleville, leaving only Springfield and Hartford without a second assistant coach. On the heels of seven schools announcing they're leaving the WCHA conference to form their own new hockey conference in two years, the University of Alaska's two programs; the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks and the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves may become a combined program in the very near future because of serious state budget cuts. Read a story from the  Anchorage Daily News HERE. The Nutmeg State has another Division III hockey program as the Post University Eagles (Waterbury) have officially joined the Northeast-10 for hockey. Other schools in the program include St. Anselm (Manchester, NH), Assumption College (Worcester, MA), Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, NH), Franklin Pierce (Rindge, NH), Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, VT), and Stonehill College (Easton, MA). The seven teams now comprise the only Division II college hockey conference in the nation. Presently five Division III level programs exist in the state. The Eagles head coach in his second season is Pete Whitney, who spent 11 years coaching at Gunnery Prep of Washington, CT. He also spent two years at Central Connecticut State University (ACHA Division-2). One of his three assistant coaches enters his third season, Tim Richter (Naugatuck). Richter played junior hockey with the CT Clippers and the Hartford Jr. Wolf Pack. He then spent two years with the Danbury Whalers (FHL) and played six games with the Danbury Titans. The Eagles’ home arena is The Sports Center of Connecticut, formerly known as the Twin Rinks of Shelton. Read more about it HERE. The Carolina Hurricanes dysfunctionality is an open case study of poor ownership and Tom Dundon seems not to care. Cantlon's Corner has not had one pro source spoken with that has a positive word to say about how he is handling the Hurricanes. Read that HERE The Danbury Colonials (N3HL) the newest junior team in the state has added its first four players to its roster. Goalie Shane O’Brien from the Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC) and CT Chiefs (Newington) (EHL) last season was their first signee. Nate Mastrony (Trumbull) is the first CT signee played last season with Notre Dame - Fairfield.  He was also coached the past two seasons in Spring HS hockey by Howlings Editor-In-Chief, Mitch Beck. Kolby Donovan was just signed from the Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL - Premier) and Wesley Westendorf, who comes from a very non-traditional hockey market, Little Rock, Arkansas. Read the full article

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT - The New York Islanders built a lead in the second period and maintained it en route to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers in an NHL exhibition contest before 7,033 at the Webster Bank Arena. “I thought we played well in the first period with a good pace, a more North-South game. We made the five-foot passes and sustained the forecheck. They got opportunistic on their powerplay. We did well five-on-five, but we got away from that with 40 and 50-foot passes (in the second) instead of five-foot passes. Things got hairy when we get down three, and four to one. We got away from the way we're playing and we can’t let the score dictate how we're gonna play. We've got to play the same way,” new Rangers head coach David Quinn said. With two powerplay goals in the second period, the Islanders controlled a vast majority of the play. The first of the two powerplay goals came at 46 seconds when Josh Bailey, who was open on the right wing made it 2-1 Islanders from last years Calder Trophy winner, Matthew Barzal. The Islanders extended their lead to 3-1 as one-time Sound Tiger, Anders Lee, was on the doorstep with solid positioning, and took a short pass from Bailey (three assists) and easily deposited into an open net at 12:46. The goal ended the evening for Alexandre Georgiev and in came Dustin Tokarski. Georgiev played well in stopping 17 of the 21 shots he faced. “He (Georgiev) is a good goalie. I didn’t know much about him. I was able to watch film of him last year. I was really impressed with him in development camp and he has picked it up right from there. He’s been a very good goalie in camp,” Quinn said of the second-year pro from Russia. A nice Rangers-Islanders dust-up followed, but not like in years gone by. Cal Clutterbuck cut to the right wing side and went airborne after Peter Holland knocked him down. Cody McLeod was nearby and dropped down on top of him with a crosscheck. Then the Islanders' Casey Czikas and the Wolf Pack's Brandon Crawley squared off. A few punches were thrown, but nobody in the melee received fighting majors. All involved did receive minor unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. “We saw some of that the other night with the (Devils). Listen, we have to protect each other. We've got to stand up for each other. We've got to support one another and stick together. We got to do that from now until the day the season ends,” said Quinn of his revamped team that came at the end of the season last April. Quinn was also clearly referencing Wednesday’s exhibition game at the Garden where big Eric Gryba’s hit on Boo Nieves that knocked him out of the lineup with the third concussion of his young pro career. The hit went unanswered. The Islanders kept control and made it a three-goal lead when Anthony Beauvallier tallied his second of the game by splitting the Ranger defense tandem of Greenwich-native, Kevin Shattenkirk, and John Gilmour. He then slipped a forehand shot over Tokarski's glove at 18:26, one Tokarski would likely want back. Shattenkirk is coming off a serious injury from last season. Quinn was pleased with where he is in his recovery. “I think Shatty did well. He had his moments for sure. It’s gonna take time (to get his game back) after missing as much hockey as he did. It's gonna take time. You can’t just pick up where you left off. The good news is we have time to prepare (for the season) opener,” Quinn stated. Shattenkirk was equitable in self-assessment. “Certaintly, my decision-making could have been better in spots, but as far as the physical, I felt good. I was able to keep up with the play. I wasn’t behind. I'm just trying to find my place. It’s a little different. I’m one of the older guys now, and I really enjoy the role of working with the younger players." The Rangers got a last-second goal to narrow the deficit to just two goals with seven-tenths of a second left before the green light came on. On the powerplay, Ryan Spooner was open in the right wing faceoff circle. Spooner shot the puck into an open net off a nice cross-ice pass from Mats Zuccarello. The entire Islanders roster froze including goalie Thomas Greiss, as Spooner’s shot went just inside the right post. Shattenkirk picked up his second assist if the preseason on what was also his second of the contest. The first period featured a lot of ex-Pack and CT Whale in the thick of the action. Lias Andersson, the second-year pro and first-round pick who played in Hartford last year, with Zuccarello, a former CT Whale, were on the puck and creating offensive zone pressure. Zuccarello, clearly a Rangers' fan favorite, was denied at 3:49 in about 15-20 feet out. One of the Rangers prized prodigy’s for this season, defenseman Libor Hajek, came off the left point on a sharp angle and had his bid squashed by Greiss. The Rangers tallied the game's first goal. Ex-Pack, Peter Holland, followed up on an earlier chance off the right wing, but couldn’t pull the trigger. He got the puck back about 35 feet out and whistled a wrist shot through an effective screen in front by McLeod that shot past Greiss to the stickside at 6:41. Georgiev started the game between the pipes and stopped defenseman Johnny Boychuk who had come off the right point for a solid save shortly after the goal. McLeod got into a solid scrap with Islander defenseman and ex-Spund Tiger Scott Mayfield. Andersson got a solid setup from Zuccarello deep in the right wing corner, but his goal bid was stopped. “Lias has had a very good camp. He did well in New Jersey the other night (two goals), and I think he had a good night tonight. You can’t have a great night every night, but what I love about him is he gives a great effort every night. To be a good pro, how bad is your bad? "You're not going have a great night every night, but minimize your bad nights, and at the end of those nights, people don’t notice, but you found a way to survive. He’s a smart kid. I think he had a pretty good night tonight,” Quinn said about the Rangers' first-round pick (7th overall) from two years ago. Vinni Lettieri had a strong late period shift with strong forechecking and forced a turnover while creating offensive zone pressure for the Rangers. On the Islanders first powerplay, Georgiev stopped Czikas, who was wide-open in the right faceoff circle. On the ensuing draw, from 35-feet out, Beauvallier cranked one that sailed past Georgiev at 17:55. It knotted the game at one. The Rangers were kept in the game in early in the third with Tokarski stopping Czikas on a clean, shorthanded breakaway. Tokarski closed his five-hole. He didn’t get a solid cycle shift going till about about seven minutes left. Former Sound Tiger, Ryan Pulock, closed the scoring with his second of the preseason at 8:05 of the third period for the Islanders. NOTES: -Chris Bigras and Hajak were a defensive pair with Hajak playing his offside. Bigras had a strong night and nearly got the Rangers to within two late with a wicked slapshot off the crossbar. The pair has caught Quinn’s eye. “Hajak has been getting better every day. Bigras has been a surprise to me. David Oliver (one of the new assistant coaches) had him in Colorado and spoke very highly of him and he's had a good camp." The Wolf Pack's first on ice practice is tomorrow. It could include a few names from tonight’s lineup after they've been assigned to Hartford. Few other transactions to report on. The Rangers reassigned draft pick, Joey Keane, is back to the Barrie Colts (OHL). Ex-Pack, Brandon Troock, is in Milwaukee’s camp. The Islanders have made assignments to the Sound Tigers that include, the ex-Pack brothers Chris and Ryan Bourque, Mitchell Vandel Sompel, Mike Cornell, Matt Gaudreau, former Yale Bulldog, Ryan Hitchcock, former QU Bobcat, Jacob Rathgeb, Otto Koivula, Evan Buitenhuis, Scott Eansor, Kyle Burroughs, Mitch Gilliam, Ivan Kosorenko, Jeff Kubiak, Ryan MacKinnon Tyler Mueller and Yanick Turcotte and David Quenneville brother of ex-QU Bobcat Peter and second cousin to former Whaler current Black Hawks head coach Joel Quenneville. Five players were assigned to their major junior teams. Emanuel Vella went to Flint-OHL, Kyle MacLean to Oshawa-OHL, while Arnaud Durandeau to Halifax-QMJHL, and Bode Wild and Blade Jenkins both head to Saginaw-OHL. One player to Europe this week is Swiss native Pius Suter to ZSC Zurich (Switzerland-LNA). Ex-Sound Tiger goalie, C.J. Motte. was part of a contingent sent by Minnesota to Iowa. The list included Landon Ferraro, the son of former Whalers' great, Ray Ferraro, and former AHL All-Star. Cal O’Reilly. Brian Flynn (South Kent Prep) and Jordan Nolan, the son of ex-Whaler Ted Nolan, and the brother of ex-Sound Tiger, Brandon, were both reassigned to San Antonio. Josh Wesley, the son of former Whaler, Glen Wesley, was assigned from Carolina to Charlotte. Drake Rymsha, the son of former Nighthawk, Andy is sent to Ontario by the LA Kings. Joseph Masonius UCONN (HE) was assigned to Wilkes Barre-Scranton by Pittsburgh. Nick Pitsikoulis (Westminster Prep) goes from EC Harzer Falken (Germany Division-3) to the Ratinger Ice Aliens (Germany Division-4). Read the full article

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