The Connecticut Whale are almost midway through the season and reside in first place in the Northeast Division with a three point lead over Adirondack. It wasn't a great week in the standings for the Whale as they went 1-2 losing to Binghamton Sunday, followed by a loss to Hershey Friday in a rematch of the Bourque Bowl. Saturday was a huge night for the Whale and Hartford hockey as the game against Providence was the first televised Hartford hockey game in years. A healthy and energetic crowd turned out to see the Whale prevail 3-0 over the rival Bruins in a chippy, physical game that was tied 0-0 going into the third period. While we didn't see any brawls in the stands that were guaranteed at Whalers-Bruins games in the old days, we did see a lot of the fans sporting Bruins gear getting lustily booed by the home crowd. It also was "teddy toss" night, a promotion in which fans bring teddy bears and toss them onto the ice when the Whale score their first goal. It's pretty surreal seeing hundreds of teddy bears flying through the air. A great night of hockey at the XL Center.
This week the Whale travel to Providence today to finish up the home and home series with the Bruins and then return home for the weekend with two more rivalry games as Bridgeport comes into town Friday and the Bruins return on Saturday. It should be another great weekend of hockey in Hartford.
Attendance was also a bit of a pickup (though not ideal) from past weeks. Just under 5,600, but we're still below (about 4,000) average attendance(4,962). Hopefully the deal on savenowct will get some more butts in those seats. Btw: 25 dollars for 4 upper-level seating vouchers redeemable throughout the season? Freaking smart! http://www.savenowct.com/holiday/offers/765
ReplyDeleteFYI, there is a promo code from Sunday, HDROP1, that saves you another $5, so four whale tickets for $20. Good deal!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the promo code BWP, good deal.
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