Well, we knew these line combos were going to be interesting, so here they are.  Bridgeport is dressing 18 tonight, (10 F, 6 D)…

Forwards:

Comeau-G. Johnson-Magowan
Crampton-Rank-Pitton
Marjamaki-Ogorodnikov-J. Johnson
Sixsmith

Defensemen:

Berry-Fata
Wotton-Fraser
Malec-Wood

Goaltenders:

Thompson
Mole

This will be interesting…back after the first…

Well it looks like the Sound Tigers split their two-game set with the Pirates today as they lost 5-2.  I was not on hand unfortunately because I’m back in Hershey (surprise! surprise!) covering the Binghamton Senators.

Sens lost AGAIN in the third period, this time it was kinda close 3-1.  Coach Cameron was definitely not happy tonight.  Odd, he was nice with me after they lost 6-1.  Maybe blow-outs are preferred?

Kelly Guard played pretty well today, as did the B-Sens defense until those two late goals.

Met Ed Gonser from the AP today.  Doubt he will be reading this, but if he does, it was very nice to meet him and I hope to run into him soon.

If anyone hasn’t seen Dubielewicz’s new goalie mask, it pays tribute to past Isles history and it’s a BEAUT!  I only saw one side of the mask, which was laying on his lockerroom shelf, that had an image of Denis Potvin lifting the Stanley Cup from the Isles first cup victory.  But on the forehead?  The dreaded FISHERMAN!   It reminds me a lot of Eric Fichaud’s infamous fisherman mask.  Brilliant idea by Dubie to say the least.

Tough Isles loss to the Rags today.  As usual, the goaltending was spectacular and that damn Straka-Jagr-Nylander combination bites the Isles again.  This puts them tied with the Hurricanes and the Habs for the final playoff spot in the East.  It’s not gonna get any easier so the Isles need to take any points that come their way.

That’s all for now…time for the long drive back home.

Until then…

Portland Pirates - 0
Bridgeport Sound Tigers - 2

SCORING
First Period - BRI, Berry 3 (McCaffrey, Galbraith), 12:50; BRI, Marjamaki 4 (G. Johnson, Wotton), 14:34

Second Period - No Scoring

Third Period - No Scoring

PENALTIES
First Period - POR, Hartigan (Hooking), 5:23; BRI, Wood (Holding), 8:48; POR, Wilson (Holding), 10:28; BRI, Galbraith (Interference), 17:18

Second Period - BRI, Regier (Slashing), 9:02; BRI, G. Johnson (Holding), 13:50

Third Period - BRI, Wotton (Holding), :47; POR, Melin (High Sticking), 6:15

GOALTENDING
Portland - Coleman (24 shots, 22 saves)
Bridgeport - Dubielewicz (36 shots, 36 saves)

SHOTS
Portland - 10-14-12 = 36 shots
Bridgeport - 14-5-5 = 24 shots

A - 6718

THREE STARS
1. Wade Dubielewicz, BRI
2. Masi Marjamaki, BRI
3. Rick Berry, BRI

OFFICIALS
Referee: Frederic L’Ecuyer (48)
Linesmen: Paul Simeon (66), Luke Galvin (2)

Sound Tigers dressing seven defensemen again…

BRIDGEPORT

Forwards:

Regier-Nielsen-Magowan

Galbraith-G. Johnson-Marjamaki

McCaffrey-J. Johnson-Pitton

Rourke/Comeau

Defense:

Wood-Berry

Wotton (C)-Fraser

VanBallegooie-Malec

PORTLAND

Forwards:

Keith-Wirtnaen-Melin

Miller-Motzko-Hartigan

Gillies-Hynes-Hoffman

Carter-Ferguson-Wilson

Defense:

Amadio-Rome

Salcido-Weinrich

Blanchard-O’Brien

Hershey Bears - 4
Bridgeport Sound Tigers - 5

SCORING
First Period - HER, Giroux 37 (Hedlund, Klepis), :22; BRI, Boguniecki 19 (Wotton) - PP, 6:08; HER, Reid 1 (Bourque, Milam), 18:17

Second Period - BRI, Boguniecki 20 (Fata, Tambellini), 6:00; BRI, Boguniecki 21 (Malec, Wood) - PP, 17:55; BRI, Tambellini 25 (Marjamaki, Berry) - SH, 19:47

Third Period - HER, Arsene 2 (Klepis), 2:08; BRI, G. Johnson 3 (Boguniecki, VanBallegooie) - PP, 8:24; HER, Giroux 38 (Bourque, Milam) - PP, 12:06

PENALTIES
First Period - BRI, J. Johnson (Hooking), 1:11; BRI, Berry (Hooking), 1:44; HER, Wedderburn (Holding), 5:43; HER, Sloan (Cross Checking), 10:25; HER, Klepis (Hooking), 20:00

Second Period - BRI, Fata (Holding), 3:44; HER, Sloan (Tripping), 12:16; HER, Engelland (Interference), 16:10; BRI, J. Johnson (High Sticking), 18:47; BRI, Pitton (Hooking), 19:54

Third Period - HER, Brennan (Hooking), 7:21; BRI, Marjamaki (Hooking), 11:28; BRI, Fata (Tripping), 11:37

GOALTENDING
Hershey - Daigneault (29 shots, 24 saves)
Bridgeport - Thompson (35 shots, 31 saves)

SHOTS
Hershey - 9-13-13 = 35 shots
Bridgeport - 11-13-5 = 29 shots

A - 5502

THREE STARS
1. Eric Boguniecki, BRI
2. Jeff Tambellini, BRI
3. Alexandre Giroux, HER

OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Brown (86)
Linesmen: David Spannaus (8), Luke Galvin (2)

Here are the line combinations for Bridgeport tonight.  Seven d-men again today…
Forwards:

Boguniecki-Nielsen-Tambellini

Regier-G. Johnson-Magowan

Marjamaki-J. Johnson-Rankin

Martens/Pitton

Defensemen:

Berry-Fata

VanBallegooie-Wotton

Wood-Malec

Goaltenders:

Thompson

Dubielewicz

Intermission reports and boxscores to follow!

As a result of last night’s wild game against the Phantoms, both Allan Rourke and Petteri Nokelainen join the Sound Tigers injured list for now.  Rourke took a slash on his foot while setting up for a faceoff and had to be helped off the ice.  He will undergo x-rays today.  Petteri Nokelainen also took a slash on the hand in the first period and suffered a possible broken index finger pending x-rays today.

Jeff Tambellini is also back after a brief emergency recall stint with the Isles last night.  He logged 7:23 of ice time with no shots.

More with today’s pre-game warmup line combos soon…

Philadelphia Phantoms - 4
Bridgeport Sound Tigers - 5

SCORING
First Period - No Scoring

Second Period - PHI, Grant 4 (Ross, Slaney), 13:51; PHI, Zingoni 15 (Meloche, Slaney) - PP, 17:08

Third Period - BRI, Regier 15 (G. Johnson, Boguniecki), :49; BRI, J. Johnson 3 (Magowan, VanBallegooie), 1:48; BRI, Rourke 5 (Wotton, Boguniecki) - PP, 6:35; PHI, Cullen 14 (Timonen, Slaney) - PP, 9:07; BRI, Boguniecki 18 (Wood, Wotton) - PP, 12:38; BRI, Nielsen 15 (Regier, Boguniecki) - PP, 17:00; PHI, Meloche 9 (Ellison) - SH, 17:17

PENALTIES
First Period - PHI, Grenier (Slashing), 2:09; PHI, Grant (Roughing), 9:20; PHI, Ellison (Boarding), 17:07

Second Period - PHI, Printz (Hooking), 2:45; PHI, Kane (Slashing), 10:38; BRI, Boguniecki (Hooking), 15:22

Third Period - PHI, Zingoni (Hooking), 4:32; PHI, Meloche (Hooking), 5:16; BRI, J. Johnson (Hooking), 7:46; PHI, Pisellini (Fighting - major), 11:08; BRI, Pitton (Fighting -major), 11:08; PHI, Morrison (Boarding), 11:39; PHI, Kane (Hooking), 12:09; PHI, Guenin (Elbowing), 13:38; PHI, Grant (Minor Charging, Misconduct), 16:14; PHI, Kane (Minor Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Misconduct, Game Misconduct), 17:00; PHI, Bench (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 18:54; PHI, Cote (Double Minor Roughing, Misconduct, Game Misconduct), 19:36; PHI, Ellison (major Fighting), 19:36; PHI, Grenier (Major Fighting, Game Misconduct), 19:36; BRI, Berry (Major Fighting, Game Misconduct), 19:36; BRI, Fata (Major Fighting), 19:36; BRI, Magowan (Tripping), 19:36; PHI, Bench (Gross Misconduct), 20:00

GOALTENDING
Philadelphia - Munroe (30 shots, 25 saves)
Bridgeport - Dubielewicz (33 shots, 29 saves)

SHOTS
Philadelphia - 8-14-11 = 33 shots
Bridgeport - 6-9-15 = 30 shots
OFFICIALS
Referee: Jamie Koharski (84)
Linesmen: Paul Simeon (66), Glen Cooke (6)

Hey all…

I’m currently in Bridgeport for tonight’s game against the Phantoms of Philadelphia.  Silly me forgot his power cord so I’m running under limited battery power on my laptop.

The sound tigers have signed RW/LW Rob Rankin from the Pensacola Ice Pilots to a PTO to replace Jeff Tambellini in the line-up tonight.  Like last night, the Tigers are dressing seven d-men.  Here are the pre-game warm up line combinations :

Forwards:

Nielsen-Boguniecki-Regier

Pitton-G. Johnson-Magowan

Nokelainen-Marjamaki-J.Johnson

Rourke/Rankin

Defensemen:

Berry-Fata

VanBallegooie-Wotton

Wood-Malec

I’ll try to be back for more during the intermissions, that is if my laptop doesn’t die….

WB/Scranton Penguins - 3
Bridgeport Sound Tigers - 2

SCORING
First Period - No Scoring

Second Period - WBS, Ratchuk 6 (Stone, Rome) - PP, 9:02

Third Period - BRI, Rourke 4 (unassisted) - SH, 3:53; WBS, Deitsch 1 (Ratchuk, Stone), 13:02; BRI, Nielsen 14 (Tambellini, Boguniecki), 15:31

Overtime - No Scoring

Shootout - WBS: Nilsson G, Schremp NG, McLean G, Stone NG, DuPont NG, Nilsson G
BRI: Regier NG, Tambellini NG, Nielsen G, Rourke NG, Boguniecki G, Nielsen NG

PENALTIES
First Period - BRI, Boguniecki (Roughing), 4:06; WBS, Nilsson (Hooking), 4:48; BRI, Tambellini (Interference), 16:09;

Second Period - BRI, Martens (Interference), 8:11

Third Period - BRI, Marjamaki (Tripping), 2:11

Overtime - None

GOALTENDING
WB/Scranton - Schaeffer (28 shots, 26 saves)
Bridgeport - Dubielewicz (39 shots, 37 saves)

SHOTS
WB/Scranton - 10-12-14-3 = 39 shots
Bridgeport - 10-9-9-0 = 28 shots

A - 4250

THREE STARS
1. Robert Nilsson, WBS
2. Peter Ratchuk, WBS
3. Wade Dubielewicz, BRI
OFFICIALS
Referee: David Banfield (85)
Linesmen: Paul Simeon (66), Kevin Redding (16)