Once again the Bridgeport Sound Tigers continue to slump in putting the puck in the net. For the third time in about 8 days the Sound Tigers played the Portland Pirates, only this game was in Bridgeport. Last week in Portland Maine, the team lost games of 1-0 and 2-1 with Nathan Lawson in net both times.
In front of a crowd of just over 7,000 people, the Tigers manage to score just enough to win against the Portland Pirates. The first period was scoreless, however something unusual happened. Each team was given a penalty shot and both teams came up short on the shot. From the angle where Portland was given the penalty shot, it appear to my vantage point that the puck was touched before the Pirate was tripped. On the penalty shot awarded to Bridgeport, it looked like Jeremy Colliton did not have control of the puck. Alas, he missed his chance on rookie phenom Jhonas Enroth who opposed Nathan Lawson in all 3 games in the last 8 days.
During the second period, Vladimir NikiForov opened the scoring and gave the Sound Tigers a 1-0 lead after 2 periods. In the third period, Portland tied the game on a power play goal with Pascal Morency in the box.
In the closing minute of the third period, the Tigers put a lot of pressure on the Portland Pirates in their own end. With a scramble on in front of the Portland net, Ben Walter managed to get the puck behind Enroth with only 14.4 seconds left in the third. Bridgeport gets a hard fought victory over Kevin Dineen’s fiesty Portland Pirates.
The team travels to Norfolk for 2 games against the Admirals on February 6th and 7th, then head to Philadelphia for a 5pm game against the Phantoms. This is the second to last visit in the regular season for the Tigers at the Spectrum. Next season, the Spectrum will be gone and no longer used for hockey.
The Tigers return to the Arena at Harbor Yard with a game against the San Antonio Rampage, of the Western Conference, on Wednesday February 11th.
That’s it from the “Bridge” until Friday.
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This post was written by Jeff Krupel on February 1, 2009
So yeah, I’m a little late. I apologize, and now that hockey season is just around the corner and now that my life is back in order I’ll be here more often. I promise! But thank you to those who congratulated me on the new job. And for those who have asked, I am a new Teacher Assistant for a 5th grade class. It’s my first year and a whole new foray for me, so all the luck is appreciated.
So as I start new beginnings, it’s a new beginning in the hockey world, especially down in Bridgeport where the Sound Tigers seem to have a new look, not just player-wise, but looks wise as well, sporting those new fancy RBK-edge unis. To be honest, I never really liked those EDGE jerseys when they first started, but now I’m starting to like them more and more. They look very svelte (I’ve always been looking for an excuse to use that word!) and some just look very very good on the players. There have been a few bad apples in that group (VANCOUVER Canucks from Vancouver from British Columbia known as the Canucks anyone?)