Providence offense stuns Sound Tigers as they lose 6-1

The Sound Tigers could not make it three straight wins last night as they fell to the Providence Bruins 6-1. Providence scored two goals in the second period with in fifteen seconds of one another to kill any momentum the sound Tigers had.

In the first period Providence had a couple of very good scoring chances. One of them being a lose puck sliding out of a pile of players, came over to Providences' Lane MacDermid who rang one off the goal post with a wide open net. Then the rough stuff started as Sound Tigers Travis Hamonic laid a hit on Antoine Roussel in the corner. Roussel didn't like the hit to much, as they skated up the ice Roussel dropped the gloves with Hamonic. Both goalies continued to play well as the period wore on making some key saves. A couple minutes after Micheal Haley went toe to toe with Jeff LoVecchio which saw Haley get the better of LoVecchio. Shots in the Period, for Bridgeport 7 and Providence 16.

Providence broke out in the second as they scored two goals in fifteen second. The first one came from Jamie Arniel as he threw one towards the net looking for his man on the back door but it hit off of Sound Tigers defenseman Dustin Kohn and into the net for a 1-0 lead. Then a bad turn over lead to a pass in front to former Sound Tiger Jeremy Reich who buried the puck for a 2-0 Providence lead. After Colliton laid a huge hit on a Providence player, at the same time Haley dropped the gloves for the second time this time against Nathan Mclver. Before the period was over Providince would get one more. Yury Alexandrov's quick wrist shot beat Mikko Koskinen to make it 3-0. All momentum was gone for the Sound Tigers as they headed to the locker room. Shots in the period, for Bridgeport 7 and Providence 11.

The third would be dominated by Providence as they continued to out play the Sound Tigers in every spot on the ice. Only five and a half minutes into the third a shot by Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman beat Koskinen high glove to make it 4-0 Providence. Sound Tigers would score there lone goal on the power play as Rhett Rakhshani wrist one past a sprawled out Providence goalie to make it 4-1. The Sound Tigers turned it up after this getting a couple great scoring chances but just could not beat Providence goalie Micheal Hutchinson. Providence got two more goals only seconds apart again late in the period as Smotherman got his second of the game when he ripped a slap shot past Koskinen blocker side on the power play to make it 5-1. Twenty nine seconds later Lane Macdermid banked home a rebound to make it 6-1. Shots in the Period, For Bridgeport 13 and Providence 10.

3 Stars:

1. PRO - 16 Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman
2. PRO - 12 Jamie Arniel
3. PRO - 8 Nathan McIver

Bridgeport Lineup:

FORWARD LINES
Sim – Hisey – Rakhshani
DiBenedetto – Ullstrom – Joensuu
Haley – Marcinko – Figren
Romano – Colliton – Yablonski

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Kohn – Hamonic
Katic – Reese
Wotton – Klementyev