Game Preview: Sound Tigers at Hartford Wolf Pack

Bridgeport Sound Tigers at Hartford Wolf Pack

7:00pm, XL Center

The Sound Tigers look for their second win this weekend and to sweep tonight as they play the Hartford Wolf Pack. This is the second game of the weekend home and home series. The Sound Tigers took the first game at Harbor Yard 4-1. Now all eyes turn to the XL Center for tonights game.

Last time they played each other:

It was last night at Arena at Harbor Yard. The game was close all the way through, with both teams trading scoring chances, although the score did not reflect it. The Sound Tigers got two from Jon Sim and one from Rob Hisey and Jesse Joensuu on their way to a 4-1 win. Some bad news for the Sound Tigers however, is the fact that Jon Sim, Justin DiBenedetto, Dustin Kohn, and Jean Borbeau all left the game due to injury and did not return.

Being that the two teams played each other last night their records now are, Bridgeport 5-6-0-0 move up to fifth in the Atlantic Division while Hartford 3-8-2-1 falls to seventh in the Atlantic Division. If this game is played like last night, it will be noticeably physical with it's fair share of fights.

Key Players:

With a couple of key players possibly out for Bridgeport in tonights game look for Rob Hisey to step up. Hisey leads the team with three goals and eight assists including a goal last night against Hartford and another one he put in that was credited to Jon Sim.

For Hartford look for Kris Newbury. Newbury leads Hartford with one goal and eight assists for nine points this season.

Sound Tigers defeat Wolf Pack 4-1

The Sound Tigers got their first win of the year against their arch rivals the Hartford Wolf Pack tonight with a 4-1 win. However, the score does not indicate how close the game was. Also, the Sound Tigers had four players who did not return to the game due to injuries.

The first period started off with a bang, when Sound Tiger Jean Borbeau railed Pavel Valentenko into the boards. Valentenko was down for a bit before getting helped off the ice by the trainer. During that time, Borbeau was jumped by Hartford's Dane Byers. Both received five minutes for fighting with an extra two going to Byers for roughing. The Sound Tigers would capitalize on the power play as Rob Hisey jammed it past the Hartford goalie. The puck was over the line, but the ref could not tell, for good measure Jon Sim hit it all the way in and was credited the goal making it 1-0. Poulin made a couple good glove saves keeping the Sound Tigers ahead. Shots in the period, for Bridgeport 13 and Hartford 8.

Sound Tigers would strike quickly in the second, as Jon Sim banked one off of Wolf Pack goalie Cameron Talbot and into the net to make it 2-0, only :45 seconds into the second. Tony Romano would score three minutes later for the Sound Tigers to put them up 3-0. With the game slipping away, Hartford put out their tough guys to try and gain some momentum. Justin Soryal and Borbeau dropped the gloves, and five seconds after that, Jeremy Yablonski fought Jared Nightingale; Yablonski threw Nightingale around like it was nothing. After Borbeau's bout, he left the ice and appeared to be hurt. He would not return in the game. With 2:15 left to go in the second, a scrum in front of the net, lead to Justin DiBenedetto getting mauled and being thrown to the ground. DiBenedetto would receive a double minor and be lead off the ice. He would not return to the game due to possible injury. Poulin stood on his head this period, seeing numerous odd man rushes, he stood tall and kept his shutout going. Shots in the period, for Bridgeport 7 and Hartford 11.

Poulin's bid for a shutout would fall short in the third, as Hartford's Devin DiDiomete scored on a crazy scramble in front of the net making it 3-1. This is as close as Hartford would come as Poulin kept shutting the door on everything the Wolf Pack threw his way. Jon Sim, who had two goals so far on the night, was hit in the nose area with a stick, and left the ice not to return. Also, Dustin Kohn did not come out after intermission to play the third period. However, the Tigers stayed strong and Jesse Joensuu put in a empty netter to make it 4-1. Shots in the third, for Bridgeport 8 and for Hartford 10.

THREE STARS
BRI – Jon Sim
BRI – Kevin Poulin
BRI – Rob Hisey

Bridgeport Lineup:

FORWARD LINES
Sim – Hisey – Rakhshani
DiBendetto – Ullstrom – Joensuu
Haley – Colliton – Figren
Bourbeau – Romano – Yablonski

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Kohn – Hamonic
Katic – Reese
Motherwell - Wotton

Before the game, Scared Heart Men's D1 Hockey Team played American International College in a close and exciting game. Sacred Heart won 4-2. If you can get to one of these Sacred Heart/Sound Tigers Double Header days, make the effort, it is great hockey.

Their remaining games at Harbor Yard are:

Jan. 8 - vs. Air Force @ 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 5 - vs. Bentley @ 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 20 - vs. Holy Cross @ 12:00 p.m.
Feb. 26 - vs. Army @ 3:30 p.m.

Pre Game: Sound Tigers.vs. Hartford Wolf Pack

The Sound Tigers look to get back to there winning ways tonight as they face off against there arch rivals the Hartford Wolf Pack. This is game one of a home and home series which will see the Sound Tigers home tonight and in Hartford tomorrow.

Last time they played each other:

The last time the two teams played one another was on October 16th. In a very physical game at Harbor Yard which saw two fights and saw five roughing minors in the first period alone. It was close all the way to the end with Hartford taking the game 2-1 scoring with five minutes to go in the third.

Hartford 3-7-2-1 lost to the Manchester Monarchs on Friday 3-2. Brodie Dupont and Mats Zuccarello scored Hartford's goals.

Bridgeport 4-6-0-0 is coming off of a lack luster performance on Friday night in a 6-1 loss against the Providence Bruins. Rhett Rakhshani recored the only goal for the Sound Tigers in the game on the power play.

Key players:

For Hartford look for Kris Newbury. Newbury Leads Hartford with one goal and eight assists for nine points this season.

For Bridgeport look towards the net. If the Sound Tigers stick with the rotation they have had in goal we will get tot see Kevin Poulin. Poulin so far has played the best out of all three goalies on the roster. Every time he is in the net the Sound Tigers have a chance to win.

Hockey Double Header! Sacred Heart Men's Division One hockey team to play AIC at 3:30 on Saturday

The Sacred Heart Pioneers Men's Ice Hockey Team will play its first of five home games at the Arena at Harbor Yard on Saturday, Nov. 6 against American International College at 3:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, Nov. 3 the Sound Tigers and Sacred Heart University held a press conference at the Arena at Harbor Yard announcing that the Pioneers would play five of their home games at the Sound Tigers home arena in the 2010-11 season. All five Pioneers games will precede Sound Tigers home games. Following each Sacred Heart game, fans who purchase their tickets through Sacred Heart will have the opportunity to exchange their tickets for a voucher to the Sound Tigers game that night. Sound Tigers tickets for that night will also grant fans entry to the preceding Sacred Heart game.

-http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22700&ATCLID=205024784

Former Sound Tigers Updates

This is an article that will feature updates on past Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

Pascal Morency: Pascal, a fan favorite in Bridgeport, has signed a two way AHL-ECHL contract with the Houston Aeros. He has since been sent down to the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL. We wish him the best of luck with his new team.

Drew Fata: Drew, one of my favorite former players on the Sound Tigers, Has been released from his PTO with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. In his one game with the Penguins during the PTO he had no points.

Jeff Tambellini: Signed with the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL. In four games so far Tambellini has recored one goal and one assist with six penalty minutes.

Raffi Torres: Also signing with the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL. In eight games, Torres has two goals and an assist with twenty-one penalty minutes.

Sean Bergenheim: After not being resigned by the Islanders in the off season, Bergenheim signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL. In eight games he has three goals and two assists with six penalty minutes.

Jeremy Reich: Signing with the Boston Bruins in the off season he was assigned to Providence. In six games with Providence, he has two assists and eleven penalty minutes.

Tyler Haskins: Haskins has signed with EHC Wolfsburg. So far, he has one goal and four assists.

Joe Callahan: After signing with St.Louis in the summer. Callahan was involved in a trade that would send him to the Florida Panthers. He was then assigned to the Rochester Americans in the AHL. Callahan was named assistant captain this year for Rochester. In seven games he has three assists and six penalty minutes.

More to come in the next edition.

Sound Tigers fall 6-3 to Manchester

It was a very rough game tonight in Manchester against the Monarchs as the Sound Tigers fell by the final score of 6-3. Tonight saw the season debut of two Sound Tigers in Jeremy Colliton and Nathan Lawson.

The first period was the most penalized period the Sound Tigers have ever played. It started early, as at 5:09 Micheal Haley blatantly cross checked a Manchester player away from the play then proceeded to go after a Manchester defenseman in the corner, jumping him and trying to throw punches as the Manchester player had his arms over his head protecting himself. This drew everyone on the ice over. Micheal Haley would receive a double minor for roughing and a two minute penalty for cross checking to add on to it. He would total six minutes in penalties on the play. Manchester's John Zeiler would also receive a two minute minor for roughing. Haley's bad penalties would cost the Sound Tigers as Manchester would score twice on the power play. The first one came on a two on one, as Manchester's Corey Elkins made a great pass to teammate David Meckler who made a great shot top shelf over the glove of Lawson to make it 1-0. With six minutes of penalties because of Haley, the Sound Tigers would still be on the penalty kill. A shot from the point would beat a screened Lawson to make it 2-0. The Sound Tigers were getting frustrated and it showed as after Dustin Kohn got nailed by two Monarchs, Travis Hamonic fought Zeiler who hit Kohn. On the ensuing face off, Matt Martin and Manchester's Richard Clune, who helped sandwich Kohn, dropped the gloves. Martin got a couple good blows in but Clune won the tilt landing a good right and taking down Martin. On the next face off, Jeremy Yablonski dropped the gloves with big Justin Johnson, Yablonski took advantage of Johnson getting a couple solid punches before taking Johnson down. Manchester would not be done scoring, as Brandon Kozun would score at 10:04 to make it 3-0. There was a bright spot in the first however, as Hisey would find the loose puck in front of Manchester's Jeff Zatkoff and put it into the open net to bring the Sound Tigers within two, with the score 3-1.

Shots in the period for Bridgeport, 11 and Manchester, 14.

The second was no where near as physical as the first and had a lot less scoring. The Sound Tigers would get on the board first, when on the power play Justin DiBenedetto took a shot from the top of the circle by the boards, the puck would go five hole past Zatkoff to make it 3-2. Jesse Joensuu provided a great screen on the goal, giving Zatkoff no chance at all to find the puck. The Sound Tigers looked to have good momentum going into the third when at 19:49 Manchester's Kozun got his second of the game off of a rebound to make the score 4-2. Lawson continued to play well but got little support from the team. Shots in the second for Bridgeport, 9 and Manchester, 11.

It was a quick start for the Sound Tigers in the third as at 1:13 David Ullstrom took a quick wrist shot past Zatkoff to make it a 4-3 game. This would be the closest the Sound Tigers would come to coming back in the game. The Manchester Monarchs would put the game away the Sound Tigers would surrender two more goals. Shots in the third for Bridgeport,11 and Manchester,11.

The Sound Tigers got a good showing from goaltender Nathan Lawson tonight. Even though he did let up six goals, only one looked to be weak. Other than that Lawson made 30 saves and looked pretty composed. Colliton split time on the second and third line and recored a penalty.

3 Stars:

#1.Brandon Kozun-Man

#2.Alec Martinez-Man

#3.David Meckler-Man

Shots:

Bridgeport-31

Manchester-36

Starting Lineups:

Bridgeport/Manchester

#52-Nathan Lawson-G/#36-Jeff Zatkoff-G

#3-Travis Hamonic-D/#76-Viatcheslav Voynov-D

#5-Dustin Kohn-D/#37-Tomas Hickey-D

#10-Rhett Rakhshani-RW/#9-Bud Holloway-RW

#17-Matt Martin-LW/#21-Dwight King-LW

#26-Rob Hisey-C/#15-Justin Azevedo-C

Game Preview: Sound Tigers at Manchester Monarchs

Sound Tigers at Manchester Monarchs

7pm, Verizon Wireless Center

The Sound Tigers look for back to back wins as they will face off against the Manchester Monarchs on Saturday night. Last Sunday, the Sound Tigers gave the Portland Pirates their first loss of the season, winning by the score of 4-1. The Sound Tigers found power play goals from Justin DiBenedetto and David Ullstrom to put the game out of reach for Portland.

Last time these two teams met:

The Last time the two teams met was on October 10th. Even though this was only the Sound Tigers' second game of the season, it was one of the most controversial games they will probably have this season as with .6 seconds to go in the game Matt Martin's game tying goal was called off due to a hand pass that never happened. The Monarchs would go on to win by the score of 2-1.

Manchester 2-2-0-1, who looked to have found their scoring touch, played Tuesday night against Portland. Manchester took Portland into overtime tied at two. But overtime would not settle it, so the game went into a shootout. In the ninth round, with both teams tied at one in the shootout, Portland's Whitmore scored to end the game. Manchester fell to Portland 3-2 in a SO.

Bridgeport 2-3-0-0, is coming off a strong showing on Sunday against Portland as they won 4-1. The power play was on fire, with DiBenedetto and Ullstrom score two power play goals. Also Kevin Poulin, who got his pro win, had a great performance and was named one of the stars because of it.

Key Players:

For Bridgeport, if he is played, look for center Jeremy Colliton who is signed to a PTO at the moment. He will be looking to impress the coaching staff so he can stay around for the rest of the season. When Colliton is on his game he is a point-a-game player.

For Manchester, David Meckler has been playing great hockey for Manchester and is tied for first on the team with Dwight King with five points. He also leads Manchester with 16 shots. Look for Meckler and King to be on Manchester's starting lineup.

Update: Nathan Lawson has been loaned from the New York Islanders to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Lawson was put on injured reserve at the start of season with the New York Islanders. Last year Lawson played 36 games with the Sound Tigers going 16-16-3. Look for him to get a start soon enough and if the goaltending can hold up on the Island, I would not be surprised if he took over the starting spot, as he has proved before that he can handle the work load.

Sound Tigers give Portland there first loss as they win 4-1

The Sound Tigers found some much needed offense tonight and the power play looked good as they handed the top team in the Atlantic Division, the Portland Pirates, their first loss of the season by the score of 4-1.

In the first period the Sound Tigers would get on the board early. Portland's Travis Turnbull was called for roughing. This would give the Sound Tigers struggling power play a chance to get off to a good start in tonights game. They would do just that as it was jammed in front of the crease, then a Sound Tigers player, that looked to be Jesse Joensuu or Justin DiBenedetto, put it in the net. The goal was credited to DiBenedetto from Joensuu and David Ullstrom. Then came the rough stuff as out of no where Sound Tigers tough guy Micheal Haley jumped a Portland player. After the referees tried to break it up and pull Haley off the guy, he continued throwing punches, all along the Portland guy never fought back, protecting himself. After he was finally pulled off, Haley kept mouthing off and in the end he received a 4 minute roughing penalty and a ten minute misconduct for "continuing." Haley would total 14 total penalty minutes in the altercation while no one would go to the box for Portland. Bridgeport would get 9 shots in the period while Sound Tigers goalie Kevin Poulin saw 15 shots making a couple highlight reel saves.

The Sound Tigers would strike early in the second to make it 2-0 as Rhett Rakhshani put one past Portland goalie Jhonas Enroth. Micheal Haley would leave the ice covered in blood as he got a high stick from Portland's Luke Adam. Haley would return to the game and Adam would receive a four minute double minor for high sticking. The Sound Tigers would fail to capitalize on this man advantage as Portland would kill it off. This gave Portland some momentum as with under two minutes left, Portland's Adam put one past Poulin for his forth of the year and brought the game with in one, making the score 2-1. Sound Tigers would manage to fire 12 shots at Enroth while Portland took 1o at Poulin.

As the third started, Portland knew that they needed to score early but the exact opposite happened as they took a penalty for holding. Time was almost up on the power play when the Sound Tigers struck next. Justin DiBenedetto found the rebounding puck and buried it behind Enroth to make the score 3-1. That would give DiBenedetto his second of the game and give the Sound Tigers their second power play goal in the game. The Sound Tigers would test Portland giving them a couple good opportunities to score when they took some unnecessary penalties late, but Poulin would stand tall in the net. The Sound Tigers and the Pirates both had 3 penalties in the third. With 20.6 seconds left to go Jesse Joensuu would ice it for the Sound Tigers as he took a shot from the red line that would go into the empty net making the score 4-1 and crushing all hopes of a come back for Portland. Final shots for the third period, the Sound Tigers had 8 and the Pirates had 7.

3 Stars:

#1. Justin DiBenedetto-BST- Scored two goals in the game.

#2. Kevin Poulin-BST- Got his first pro win stopping 31 shots.

#3. Luke Adam-POR- Scored lone goal for Portland his fourth of the season.

Honorable Mention-David Ullstrom-BST-Had two assist in the game.

Shots:

Bridgeport:29

Portland:32

Starting Lineups:

Bridgeport/Portland

#38-Kevin Poulin-G/#1-Jhonas Enroth-G

#3-Travis Hamonic-D/#3-T.J Brennan-D

#5-Dustin Kohn-D/#4-Alex Biega-D

#12-Tomas Marcinko-RW/#25-Mark Mancari-RW

#18-Micheal Haley-C/#37-Matt Ellis-C

#23-Robin Figren-LW/#39-Adam Luke-LW

Rakhshani gets lone goal as Sound Tigers fall 2-1

The Sound Tigers played their second game in two nights tonight against the Hartford Wolf Pack. In a very physical game, the Sound Tigers still could not find the offensive fire power they have been looking for in the last couple games and it showed on the scoreboard as they would lose there third straight 2-1 to the Wolf Pack.

The first period was by far the most physical period played so far this season. With no goals scored in the first period, both teams were battling to take control of the game. Kohn got the first roughing minor of the game when he hit a Hartford player along the boards at 3:44. This would start the long run of penalties in the first. Later as Robin Figren was entering onto the Sound Tigers bench through the door, Hartford's Dane Byers pulled Figren out of the door way and proceeded to jump him. Figren's teammate, Tomas Marcinko, came into stand up for him. Marcinko would receive 2 minutes for roughing and Byers would receive 4 minutes for roughing. With the Sound Tigers on the power play, Rhett Rakhshani went into the defensive end where he was hit hard from behind by Hartford's Kris Newbury, which sparked a skirmish which elevated into a fight between Newbury and Sound Tigers assistant captain, Dylan Reese. Both players would get 5 minute majors and Newbury would get an additional 2 minutes for boarding. Four minutes later Travis Hamonic "dropped 'em" with Hartford's Justin Soryal. Both traded blows behind the Sound Tigers net. The first period saw twelve penalties for the two teams combined. Shots in the first period were for Bridgeport, 10 and for Hartford, 7.

The second period saw the Wolf Pack take control of the game, as they dominated the play through out the period. Rakhshani took an early penalty just .35 seconds into the second period, which led to the first goal of the night. Nigel Williams was able to tip Wade Redden's shot from the point to give the Wolf Pack a power play goal and put them up 1-0. The Sound Tigers managed to kill off the other two penalties they took in the period to keep the score at 1-0. There was very little scoring for Bridgeport in the second as Hartford continued to shut the Tigers down. Bridgeport had 7 shots in the period while Hartford had 10.

In the third, the Sound Tigers picked up their play as they started to generate more scoring chances and picking up the hitting again. At 7:17 after a great play by Klementyev, Rakhshani tapped one past Hartford goalie Chad Johnson. This made the score 1-1. But the lead wouldn't last long as Hartford's Evgeny Grachev found Mats Zuccarello open in the slot who beat Bridgeport goalie Mikko Koskinen high over the glove to give Hartford the lead again at 2-1. The Sound Tigers would get a couple of good chances left in the closing minutes of the game but it was not meant to be as time expired and the horn sounded. The Sound Tigers fell to the Wolf Pack 2-1. Hartford had 10 shots in the third to the Sound Tigers 5.

Poll Results: Justin DiBenedetto won the poll as voted on by the fans for the most likely to score first against Hartford, He did not as Rhett Rakhshani did so.

3 Stars:

#1. Chad Johnson- HAR - 21 Saves against the Sound Tigers.

#2. Rhett Rakhshani- BST - Only goal scored for the Sound Tigers Tonight.

#3. Mats Zuccarello- HAR - Scored game winning goal.

Honorable Mention- Tomas Marcinko- BST - Good job sticking up for Figren when he got in trouble.

Shots:

Bridgeport:22

Hartford:27

Starting Line-ups:

Bridgeport/Hartford

#1-Mikko Koskinen-G/#29-Chad Johnson-G

#2-Dylan Reese-D/#8-Jyuri Nemei-D

#3-Travis Hamonic-D/#6-Wade Redden-D

#6-Jesse Joensuu-LW/#34-Dane Byers-LW

#17-Matt Martin-RW/#18-Jeremy Williams-RW

#24-David Ullstrom-C/#11-Kris Newbury-C

Sound Tigers fall to Portland 3-1

The Sound Tigers had their first game away from The Arena at Harbor Yard tonight and it didn't go as well as planned, as they lost 3-1 in a penalty filled game.

The first period started off with a bang, literally. Micheal Haley dropped the gloves with Portland's Tim Conboy, both would receive five minutes each for fighting. Bridgeport would jump out to an early 1-0 lead when Portland's Correy Tropp took an interference penalty. Bridgeport's defenseman, Travis Hamonic took the puck off the a face off, won by Rob Hisey and rocketed one from the point past Portland's goaltender Jhonas Enroth. It didn't take very long to answer right back. On a delayed penalty to the Sound Tigers Jean Bourbeau, Portland's Derek Whitmore scored to make it 1-1. In a period that saw seven penalties, the Sound Tigers would go on a late power play. In they dying seconds of the first on the power play Rhett Rakhshani almost gave the Tigers the lead as he put one past Enroth but he hit the post. The period would end with the score 1-1. Bridgeport had 12 shots in the period and Portland had 5.

With the start of the second period came a continued power play for the Sound Tigers. Although there were a couple of good chances on the power play, nothing would get past Enroth. This is where Sound Tigers goalie Kevin Poulin, who got his first pro start tonight, really started to shine. Poulin made a good save on a two on one and just minutes later made one of the best saves of the year so far as he made a save with the rebound popping out to his blocker side where it was put back on to the net. Poulin hit the puck out of the air with the paddle of his stick, making a great save. With the game going back and forth with chances at either end, Bridgeport Micheal Haley and Portland's Dennis McCauley dropped the mits. McCauley got the better of Haley in the fight throwing a couple good right hands before getting Haley's jersey over his head, this gave the linesman reason to break it up. The second would see nine penalties, three for Bridgeport and six for Portland. There was a lot of action during this time including Travis Hamonic leveled Luke Adam (sending Adam to the Portland locker room), Dustin Kohn was robbed in front by Enroth, and Justin DiBenedetto made two great moves getting into the zone to get David Ullstrom a one timer in the slot. However, none of these chances would result in goals. Portland would get an offensive burst as the period ended as with 15 seconds left Portland's Mark Mancari took a great pass from Matt Ellis and got one right inside the post for a 2-1 lead. Only 13 seconds later Portland's Dennis McCauley tipped one past Poulin a shot by Mancari with 2.6 seconds left. The period would end with the score 3-1 Portland. Portland had 12 shots in the second to the Sound Tigers 9.

Early in the third period both teams played very well defensively, but the Sound Tigers had a tough time getting any continuous pressure in the Portland zone. The game stayed physical as Katic wet off for boarding, after he got out of the box he demolished Portland's Luke Adam in the corner. Then Robin Figren bumped into Enroth sending both players to the ice and sending Portland down on a 3 on 1. Poulin made a great save to keep the game close. He made a flurry of saves on the following play including a great diving save. After the save, a Portland player gave a jab to Poulin so defenseman Mark Katic got in there to stick up for his goalie. The Sound Tigers chance to come back in the game was pretty much squashed as Katic was given a two minute minor for unsportsmanlike conduct for pulling the Portland player away from Poulin. Upset with the call Katic argued all the way to the box, so much so he was given another two minute minor for unsportsmanlike conduct. The only chance the Sound Tigers had was with 36 seconds to go in the game when Portland got a penalty for delay of game. The Sound Tigers took a time out to talk the plan over and with the goalie pulled and a man up the Sound Tigers had a 6 on 4 advantage. With the two man advantage the Tigers still could not get a goal as the horn sounded to end the game. Shots in the period were for 9 for Portland and 7 for Bridgeport.

3 Stars:

#1-Mark Mancari-POR

#2- Dennis McCauley-POR

#3- Jhonas Enroth-POR

Honorable Mention- Tomas Marcinko-BST- Had a great night in the face off circle

Travis Hamonic-BST-Scored his first pro goal

Shots:

Bridgeport:28

Portland:28

Starting Line-ups:

Bridgeport/Portland

#38-Kevin Poulin-G/#1-Jhonas Enroth-G

#2-Dylan Reese-D/Not Available-D

#4-Mark Wotton-D/Not Available-D

#12-Tomas Marcinko-C/Not Available-C

#18-Micheal Haley-LW/Not Available-LW

#23-Robin Figern-RW/Not Available-RW

Pre Game: Bridgeport Sound Tigers at Portland Pirates

Bridgeport Sound Tigers at Portland Pirates

7pm, Cumberland County Civics Center

After a tough loss on Sunday, the Sound Tigers look to bounce back quickly when they take on the Portland Pirates. This will be the first time the two teams face each other this year. They will play each other a total of ten times this season, five home, five away.

Portland 2-0-0, has had no problems scoring in their first two games as they put five goals on the board against Charlotte in a 5-1 win and scored six goals in a close 6-5 win against Manchester.

Bridgeport 1-1-0, who had played back to back home games on the weekend to open up their season played one of the most existing home openers ever played by a Sound Tigers team, defeating Worcester 5-4 in a shootout. Although on Sunday, they fell short losing to Manchester 2-1 when a goal scored by Matt Martin was waved off, called a hand pass by the back referee, a very questionable call.

Key Players:

For Bridgeport, two players who have looked very good in the first two games this season are Robin Figren and Justin DiBenedetto. Figren, who was on the starting lineup for opening night scored a huge goal then later tallied an assist against Worcester and then scored again the next night against Manchester for the Sound Tigers only goal in the game. He leads the team with three points. DiBenedetto, who did not have a point in the first two games of the season looked very good. He had some of the best scoring chances against Worcester, he had a great opportunity to score off a rebound but Worcester's goalie Alex Stalock had other ideas as he robbed Dibo with a great glove save. He also had another good chance that he put behind his back but it went just wide.

For Portland, two players to watch for are Mark Mancari and rookie Luke Adam. In the two games Portland has played, Mancari who leads the team in points with five, two goals and three assists, will be a threat to the Tigers as well as Luke Adam. Adam who in two games has had two goals and two assists looked very good for Portland. Look for both players to try to make big plays against the Sound Tigers.

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