Low flow

Ahhhhhh, Francois St. Laurent.

Between him and my wonky work computer and the absolute atrocity that was the first two periods tonight, I was ready to toss something out of the press box. (That would have been bad.) Ready to break something after the game. (Depending on what, that might have been less bad.)

You know, maybe, that I think the guy has the potential to be very, very good (playoff Game 4 here last year, for instance). Tonight... I did not check the middle of his forehead. But this was one of those nights that tended toward horrid. And that made it horrid for everyone else.

Unchanged is that, even though the game had no flow, the Sound Tigers couldn't break through that and turn things in their favor. A couple of good plays got the job done late, and it's a victory. Two points is two points, especially considering the times they haven't escaped with all the points they could have.

Two assists and a plus-3 for Berry. Colliton keeps the goal- and point-scoring streaks alive. Tambellini keeps the points streak alive, and Hamilton is the only one now who tops him in the regular season. And in the end, it works out.


LINEUPS
BRIDGEPORT
F: Comeau-Colliton (A)-Regier
Tambellini-Nielsen-Ferraro
Nolan-Nokelainen-Pitton
Marjamaki/Ogorodnikov
D: Fata-Berry
Mitchell-Wotton (C)
Campoli-Rourke (A)

BINGHAMTON
F: Maloney-Ebbett-Robins
Pecker-Hennessy-Heerema (A)
Luttinen-Payer (A)-Vesce
Sgroi
D: Petruic-Allison (A)
Malec-Hedlund
Komadoski-Cook

Wade Dubielewicz's points streak ended at two. (Distraught, of course.) But we'll see if the league gives him an assist on the overtime goal at Lowell, which would make him the first Bridgeport goalie with a two-point night. (BTW, Colliton got an assist in the last Hartford game, which now puts him on a six-game scoring streak to go with his five-game goals streak.)

No immediate word who, if anyone, was going up. Everyone still seemed to have their stuff in their stall at the end of the night.

My streak of weekly-features sparking a four-point night ended at one. Early on, though, tomorrow's featured Tiger had a chance that made me wonder if we were actually an anti-jinx for once...No such luck.

Up in Hamilton, Eric Manlow is struggling on the wing.

And finally, you probably all know how I feel about the shootout, but even I had a little fun watching last night's Chicago-Minnesota bonus round. Jeff Hamilton scored a nifty one, but Pierre-Marc Bouchard's trumped his. Those better-versed in tracking down online video than I, your help would be appreciated.