Unassisted
Adding Frans Nielsen's assist to Bridgeport's only goal, the PA announcer here at first asked us to add it to "Bridgeport's last penalty."
They didn't need any more penalty help tonight.
"We deserved 'em," Mark Wotton said.
The Sound Tigers seemed to disagree at times. VanBallegooie's didn't look like much of a hook. Aucoin appeared to fall down himself on Wotton's "trip" that led to the first goal. Albany may have had too many men on at the end of the second.
("And now," comes the soft voice from the south-southwest, general direction of Philadelphia, "you know how it feels!")
Still, like Saturday, I had my 2-0 deficit story written after two periods, and then Bridgeport scored in the first minute of the third. Here we go again, I thought, hoping work-compy wouldn't crash on deadline as I recast the...
Oops -- Aucoin left open in front. ("Really," I note to myself.) Tomas Malec couldn't get to him in time, and it's 3-1. And then a three-on-one, and that's that.
After the second power-play goal, opponents were 11 for the previous 28. Granted, that's a lot of Wilkes-Barre, but still, Philly 2-for-2, Hartford two goals, Albany 2-for-4 to start tonight.
"You've got to work hard to earn your breaks," Wotton said. "Obviously tonight, they got a few quick power-play goals. We've got to get the penalty kill back in order."
The power play might have cut into the lead a bit, but it went 0-for-5, including two chances in the last 10 minutes. They had only one official shot on their first three opportunities.
In the end, all that was left was the bloodlust. The fans were chanting for Fata. He came onto the ice with a minute and a half to go. Cody McLeod found him. They went. Fata's right found McLeod's nose. Not pretty.
Not that there's a causal relationship, but the Islanders recalled Fata after the game. So at least something went right for a Sound Tiger.
LINEUPS
BRIDGEPORT
F: Tambellini (A)-Nielsen-Boguniecki
Galbraith-G. Johnson-Regier
Marjamaki-J. Johnson-Magowan
Pitton/McCaffrey
D: Fata-Berry
Wotton (C)-VanBallegooie
Malec-Fraser
ALBANY
F: Murley-Aucoin (C)-Bayda (A)
Laaksonen-Petruzalek-DaSilva
McLeod-Gove (A)-Dwyer
Estrada-(Angelidis-scratch)-McCormick
D: Cumiskey-Flood
Carson-Boychuk
Love-Conboy
The newbies fit in fine. Galbraith got a lot of time; McCaffrey got in here and there.
Fraser apparently got cleared late yesterday. Rourke was kept home to give it some rest, especially since there wasn't going to be a lot of opportunity to get him on the ice as they toured the Mid-Atlantic.
Robert Nilsson got called up today.
The Crunch have scrapped plans to put that orange shamrock on their jerseys on St. Patrick's Day, reports Lindsay Kramer. Here's the "New look".
And finally, ND-Fairfield vs. Fairfield Prep in the finals? That'll be a fun one.
They didn't need any more penalty help tonight.
"We deserved 'em," Mark Wotton said.
The Sound Tigers seemed to disagree at times. VanBallegooie's didn't look like much of a hook. Aucoin appeared to fall down himself on Wotton's "trip" that led to the first goal. Albany may have had too many men on at the end of the second.
("And now," comes the soft voice from the south-southwest, general direction of Philadelphia, "you know how it feels!")
Still, like Saturday, I had my 2-0 deficit story written after two periods, and then Bridgeport scored in the first minute of the third. Here we go again, I thought, hoping work-compy wouldn't crash on deadline as I recast the...
Oops -- Aucoin left open in front. ("Really," I note to myself.) Tomas Malec couldn't get to him in time, and it's 3-1. And then a three-on-one, and that's that.
After the second power-play goal, opponents were 11 for the previous 28. Granted, that's a lot of Wilkes-Barre, but still, Philly 2-for-2, Hartford two goals, Albany 2-for-4 to start tonight.
"You've got to work hard to earn your breaks," Wotton said. "Obviously tonight, they got a few quick power-play goals. We've got to get the penalty kill back in order."
The power play might have cut into the lead a bit, but it went 0-for-5, including two chances in the last 10 minutes. They had only one official shot on their first three opportunities.
In the end, all that was left was the bloodlust. The fans were chanting for Fata. He came onto the ice with a minute and a half to go. Cody McLeod found him. They went. Fata's right found McLeod's nose. Not pretty.
Not that there's a causal relationship, but the Islanders recalled Fata after the game. So at least something went right for a Sound Tiger.
LINEUPS
BRIDGEPORT
F: Tambellini (A)-Nielsen-Boguniecki
Galbraith-G. Johnson-Regier
Marjamaki-J. Johnson-Magowan
Pitton/McCaffrey
D: Fata-Berry
Wotton (C)-VanBallegooie
Malec-Fraser
ALBANY
F: Murley-Aucoin (C)-Bayda (A)
Laaksonen-Petruzalek-DaSilva
McLeod-Gove (A)-Dwyer
Estrada-(Angelidis-scratch)-McCormick
D: Cumiskey-Flood
Carson-Boychuk
Love-Conboy
The newbies fit in fine. Galbraith got a lot of time; McCaffrey got in here and there.
Fraser apparently got cleared late yesterday. Rourke was kept home to give it some rest, especially since there wasn't going to be a lot of opportunity to get him on the ice as they toured the Mid-Atlantic.
Robert Nilsson got called up today.
The Crunch have scrapped plans to put that orange shamrock on their jerseys on St. Patrick's Day, reports Lindsay Kramer. Here's the "New look".
And finally, ND-Fairfield vs. Fairfield Prep in the finals? That'll be a fun one.
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