Bullet History, Round 3

Updating the bullet history and the update of the bullet history, for those just joining us:

2006 continued: Captain Wotton. Comeau: four assists, then five points. Mike Mole: Walk into Hershey and win on opening night. Ah, but then… Shootouts. Caldwell for Boguniecki. Koalska’s out. Bye, Halvardsson and Aquino. Can’t win in Hartford. Win two, lose three. Brandon Nolan. Tambellini saves the game with a penalty. Early atrocities. December: 4-9. Ugliness. Disaster. Christmas! Unrelated: More disaster. See you in the morning. Fraser. Unrelated: more disaster. Team meetings. Happy New Year (if possible).

2007: Capuano up front. Colliton’s hurt. Koalska for Malec. Nielsen, the Great Dane. New attitude — but lots of shots against. All-Star Dubielewicz stops ’em, 50 at a time. Fata called. Johnson and Johnson. Ken Magowan. A penalty-shot goal against? Still, they beat Albany — nine-point lead. Safe, right? Ummm… Six-game losing streak. Fata pops Aucoin. Nilsson et al for Smyth. Ferraro for Wood. The cast of thousands. VanBallegooie. McCaffrey. Galbraith. The kids. Big win at Norfolk! Big loss at Norfolk. Five-defenseman lineup. Hartford runs around. Boguniecki and Nielsen out. Trevor Smith. The Second Hershey Disaster: Back from 4-2, take 5-4 lead, then two goals against in 31 seconds. Still, Mole beats Albany (!). The big one up there: shootout loss. Andrew MacDonald. Dubie saves the Islanders. Three losses, it’s over. Marjamaki wins the last one. Marshall’s out; Capuano’s in; Bingham’s back! Bentivoglio. Kohn. Mike Burkhead, for a bit. Size matters: Jackman, Bootland, Brennan, Spiller (look up!), Joey MacDonald. Bye, Ogorodnikov. Nokelainen for Walter. All those AHL contracts in camp… Labelle, Morrison, Morency win jobs. Pitton cut? Bye, Masi.

And that’s where it stands.

Michael Fornabaio