Painting the corners

Go to the net, finish 1-for-3…

Colliton went to the net in the first and tipped a Mark Wotton shot on goal; he had a chance at the rebound, but Al Montoya poked it away from him.

He went to the net in the second short-handed for the rebound of Jeff Tambellini’s shot; Montoya was down, but Colliton put it over the crossbar.

He went to the net in the third on the power play as Ben Walter put the puck there. He banged it in.

Morrison continued to stand on his head, and that was enough.

BRIDGEPORT
F: Tambellini (A)-Nielsen-Bentivoglio
Regier-Walter-Bootland
Smith-Colliton-Kinasewich
Brennan-Haley-Haskins
D: Fata-Spiller (A)
Kohn-Ford
Wotton (C)

HARTFORD
F: Dawes (A)-Moore (A)-Bourret
Owens-Pyatt-Parenteau
Korpikoski-Graham-Jessiman
Ouellette/Murphy
D: Pock-Taylor
Potter-Sauer
Waddell-Hutchinson

The win breaks an 0-5-0-1 run at home against Hartford and clinches at least points-.500 for calendar year 2007.

Mike Hartman signed with Charlotte again. He’s only 40, just a spring chicken.

Fans in Norfolk are going after Steve Stirling. This is what happens when you never miss the playoffs. Meanwhile, Marc Denis is an Admiral.

The NHL is having the Pens and Sabres change ends midway through the third period Tuesday.

From Neil Best at Newsday: Sportswriters including Stan Fischler play a table hockey tournament in 1971.

Michael Fornabaio