The problem with featurized leads, for me, is that basically what I’d write in the blog, I write in the gamer. Oh well.
Maybe I should do a straight gamer lead here. “Colton Fretter scored 4:24 into the third period…”
Entire audience clicks away
There was more obvious pain this time around — blocked shots, hits taken, that kind of thing — than the win here Feb. 29, also a hard-working 3-2 game on a third-period goal. And that’s kind of what I wrote about, using Matt Keith as the poster boy. Twice, he limped off the ice in pain. Twice, he came back within two shifts to play a key role.
So they took care of their own business. Scoreboard watching was a little harder for them, but still…
BRIDGEPORT
F: Bentivoglio-Walter-Keith
Mosienko-Colliton-Jackman (A)
Regier-Smith-Fretter
Desrochers/Haskins
D: Fata-Ford
Kohn-Spiller (A)
Fraser-Wotton (C)
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON
F: Havern-Gove-Wallace
James-Smith (C)-Filewich
Stone (A)-Brent (A)-McLean
Daoust-Bissonnette-(Bonvie-scratch)
D: Nasreddine-Lovejoy
Goligoski-Engelland
Ardelan-Lannon
And in reality for Bridgeport: Mosienko-Walter-Jackman; Regier-Colliton-Keith; Bentivoglio-Smith-Fretter. Bissonnette mostly played as a seventh defenseman; Jonathan noted that Ardelan was coming back from injury.
Spiller, Regier, Colliton, Jackman were all going back up. From Tim Brent, as someone noted, to Sidney Crosby.
Hershey beat Norfolk. Binghamton bombarded Hamilton. No help. (In reply to a comment, I may try to throw a little more in-game stuff up, time permitting. Especially the Hershey games. But you’ve probably noticed over two years that I’m not too big on that stuff.)
Jesse Joensuu is assigned No. 18 on the roster. He’s the lead note tomorrow, and it’s funny how he’s gone from needs-skating-work to may-play-this-weekend in about a week. Keith Johnson has No. 91.
Phil Janack talked with new Rat Brandon Sutter.
Manitoba won its 10th in a row.
Longtime Columbia administrator and former baseball coach Paul Fernandes announced his retirement yesterday. Baseball was the only beat I wanted to cover in college. Covering Paul Fernandes’ teams made it worthwhile.