Camp, Day 6: One Day More

So, are guys making decisions a little more difficult?

“We told them after one period, we’re going to play Islander hockey. We want to play fast. We want to play the Islanders’ system. If you can’t play it here, you can’t play it on Long Island for Scott Gordon.”

“Whether they (are here) to start or not, other guys may play themselves out of a spot.”

In reference to a Walsh question, Sixsmith, Gleed, Sertich were the names that came out as guys who had been doing the job. This night, Capuano saw more discipline in the systems and a little more urgency from his team, which made the difference in his eyes.

The problem with the roster question is what happens with the Islanders; how many are healthy, how many are ready to come back. Then the Sound Tigers, how many are healthy, how many are ready. We should get a better idea tomorrow.

Lowell 2 1 0–3
Bridgeport 1 3 0–4

First Period — 1, Bridgeport, Konkle 1 (Fuller, Lesperance), 10:50. 2, Lowell, Mills 1 (Zharkov), 13:34. 3, Lowell, DiSalvatore 1 (Snetsinger, Cohen), 14:08. Penalties — Hart, Bpt (hooking), 6:01; Fraser, Low (roughing), 15:02; Bergfors, Low (hooking), 19:32.
Second Period — 4, Bridgeport, Gleed 2 (Hennigar, Sertich), 6:15. 5, Bridgeport, Nikiforov (Joensuu), 8:05 (pp). 6, Lowell, DiSalvatore 2 (Snetsinger, Gunderson), 14:13 (pp). 7, Bridgeport, Joensuu 1 (Nikiforov, Gleed), 18:17. Penalties — Mills, Low (tripping), 6:36; Kell, Low (interference), 9:01; Swift, Low, major (fighting), 11:49; J.Rechlicz, Bpt, misconduct, 11:49; M.Rechlicz, Bpt, major (fighting), 11:49; Fuller, Low (roughing), 13:49; Nikiforov, Bpt (hooking), 13:49.
Third Period — No scoring. Penalties — Fraser, Low, major (fighting), 2:40; M.Rechlicz, Bpt, major (fighting), 2:40; Davis, Low (cross-checking), 3:45; Joensuu, Bpt (hooking), 8:55.
Missed penalty shot — Nikiforov, Bpt, 14:34 first.

Shots on goal — Lowell 4-13-6–23. Bridgeport 9-11-9–29.
Power play opportunities — Lowell 1 of 4, Bridgeport 1 of 5.
Goaltenders — Lowell, Clemmensen 0-1-0 (29 shots-25 saves). Bridgeport, Mannino 1-0-0 (17-14), Lawson (start third, 6-6).
Attendance — N/A. Referee — L’Ecuyer. Linesmen — Galvin, Spannaus.

LINEUPS
BRIDGEPORT
F: Joel Rechlicz-Kazuma Takahashi-Marc Rechlicz
Jesse Joensuu-James Sixsmith-Vladimir Nikiforov
Mike Walsh-Travis Fuller-Tom May
Jarrett Konkle-Rob Hennigar-Mike Lesperance
D: Andrew MacDonald (C)-Jordan Hart (A)
Andy Sertich (A)-Jon Gleed
Reagan Leslie-Russ Moyer
G: Peter Mannino
Nathan Lawson

LOWELL
F: Jon DiSalvatore (A)-Benoit Mondou-Brad Snetsinger
Eric Castonguay-Michael Swift-Nicklas Bergfors (A)
Chris Poli-Tyler Burton-Trevor Kell
Vladimir Zharkov-Brad Mills-Patrick Davis
D: Mark Fraser (A)-Ryan Gunderson
Olivier Magnan-Matt Cohen
Rosario Ruggeri-Matt Torti
G: Scott Clemmensen

Mannino should get the start in Cromwell and probably goes at least two periods. Capuano had a tentative lineup but was holding off in case the big club made any moves. We probably won’t have anything until well after the game, because there’s no place to work there. (I’m lucky if I can see, usually.)

Michael Sharp has Joe Rullier going to Binghamton.

And hey, check out what happened at The Internet Hockey Database. Kinda threw me.

Michael Fornabaio