Would you trust this team to bury a gerbil right now?
This is five times in 11 games that they have built a two-goal lead and then let it disappear. The only good news is they have six out of those 10 points.
“We’re not changing the mindset,” Capuano said. “We’re not sitting back and trapping. We’re still going. We want to play high-percentage hockey, but we’re not changing anything about the system.”
It’s just that they struggle to finish it for some reason.
When it was 3-0, I’ve got four top-flight scoring chances that could have made it 4-0. None of them happened. When it was 3-1, I’ve got three top-flight scoring chances that could have made it 4-1. None of them happened.
And that’s what happens.
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Kenny Morrow behind the Bridgeport bench, albeit kind of inconspicuously. If he wasn’t in a suit and, you know, an American legend, you mighta thought he was Joe Franke’s new assistant. (Or, in the second period, John Sullo’s.)
Assist for Mannino, stopping the puck behind the net for Wotton. You might have read somewhere that it’s the 15th Bridgeport-goalie assist and the first since Billy Thompson, Dec. 16, 2006. And after the slashing penalty, he was just a fight short of the Ron Hextall Hat Trick.
Had completely forgotten, but McLean’s penalty shot was Bridgeport’s first since Feb. 3, 2006. Not much of a happy birthday for him.
Hershey was on an 0-for-21 power-play drought coming into today and was unofficially 0-for-8 today.
Enough of this weekend. Too much to do yet. Keep an eye out Tuesday in the paper and on the Web site.