-Top-down seemed popular. Let’s stick with that.
-Let’s begin with good news out of the Midwest, where Peoria lost its alternate captain to The Show.
–Here’s the Houston audio link.
-Don’t let Gary Bettman see what happened in Cincinnati today.
-Scratches, from the ‘cast: Marcinko, Haley, Morency and Kohn.
–Here’s the stats. Second BST game for ref Francis Charron; he did the crazy shootout-loss, come-from-behind game at Portland on March 8 (speaking of Regier).
-Mitch Fritz (6-8, 258) vs. John Scott (6-7, 255). The aftershock will probably hit us in about five minutes, so be alert.
-Krys Kolanos=good. Houston leads 1-0.
-Working it on the rush, Kolanos scores another one. Houston’s up 2-0. It’s only the third time this year the Sound Tigers have trailed by two goals. The Aeros will open the second on a power play, too.
-It appears Regier is in fact in for the Blues tonight. (And to update: He’s already plus-1. On a four-second shift.)
-The Sound Tigers are 0-for-2 on the power play. About four minutes left in the second, with no damage yet either way.
-Apparently Bridgeport’s wearing the oranges. He might have mentioned this earlier, but if so, I missed it…
-That’s two periods. The Sound Tigers will have 45 seconds of power play to start the third.
-“Yer GREEEEEENS fees.” That commercial has gone from funny to annoying to funny again.
-There will be absolutely no help for Bridgeport in Hershey tonight. Maybe a few games apart helped the Giroux-Aucoin-Mink line fit back together… (In that six-goal second period, Hershey outshot Bingo 21-4.)
-Two Bridgeport power plays have passed fruitlessly, so how about the early fight in this game: Nasty Mirasty vs. Biz Nasty?
-Sounds like a semi-controversial goal with 7:39 to play, on a delayed penalty. The Aeros thought Barry Brust had possession. Francis Charron disagreed. Ben Walter scores on the rebound to cut the lead in half.
-It’s a goal, 5.4 seconds left on a six-on-four… Tie game. Overtime. On we go.
-Shootout. Selfishly, I assume this is penance for the NFL tie joke. BTW, Iggulden’s tying goal is the third-latest Sound Tigers goal ever to send a game to OT.
-Oh my gosh: Is that former Nighthawk Warren Holmes doing the color? I hadn’t heard the name before…
-Down 2-0 with 7:39 left, they’ve bolted out of Houston with two points. It’s been that kind of year. Bridgeport 3, Houston 2 (SO). More later Nah, that’s enough. Enjoy whatever else Regier does.