Monthly Archive for November, 2011

: November, 2011

Not over the weather…

The stars seemed aligned. Islanders stuck at six defensemen for a while. Sound Tigers call a guy up. (Welcome back, Steve Oleksy.) And there’s a defenseman missing from practice. Well, obviously, that

Watch your foot

The Isles’ forward corps got a little thinner after they discovered Jay Pandolfo has a broken foot. Four weeks is Christmas Eve; six is Jan. 7. No immediate move (at least that I’ve heard; Bridgeport

Don’t break the scoreboard

This was so close to a six-point weekend. They got four. They could’ve had more; they could’ve denied Manchester any, really, though instead the Monarchs come away with four. They allowed a few too

Don’t break the scoreboard

This was so close to a six-point weekend. They got four. They could’ve had more; they could’ve denied Manchester any, really, though instead the Monarchs come away with four. They allowed a few too

Don't break the scoreboard

This was so close to a six-point weekend. They got four. They could’ve had more; they could’ve denied Manchester any, really, though instead the Monarchs come away with four. They allowed a few too

Rematch in Bridgeport/DiBenedetto returns

Bridgeport gets Justin DiBenedetto back after four games, and he slides right back into his familiar spot with Cizikas and Wallace. That moves the other left wingers down a spot as Trevor Gillies sits

Manchester, part 1 of 2 (edited)

Will add some thoughts on this at home; got a ride I don’t want to keep waiting too long, and don’t forget, rematch tomorrow (with a Sacred Heart bonus thereafter). But: –Trevor Gillies didn’t play

Untraditional weekend

Appears to be the same lineup, except in goal, for Bridgeport as last night, though Olson again is on for warmup. The Sound Tigers are wearing white tonight, which means the home team will be in the

Big win

Overall, a pretty solid game. “You can always improve,” Brent Thompson added after this 6-2 win, on his way out the door to Manchester. Defensively; handling the rush, perhaps. There were moments when

A Very Black Friday

With Trevor Frischmon reportedly banged up (“day-to-day,” per Brent Thompson), missing his first game in a long while, left winger Blair Riley comes up from Chicago of the ECHL (former BST trainer