Streaking

When they were surrendering odd-man rushes every few minutes early in the season, this probably would’ve been one of those games you circle dread.

And sure, Norfolk has been on the road forever, and played last night while the Sound Tigers chilled out at home (or at Ingalls) (or wherever). But the Admirals are still one of those teams with lots of weapons, at least one on each line, “they’re big, their defense is pretty mobile,” Brent Thompson said.

Bridgeport was the one generating the odd-man rushes. Bridgeport was the one playing keepaway for long stretches. Bridgeport has a three-game winning streak.

“We’ve played really good defensively the last three games,” Anders Nilsson said. “That’s why we’re winning.”

Thompson won’t let them off the hook. They’ve got things to work on. They gave the puck away a couple of times in the shifts leading up to Norfolk’s first goal. They let Carter Ashton whack away at the puck too many times on the second. (Nilsson wondered if he should’ve had it, but Ashton had a lot of time to keep smacking.) They can still be stronger defensively.

But they’ve got three wins in a row. They held Norfolk’s power play quiet and held the Admirals to two goals. They’re doing some good things.

“We never seem to give up,” Trevor Frischmon said. “We never seem to have those ups and downs, where we get scored on and shut it down. Being a young team for the most part, that’s great to see.”

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Frischmon was glad to get off the schneid. “I definitely felt I had a huge weight on my shoulders,” Frischmon said. “I’m not a huge offensive guy, but I want to contribute.”

Jeremy Colliton quipped that at least he was fresh for the third period. He went out for the second period and realized he had something wrong with his skate. Leni DiCostanzo took it inside to fix the holder, which kept Colliton out for 10 minutes, peeking anxiously toward the runway at every stoppage.

Had been looking forward to seeing Mark Flood on Sunday. But if things are going to go this well for him in the Show, glad I won’t: He scored his first NHL goal and had an assist. (Peter Mannino remains up as well, meaning we went from two returns to none. Well, just Brian Rogers.)

Big, much-needed win for the Big Club.

Prescout. Best record in the conference.

Computer’s freezing up, so we’ll call it here. More in a few hours (though one more than you’d expect).

Michael Fornabaio