We asked you a set of Bridgeport 2011 trivia questions on the blog on Friday. Here are the answers.
Of course, the Sound Tigers’ all-time leading scorer and captain is Jeremy Colliton. (Oops, spoiled our newspaper quiz.)
(1) NAME! THAT! ATO!
(a) AHL and NHL contracts: Matt Campanale
(b) First to wear No. 48: Cameron Wind
(c) Played his first two pro games in Portland: Joe Pereira
(d) Left Mercyhurst midseason: Phil Ginand
(e) 2010 New York Islanders rookie camp: Alex O’Neil
(f) 2011 New York Islanders rookie camp: Art Bidlevskii
(g) Stephane Da Costa’s linemate: Chris Barton
(h) Drafted between Andrew MacDonald and Tony Romano: Brian Day
(i) More games than any other ATO last season: Aaron Ness
(j) Scored on a breakaway out of the penalty box: Matt Donovan
(k) Had a fight the last three games of 2010-11: Shayne Neigum
(l) Was Bridgeport’s 16th-leading scorer: Tyler McNeely
(2) (a) Skated in warmup at Worcester: Mike Sellitto
(b) Backup-only: Alex Petizian
(c) Never dressed because of injury: Andy Hilbert
(d) Assigned to Bridgeport but never had to report: Al Montoya
(3) (b) Jesse Joensuu wore the ‘A’ for the last time in Pat Bingham’s first game as coach, in 2010.
(4) (a) Only 3 and 29 weren’t worn in 2011; Hamonic was gone by the end of November 2010.
(b) Five players wore 27: Olivier Labelle, Rob Kwiet, Louis Liotti, Steve Tarasuk, Aaron Ness.
(5) The only two non-Jeff-Smith referees to work a Sound Tigers game every year since 2002-03: Ryan Fraser and Terry Koharski.
(6) Chad Wiseman scored four in the third period.
(7) (a) The worst calendar year by points percentage before this year: 2005, .482
(b) In which year did Bridgeport win the fewest games? 2004, 34
(c) Without help from the shootout, Bridgeport won the fewest games in 2010 with 30, seven in the shootout).
(8) (a) Marco Emond played 5:20 on Jan. 22, 2003, in Binghamton.
(b) Binghamton put three shots on Emond, and Joe Murphy scored a goal.
(c) Emond replaced David St. Germain, who cramped up late in the third.
(9) Bridgeport went 0-0-0-2 against Charlotte in 2011 and went 1-0-1-0 against the eventual Calder Cup champion, Binghamton.
(10) (a) Rob Hisey was 12-20-32 to lead last season’s Bridgeport team in scoring after Jan. 1.
(b) Jeremy Colliton was 17-30-47 in 2011.
(c) Justin DiBenedetto was 25-16-41 for the calendar year, which indeed held up as second for the year because of the goals; Rhett Rakhshani finished 17-24-41.
And just for fun, if you’d like to revisit those 62 names, here’s a link that gives you a chance.