Ness up

Aaron Ness gets the call to the Islanders to fill in for Travis Hamonic and Milan Jurcina. He could make his NHL debut tomorrow night in Philadelphia. The Sound Tigers, without him, practiced with the five healthy defensemen plus Mark Katic (who said he’s really feeling his conditioning coming along; another couple of weeks before he could be cleared). Trevor Gillies filled in on defense a few times in the contact drills. Brent Thompson said they’ll take the hole on defense “day-to-day.” They have plenty of time to worry about it.

Edit: The Providence Journal reports that the AHL all-star game is going to Providence next year. Bridgeport has expressed some interest in the event since the Sound Tigers took over the building.

Edit2: ECHL transactions say Barry Goers has been loaned from Las Vegas to Bridgeport. Probably a PTO to come at some point.

We’ll chat here Tuesday at 1:30.

Bridgeport Sound Tigers Chat with Michael Fornabaio

And finally, you knew from the start the road was going to be hard for the Giants. You knew that stretch in the middle of the season was going to make it a tightrope. Still, after they, to steal a phrase, laid an egg against Washington in Week 15, you figured they had to win six in a row to win a championship. Six memorable games later, well, they found a way.

Michael Fornabaio