Over the first two periods tonight, shots at five-on-five were something like 24-5 at even strength.

Now, like I said there, it looked like they might’ve shorted Bridgeport a shot or two at the end of the period. But it wasn’t like Bridgeport was giving itself a lot of chances to win.

All four goals on the power play; the box looks like a special-teams game. It wasn’t. It was an even-strength game. And at even strength, until the third period, it was all Penguins. Well, mostly Penguins. Bridgeport had some good shifts in the first period. Bridgeport had moments in the second period.

In some ways, the last two periods were a little like these last two periods, with the major exception of the interpretation of “Kevin Poulin, what the heck.” He made some brilliant saves, and it’s a different game, an uglier game for the Sound Tigers, without him tonight.

Bridgeport was somehow one bounce away from getting back into it, and if one of those odd-man rush, out-of-the-penalty-box breakaways, what have you, if one of those goes in, maybe it’s a different game in the opposite direction. But the Sound Tigers struggled to get out of their zone. Again, they didn’t give up goals on those long shifts; they just didn’t get themselves into the flow of the game. Eric Tangradi’s hat trick, two fortuitous bounces and a deflection for a guy who got himself to the net and stayed there, was enough.

Maybe they can build off the third period. They’ll be back at it in 20 hours.

….

Max MacKay’s pro debut. He got a power-play shift (he’d gotten a look there at practice; had Bridgeport’s lone second-period shot there for a while) and spotted in as they went down to three lines in the third. “I thought he played very well,” Pellerin said. “He competed hard. He was physical. I thought he brought energy.”

Pellerin said Ullstrom is a possibility for Saturday; just an extra day. “It’s a situation where he hadn’t been on the ice much the last two weeks,” Pellerin said. “It was my decision to make sure that, when he goes in, he’s prepared to play.”

Some talk that Mike Halmo was dumped off a first-period Penguins turnover, right before the Blair Riley hooking penalty that turned into the second Tangradi goal. I didn’t see it that way, but then again I’m like a quarter-mile away here.

Prescout. Toss in that it’s Bridgeport’s Sunday opponent, too, though the Bruins play tomorrow.

Sacred Heart-AIC tomorrow at 4.

Greg Mauldin tweeted tonight that he’ll be staying in Switzerland for two more years.

The Edmonton Journal has the screencaps to prove that Abbotsford didn’t score two goals in three seconds. It scored them in two seconds. (Timekeeping, as we know, is an inexact science.) Meanwhile, Barry Brust, 18:10 away from Johnny Bower, didn’t dress tonight for the three-goalied Heat.

And sad to see “Last Resort” not get a back nine. I may enjoy the potential and the idea more than the execution, but I do enjoy it.

Over the first two periods tonight, shots at five-on-five were something like 24-5 at even strength.

Now, like I said there, it looked like they might’ve shorted Bridgeport a shot or two at the end of the period. But it wasn’t like Bridgeport was giving itself a lot of chances to win.

All four goals on the power play; the box looks like a special-teams game. It wasn’t. It was an even-strength game. And at even strength, until the third period, it was all Penguins. Well, mostly Penguins. Bridgeport had some good shifts in the first period. Bridgeport had moments in the second period.

In some ways, the last two periods were a little like these last two periods, with the major exception of the interpretation of “Kevin Poulin, what the heck.” He made some brilliant saves, and it’s a different game, an uglier game for the Sound Tigers, without him tonight.

Bridgeport was somehow one bounce away from getting back into it, and if one of those odd-man rush, out-of-the-penalty-box breakaways, what have you, if one of those goes in, maybe it’s a different game in the opposite direction. But the Sound Tigers struggled to get out of their zone. Again, they didn’t give up goals on those long shifts; they just didn’t get themselves into the flow of the game. Eric Tangradi’s hat trick, two fortuitous bounces and a deflection for a guy who got himself to the net and stayed there, was enough.

Maybe they can build off the third period. They’ll be back at it in 20 hours.

….

Max MacKay’s pro debut. He got a power-play shift (he’d gotten a look there at practice; had Bridgeport’s lone second-period shot there for a while) and spotted in as they went down to three lines in the third. “I thought he played very well,” Pellerin said. “He competed hard. He was physical. I thought he brought energy.”

Pellerin said Ullstrom is a possibility for Saturday; just an extra day. “It’s a situation where he hadn’t been on the ice much the last two weeks,” Pellerin said. “It was my decision to make sure that, when he goes in, he’s prepared to play.”

Some talk that Mike Halmo was dumped off a first-period Penguins turnover, right before the Blair Riley hooking penalty that turned into the second Tangradi goal. I didn’t see it that way, but then again I’m like a quarter-mile away here.

Prescout. Toss in that it’s Bridgeport’s Sunday opponent, too, though the Bruins play tomorrow.

Sacred Heart-AIC tomorrow at 4.

Greg Mauldin tweeted tonight that he’ll be staying in Switzerland for two more years.

The Edmonton Journal has the screencaps to prove that Abbotsford didn’t score two goals in three seconds. It scored them in two seconds. (Timekeeping, as we know, is an inexact science.) Meanwhile, Barry Brust, 18:10 away from Johnny Bower, didn’t dress tonight for the three-goalied Heat.

And sad to see “Last Resort” not get a back nine. I may enjoy the potential and the idea more than the execution, but I do enjoy it.