So in this odd season when they battle for life and struggle against teams in last place, Bridgeport sweeps the de facto Calder Cup champs. Goals for Scott Campbell, Nino Niederreiter (PP) and, in overtime, Brock Nelson, tying Rhett Rakhshani’s team rookie record of 24 goals. Assists on all three to Matt Donovan.
Matt Watkins left in the third on what Lindsay Kramer saw as knee-to-knee contact; the team says he’ll be evaluated tomorrow for a lower-body injury. (Here’s Lindsay’s gamer.)
Edit after a closer look at the box: The Crunch wanted a tripping call on the play that turned into Nelson’s winner. Turned out they hadn’t had a power play since the first period, and that was a delay of game call. Referee: Chris Ciamaga, who disallowed the goal last Saturday against the Whale for Persson’s interference minor.
Winners that mattered in this race: Norfolk (no help for Bridgeport), Manchester (not really helpful), Binghamton (helpful), Providence (that helps). The Sound Tigers are 11th, four out of a playoff spot with four to play while everyone else of note has five. They’re five out of seventh (Hartford), four out of eighth (now Norfolk alone), two out of ninth (Hershey), the tiebreaker out of 10th (Manchester, who’ll still have something to say). They’ll ride out the weekend. The win assures that Tuesday’s game will at the very least still be meaningful.
The spam bombardment continues. I am positive I will miss somebody’s real comment deleting it all, and I apologize in advance for that.
Meanwhile, Ken Schott on the EZAC and its moment of glory. Looking forward to it.
And RIP, Jonathan Winters.