Except for starting Kevin Poulin, Bridgeport’s lineup remains the same from last night’s win.
For Providence, Linus Arnesson, the Bruins’ second-round pick in 2013 and just over from Sweden, makes his North American debut, a bit of a surprise, as Mark Divver noted earlier. One to scratch; looked like Frank Vatrano. It was.
BRIDGEPORT
F: Persson-Jeffrey-Collberg
Mouillierat (A)-Quine-Halmo (A)
Gillies-Sundstrom-McMillan
Louis-Langkow-Vaughan
D: Ness (C)-Pulock
Pelech-Mayfield
Czuczman-Reinhart
G: Poulin
Simpson
PROVIDENCE
F: Stuart (A)-Khokhlachev-Griffith
Florek-Cherniwchan-Flick
Carey-Werek-Phillips
Kane-Sexton-Randell
(Vatrano-scratch)
D: Morrow-Casto
Arnesson-Trotman
Cross (A)-Simonelli
G: Smith
Subban
R: Hanson. L: Simeon, Galvin.
Until today (Darien 1, Greenwich 0, and holy cro, Will Massie), the last public school not named Hamden to win a Connecticut Division I state championship was Simsbury in 2003. On that team? Providence defenseman Tommy Cross, coached by his dad.