First of five Portland visits this year; Matt Carkner and James Wright are out, with Jared Gomes and apparently Loic Leduc in. Not positive if Wright’s absence is related to his absence late in the first last night.
The Pirates wore white last night in Providence; not sure if that’s why they’re in white and Bridgeport’s in blue tonight, but either way, fine with that. The A’s are Bridgeport’s regulars on the road, Whitney and Kearns.
Got myself turned around a time or four on Portland’s fourth-line rushes, but I think this is roughly it.
BRIDGEPORT
F: Whitney (A)-Kearns (A)-Collberg
Vaive-Quine-Beck
Johnston-Holmstrom (C)-Florek
Gomes-C.Jones-Halmo
D: Pelech-Mayfield
Czuczman-Pulock
Graham-Leduc
(Finn-scratch)
G: Williams
Gibson
PORTLAND
F: Wilson (A)-Schremp-Grimaldi
Rau-McKegg-Harper
McFarland-B.Olson-Flick
Turgeon-Megan-Simpson
(Balisy-scratch)
D: Matheson-Regner (C)
Gaunce (A)-Weegar
Racine-Acolatse
G: Brittain
McKenna
R: McIsaac, Leblanc. L: Gawryletz, Kiriakos.
This should be the (round-numbered) box.
Think this is linesman Brandon Gawryletz’s first Bridgeport appearance. NHL hire.
Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Petrov (broken left foot), Carkner, Wright (upper body?), apparently Finn