Monthly Archive for March, 2016

: March, 2016

Positive options: Thursday notes

Optional, but fairly well-attended, at Wonderland. (Though with eight skating scratches, it’d be hard not to be well-attended, I guess… moving on.) Marc-Andre Cliche and Kyle Burroughs skated again,

New faces, same faces: Wednesday notes

Not expecting much of a different lineup this weekend, though the cast of characters got a little bigger today with the arrival of Kyle Schempp, who arrived the dressing room about 10 minutes after

Sure shots: Portland postgame

“At the end of the day, we’re a team that has to shoot the puck,” Brent Thompson said. “We’re going to generate chances getting the puck on net and winning the hard areas.” Um, yeah. It’s a special

Good morning/Schempp signs: Portland pregame

It’s early. But it’s an easy one to get up for. Winner’s in fourth. Bridgeport is, in fact, again without Justin Vaive (upper body). Sebastian Collberg is in for Carter Verhaeghe, with accompanying

Road practice: Tuesday notes

Practice today at Ingalls Rink (site of legendary March performances by the likes of Kevin Robinson, Nick Bonino, Jake Fuss, Will Massie) for reported reasons of ice availability. Connor Jones didn’t

Game-In-Hand Night: scoreboard watch

The Sound Tigers were the only Eastern Conference team idle tonight, which gave the rest of the conference a chance to catch up in games played. It didn’t turn out to be a particularly great night for

Feeling (bar) Down: Hartford postgame

“It was an obvious goal, that goal that was disallowed,” Mike Halmo said. “At the same time, we had ample chances.” Well, that was easy. See you Tuesday. ….. (Been a while since I pulled that one

Keep scratchin’: Hartford pregame

While that basketball tournament keeps them out of their home, the Sound Tigers have been to Maine and back and now come up to the capital. They’ll be without Justin Vaive tonight; upper body, Brent

Juha, Wotherspoon on ATOs

Bridgeport has added two more defensemen on amateur tryouts: draft pick Parker Wotherspoon, as discussed yesterday, and Penn State senior Luke Juha, Eamon McAdam’s teammate, off a 24-point season.

McAdam in and, oh, a game: Portland pregame

The crease got a little more crowded today: The Islanders announced they’ve signed Penn State goalie Eamon McAdam to his entry-level deal, and he’ll join the Sound Tigers on an ATO. He’s one of a few