Jaroslav Halak, whose performance here has drawn attention in Canada, gets his 11th start tonight in the Springfield rematch, looking to extend his own winning streak to seven. Tweaks on the Bridgeport side include Jesse Graham in for Loic Leduc and Colin Markison evidently in for Josh Holmstrom. The Tanner Fritz/Kellen Jones swap stands. Without Brody Sutter, injured here the other night, Springfield moves Graham Black to his spot and inserts Dryden Hunt, just back up from Manchester.
Our old bud Jamie Palatini filling in on PA tonight, and he has a couple of the same problems I do.
BRIDGEPORT
F: Rowe-Kearns (A)-Fritz
Dal Colle – Winquist – Ho-Sang
St. Denis-C.Jones-K.Jones
Johnston-B.Holmstrom (C)-Markison
(J.Holmstrom-scratch)
D: Lafranchise-Pulock
Toews-Burroughs
Landry (A)-Graham
G: Halak
Williams
SPRINGFIELD
F: Horvat (A)-Rau-Acolatse
Balisy-Malgin-Thompson (A)
Greco-Black-Hawryluk
Hunt-Lammikko-Robinson
D: McCoshen-Weegar (A)
Wittchow-Brown
Downing-McIlrath
(MacKenzie-scratch)
G: Berra
McKenna
R: Voss, Pontes. L: Nagy, K.Briganti.
Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Gibson (lower body), Cullity (lower body), Leduc, Bernier (upper body), Boulton, apparently J.Holmstrom.
First Bridgeport game for Chris Pontes, ex-SPHL and Central League defenseman. For no reason whatsoever, gonna leave this here.