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Road game: Bridgeport at Lehigh Valley (1)

Who, when, whatever: Sound Tigers at Phantoms, PPL Center, Friday, 7 p.m. Watch: AHLTV pay-per-view Listen: Mixlr audio Twitters: Alan / the Sound Tigers / Ianniello (OK, the Phantoms) / Tony

Distant relations

Howard Saffan today agreed: They won’t have many, if any, players to send to the ECHL, and there aren’t any imminent AHL-contract player signings expected to change that. Still, he said, “we still

K-zoo says affiliation over

Kalamazoo announced today that the affiliation is over. As the Sound Tigers don’t seem to have a heck of a lot of (if any) players to be farming out at this point, not sure it means much.

Friday notes

Before the Isles begin rookie camp Saturday, they made a major move Friday: The Era of Stockpiling Little Brothers of the Young Stars is over. (OK, not so major. David Toews’ rights to the Blackhawks

K-zoo/Portland notes

Brandon Svendsen back to Kalamazoo, and Darryl Bootland will rejoin his brother there as well. The Portland Pirates are set to stay put, Chris Roy reports, pending… a… bond… referendum. Portland

Thursday notes: Weight, Sifers, etc.

Tip of cap to Doug Weight, a great American hockey player. Noted a little late tonight: Stratford’s Jaime Sifers (translated) to Mannheim. Calder Cup Final begins Friday. Still think the numbers lean

Dreaded five-goal leads

There are some things you just can’t do in hockey, and spotting a team a five-goal lead, that’s surely one of them. Kalamazoo gave that to Alaska, and though the Wings started their comeback before

Two brooms (Broomes?)

Binghamton is on the verge of a sweep with tonight’s 7-1 win over Charlotte at home. Zack Smith had a hat trick. Ryan Keller had a goal and an assist. Robin Lehner had one more point than Charlotte’s

Too many Wings, too few goals

Alaska coughed up a 2-0, third-period lead to Kalamazoo tonight in Game 2 of the Kelly Cup Final. Andrew Fournier tied it with 24 seconds left and six attackers on the ice. But then the K-Wings got

Aces, counting as one

There was a moment, when it was 2-0 tonight in Alaska, where Brandon Svendsen and linemates sounded to have a little momentum going. Gerald Coleman made a save or two, and soon after, it went south on