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No DeFazio/former futures watch (with late-night updates)
Word this morning that the Islanders won’t be extending a qualifying offer to Brandon DeFazio, making him an unrestricted free agent on Friday. (We have like 40 things we’re supposed to be doing, so …
Yale-Lowell lineups
(Sorry, BST folks. A few bits for yinz at the bottom.) It’s a college week ’round here. Yale and UMass Lowell coming up. I didn’t get a chance to ask Sean Backman about his Bulldogs, but I did get …
Pointing forward
They’ve been together for a long time now, and we should probably find a nickname for them, but Brandon DeFazio-Scott Campbell-Blair Riley was pretty much everywhere tonight in this nutty little game. …
Turned, twisted, swung about*
Scott Pellerin wanted to make it known, unsolicited: The language in the Brandon DeFazio press release surprised him yesterday. He’d said he’d heard nothing about a slew-foot and took exception to the …
Trial by judge
The line swap was just a little curious this morning, but it turns out there was a reason: Jack Combs was in Brandon DeFazio’s spot today because DeFazio’s suspended for the collision that injured …
Break time
Odd game. Seems like a decent start: no shots on goal. Seems like Bridgeport’s doing OK: down 1-0. Seems like it’s doing fine, getting chances: down 2-0. Scott Pellerin was a little concerned about …
Break time
Odd game. Seems like a decent start: no shots on goal. Seems like Bridgeport’s doing OK: down 1-0. Seems like it’s doing fine, getting chances: down 2-0. Scott Pellerin was a little concerned about …
McDonald named captain/DeFazio gets six (further updated)
Edit: Probably shoulda waited. Could be a newsy day. The Sound Tigers have chosen Colin McDonald as the team’s eighth captain. Casey Cizikas will wear one ‘A’, and the other will be split between Jon …
Penalties and Providence
They gave up three power-play goals in Hartford, but as Scott Pellerin said, it wasn’t really their worst PK night. Tonight was pretty good. Six Providence chances, on which Bridgeport outscored the …
Monday running: DeFazio, McDonald sign; Oleksy to Hershey
The Islanders added two more forwards this morning, both of whom played for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last year, both of whom have family ties to the state. Brandon DeFazio, as broken last night by …