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Portland liveblog, Feb. 2012 edition

Son of Nighthawk? Eight points? Awesome. It’s Dean Arsene Bobblehead Night at Portland. And I’m stuck at home. Bridgeport seeks its eighth consecutive road win and to continue a 10-0-0-1 streak since

Monday notes/Tuesday chat

After today’s loss to Nashville, the Islanders sent Kevin Poulin back down. A report from Yaroslavl has Anton Klementyev joining Lokomotiv. (Saw it from Dmitry Chesnokov on Twitter.) Certainly the

Snow on Klementyev

Caught a few minutes with Garth Snow today about Anton Klementyev’s situation, which is basically unchanged; he’s suspended. “We intended to send him to the East Coast League to get him some playing

In Portland: Klementyev elsewhere

The Islanders announced this afternoon that they’re suspending Anton Klementyev for refusing an assignment to Idaho (ECHL). Brent Thompson said they wanted him to go down and play a lot, and he

Not yet

Thanks to a series of unrelated craziness, I was here way early, which meant I was here when Jeremy Colliton took his first twirl in some time. He went through a couple of light skating drills with

Back in practice/10 years later

The Islanders opened rookie camp Saturday morning. Coverage on the team’s site. The missing name: Anton Klementyev, who went to Yaroslavl for his old Lokomotiv team’s memorial service. (Lokomotiv has

Wrapping Up ’11

That time of year. The rhythms all break down. Get a little depressed, just because it feels as if there’s somewhere I’m supposed to be, except… Well, I joked with Pat Bingham on Sunday night and

Wrapping Up ’11

That time of year. The rhythms all break down. Get a little depressed, just because it feels as if there’s somewhere I’m supposed to be, except… Well, I joked with Pat Bingham on Sunday night and

On Sweden and injuries

You may have seen this report on Monday that several Swedish teams have interest in Robin Figren. Asked him about the report this morning. “I heard,” Figren said. “I’ve got nothing really to say about

Bridgeport wins! That’s right, wins!*

So that’s three games this week, and three games where someone has snapped a long scoring drought. Today, Wednesday’s guy buried three more. And the guy breaking the drought Sunday? Only scored the