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Aaron Ness returns, again: Hershey Game 5 pregame

Nothing really new for Bridgeport; same lineup for the deciding game as in Game 4. Something very new for Hershey: Aaron Ness returns, eight days after being taken off this ice on a stretcher.

Hershey Game 3 (Hershey 2, Bridgeport 1)

Game 1: Bridgeport 3, Hershey 2 (2OT) Game 2: Hershey 2, Bridgeport 0 Game 3: Hershey 2, Bridgeport 1 (R: Ross, Tufts / L: Waleski, George) (Hershey leads series 2-1) Game 4: Thursday at Hershey, 7

More or less: Monday notes

Nothing outlandishly different at Sound Tigers practice this morning. The lines were a bit mixed up from how they’d been the first couple of games of the series, but not unrecognizably, and there’s at

Out-somethinged: Hershey Game 2 postgame

Three people gave three subtly different answers on what was different tonight from last night. Out-detailed. Outworked. Working smarter, not harder. It was a lot of little things “I think we can

St. Denis suspended: Hershey Game 2 pregame

Travis St. Denis gets a one-game suspension for sending Aaron Ness to the hospital. If you play by the old “one playoff game=two regular-season games” standby for suspensions, it’s roughly in line

Happy playoffs: Hershey Game 1 pregame

The NHL has its effect quickly, with Devante Smith-Pelly called up from Hershey to replace the injured T.J. Oshie. Meanwhile, the Islanders won’t need to make a move at the moment, but Johnny Boychuk

Bridgeport vs. Hershey

Bridgeport finally clinched second place in the Atlantic Division, and though it took a few minutes to get everybody ready to announce it, there is a schedule: Friday: Game 1 at Bridgeport Saturday:

Facing elimination (update: Eliminated): Toronto Game 3 liveblog

Bridgeport, as you may have gathered from all those posts about playoff futility this week, is 2-7 all-time when facing elimination. (Well, two posts, I guess. It feels like more because my punk

On the road, in the air: Wednesday notes

As we’re told, everybody but the long-term injured guys (Whitney, Rowe, Vaive) was expected to make the trip. They’re supposed to be practicing this afternoon; see if anything sounds different. The

Who’s here, who’s not: Tuesday notes

Edit, 1 p.m.: About five minutes after I posted this and left Harbor Yard, the Islanders announced they’ve sent Christopher Gibson back to Bridgeport. Timing. During what could be the last Sound