Monthly Archive for November, 2007

: November, 2007

Break out

Unlike the last time Bridgeport came here, it didn’t have a good start, it didn’t pepper Jeff Glass with even-strength shots from all over. This time, it could barely get out of its own zone for 20

Jackals in bus accident

Elmira was in an accident early this morning on the way home from Cincinnati. Best wishes to the driver, who seems to have suffered the worst injuries. —- Brennan and Fata practiced in the morning.

Midweek workout

Darryl Bootland took part in practice today and appeared to make out OK. Hope he did, because it ended with a good workout: goal line to blue line, five pushups, back to goal line; goal line to far

Walking wounded

Bad luck for Pascal Morency, who needed surgery to clean out that wound on his hand. Apparently Jake Taylor’s tooth got all the way down to cartilage between the knuckles, and an infection was

A city exhales

(or, “First Cut is the Deepest”) OK, I went and looked it up, so here it is. The Sound Tigers didn’t lose four games in five nights at all through their first three and a half seasons. Since then,

You again…

Here’s where I go, and here’s where I bucked the trend and picked Jamie Johnson first star tonight: There’s about 20 seconds left in the first, and Bridgeport maybe isn’t coming, but they’re in the

Capping off

The brass was in town, and they wanted to talk afterwards, and, well, they take precedence sometimes. So two little bits that didn’t make the gamer: –Shawn Bates’ conditioning assignment is indeed

Gabby, Gabby, we accept you…

As Stan mentioned, Bruce Boudreau gets his first NHL shot, at least on an interim basis. Assistant Bob Woods takes over the Bears for now. BST practiced; word is status quo. St. Joseph 23, Trumbull 8.

Standings point

This is the latest into a season that a Sound Tigers team has ever finished a day in last place in their division. They dropped within two points of last-place Albany a couple of times in February

No turkeys

(Keepin’ it short… Have to churn out the advance and be at St. Joseph in a frighteningly short period of time…) The biggest difference between Saturday and tonight, from up here, was that Saturday, it