Rick Cohen pointed out that, but for that empty-netter at the buzzer on New Year’s Day, the Sound Tigers would have played eight consecutive 3-2 games.
Yeah, in case you haven’t noticed, they don’t score much. And that just shows even more clearly on nights like tonight.
They put 37 shots on Dany Sabourin. I’d love a good tally on how many more went wide. Two went in. Two pretty ones, but two.
“It’s not a little frustrating. It’s very frustrating,” Jesse Joensuu said. “It’s frustrating every time when you get time to play, the coach and your team let you try to win the game, it’s always frustrating. We’ve been doing this a lot.”
They have four losses this month; actually, make it five with the SOL. In four of those five, they had a lead at some point in the third period.
“You want more out of yourself,” Joensuu said. “Every teammate of mine wants more out of himself, too.”
Let’s make a point right here, as noted by Mark Wotton this week: Jesse’s kind of hard on himself. Without Joensuu and linemates Greg Mauldin and Trevor Smith, those two goals don’t happen.
But he makes a point. They’ve got to bury teams. They’ve got to bury chances. They earned those scoring chances tonight, all four lines, and only those two went in. Tip your cap to Sabourin, who’s well-known here. But still.
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(Sorry for the delayed blogging. Couldn’t take the bad phone connection anymore.)
Howard Saffan didn’t give any specifics about the team’s parting-of-ways with Matt Broyles, but he said there’s nothing interim about Len DiCostanzo’s new title. “We just felt Lenny deserved the opportunity,” Saffan said. “We promoted Lenny from Long Island, and we’re looking forward to him being part of the Sound Tigers family for a long time.”
Belatedly noted but worth a note: Jon Gleed has 11 assists in 34 games. That’s his career high for points, let alone assists, going back to college even; he didn’t have more points in any season overall, even combining the AHL/ECHL numbers. The last time he had more was his 18-year-old season for the Ontario Provincial League champion Brampton Capitals.
Point in nine straight for Joensuu. One tomorrow and we’ll bust out the list.
Anton Klementyev is back in town.
Presco….ouch. Rough one. (A 10-4 game — that was 10-1 — without a fight?) That inspired Jonathan to ask: Seven-game series pitting Hershey against the rest of the East Division. Who do you take?
If you feel like getting up early Saturday and getting yourself to Lowell for a 1:30 start, the first 2,000 fans get a Ben Walter bobblehead.
Bates Battaglia is sticking with Syracuse, Lindsay Kramer reports.
Justin Bourne on player-referee relations.
Stephan Pastis’ next Pearls Before Swine compilation goes old-school for its inspiration.
Speaking of Lens, Lennie Grimaldi has a wild story about the 1994 campaign for governor.
And an intriguing way to make sure you don’t lose your luggage (Hat tip: Marginal Revolution).