No Smith today for this big one, which could put the Sound Tigers back even (well, down a game in hand) with the Devils, and which they’ll need if the season-series tiebreaker matters.
Marcinko and Figren back in. Rechlicz out.
And while we get ready for it, here’s something Tyler Haskins said last night:
“There’s no better time to be playing. The weather’s getting nice. There’s no better time for hockey.”
BRIDGEPORT
F: Reich (A)-Mauldin-Joensuu
Bentivoglio-Radja-Martin
Haley-Haskins-Bourbeau
Morency-Marcinko-Figren
D: Witt (A)-Gleed
Friesen-Wotton (C)
Motherwell-Gannon
G: Lawson
Munroe
LOWELL
F: Swift-Walter-Halischuk
Davis-Sestito-Perkovich
Snetsinger-McIntyre-Gionta (C)
Robitaille-Mills (A)-Palmieri
(Castonguay-scratch)
D: Magnan (A)-Murphy
Taormina-Eckford
Davison-Corrente
G: McKenna
Frazee
R: G.Hebert. L: Libett, MacDonald.
Meanwhile, a little pregame entertainment, as Jim Playfair does what some of you are thinking. (Pick it up around 2:25. Box score, if curious.)