Curve, strike one

At least in the Dewey Decimal System-arranged stacks, there are only about 15 hockey books in the Hershey Public Library. I can’t tell you how depressed that makes me.

Anyway, I’ll get over it. The Sound Tigers must hope they’re over Wednesday’s high-stick debacle. (They have seemed OK.)

BRIDGEPORT
F: Reich (A)-Mauldin (A)-Joensuu
Smith-Radja-Rakhshani
Bentivoglio-Haskins-Martin
Haley-Marcinko-Figren
D: Kohn-Flood
Wotton (C)-Gleed
MacDonald-Reese
G: Lawson
Munroe

HERSHEY
F: Giroux-Aucoin (A)-Gordon
Bouchard-Wilson-Rome
Bourque-Perreault-Beagle
Kane (A)-Joudrey-Pinizzotto
(G.McNeill-scratch)
D: Amadio-Helmer (C)
Alzner-Collins
Wellar-P.McNeill
G: Neuvirth
Holtby

R: R.Fraser. L: Carnathan, Hamilton.

Garth Snow shed little light on the Koskinen recall. “I have my reasons,” he said, not willing to go into what those might be.

Meanwhile, about 15 miles west of here, Stephen Strasburg, last year’s No. 1 pick, is scheduled to make his first home start for the Harrisburg Senators. Could be around 21,000 people at pro sporting events tonight in the area.

Michael Fornabaio