Monthly Archive for February, 2013

: February, 2013

Ever closer (to something)

The Sound Tigers welcomed a group of youngsters from St. Vincent’s Special Needs Services today, which is always neat. As they did last year, a bunch of players stayed afterward to take a bunch of the

News before practice

Day begins with a change of forwards: Bridgeport sends Max MacKay to Wheeling and signs Las Vegas forward Adam Huxley to a PTO. Huxley’s numbers suggest he may help fill Brett Gallant’s role for as

Midweek, no game (edit: Jackson signs)

Edit: Strike the last PTO from the list. His 25 games were scheduled to be up Sunday, but Dallas Jackson has signed an AHL SPC for the rest of the year, according to the AHL’s transactions. Got a few

You mean the goalie

There was a potentially huge addition for the Sound Tigers on the ice today at Wonderland, on early. Johan Sundstrom got through the pre-practice skate OK. The plan is for him to skate again tomorrow

Coin flips

Can’t fault the defensive effort. Can’t fault the PK. Sure can’t fault the goaltending. They got one. So did Wilkes-Barre. Pretty much how Wilkes-Barre games go, but still. And they haven’t won in six

Finishing up

The weekend wraps with the Penguins, as Tom Kostopoulos returns in a WBS sweater for the first time since Mike Therrien complained about Bridgeport holding him in the leadup to the 2004 playoffs.

Getting late early

Look, as Jon Landry said tonight, it may be getting toward that point where it’s do-or-die, “but there’s still life.” A good five-game winning streak counterbalances this five-game losing streak and

Tonight, or 10 years ago

On the Sound Tigers’ roster right now are Rick DiPietro, Stephen Valiquette and Dusan Salficky Kenny Reiter, the last of whom is expected to start tonight against Manchester. DiPietro cleared waivers

Throwback Friday

When I think back on Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, I think of one thing. And yes, it’s Dieter Kochan’s forgetting that Rick DiPietro is a lefty and walking into one. But if there’s something else… It’s Ken

Throwback Friday

When I think back on Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, I think of one thing. And yes, it’s Dieter Kochan’s forgetting that Rick DiPietro is a lefty and walking into one. But if there’s something else… It’s Ken