Monthly Archive for November, 2017

: November, 2017

Goin’ upstate: Thursday notes

Bridgeport didn’t skate today, hitting the road directly for Utica. (Prescout; won three in a row.) Two trades of note this morning: Jersey got Sami Vatanen from the Ducks for Adam Henrique and Joe

‘Bout the same: Wednesday notes

Team won’t skate tomorrow before hitting the road to Utica, so our last look at them for a couple of days. They looked the same. Brent Thompson likes what they’re giving him. Can’t blame him. Aaron

Bourques all over: Tuesday notes

Sunday at Giant Center was going to be cool for Ryan Bourque one way or the other. Then the two goals happened. Then the win happened. Then he was named first star. “I looked down at the paper, and

Trip continues: Hershey liveblog

No Hershey for us. (Brent Thompson did chirp us Friday night, saying Hershey’s only an hour further than Lehigh Valley, and yeah, Tommer, if I had a nickel for every time I’ve said that…) Again,

‘That’s two,’ Dal Colle/BST edition: Lehigh Valley postgame

So is that second Bridgeport goal tonight a monkey off Michael Dal Colle’s back? “Yeah, you want to score,” he said. “Obviously was a little bit since my last goal. I’m not gonna lie: It was nice to

No losing hockey: Lehigh Valley pregame

You lose sports as you age. It’s only natural. You get busy, life happens, and when it’s a toss-up between the Knicks and your volleyball notebook, well, sorry, Sprewell. Then the next time you tune

Fourth and long: Hartford postgame

Always love a fourth-line kinda game, this one with the added bonus of it being, really, a four-line game. “They really don’t change night to night,” Brent Thompson said. “They’re physical. They play

Back without Bernier: Hartford pregame

Steve Bernier remains under the weather, is the word from downstairs, so Casey Bailey moves up to his spot, Stephen Gionta moves into Bailey’s, and Josh Holmstrom moves back in. It’s the first time

Midwestern geography: Wednesday notes

Bridgeport did indeed take the day off. They’re back at it tomorrow. We will be back at something else, so we’ll catch up Friday. Happy Thanksgiving. Worcester went out to Wheeling and lost in a

Bricked: Tuesday notes

The newsiest bit of the day is that I sat down in the press box this morning, turned my work computer on and nothing happened. Fun times, people. Guess Sunday was the death rattle. So pardon if this