“No changes,” Brent Thompson said. No changes? “Unchanged.” Gudlevskis? “No changes.” Got it.
Springfield lost goalie Samuel Montembeault to Florida after James Reimer got hurt last night, so Evan Cowley gets the nod with Branden Komm up from Manchester to back up. Springfield also released Cornell F. Buckles this week, a highly disappointing development.
BRIDGEPORT
F: Eansor – St. Denis – Ho-Sang
Bourque-Stevens-Bernier (A)
K.Jones-C.Jones-Bailey
Schempp-B.Holmstrom (C)-J.Holmstrom
D: Lafranchise-Cullity
Wotherspoon-Burroughs
Helgeson (A)-Vande Sompel
(Cornell-scratch)
G: Gudlevskis
Gibson
SPRINGFIELD
F: Mamin-Lammikko-Grenier
Hunt-Valk-Hawryluk
Horvat (A)-Balisy (A)-Wittchow
Farnham-Aagaard-Greco
(Chase-scratch)
D: Bystrom-Fortunus
Erixon-Brown (A)
Hamilton-Fayne
G: Cowley
Komm
R: R.Anderson, Schlittenhardt. L: N.Briganti, E.Ernst.
Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Cornell, Toews (shoulder), Gionta (upper), Kubiak.