Same again: Syracuse pregame

Straight-same lineup for Bridgeport once again. Thought we might see Kristers Gudlevskis against his old mates, but not so. (Not that Christopher Gibson was the issue last night at all.) Didn’t get to see Brent Thompson before the game, so any updates on the walking wounded will wait till later.

First and only Syracuse visit this season; return of Carter Verhaeghe. After a 10-game point streak that ended in mid-January, the Crunch have sputtered a bit of late and fallen to fourth as Utica has surged. Three-in-three with a bus ride for Syracuse, which should help Bridgeport. No Alex Gallant. They have a lot of defensemen dressed and appeared to rush them all in some way, shape or form. Apologies when this is inevitably hilariously wrong.

BRIDGEPORT
F: Bourque-St. Denis-Bernier (A)
Dal Colle-Stevens-Bailey
K.Jones – C.Jones – Gionta
Gaudreau-B.Holmstrom (C)-J.Holmstrom
(Schempp-scratch)
D: Lafranchise-Cullity
Wotherspoon-Burroughs
Helgeson (A)-Cornell
G: Gibson
Gudlevskis

SYRACUSE
F: Bournival (A)-Lynch (A)-Condra (C)
Verhaeghe-Cirelli-Joseph
Archambault-Stephens-Volkov
Yan-Tammela-Walcott
D: McNeill-McBain
Masin-Cernak
Bodie-Thomas
(Spencer-scratch)
G: Pasquale
Ingram

R: C.Syvret, Sitarski. L: N.Briganti, Hejna.

This should be the box.

Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Toews (shoulder), Vande Sompel (upper), Eansor (ill), Ho-Sang (upper), apparently Schempp.

Michael Fornabaio