Sound Tigers picture day this morning. The team photos used to hang in the dressing room; they used to be on giveaway posters. Feels like we don’t see them so often anymore. Disappointing.
Anyway. So they were in early. I left home to wet roads and light snow, and I got to Bridgeport to a half a blizzard. Fun. (More fun going home after taking about an inch and a half of snow in about an hour and a half.) But now it seems like it’s over, so apparently I was out in precisely the worst three-hour window for this thing? Great.
Anyway. Bridgeport picked up a new defenseman, Tyler Mueller, a lefty coming off four years at UMass Lowell, where he was captain. Amateur tryout. More in the paper tomorrow. Had heard rumblings of his name on the weekend and threw his name off a scout; he’d seen Mueller and thinks he’ll be a solid ATO guy. To be determined if and when he gets in, Brent Thompson said.
Mueller is assigned No. 43, which for over seven years had the weird distinction of having been worn by one and only one forward (Peter Tsimikalis, 2006), one and only one defenseman (Chris Lee in his one-game first Bridgeport stint at Albany, 2007) and one and only one goalie (Marty Biron on conditioning, 2010). That ended last year with Parker Wotherspoon’s second spring, and now I guess it has become Young Defenseman’s Number.
The group otherwise was exactly as it ended Sunday, same defense pairs, forwards as such but with Michael Dal Colle swapped with Scott Eansor.
A game to follow every night the rest of the week. Tuesday’s Scoreboard Watching: Wilkes-Barre at Charlotte I. Bridgeport could be anywhere from five to nine points behind the Checkers by the end of the night tomorrow, but with three games in hand. (On the other hand, if the Checkers won both in regulation, Bridgeport would be eight points behind the Penguins with three head-to-heads remaining. The Pens would have a game in hand.)
And of course don’t forget Bridgeport plays Thursday at home, rescheduled from Saturday night (now occupied by a Kevin Hart show that’s reportedly sold well). Ticket deal available for Thursday. Rochester’s Justin Bailey will have to sit that one out, the league announced.
The ECHL made St. John’s official this morning, losing Quad City.
And RIP, Ib Jorgensen, a kind man and a fine soccer coach on top of being a Danish hero.