Long week. It wraps up with a rematch, and it wraps up with the season debut of the captain. Coming out for him is Chris Bourque, who missed part of Tuesday’s practice, you may recall; may be related to that (which appears to be an upper-body issue). Also in: Otto Koivula and, in his Bridgeport debut, Chris Casto; out are Parker Wotherspoon and, apparently, Scott Eansor. The lines are, aside from Dal Colle, Jones and Ho-Sang, mixed up somewhat.
A couple of tweaks for the Amerks. They were a man short late in the game yesterday, and I thought it was Tyler Randell but got distracted; he’s out today, so maybe it was.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Smith and Garth Snow are the only goalies in Sound Tigers history with career 1-0 records at this moment. Odds are that changes by 6 tonight.
Missed Elvis and the car show outside. But Elvis supposedly comes inside later. (The warmup music has been as usual. Disappointing.)
BRIDGEPORT
F: Bellows-Fritz-Sislo
R.Bourque-St. Denis-Bernier (A)
Dal Colle – Jones – Ho-Sang
Koivula-Hitchcock-B.Holmstrom (C)
(Eansor-scratch)
D: Toews-Burroughs
Helgeson (A)-Vande Sompel
Aho-Casto
G: Smith
Gibson
ROCHESTER
F: Nylander-Porter (C)-Simpson
C.J. Smith-Criscuolo (A)-Bailey
Olofsson-Asplund-O’Regan
D.Smith-Cornel-Veilleux
D: Guhle-Redmond
Pilut-Fedun (A)
MacWilliam-Borgen
(Paetsch-scratch)
G: Wilcox
Wedgewood
R: Sandlak, Wilk. L: Ernst, B.Lyons.
Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Rathgeb, Wotherspoon, Gaudreau (lower), C.Bourque (upper), apparently Eansor.
First Bridgeport game for recently retired player, now referee, Carter Sandlak.