No Josh Ho-Sang: As Brent Thompson said yesterday, so it’s said today, out sick. No Mitch Vande Sompel, which wasn’t apparent yesterday; apparently soreness. Mike Cornell’s in for him. A few other ins and outs. Parker Wotherspoon took warmup but appears to be out.
For Belleville, Filip Gustavsson plays his first AHL game since Feb. 9; he has been both up and down since then. Ottawa sent Erik Brannstrom down this afternoon, but doesn’t look like he’s in.
BRIDGEPORT
F: C.Bourque-Koivula-Bernier (A)
St. Denis-Lorito-Bellows
R.Bourque- Kubiak-Jones
Eansor-Stevens-Gionta
D: Aho-Casto
Helgeson (A)-Burroughs (C)
Cornell-Rathgeb
(Wotherspoon-scratch)
G: Gibson
Smith
BELLEVILLE
F: Paul-Brown-Batherson
Abramov-Chlapik-Rodewald
Tambellini-Balisy-Archibald (A)
LaBate-O’Brien-Fyten
D: Murray-Goloubef (A)
Falk-Burgdoerfer (C)
Englund-Elliott
(Carlisle-scratch)
G: Gustavsson
Hogberg
R: Schrader, Mayer. L: Galvin, Pincus.
Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Hutton, Vande Sompel (soreness), apparently Wotherspoon (upper), Ho-Sang (sick), B.Holmstrom (veteran), Sislo (veteran).
Scoreboard watching: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Lehigh Valley (and because of this the magic number can’t get below nine tonight); Hershey at Cleveland; Binghamton at Providence; Hartford at Charlotte; Laval at Springfield.