Watched back the goals from last night’s debacle in Providence. Yipes. Turnovers, failed clears, wide-open seams (twice back-to-back, utilized the second time), screens, unmolested tips of unmolested shots…
It’s a new day, apparently. See if they can get it done this time. A few ins and outs, as usual. Oliver Wahlstrom back in; Bobo Carpenter back out.
Providence (which also plays tomorrow, at home against Utica) sent Anton Blidh and Jeremy Lauzon up to the Boston Bruins this morning. Their banged-up, recall-ravaged lineup put up eight last night. It’s a new day; see what they can do for an encore.
BRIDGEPORT
F: C.Bourque – Koivula – Ho-Sang
Bellows-Lorito-Bernier (A)
St. Denis-Kubiak-Wahlstrom
R.Bourque-Jones-Gionta
D: Aho-Burroughs
Vande Sompel-Hutton
Helgeson (A)-Casto
(Wotherspoon-scratch)
G: Gibson
Smith
PROVIDENCE
F: Carey (A)-Szwarz (C)-McNeill
Cehlarik-Smith-Fitzgerald
Koppanen – Forsbacka Karlsson – Stempniak (A)
Marchin-Pond-Doherty
D: Zboril-Percy
Johansson-Zech
Sherman-Berglund
G: Vladar
McIntyre
R: Blandina, Jenken. L: M.Baker, N.Briganti.
Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Rathgeb, apparently Wotherspoon, Carpenter, Eansor, B.Holmstrom (veteran), Sislo (veteran/lower), Stevens.
Scoreboard watching: Laval 5, Hershey 2 (home-ice magic number: 7); Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Lehigh Valley (playoff magic numbers: still 2). Providence magic number: Still 5.
First Bridgeport appearance for Ryan Jenken, but the Sound Tigers had him in Laval in November.