Bridgeport gets point in shootout loss
December 13, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Although the Bridgeport Sound Tigers got a point, the Hershey Bears won the game, securing a 2-1 victory on Sunday night at Webster Bank Arena.
Ryan Pulock's one timer fed by Jesse Graham was not enough to secure the win for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers fell 2-0 in the shootout to the Hershey Bears. Christopher Gibson made some huge saves for third star honors with 28 stops in the loss.
The Sound Tigers went 4-for-5 on the penalty kill and 1-for-8 on the power play.
The game started off slow until 6:34 into the first when the action started. Scott Mayfield delivered a huge check that sent a Hershey Bear to the ground. As a result, he took a trip to the sin bin for elbowing. The Bears had a few good looks but the game stayed scoreless.
The penalties continued less than four minutes later when Mike Halmo was hit hard from behind that resulted in Liam O'Brien to the box for roughing which gave Bridgeport their first power play of the night. The penalty expired without any goals.
O'Brien was a frequent visitor to the penalty box with his third of the night when he boarded Kevin Czuczman that sent the Sound Tigers to their fourth power play of the night at 10:20.
17 seconds later Graham passed to Pulock who wound up a slap shot from the point for the first goal of the game. Joe Whitney also picked up a helper. Graham's assist puts him at a five-game point streak.
Adam Pelech then got in trouble for interference at 15:24 into the second. 11 seconds later Bracken Kearns was tripped by Travis Boyd and crashed into Justin Peters. With a 3-on-1 opportunity on the power play Taylor Beck got a good chance but Peters was ready.
Things got scrappy when Scott Mayfield's shot through traffic was almost put back by Beck who was in Peters' crease. A few punches were thrown to result in a Hershey power play.
13 seconds after the penalty kill began, Sean Collins deflected in Chris Bourque's shot right in front of the crease for his third of the season to make the game a 1-1 tie.
No further action occurred in regulation so overtime was needed.
During overtime, Chris Bourque nearly ended the game with a feed from Connor Carrick that beat Gibson but hit the crossbar.
The shootout did not fair as well for the Sound Tigers with a miss from Whitney and a save on Beck. For the Bears, Carrick scored five hole and Boyd somehow found an opening and the win for Hershey's first shootout victory of the season.
The Sound Tigers take a trip to Providence to take on the Bruins on Friday. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
• Discuss this story on the American Hockey League message board...
American Hockey League Stories from December 13, 2015
- Griffins Overcome 3-0 Deficit in Iowa to Win 11th Straight, 4-3 in OT - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Gravel Scores Game Winner in 2-1 Overtime Victory over Barracuda - Ontario Reign
- Barracuda Can't Hold on in 2-1 Overtime Loss in Ontario - San Jose Barracuda
- Manitoba Moose Post Game Report - Manitoba Moose
- Griffins Win 11th Straight, Beat Wild 4-3 in OT - Iowa Wild
- Bridgeport gets point in shootout loss - Bridgeport Islanders
- Rampage Outshined by Stars 3-2 - San Antonio Rampage
- Bears Battle Back to Defeat Sound Tigers - Hershey Bears
- Stars Outduel Rampage for 3-2 Road Win - Texas Stars
- Toronto Marlies Post Game Notes - Toronto Marlies
- Admirals Take Down Moose - Milwaukee Admirals
- IceHogs to Host Outdoor Practice in Belvidere - Rockford IceHogs
- Comets Furious Late Rally Downs North Leading Marlies - Utica Comets
- Wolf Pack Doubled up by Providence 4-2 - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Tampa Bay Lightning Recall Andrei Vasilevskiy, Reassign Kristers Gudlevskis to Syracuse Crunch - Syracuse Crunch
- IceHogs Assign Ciampini to Indy - Rockford IceHogs
- Reign and Barracuda Meet on Star Wars Day at Citizens Business Bank Arena - Ontario Reign
- Ontario Reign Game Preview: Reign and Barracuda Meet on Star Wars Day at Citizens Business Bank Aren - Ontario Reign
- Griffins Snap IceHogs Five-Game Win Streak - Rockford IceHogs
- Zykov Shines in 3-1 Victory over Condors - Ontario Reign
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
