AHL Bridgeport Islanders

Dubielewicz, Sound Tigers Shutout Hartford 1-0

Published on December 7, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


BRIDGEPORT, CT - The American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, top affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, shutout the Hartford Wolf Pack 1-0 at home Sunday on the strength of a 26-save performance from rookie Goaltender Wade Dubielewicz. It was the second shutout of the season for Dubielewicz who also blanked Hartford 3-0 at home on Friday, November 28th.

With the win, the Sound Tigers extended several streaks. They are now unbeaten-in-regulation in 18 games in a row at 14-0-3-1 and ten straight home games at 7-0-2-1. The Sound Tigers are also unbeaten in any manner in their last 16 games overall at 13-0-3.

Hartford outshot the Sound Tigers 11-3 in a scoreless first period, but the Sound Tigers turned things around with a 14-5 advantage in the middle frame. And, it looked like the score would remain knotted at zeros into the intermission until Cail MacLean notched his second goal of the season with 37.1 seconds left in the second period off assists from Kevin Colley and Rob Collins.

Hartford outshot the Sound Tigers 10-3 in the third period and finished with a 26-20 advantage overall but Dubielewicz was equal to the task on every shot earning the first star of the game. MacLean was the second star while Colley was the third. Hartford Goaltender Jason LaBarbera, who entered the game tied for the AHL lead with four shutouts, made 19 saves. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 4 on the power play. The Wolf Pack were 0 for 3.

The Sound Tigers will host the Utah Grizzlies at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard this Wednesday, December 10th at 7:05 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM and at www.soundtigers.com. They will visit the Philadelphia Phantoms Friday and return home to host the Manchester Monarchs Saturday and Utah again next Sunday.

Sound Tigers individual-game tickets are on sale at the Harbor Yard box office Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., Saturday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and on all game days, as well as on-line at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 203-368-1000.

Information regarding Sound Tigers season tickets, partial plans, flex packs, group discounts, birthday parties, suite packages and sponsorship opportunities is available by calling 203-334-GOAL or logging on to www.soundtigers.com.

Groups, organizations, companies, etc. that are interested in having a member of the Sound Tigers appear at an event are also invited to call 203-334-GOAL or email info@soundtigers.com.

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