AHL Bridgeport Islanders

Sound Tigers Beat Phantoms in Shootout Again

Published on January 19, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Bridgeport Sound Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phantoms in a shootout for the second time in as many meetings between the East Division foes, Friday night in Philadelphia. The Sound Tigers prevailed 3-2 before 8,556 fans at Wachovia Spectrum to improve to 17-17-1-4 and the Phantoms slipped to 15-22-1-3. Jeff Tambellini scored in regulation and netted the only shootout tally, scoring in the first round. Goaltender Wade Dubielewicz denied each of Philadelphia's five shooters.

Tambellini scored his shootout goal against Philly goaltender Scott Munroe who started the game. Munroe was injured during the first round of the shootout and had to be replaced by Martin Houle who came off the bench and was sharp, stopping all four shots in the Phantoms' losing effort.

The Sound Tigers scored twice in a span of 2:03 in the third period to overcome a 1-0 deficit only to see the Phantoms force overtime with a goal late in regulation.

Jeff Tambellini and Peter Ferraro scored the Sound Tiger goals after Philadelphia's Eric Meloche opened the scoring with an unassisted goal at 15:09 of the first period. Tambellini's team-leading 20th goal of the campaign was assisted by Robert Nilsson and Allan Rourke at 6:41 of the third. Ferraro's ninth goal came on a redirection of Tomas Malec's shot at 8:44. Malec earned his first point as a Sound Tiger and Blake Comeau added an assist on the play. Tony Voce evened the score at 2-2 with a power play tally at 17:50 of the third. Lars Jonsson and Munroe assisted the overtime-forcing goal.

After a five minute overtime, the Sound Tigers went to a shootout for the third time in their last five games. Dubielewicz has allowed just two goals on 14 shootout opportunities in that trio of games, including a 2-1 win over Philly on Jan. 10 and a 4-3 loss to Providence on Jan. 14. The Sound Tigers are now 4-4 in shootouts this season and have alternated losses and wins each time they have a shootout.

The Phantoms had 38 shots on goal to the Sound Tigers' 31 through regulation and overtime. The Sound Tigers were 0-for-3 on the power play and the Phantoms went 1-for-6 on the man advantage. Bridgeport's Frans Nielsen had his franchise record-tying points streak snapped at 12 consecutive games.

The Sound Tigers visit Hershey on Saturday and return to the Arena at Harbor Yard to host the Binghamton Senators on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Great seats are available at the Arena at Harbor Yard Box Office. For schedule and ticket information, including group discount opportunities, visit soundtigers.com or call 334-4625.

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