AHL Bridgeport Islanders

Sound Tigers Come Back, Nip Phantoms

Published on March 10, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Bridgeport Sound Tigers erupted for five third period goals to come from behind and defeat the visiting Philadelphia Phantoms 5-4 before 4,348 fans at the Arena at Harbor Yard on Saturday night. The Sound Tigers improved to 29-26-1-5 and maintained their lead in the race for the East Division's fourth and final playoff spot by one point over Albany. The Phantoms, meanwhile, dropped to 24-30-2-6 and slipped eight points out of the playoff picture.

The Sound Tigers tied a franchise record with five goals in a period and in doing so ended a six game winless streak.

Eric Boguniecki had a goal and three assists to power the Sound Tigers' comeback. Down 2-0 heading into the third period, Bridgeport scored twice in a span of 59 seconds to tie the game by the 2:12 mark of the final period. Steve Regier got the Sound Tigers on the board with his 15th goal of the season just 49 seconds into the third and Jamie Johnson notched his third goal at 1:48 to tie the game. Allan Rourke fired a slap shot past Philly goaltender Scott Munroe during a power play for a 3-2 lead at 6:35. Regier set a screen in front of the net as Rourke recorded his fifth tally.

The Phantoms re-tied the game when Mark Cullen scored his 10th on the power play at 9:07. Boguniecki gave the Sound Tigers a 4-3 lead when he buried a rebound on a 5-on-3 power play at the 12:38 mark. Frans Nielsen extended the lead to 5-3 at the 17:00 mark with his 15th goal, on the power play, set up by Regier and Boguniecki.

Philadelphia's Eric Meloche scored a shorthanded goal assisted by Matt Ellison to get the Phantoms within 5-4 just 17 seconds after Nielsen's insurance marker.

Mark Wotton had a pair of assists and fellow Sound Tiger Dustin VanBallegooie recorded his second assist in just his third American Hockey League game.

Triston Grant and Newtown, Conn. native Pete Zingoni gave the Phantoms a 2-0 lead on second period goals. Philly's John Slaney had a three point night with a trio of assists.

The Phantoms were 2-for-2 on the power play and the Sound Tigers were 3-for-14 in a game loaded with penalty minutes - 146 to be exact. The Phantoms were accountable for 115 penalty minutes and most were in the waning minutes of the game.

Munroe stopped 25 of 30 shots and Sound Tiger goaltender Wade Dubielewicz kicked aside 29 of 33 shots.

The Sound Tigers entertain the Hershey Bears Sunday at 3 p.m. as they continue a weekend of three consecutive home games against Pennsylvania teams. The Stanley Cup will be on hand throughout Sunday's game, giving fans an opportunity to be photographed with hockey's "Holy Grail." Come out to the Arena at Harbor Yard for family-fun entertainment and an exciting game. Great seats are available at the Arena Box Office and group discounts are available for all home games by calling the Sound Tigers at 334-4625. If you can't make it to the game, you can still follow all of the action. Please click on "listen to the game" to hear all of the action as Phil Giubileo calls the play-by-play, or click the b2 link at the right of the main Sound Tigers Web page and subscribe to watch this year's games.

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