AHL Bridgeport Islanders

Sound Tigers drop weekend pair in Norfolk

Published on January 10, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Sound Tigers lost two games on the road to the Norfolk Admirals this past weekend, falling 5-2 Friday and 4-3 Saturday. They finished last week in sixth place in the East Division with 31 points and a 15-18-1 record, including 13-5 at home and 2-13-1 on the road.

FRI JAN 7th at NOR, 5-2 L: MATT KEITH led Norfolk with a goal and three assists while JIM VANDERMEER, PAVEL VOROBIEV and MIKHAIL YAKUBOV had two points apiece for the Admirals who were 3 for 4 on the power play, 5 for 5 on the penalty kill and had a 37-25 shots on goal advantage. BARRETT HEISTEN and RYAN KRAFT scored for the Sound Tigers.

SAT JAN 8th at NOR, 4-3: In a game that had three lead changes, 133 penalty minutes and a penalty shot attempt; PAVEL VOROBIEV, JAMES WISNIEWSKI, RENE BOURQUE and DUNCAN KEITH scored for Norfolk while BARRETT HEISTEN tallied once and RYAN KRAFT scored twice for the Sound Tigers. MICHEAL LEIGHTON stopped SEAN BERGENHEIM on the penalty shot late in the third period to hold onto the one-goal lead for the Admirals. Both teams were 2 for 9 on the power play. Norfolk had a 29-23 shots on goal advantage.

SOUND TIGERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – LW BARRETT HEISTEN

Heisten returned to the ice after missing six games with a groin injury and had a goal and an assist Friday. He also scored a power-play goal Saturday. The Anchorage, Alaska native finished last week with four goals, six assists, ten points and 30 penalty minutes and at a +4 in 25 games this season.

THIS WEEK – Road stretch ends with four games in five days The Sound Tigers will finish a stretch of seven straight road games by playing four times in five days this week. They will visit the Hartford Wolf Pack Wednesday, the Providence Bruins Friday, Hartford again Saturday and the Lowell Lock Monsters Sunday evening.

WED JAN 12th at HAR, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the fifth of ten meetings of the teams this season, the second of five in Hartford. The Sound Tigers are 18-13-3 all-time, 1-3 this season with a road loss, versus the Wolf Pack who finished last week in second place in the Atlantic Division and overall AHL standings with 55 points, one behind the Manchester Monarchs, and a 26-9-1-2 record, including 17-3-0-1 at home and 8-2 in the last ten games. Hartford is off until Wednesday.

FRI JAN 14th at PRO, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the second of four meetings of the teams this season, the first of two in Providence. The Sound Tigers are 3-7-3 all-time versus the Bruins, including 1-0 this season and an overtime loss and a tie on the road last year. Providence finished last week in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with 46 points and a 19-12-2-6 record, including 11-2-2-1 at home and 5-2-0-3 in the last ten games but winless in two a row at 0-1-0-1. The Bruins are off until Friday.

SAT JAN 15th at HAR, 7:35 p.m.: This will be the sixth of ten meetings of the teams this season, the third of five in Hartford. Following Wednesday's game versus the Sound Tigers, the Wolf Pack will visit the Albany River Rats Friday. Saturday's contest will be the sixth of the ten-game GEICO CONNECTICUT CUP. Season ticket holders of both teams can purchase tickets to the games in the opposing city at specially-discounted prices. Additional information regarding the discounted ticket prices and the GEICO CONNECTICUT CUP is available by calling 203-334-GOAL.

SUN JAN 16th at LOW, 4 p.m.: This will be the second of four meetings of the teams this season, the first of two in Lowell. The Sound Tigers are 7-3-1 all-time, including 1-0 this season and 2-0 on the road last year, versus the Lock Monsters who finished last week in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with 44 points and a 20-10-1-3 record, including 13-3-0-1 at home, 6-2-0-2 in the last ten games and on a three-game winning streak. Lowell will visit the Springfield Falcons Friday and the Portland Pirates Saturday.

SOUND TIGERS ON AIR

All of this week's games will be web cast live at www.soundtigers.com. The games on Friday and Sunday are also scheduled to be broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM.

SOUND TIGERS TEAM LEADERS

Goals – ROB COLLINS, 10 Penalty Minutes – ERIC GODARD, 137
Assists – ROB COLLINS, 13 Wins – WADE DUBIELEWICZ, 9
Points – ROB COLLINS, 23 Goals Against Average – WADE DUBIELEWICZ, 2.50
Plus / Minus – Several, +5 Save Percentage – WADE DUBIELEWICZ, .911

SOUND TIGERS SPECIAL TEAMS; AHL RANK

Power Play – 23 for 170, 13.5%; t-21st Shorthanded Goals Against – 1; t-1st

Penalty Kill – 171 for 212, 80.7%; 24th Shorthanded Goal For – 3; t-15th

SOUND TIGERS STREAKS

LW BARRETT HEISTEN (2g,1a) and C RYAN KRAFT (3g) are on two-game goal streaks. • D CHRIS CAMPOLI (2a) and C BRENDAN YAREMA (2a) are both on two-game assist streaks.

SOUND TIGERS TRANSACTIONS

C BRENDAN YAREMA signed a professional tryout last Monday, January 3rd. • RW JOHN MORLANG was re-signed to a PTO last Tuesday, January 4th. • C MIKE BAYRACK, C BRETT NOWAK and C DEREK EDWARDSON were released from PTOs while D VINCE MACRI was reassigned to the ECHL's Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies on Sunday, January 2nd.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR & PROMOTIONAL NEWS

RYAN CALDWELL will serve as a celebrity reader at Side By Side Community School in Norwalk on Monday, January 24th in an appearance originally slated for this Tuesday, January 11th. • Saturday and Sunday, January 29th and 30th will be "Scout Weekend" with specially-discounted ticket prices for all scouts and their families. Scouts who arrive in uniform will receive a souvenir Sound Tigers – Scout patch while supplies last, and all packs, troops and crews will be recognized on the digital display boards and public address system. Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 203-334-GOAL or downloading the order form at http://www.soundtigers.com/news/release_scouts.htm. • All fans who attend the Saturday, January 29th game versus the Philadelphia Phantoms can register for a chance to win a car courtesy of Stamford Volvo. • Immediately following the Sunday, January 30th game versus the Hartford Wolf Pack, the Sound Tigers will present a "CVS Pharmacy All-Star Hockey Game" to benefit the Children's Glaucoma Foundation. JIM CRAIG, KEN MORROW, BRAD PARK, KEN HODGE, JOHN BUCYK, JOHN McKENZIE and RICK MIDDLETON are among those scheduled to appear for the benefit game. All fans with a ticket to the Sound Tigers – Wolf Pack game will be admitted to the celebrity game on January 30th. • The STANLEY CUP will be at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard during both games on Sunday, January 30th. Fans can have their picture taken with the cup for $10 with all proceeds from the photos going to the Children's Glaucoma Foundation. • The new-and-improved Sound Tigers on-line Team Shop is now open at www.soundtigerstore.com. The Sound Tigers on-line Team Shop features jerseys, hats, apparel, souvenirs, a special kids section and more. • The Port Jefferson Ferry offers special all-inclusive packages and round-trip fares for Long Island fans who will be attending games in Bridgeport. On all Friday and Saturdays that the Sound Tigers play at home, the last ferry will also wait until 10 p.m. or a half-hour after the end of the game, whichever is later, to depart for Long Island. Additional information is available by calling 631-473-5138 or logging on to www.bpjferry.com.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

With the exception of their three home games on the 21st, 29th and 30th, the Sound Tigers will practice at the Rinks at Shelton throughout the month of January, including this Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. and this Thursday at 11 a.m.

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