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Sound Tigers End Road Stretch With Weekend Split

November 8, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Sound Tigers finished a stretch of five straight road games by splitting a weekend trip through the Atlantic Division losing 2-1 to the Hartford Wolf Pack Saturday and beating the Portland Pirates 3-1 Sunday. They finished the week tied with the Binghamton Senators for fifth place in the East Division with ten points and a 5-6 record, including 4-1 at home and 1-5 on the road.

SAT NOV 6th at HAR, 2-1 L: GRAHAM BELAK opened the scoring with 4:50 left in the first period off an assist from BARRETT HEISTEN to snap the Sound Tigers' scoreless skid at 215:58. However, ALEXANDRE GIROUX, in the second period, and CRAIG WELLER, unassisted in the third period, answered for Hartford who improved to 8-0 as the AHL's only unbeaten team. JASON LaBARBERA made 30 saves for the Wolf Pack while WADE DUBIELEWICZ made 32 for the Sound Tigers who were outshot 34-31. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 2 on the power play but 3 for 3 on the penalty kill.

SUN NOV 7th at POR, 3-1 W: En route to their first road win of the season at the end of a stretch of five straight games away from Bridgeport, the Sound Tigers snapped an 0 for 29 power-play drought on a pair of goals on the advantage by SEAN BERGENHEIM, KEVIN COLLEY scored into an empty net, JUSTIN MAPLETOFT assisted on all three goals, and DIETER KOCHAN made 26 saves. The Sound Tigers were 2 for 3 on the power play and 5 for 5 on the penalty kill, including a pair of first-period, two-man advantages. They also had a 35-27 shots on goal advantage.

SOUND TIGERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – RW SEAN BERGENHEIM

Bergenheim opened the scoring in Sunday's win at Portland with a pair of power-play goals to earn the first star of the game. The Helsinki, Finland native is tied for the Sound Tigers lead with three goals and also has three assists and six points in 11 games this season.

THIS WEEK – Sound Tigers Return Home For Three Games In Bridgeport The Sound Tigers will open a three-game home-stand with a pair of games at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard this weekend when they host the Norfolk Admirals this Saturday and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this Sunday.

SAT NOV 13th vs. NOR, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the first of eight meetings of the teams this season, the first of four in Bridgeport. The Sound Tigers are 4-6 all-time versus Norfolk, including 4-4 last season with three shutouts and a 2-2 mark at home. The Admirals finished last week in third place in the East Division with 13 points, one behind the Philadelphia Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and a 6-4-0-1 record, including 2-3-0-1 on the road and 0-1-0-1 in their last two games. Norfolk will visit the Binghamton Senators this Wednesday and the Albany River Rats this Friday in the third and fourth games of six in a row on the road. The Admirals will end the road stretch this Sunday in Philadelphia.

SUN NOV 14th vs. WIL, 4:05 p.m.: This will be the second of eight meetings of the teams this season, the first of four in Bridgeport. It will also be Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's first visit since game seven of last season's East Division semi-final, which the Penguins won in overtime. The Sound Tigers are 7-3-1 all-time versus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, including 0-1 this season and 3-1 at home last regular season. Including last spring's playoff series, 14 of the 18 all-time meetings of the Sound Tigers and Penguins have been decided by one goal with a 15th ending in a tie. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton finished last week on a five-game win streak and tied with Philadelphia for first place in the East Division with 14 points and a 6-4-1-1 record, including 2-2-1 on the road. The Penguins will visit the Phantoms this Friday in the first of three straight road games.

SOUND TIGERS ON THE AIR

All Sound Tigers games are broadcast live at www.soundtigers.com. Most games, including both of this upcoming weekend's contests, are also broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM. Fans can click on the "Ask The Broadcaster" link at www.soundtigers.com and email questions and comments to Voice of the Sound Tigers BILL McLAUGHLIN who will respond live on the air. Head Coach GREG CRONIN will be interviewed live on WICC at 9:30 a.m. this Friday by News Director TIM QUINN.

SOUND TIGERS TEAM LEADERS
Goals – R. KRAFT, S. BERGENHEIM & J. PAPINEAU, 3
Penalty Minutes – ERIC GODARD, 61
Assists – JUSTIN MAPLETOFT, 8
Wins – DIETER KOCHAN, 3
Points – JUSTIN MAPLETOFT, 9
Goals Against Average – DIETER KOCHAN, 2.20
Plus / Minus – BLAINE DOWN, +3
Save Percentage – DIETER KOCHAN, .929

SOUND TIGERS SPECIAL TEAMS; AHL RANK
Power Play – 7 for 62, 11.3%; 24th
Shorthanded Goals Against – 1; t-8th
Penalty Kill – 66 for 82, 80.5%; 22nd
Shorthanded Goal For – 1; t-14th

SOUND TIGERS STREAKS

The Sound Tigers have not allowed a power play goal in the last two games killing eight straight advantages in that time, as well as 11 in a row overall. • LW BARRETT HEISTEN (2a) is on a two-game assist streak.

SOUND TIGERS TRANSACTIONS

D VINCE MACRI was assigned to the ECHL's Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies by the Islanders on Tuesday, October 12th.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR & PROMOTIONAL NEWS

The Team Mascot STORM is scheduled to appear at the 75th Golden Harvest Fair at the Golden Hill United Methodist Church in Bridgeport this Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. • This Saturday will be "Fairfield and Wilton Family Fun Night" with specially-discounted tickets for town residents who purchase in advance by calling 203-334-GOAL. • The Fairfield Police Department will present the colors, and Our Savior's Lutheran Church will perform the national anthem prior to this Saturday's game. Fairfield First Selectman KEN FLATTO will also attend this Saturday's game. • Following this Sunday's game, there will be a family skate, which is open to all fans who bring their own skates. • The Port Jefferson Ferry offers a special package, including a game ticket and round-trip fare, as well as special round-trip fares for fans from Long Island who will be attending a game in Bridgeport. On all Saturdays and Sundays 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 Bridgeport so fans can watch the entire game and still make the trip back to Long Island. Additional information on the ferry specials is available by calling 631-473-5138 or logging on to www.bpjferry.com. • The second-annual "Cool Fun 101" educationally-themed morning game will take place when Norfolk visits at 11:05 a.m. on Wednesday, December 1st with half-price tickets for all students, as well as free admission for teachers and chaperones from schools that purchase in advance. All students who attend "Cool Fun 101" will also receive a workbook filled with creative lessons and activities, and there will be an essay contest. Information regarding "Cool Fun 101" is available by calling 203-334-GOAL.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

The Sound Tigers are scheduled to practice at the Rinks at Shelton Tuesday through Friday at 10 a.m. They will practice at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard Saturday at 10 a.m.

SOUND TIGERS TICKETS

Individual-game tickets can be purchased at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard box office, which is open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The box office also opens at 12 noon on Sunday game days and remains open until the end of the first period during all games. Individual-game tickets can also be purchased over the phone by calling Ticketmaster at 203-368-1000 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.

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