AHL Bridgeport Islanders

Sound Tigers finish tough road stretch

Published on January 18, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Sound Tigers finished a stretch of seven straight road games with four in five days, including three in three days, last week. They lost 3-2 in a shootout to the Hartford Wolf Pack Wednesday, 4-0 to the Providence Bruins Friday, 4-0 to Hartford Saturday and 3-1 to the Lowell Lock Monsters Sunday. The Sound Tigers were 0-6-0-1 during the stretch of seven road games in a row and finished last week in sixth place in the East Division with 32 points and a 15-21-1-1 record, including 13-5 at home and 2-16-1-1 on the road.

WED JAN 12th at HAR, 3-2 SOL: After KEN GERNANDER broke Hartford's all-time scoring record with his 344th point via an assist on a power-play goal by ALEXANDRE GIROUX; JOHN MORLANG, power play, and BRENDAN YAREMA, shorthanded, scored to give the Sound Tigers a 2-1 lead. However, DOMINIC MOORE tied the game with a third-period, power-play goal. LAWRENCE NYCHOLAT, JEFF HAMILTON and CHAD WISEMAN scored in the shootout for the Wolf Pack while ROB COLLINS and MATT KOALSKA tallied for the Sound Tigers. WADE DUBIELEWICZ set the Sound Tigers' single-game, season-high mark with 42 saves as Hartford had a 45-24 shots on goal advantage. The Wolf Pack were 2 for 7 on the power play while the Sound Tigers were 1 for 8.

FRI JAN 14th at PRO, 4-0 L: PATRICE BERGERON opened the scoring and DAVID GOVE finished it with BRAD BOYES scoring on the power play and while shorthanded in between. HANNU TOIVONEN made 26 saves for his fourth shutout of the season while WADE DUBIELEWICZ made the same number of stops in a losing effort. Providence was 1 for 2 on the power play, 2 for 2 on the penalty kill and had a 30-26 shots on goal advantage.

SAT JAN 15th at HAR, 4-0 L: Former Sound Tiger STEPHEN VALIQUETTE made 33 saves for his second shutout of the season. CRAIG WELLER, ALEXANDRE GIROUX, RYAN HOLLWEG and DWIGHT HELMINEN scored for Hartford. The Wolf Pack were 2 for 8 on the power play and 9 for 9 on the penalty kill. The Sound Tigers had a 33-20 shots on goal advantage, including a team, single-period, season-high 19 shots in the second.

SUN JAN 16th at LOW, 3-1 L: RYAN BAYDA opened the scoring for Lowell late in the first period. BRUNO ST. JACQUES doubled the Lock Monsters' lead mid-way through the second period. RYAN CALDWELL put the Sound Tigers on the scoreboard with the first goal of his professional career late in the middle frame. CHUCK KOBASEW finished the scoring early in the third period. CAM WARD made 29 saves for the win while DIETER KOCHAN made 28 in a losing effort. Lowell had a 31-30 shots on goal advantage. Bother teams were 0 for 5 on the power play.

SOUND TIGERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – C KEVIN COLLEY Colley, who recently played with a badly-injured hand for over a month, led by example with his usual hard work at both ends of the ice in all four games this week. The New Haven native, who signed his first NHL contract, with the Islanders, this past summer, has seven goals, six assists, 13 points and 111 penalty minutes in 38 games this season.

THIS WEEK – Sound Tigers return home for first time in nearly a month The Sound Tigers will play their first home game since December 28th when they host the Albany River Rats at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard this Friday. They will then visit the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this Saturday.

FRI JAN 21st vs. ALB, 7:35 p.m.: This will be the fourth of eight meetings of the teams this season, the third of four in Bridgeport. The Sound Tigers are 16-6-5 all-time, including 2-1 with a pair of home wins this season, versus Albany who finished last week in seventh place in the East Division with 28 points and a 10-21-4-4 record, including 5-10-2-2 on the road. The River Rats will host the Rochester Americans this Wednesday.

SAT JAN 22nd at WIL, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the fifth of eight meetings of the teams this season, the third of four in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Sound Tigers are 9-4-1 all-time, 2-2 this season with a pair of road losses this season, versus the Penguins who finished last week in fourth place in the East Division with 47 points and a 19-11-5-4 record, including 13-5-1-2 at home. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton will visit the Manitoba Moose in Winnipeg this Tuesday and Thursday.

SOUND TIGERS ON AIR All games are web cast live at www.soundtigers.com. Most games, including this Friday's, are also broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM. Sound Tigers head coach GREG CRONIN is also scheduled be interviewed live on WICC by news director TIM QUINN this Friday at 9:30 a.m.

SOUND TIGERS TEAM LEADERS
Goals – ROB COLLINS, 10 Penalty Minutes – ERIC GODARD, 165
Assists – ROB COLLINS, 13 Wins – WADE DUBIELEWICZ, 9
Points – ROB COLLINS, 23 Goals Against Average – DIETER KOCHAN, 2.66
Plus / Minus – KEITH ALDRIDGE, +6 Save Percentage – WADE DUBIELEWICZ, .909

SOUND TIGERS SPECIAL TEAMS; AHL RANK
Power Play – 24 for 194, 12.4%; t-23rd Shorthanded Goals Against – 2; t-3rd

Penalty Kill – 188 for 234, 80.3%; 25th Shorthanded Goal For – 4; t-12th

SOUND TIGERS TRANSACTIONS

D ED CAMPBELL signed a professional tryout contract Saturday and now forms the first brother act in team history skating with older brother JIM CAMPBELL who is on contract to the Islanders. • D NIC BILOTTO signed a PTO Friday. • D VINCE MACRI was recalled from the ECHL's Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies last Tuesday, January 11th. • RW JOHN MORLANG was re-signed to a PTO Tuesday, January 4th. • C BRENDAN YAREMA signed a PTO Monday, January 3rd. • C MIKE BAYRACK, C BRETT NOWAK and C DEREK EDWARDSON were released from PTOs Sunday, January 2nd.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR & PROMOTIONAL NEWS

The team mascot STORM visited the Bradley School in Derby today at 10:30 a.m. • CHRIS CAMPOLI will skate with youth hockey players at the Winter Garden Arena in Ridgefield today at 5 p.m. • GRAHAM BELAK will serve as a celebrity reader at Old Kings Highway School in Darien this Wednesday. • STORM will visit St. Rita's School in Hamden at 8:35 a.m. and Fox Run School in Norwalk at 2:30 p.m. this Wednesday. • STORM and STEVE REGIER will visit Boy Scouts at Eli Whitney School in Stratford this Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. • GRAHAM BELAK and WADE DUBIELEWICZ will visit a youth hockey practice at the Northford Ice Pavilion this Wednesday at 6:10 p.m. • STORM will visit the Roxbury School in Stamford this Thursday at 1 p.m. • Captain RICHARD SEELEY will visit the Stratford – Holland Hill Boy Scout meeting this Thursday at 6:45 p.m. • 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. All packs, troops and crews will be recognized on the digital display boards and public address system. Tickets for "Scout Weekend" 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 MONEY 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 on the ferry specials is available by calling 631-473-5138 or logging on to www.bpjferry.com.

SOUND TIGERS TICKETS

Individual-game tickets can be purchased at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard box office at 600 Main Street, which is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The box office also opens at 10 a.m. on weekend game days and remains open until one hour after the start of all events. Individual-game tickets can also be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 203-368-1000 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

Except for the days of their three home games, the Sound Tigers will practice at the Rinks at Shelton throughout the month of January, including this Tuesday through Thursday at 10 a.m. They will practice at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard this Friday at 10 a.m. Call 203-334-GOAL to confirm practice dates and times or with any special media requests.

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