Sound Tigers lose opener 8-1
October 5, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release
WILKES-BARRE, PA - The American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, top affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, lost their 2005-06 regular-season opener 8-1 on the road to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wednesday.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton opened the scoring with two goals in a 37-second span early in the first period as Matt Hussey tallied on the power play off assists from Ryan Whitney and Daniel Carcillo to make it 1-0 at 2:58 and Erik Christensen doubled the lead at 3:35 off assists from Andy Schneider and Michel Ouellet.
The Penguins scored four times in a 6:07 span early in the middle frame to make it 6-0. Christensen made it 3-0 on the power play off assists from Carcillo and Whitney at 1:56. Tomas Surovy upped the lead to 4-0 off assists from Whitney and Noah Welch on the advantage at 4:10. Christensen completed to the hat trick off assists from goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and Ouellet to make it 5-0 at 7:11. Surovy finished the barrage at 6-0 of assists from Colby Armstrong and Ryan Lannon chasing netminder Wade Dubielewicz from the Sound Tigers net with ten saves on 16 shots at the 8:03 mark.
Just 45 seconds into the third period, Guillaume Lefebvre notched his first of the season, on the power play, off assists from Ouellet and Whitney to make it 7-0.
The Sound Tigers finally got on the board with 7:37 left to play as Allan Rourke, who had four goals in the preseason, beat Fleury from a tough angle at the bottom of the left circle just as a power play expired off an assist from rookie Luch Aquino to make it 7-1, but Wilkes-Barre/Scranton answered 1:09 later as Christensen was credited with his fourth goal of the game when an outlet pass banked off the skate of a Sound Tigers back-checker to finish the evening at 8-1.
Christensen was the first star of the game, Whitney the second, and Surovy the third. The Penguins were 4 for 6 on the power play while the Sound Tigers were 0 for 8 and had a 28-27 shots on goal advantage, including 14-7 in the third period. Fleury earned the win with 27 saves while Chris Madden stopped nine of the 11 shots he face in 31:57 of relief work.
The Sound Tigers will visit the Norfolk Admirals this Friday and Saturday and the Binghamton Senators on Saturday, October 15th. This weekend's games will be web-cast at www.soundtigers.com beginning at 7 p.m.
Celebrating their fifth anniversary in Bridgeport as the top affiliate of the Islanders, the Sound Tigers will open the home portion of the 2005-06 regular season on Saturday and Sunday, October 22nd and 23rd when they host the Portland Pirates and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Sound Tigers 2005-06 season tickets and partial plans are on-sale now at savings of up to 25% off box-office costs with most seats available at lower prices than last year. Information regarding Sound Tigers tickets is available by calling 203-334-GOAL or logging on to www.soundtigers.com.
The Sound Tigers are also committed to the community on a year-round basis, so groups, organizations, companies, etc. that are interested in having a member of the team appear at an event are invited to call 203-334-GOAL or email info@soundtigers.com.
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