Sound Tigers Rally To Tie Albany 2-2
Published on January 28, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release
BRIDGEPORT, CT - The American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, top affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, rallied to tie the Albany River Rats 2-2 at home Wednesday. Brent Gauvreau scored the tying goal with 1:54 left in regulation in his Sound Tigers' debut.
The Sound Tigers took the first lead of the game on Derek Bekar's 17th goal of the season 13:19 into the first period off assists from Kevin Colley and Brandon Smith. However, Albany tied the game then took the lead on the first two goals of the year by Ilkka Pikkarainen.
Pikkarainen tied the game at 1-1 5:12 into the middle frame and gave the River Rats their first lead of the contest 9:32 into the third period. Craig Darby and Joe Hulbig assisted on both Albany goals.
The Sound Tigers were put behind the eight ball late in the game when Cole Jarrett took a high-sticking penalty to negate the team's fifth power play and create a four-on-four situation. However, Head Coach Greg Cronin called a timeout and pulled Goaltender Wade Dubielewicz in favor of an extra attacker with 2:12 left to play, and the gamble paid off as Gauvreau, who signed a professional tryout contract on Monday, notched the first AHL goal of his career at 18:06 off assists from Ryan Kraft and Brandon Smith to tie the game at 2-2.
The teams then skated scoreless through the five-minute overtime despite three shots apiece in the extra session.
Gauvreau earned the first star of the game for the tying goal. River Rats Netminder Ari Ahonen was the second star with 35 saves. Pikkarainen was the third star for his two-goal effort. Dubielewicz finished the game with 23 saves as the Sound Tigers had a 37-25 shots on goal advantage. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 5 on the power play while Albany was 0 for 3.
The Sound Tigers will visit the Manchester Monarchs this Friday at 7:35 p.m. and the Portland Pirates this Saturday at 7:05 p.m. Both of this weekend's road games will be broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM and at www.soundtigers.com. The Sound Tigers next home game will be Friday, February 6th when they host the Lowell Lock Monsters at 7:35 p.m.
Sound Tigers individual-game tickets are on sale at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard box office Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., Saturday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and on all game days, as well as on-line at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 203-368-1000.
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Groups, organizations, companies, etc. that are interested in having a member of the Sound Tigers appear at an event are also invited to call 203-334-GOAL or email info@soundtigers.com.
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