Sound Tigers Skate To Second Scoreless Tie
April 10, 2004 - 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, skated to the second scoreless tie in team history Saturday at home versus the Philadelphia Phantoms just over a month after doing so for the first time ever on March 6th at home versus the Hartford Wolf Pack. With the tie, Philadelphia clinched the East Division Championship while the Sound Tigers are locked into second place and will face the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the East Division Semifinals of the 2004 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Sound Tigers Goaltender Wade Dubielewicz made 28 saves to re-set his own single-season team record and tie the all-time AHL single-season rookie mark with his ninth shutout. The AHL Rookie of the Year is also all but assured of breaking the all-time single-season League record with a 1.38 goal against average. Dubielewicz is 20-8-5 with a .946 save percentage in 33 games with the Sound Tigers and 1-0-1 in his first two NHL games with the Islanders this year.
Phantoms Netminder Neil Little stopped 25 shots Saturday for his sixth shutout of the season.
Dubielewicz was the first star of the game, Little the second, and Luke Curtin of the Sound Tigers the third. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 8 on the power play while Philadelphia was 0 for 6 and had a 28-25 shots on goal advantage.
The Sound Tigers will finish the regular season by visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in
an East Division Semifinal preview today at 5:05 p.m. The Sound Tigers will host
games one and two of the series with the Penguins at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor
Yard next Thursday, April 15th and Saturday, April 17th at 7:05 p.m. each night.
The complete series schedule is as follows:
Game One at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard - Thu. Apr. 15th at 7:05 p.m.
Game Two at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard - Sat. Apr. 17th at 7:05 p.m.
Game Three at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - Sun. Apr. 18th at 5:05 p.m.
Game Four at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - Tue. Apr 20th at 7:05 p.m.
Game Five at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard (if necessary) - Thu. Apr. 22nd at
7:05 p.m.
Game Six at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (if necessary) - Fri. Apr.
23rd at 7:05 p.m.
Game Seven at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard (if necessary) - Sun. Apr. 25th at
4:05 p.m.
All Sound Tigers games are web cast live at www.soundtigers.com.
Sound Tigers individual-game playoff tickets are on sale at the Harbor Yard box office, which is open 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. Sound Tigers playoff tickets can also be purchased on-line at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 203-368-1000. Information regarding Sound Tigers 2004 Calder Cup Playoff Strip Ticket Packages is available by calling 203-334-GOAL or logging on to www.soundtigers.com.
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