Sports stats

AHL Bridgeport Islanders

Sound Tigers Split First Four Games Of Seven Straight On Road

March 22, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Sound Tigers split the first four games of seven straight on the road beating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2-1 Wednesday and the Hartford Wolf Pack 1-0 Friday before losing 3-1 to both the Binghamton Senators Saturday and the Albany River Rats Sunday. The Sound Tigers finished the week tied with the Philadelphia Phantoms for first place in the East Division with 85 points and a 36-21-9-4 record, including 19-11-3-2 on the road. The 19 road wins are a franchise single-season record.

WED MAR 17th at WIL, 2-1 W: KEVIN COLLEY opened the scoring in the first period, WADE DUBIELEWICZ stopped 32 of 33 shots, and RYAN KRAFT broke a 1-1 tie with 3:55 left in regulation. MICHEL OUELLET scored Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's lone goal on a second-period power play. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 2 on the power play while the Penguins were 1 for 3 and had a 33-16 shots on goal advantage.

FRI MAR 19th at HAR, 1-0 W: JEFF HAMILTON scored his AHL single-season-record 14th game-winning goal with 45 seconds left in the first period, and WADE DUBIELEWICZ made 33 saves for his franchise-single-season-record eighth shutout, his fourth against Hartford. It was also the 20th win of the year for the Rookie All-Star netminder. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 6 on the power play while the Wolf Pack were 0 for 7 and had a 33-27 shots on goal advantage.

SAT MAR 20th at BIN, 3-1 L: Binghamton's JULIEN VAUCLAIR opened the scoring with a four-on-four second-period goal. BLAINE DOWN tied the score at 1-1 mid-way through the third period, but SERGE PAYER regained the lead for the Senators with a major-power-play goal just 1:34 later. DENIS HAMEL added an empty-netter with 7.6 seconds left to play. Binghamton was 1 for 6 on the power play while the Sound Tigers were 0 for 3 and had a 36-26 shots on goal advantage, including a season-single-period-high 21 shots in the third.

SUN MAR 21st at ALB, 3-1 L: Albany's CRAIG DARBY assisted on three goals by JOE HULBIG on the power play in the first period, STEVE KARIYA in the second period and STEVE GUOLLA into an empty net in the third period. STEVE WEBB was credited with the lone goal for the Sound Tigers who were 0 for 3 on the power play while the River Rats were 1 for 4 and had a 32-23 shots on goal advantage.

SOUND TIGERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – G WADE DUBIELEWICZ

Dubielewicz stopped 94 of the 97 shots he faced posting a 2-1 record, 1.00 goals against average and a .969 save percentage in three appearances last week. His shutout Friday in Hartford was his franchise-single-season-record eighth. Dubielewicz leads all AHL goaltenders with a 1.42 goals against average and is second with a .944 save percentage and tied for third with eight shutouts. The All-Star netminder is 20-8-4 in 32 appearances this season.

THIS WEEK – First Place Showdown In Philadelphia Highlights Three Game Weekend

The Sound Tigers will play the final three games of seven straight on the road when they visit the Philadelphia Phantoms Friday and the Norfolk Admirals Saturday and Sunday.

FRI MAR 26th at PHI, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the seventh of eight meetings of the teams, the fourth and final in Philadelphia, this regular season. The Sound Tigers are 7-6-1 all-time, 3-2-1 this season, versus the Phantoms with whom they begin this week tied for first place in the East Division. Philadelphia has 85 points and a 39-24-6-1 record, including 20-11-3-1 at home. RW KIRBY LAW is tied for fifth in the League with 63 points. D JOHN SLANEY leads all defensemen with 16 goals and is tied for the lead among all blueliners with four game-winners and two shorthanded goals. LW PETER VANDERMEER leads the AHL with 355 penalty minutes. The Phantoms do not play until Friday.

SAT MAR 27th at NOR, 7:30 p.m.: This will be the sixth of eight meetings of the teams, the third of four in Norfolk, this regular season. The Sound Tigers are 2-5 all-time, 2-3 this season, versus the Admirals who begin this week tied with Binghamton for fourth and fifth place, the final two playoff spots, in the East Division with 73 points and a 32-30-4-5 record, including 20-12-1-2 at home. D MARTY WILFORD is tied for tenth in scoring among all defensemen with 36 points and is tied for second among all blueliners with 33 assists. Norfolk will host the Manchester Monarchs Friday.

SUN MAR 28th at NOR, 4 p.m.: This will be the seventh of eight meetings of the teams, the fourth and final in Virginia, this regular season. It will also mark the second two-game-in-two-night visit of the season to Norfolk for the Sound Tigers, as well as the end of a stretch of seven straight road games.

SOUND TIGERS TEAM LEADERS

Goals – JEFF HAMILTON, 37
Penalty Minutes – GRAHAM BELAK, 167
Assists – ERIC MANLOW, 26
Wins – WADE DUBIELEWICZ, 20
Points – JEFF HAMILTON, 61
Goals Against Average – WADE DUBIELEWICZ, 1.42
Plus / Minus – ERIC MANLOW, +15
Save Percentage – WADE DUBIELEWICZ .944

NOTE – The Sound Tigers have requested an AHL review for scoring changes on a pair of plays that will switch credit for one goal from JEFF HAMILTON to BLAINE DOWN and switch credit for one assist from BLAINE DOWN to ERIC MANLOW.

SOUND TIGERS SPECIAL TEAMS; AHL RANK

Power Play – 45 for 342, 13.2%; 20th
Shorthanded Goals Against – 8
Penalty Kill – 255 for 283, 90.1%; 1st
Shorthanded Goal For – 9

SOUND TIGERS STREAKS

C JUSTIN MAPLETOFT (3g,3a) is on a four-game point streak. However, Mapletoft is out with an ankle injury.

SOUND TIGERS TRANSACTIONS

D STEVE MUNN signed a professional tryout contract Friday. • D TOMI PETTINEN was recalled by the Islanders Wednesday. • RW/C BRENT GAUVREAU was released from a PTO Tuesday, March 9th. • The Islanders traded D ALAIN NASREDDINE to the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, March 8th in exchange for RW STEVE WEBB who has been assigned to the Sound Tigers. • C ERIC MANLOW was reassigned by the Islanders Thursday, March 4th. • D JAY LEACH was re-signed to a PTO Wednesday, March 3rd. • LW MIKE SOUZA signed a PTO Friday, February 20th. • RW ERIC GODARD, D SVEN BUTENSCHON, G RICK DiPIETRO and RW MATTIAS WEINHANDL remain on NHL recall to the Islanders.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR & PROMOTIONAL NEWS

MARTIN KARIYA will visit Side By Side Elementary School in Norwalk tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. • MIKE SOUZA and JAY LEACH will visit the Sound Tigers Booster Club Meeting at Colin's Pub in Fairfield tomorrow at 6 p.m. • The Team Mascot STORM will visit St. Thomas Aquinas School in Fairfield, as well as Rowayton Elementary School tomorrow between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. • 2004 Playoff Ticket Strip Packages are on sale now offering guaranteed seating, savings off box office prices and the first option to purchase 2004-05 season tickets. Playoff Strips are available to all fans and can be purchased by calling the Sound Tigers at 203-334-GOAL. • It will be "Bud Light on the Wallet Wednesday" with an appearance by the Bud Light Girls when the Sound Tigers return to Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard to host Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday, March 31st at 7:05 p.m. College students can purchase $5 tickets to the game with proper identification, and there will be $2 beer specials at the concession stands. • Saturday and Sunday April 3rd and 4th will be "Police & Firefighter Appreciation Weekend". • Painter's Supply will present the fifth and final card set giveaway; featuring WADE DUBIELEWICZ, BEN GUITE, COLE JARRETT and ALAN LETANG; on Saturday, April 3rd when the Hershey Bears visit at 7:05 p.m. • The final "Family Four Pack Night" will be Thursday, April 8th when Norfolk visits at 7:05 p.m. "Family Four Packs" include four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas and can be purchased by calling 203-334-GOAL. • Thursday, April 8th will be "Stamford Family Fun Night" with specially-priced tickets for employees and residents of Stamford. • It will be "Fan Appreciation Night" when Philadelphia visits on Saturday, April 10th at 7:05 p.m.

SOUND TIGERS ON THE AIR

All games are web cast live at www.soundtigers.com. This weekend's games are also scheduled to be broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM but are subject to pre-emption on the radio by University of Connecticut basketball.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

The Sound Tigers are scheduled to practice at the Rinks at Shelton this Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m. They will depart for Philadelphia Thursday afternoon, play there Friday and leave Friday night for Norfolk where they will play Saturday and Sunday. Please call 203-334-GOAL to confirm practice times and locations or with any special media requests.

Check out the Bridgeport Islanders Statistics



American Hockey League Stories from March 22, 2004


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Bridgeport Islanders Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central