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Sound Tigers split pair of weekend games

January 24, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Sound Tigers split a pair of games last weekend beating the Albany River Rats 3-2 in a shootout at home Friday and losing 3-1 on the road to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Saturday. The Sound Tigers finished last week in sixth place in the East Division with 34 points and a 16-22-1-1 record, including 14-5 at home and 2-17-1-1 on the road.

FRI JAN 21st vs. ALB, 3-2 SOW: JIM CAMPBELL opened the scoring with a first-period, power-play goal, and ERIC GODARD doubled the Sound Tigers' lead in the middle frame. However, DEAN McAMMOND, second period, and ALEKSANDER SUGLOBOV, third period, tied the game for Albany. ROB COLLINS and JOHN MORLANG scored, and DIETER KOCHAN stopped four of five attempts for the Sound Tigers in the shootout. The win was the second in as many trips to the shootout for Kochan who also made 34 saves in regulation and overtime. The Sound Tigers were 1 for 4 on the power play and 7 for 7 on the penalty kill while the River Rats had a 36-27 shots on goal advantage.

SAT JAN 22nd at WIL, 3-1 W: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton took a 2-0 lead on second-period goals by COLBY ARMSTRONG and RYAN WHITNEY, but ROB COLLINS cut the lead in half with an unassisted goal inside the final minute of play in the frame. However, RAMZI ABID regained the two-goal lead for the Penguins early in the third period. DIETER KOCHAN made 20 saves in a losing effort. Wilkes-Barre was 1 for 6 on the power play and 4 for 4 on the penalty kill. The Sound Tigers had a 26-23 shots on goal advantage.

SOUND TIGERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – RW JIM CAMPBELL

Now part of the first brother act in team history, along with ED CAMPBELL who signed last Saturday, JIM CAMPBELL opened the scoring in Friday's shootout win with a power-play goal. The Worcester, Massachusetts native finished last week tied for the team lead with three power-play goals and having posted four goals, six assists, ten points and 56 penalty minutes in 34 games.

THIS WEEK – Stanley Cup highlights three game weekend The Sound Tigers will play three games in as many days this weekend, including a pair of home games at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard. They will visit the Providence Bruins this Friday and host the Philadelphia Phantoms this Saturday and Hartford Wolf Pack this Sunday. The STANLEY CUP will be at Sunday's game (see Community Calendar & Promotional News).

FRI JAN 28th at PRO, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the third of four meetings of the teams this season, the second of two in Providence. The Sound Tigers are 3-8-3 all-time versus the Bruins, including 1-1 this season with a road loss. Providence finished last week in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with 48 points and a 20-16-2-6 record, including 12-4-2-1 at home but on a four-game losing streak. The Bruins will visit the Binghamton Senators this Wednesday.

SAT JAN 29th vs. PHI, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the fifth of eight meetings of the teams this season, the third of four in Bridgeport. The Sound Tigers are 9-9-2 all-time versus Philadelphia, including 2-2 this season with a pair of home wins. The last time the teams met, on December 22nd in Bridgeport, the Sound Tigers tied the game with one-tenth of a second left in regulation on a goal by STEVE REGIER and won it in their first-ever trip to the shootout. The Phantoms finished last week in second place in the East Division with 54 points and a 24-11-2-4 record, including 9-7-0-2 on the road but on a four-game winless streak at 0-3-0-1. Philadelphia will host Hartford this Friday.

SUN JAN 30th vs. HAR, 4:05 p.m.: This will be the seventh of ten meetings of the teams this season, the fourth of five in Bridgeport. It will also be the seventh game of the GEICO CONNECTICUT CUP (see Community Calendar & Promotional News). The Sound Tigers are 18-15-3 all-time versus Hartford, including 1-5 this season with a home win and a shootout loss on the road. The Wolf Pack finished last week in second place in both the Atlantic Division and overall standings with 63 points, three behind the first-place Manchester Monarchs, and a 30-11-1-2 record, including 9-8-1-1 on the road and 7-3 in the last ten games. Hartford will visit the Norfolk Admirals this Wednesday, Philadelphia this Friday and the Hershey Bears this Saturday.

SOUND TIGERS ON AIR

All Sound Tigers game are web cast live at www.soundtigers.com. Most games, including those this Friday and Saturday, are also broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM.

SOUND TIGERS TRANSACTIONS

D NIC BILOTTO was released from a professional tryout contract Sunday and is scheduled to play in tonight's United Hockey League All-Star Game. • D ED CAMPBELL signed a PTO Saturday, January 15th. • D VINCE MACRI was recalled from the ECHL's Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 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

RYAN CALDWELL served as a celebrity reader at Side By Side Community School in Norwalk today. • The team mascot STORM will visit Marvin School in East Norwalk this Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. • KEITH ALDRIDGE and ROB COLLINS will serve as celebrity readers at Mathewson Elementary School in Milford this Thursday at 1:30 p.m. • STORM will visit "Bingo Night" at Wilcoxin School in Stratford this Friday at 6 p.m. • This Saturday and Sunday 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 the Sound Tigers at 203-334-GOAL or downloading the order form at http://www.soundtigers.com/news/release_scouts.htm. • All fans who attend this Saturday's game versus Philadelphia can register for a chance to win a car courtesy of Stamford Volvo. • This Sunday's game versus Hartford will be the seventh of the ten-game GEICO CONNECTICUT CUP, for which season ticket holders of both teams can purchase tickets to the games in the opposing city at specially-discounted prices. Hartford full-season ticket holders can purchase specially-discounted tickets to the games in Bridgeport by presenting their Wolf Pack season-ticket-holder identification card in-person at the Arena at Harbor Yard box office. • Immediately following this Sunday's game, 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 this Sunday's Sound Tigers – Wolf Pack game will be admitted to the celebrity game. • The STANLEY CUP will also be at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard during both games this Sunday. 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.

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