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Sound Tigers Up Home Win Streak To Four

December 20, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Bridgeport Islanders News Release


The Sound Tigers improved their home-ice win streak to four games with a 4-1 victory over the Hershey Bears Wednesday before losing a pair of road games, 5-1 to the Binghamton Senators Friday and 4-3 in overtime to the Portland Pirates Saturday. They finished last week in fifth place in the East Division with 29 points and a 14-12-1 record, including 12-2 at home and 2-10-1 on the road.

WED DEC 15th vs. HER, 4-1 W: The line of JUSTIN PAPINEAU, KEVIN COLLEY and ROB COLLINS had a big night with two goals and five points. After RYAN KRAFT opened the scoring early in the first period, Papineau made it 2-0 late in the opening frame. CHRIS CAMPOLI and Collins then scored in the second period with Hershey sandwiching a power-play goal in between the pair of two-goal runs. The Sound Tigers outshot the Bears 36-23, including 17-6 in the first period with Hershey going shotless for the first 12:46 of play. The Bears 1 for 3 on the power play while the Sound Tigers did not have an advantage. WADE DUBIELEWICZ made 22 saves to earn the win.

FRI DEC 17th at BIN, 5-1 L: ANTOINE VERMETTE and BRANDON BOCHENSKI gave Binghamton a 2-0 lead. KEVIN COLLEY pulled the Sound Tigers to within 2-1 by the end of the second period before CHRIS KELLY scored third-period goals 1:12 apart, and JOSH LANGFELD capped the scoring 1:26 later. Vermette and ANTON VOLCHENKOV had two assists apiece. RAY EMERY made 38 saves as the Sound Tigers had a 39-38 shots on goal advantage. DIETER KOCHAN made 33 saves. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 4 on the power play while the Senators were 2 for 4.

SAT DEC 18th at POR, 4-3 OTL: Skating two players short due to injuries, the Sound Tigers jumped out to a 3-1 lead on goals by CHRIS CAMPOLI (shorthanded), GRAHAM BELAK (power play) and RYAN KRAFT, but Portland rallied with a pair of third-period tallies, including the tying goal from BOYD GORDON who also scored 42 seconds into overtime. STEVE REGIER assisted on two Sound Tigers goals. WADE DUBIELEWICZ made 20 saves. The Sound Tigers were 1 for 2 on the power play and had a 30-24 shots on goal advantage. The Pirates were 1 for 5 on the power play.

SOUND TIGERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – D CHRIS CAMPOLI Campoli notched a pair of one-goal, one-assist games last week The North York, Ontario native upped an assist streak to five games Wednesday and opened the scoring Saturday with a shorthanded goal after being held pointless Friday. Campoli leads all Sound Tigers rookies with 10 assists and 13 points and is tied for the lead among the team's freshman with three goals in 26 games this season.

THIS WEEK – Four Game Holiday Home Stand Begins The Sound Tigers will begin a four-game, holiday, home-stand with three games this week. They will host the Worcester IceCats Monday, the Philadelphia Phantoms Wednesday and the Hartford Wolf Pack Sunday.

MON DEC 20th vs. WOR, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the second of four meetings of the teams this season, the first of two at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard. The Sound Tigers are 6-2-1 all-time versus Worcester, 0-1 this season and 1-0 on home ice last year. The IceCats finished last week in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with 35 points and a 16-9-1-2 record, including 5-5-0-1 on the road.

WED DEC 22nd vs. PHI, 7:05 p.m.: This will be the fourth of eight meetings of the teams this season, the second of four in Bridgeport. The Sound Tigers are 8-9-2 all-time, 1-2 this season, versus Philadelphia. The Phantoms finished last week in first place in the East Division with 44 points and a 21-5-1-1 record, including 7-4 on the road. They do not play again until Wednesday.

SUN DEC 26th vs. HAR, 4:05 p.m.: This will be the fourth of ten meetings of the teams this season, the third of five in Bridgeport. The Sound Tigers are 18-12-3 all-time versus Hartford, including 1-2 this season with a 3-1 home win the day after Thanksgiving in the most recent game. Sunday's game will also be the fourth contest of the 2004-05 GEICO CONNECTICUT CUP. The Wolf Pack finished last week in second place in the Atlantic Division with 43 points and a 20-7-1-2 record, including 6-4-1-1 on the road. They do not play again until Sunday.

SOUND TIGERS STREAKS

The Sound Tigers have won four straight home games. • C KEVIN COLLEY (1g,3a) is on a three-game point streak.

SOUND TIGERS TRANSACTIONS

C MIKE BAYRACK and RW JOHN MORLANG signed professional tryout contracts today. • The Sound Tigers recalled D VINCE MACRI from the ECHL's Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies last Tuesday. • RW BLAKE BELLEFEUILLE was released from a PTO Wednesday, December 1st. • C BRETT NOWAK signed a PTO signed Tuesday, November 30th.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR & PROMOTIONAL NEWS

Sunday's game versus Hartford will be the fourth contest of the ten-game GEICO CONNECTICUT CUP. 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. • Sound Tigers individual-game tickets for the second half of the 2004-05 season are now on sale. Individual-game tickets can be purchased at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard box office, which is located at 600 Main Street and is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The box office also opens at 10 a.m. on weekend game days and remains open until one hour after the start of all events. Sound Tigers individual-game tickets can also be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 203-368-1000 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. • Sound Tigers Holiday Gift Packs are on sale now for just $39.99. The gift packs include four tickets to any home game, a puck autographed by a top Islanders prospects and coupons for discounts on Sound Tigers and Islanders merchandise, as well as additional Sound Tigers tickets. • The Port Jefferson Ferry offers special packages and 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 is available by calling 631-473-5138 or logging on to www.bpjferry.com.

SOUND TIGERS ON AIR

All three of this week's games will be web cast live at www.soundtigers.com. Most games, including Monday's and Sunday's, are also broadcast live on 600 WICC-AM. Fans can click on the "Ask The Broadcaster" link on the front page of www.soundtigers.com and email questions and comments to Voice of the Sound Tigers BILL McLAUGHLIN who will respond live on the air during all broadcasts.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

The Sound Tigers will practice at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard Tuesday at 11 a.m. and Wednesday at 10 a.m. They will be off for the Christmas holiday this Thursday, Friday and Saturday and return for practice Sunday at 9 a.m. before hosting Hartford at 4:05 p.m.

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