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BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS GAME NOTES BRIDGEPORT HARTFORD SOUND TIGERS WOLF PACK 68 GP, 33-27-5-3 = 74 PTS 70 GP, 31-30-6-3 = 71 PTS 5th Atlantic Division 6th Atlantic Division Saturday, March 31, 2018 7 p.m. ET @ XL Center Bridgeport Game 69 Bridgeport Road Game 35 AHL Game 1015 Refs: Andrew Wilk, Brandon Schrader Linesmen: Mike Baker, Nick Briganti BRI 2017-18 HFD THE STORY COMING IN The Bridgeport Sound Tigers make their final trip to the XL Center this season for tonight’s 7 p.m. faceoff 33-27-5-3 Record 31-30-6-3 against the Hartford Wolf Pack. The Sound Tigers are eight points outside of a playoff spot with eight 19-12-1-2 Home 17-14-3-0 games remaining, trailing only the fourth-place Charlotte Checkers who are in Syracuse this evening. Bridgeport also has one game in hand on Charlotte with an elimination number of “eight.” Last time out, 14-15-4-1 Away 14-16-3-3 the Sound Tigers were blanked for the fifth time this season in a 5-0 loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds 16.9% (18) PP 18.3% (10) at MassMutual Center just 24 hours ago. Bridgeport guided 39 shots at Finnish netminder Harri Sateri, but couldn’t solve him and dropped below .500 on the road. Kristers Gudlevskis made 25 saves on 30 84.7% (4) PK 84.5% (7) shots for Bridgeport. 14.68 PIM (Avg) 11.27 TIGERS VS. T-BIRDS 2.74 Goals For/ 2.79 Tonight’s game features the 10th and final meeting between the Sound Tigers and Wolf Pack this year, 2.76 Against 3.34 and the fifth of five matchups at the XL Center. Bridgeport is 6-1-1-1 against Hartford this season, includ- 31.71 Shots For/ 29.91 ing a 4-0 shutout victory on Feb. 18 at Webster Bank Arena, in which Travis St. Denis scored two of his 26.81 Against 32.30 team-leading 22 goals this season. Parker Wotherspoon and Steve Bernier also found the back of the cage that afternoon. The Sound Tigers are 3-0-1-0 at the XL Center this season and 6-1-1-0 in Hartford BRI LEADERS HFD over the last two years combined. St. Denis leads all scorers in the 2017-18 series with nine points (5g, 4a) in nine games. St. Denis Points Schneider 43 47 VIEW FROM HARTFORD St. Denis Goals Lettieri Keith McCambridge’s club is on a three-game point streak (2-0-1-0) and continues to rank sixth in the 22 21 Atlantic Division standings, three points behind Bridgeport, but with two more games played. Last night, Gabriel Fontaine, Dawson Leedahl and Scott Kosmachuk all scored in regulation and Alex Georgiev Fritz - X Assists Schneider made 43 saves on 47 shots, but it wasn’t enough as Daniel Sprong netted the game-winner at 4:20 of 27 32 overtime in a 4-3 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Georgiev has now stopped 38 or more 2 Tied PIM Crawley shots in four of his last seven appearances and is one of six goalies to play for Hartford this season. 113 87 POWER UP Gibson - X Wins Georgiev Casey Bailey has 11 points (5g, 6a) in his last 12 games and all but two of those have come on the power 18 13 play. He scored Bridgeport’s lone tally in last Friday’s 4-1 loss to Syracuse with a one-time blast from the left circle and added a power-play assist on Sunday, giving the fourth-year forward a team-best 19 points 2017-18 Season Series: 6-1-1-1 on the man advantage (8g, 11a). In addition, Bailey has helped the club score at least one power-play Oct. 22 HFD at BRI 6-3 W goal in eight of its last 12 games, but Bridgeport went 0-for-7 last night against Springfield. Oct. 27 BRI at HFD 5-1 W HITCHED Nov. 11 HFD at BRI 1-2 L Long Island native Ryan Hitchcock signed an amateur tryout (ATO) with Bridgeport on March 8 and he’s Nov. 15 BRI at HFD 2-1 OTW been on fire ever since. The 21-year-old forward scored in back-to-back games entering the weekend, Nov. 24 HFD at BRI 7-3 W including his first pro goal last Sunday in Wilkes-Barre, and he currently has seven points (2g, 5a) in Dec. 23 BRI at HFD 5-1 W eight pro games. Three of those contests have featured multi-point performances. Prior to turning pro, Jan. 10 HFD at BRI 1-2 SOL Hitchcock recorded a career-best 20 points (7g, 13a) in 31 games as Yale University’s captain earlier Feb. 7 BRI at HFD 4-5 OTL this season. Feb. 18 HFD at BRI 4-0 W QUICK HITS Mar. 31 BRI at HFD 7 p.m. Travis St. Denis has 16 points (9g, 7a) in his last 13 games... Josh Ho-Sang has eight points (3g, 5a) in his last 11 outings… Casey Bailey is seventh in the AHL with 189 shots... Seth Helgeson is tied for third BRI vs. HFD GP G A PTS among AHL defensemen with 117 penalty minutes... The Sound Tigers have outscored opponents 9-1 at T. St. Denis (BRI) 9 5 4 9 4-on-4 play this season (excluding empty-netters)... Each of the last eight games will take place against M. Dal Colle (BRI) 9 1 8 9 Atlantic Division opponents... Mitch Vande Sompel was a career-best plus-four on Wednesday. D. Toews (BRI) 6 3 5 8 AFFILIATE REPORT R. Bourque (BRI) 8 2 5 7 NHL: New York Islanders (32-36-10): Next at New Jersey Devils - Tonight, 7 p.m. ET S. Bernier (BRI) 7 3 3 6 ECHL: Worcester Railers (33-26-4-4): Next vs. Brampton Beast - Tonight, 7:05 p.m. ET Recent Transactions: Bridgeport Bridgeport Last 3 / Next 3 Games Mar. 22 - Yanick Turcotte (F) recalled from Worcester (ECHL) Mar. 25 @ WB/Scranton 6-3 W Apr. 3 vs. Providence 10:30 a.m. Mar. 22 - Jeff Kubiak (F) recalled from Worcester (ECHL) Mar. 28 vs. Hershey 6-4 W Apr. 6 @ WB/Scranton 7:05 p.m. Mar. 22 - Sebastian Aho (D) loaned by NY Islanders (NHL) Mar. 30 @ Springfield 0-5 L Apr. 7 vs. Providence 7 p.m. Recent Transactions: Hartford Hartford Last 3 / Next 3 Games Mar. 29 - Drew Melanson (F) signed to ATO Mar. 25 @ Hershey 4-2 W Apr. 6 @ Providence 7:05 p.m. Mar. 27 - Alexandar Georgiev (G) returned from NY Rangers (NHL) Mar. 28 vs. Springfield 4-3 SOW Apr. 7 vs. Lehigh Valley 7 p.m. Mar. 27 - Chris Nell (G) reassigned to Greenville (ECHL) Mar. 30 vs. WB/Scranton 3-4 OTL Apr. 8 vs. Springfield 5 p.m. Bridgeport Sound Tigers: Numerical Roster 28 Players # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Seth Helgeson D 6’4 209 Oct. 8, 1990 Faribault, MN 4 Mitchell Vande Sompel D 5’10 190 Feb. 11, 1997 London, ON 6 Andre Benoit D 5’11 190 Jan. 6, 1984 St. Albert, QC 7 Devon Toews D 6’1 174 Feb. 21, 1994 Abbotsford, BC 8 Kyle Burroughs D 6’0 203 Jul. 12, 1995 Vancouver, BC 10 Ryan Bourque F 5’9 185 Jan. 3, 1991 Topsfield, MA 14 Kane Lafranchise D 6’1 196 May 27, 1988 Edmonton, AB 15 Stephen Gionta F 5’7 174 Oct. 9, 1983 Rochester, NY 16 Kyle Schempp F 6’0 183 Jan. 13, 1994 Saginaw, MI 17 Michael Dal Colle F 6’3 198 Jun. 20, 1996 Richmond Hill, ON 18 John Stevens F 6’2 194 Apr. 17, 1994 Sea Isle City, NJ 20 Scott Eansor F 5’9 174 Jan. 3, 1996 Englewood, CO 21 Ben Holmstrom F 6’1 201 Apr. 9, 1987 Colorado Springs, CO 24 Travis St. Denis F 5’7 170 Sept. 17, 1992 Trail, BC 25 Casey Bailey F 6’3 194 Oct. 27, 1991 Anchorage, AK 26 Josh Ho-Sang F 6’0 172 Jan. 22, 1996 Toronto, ON 27 Parker Wotherspoon D 6’0 172 Aug. 24, 1997 Surrey, BC 28 Kellen Jones F 5’9 181 Aug. 24, 1997 Surrey, BC 29 Connor Jones F 5’9 176 Aug. 16, 1990 Montrose, BC 34 Eamon McAdam G 6’3 198 Sept. 24, 1994 Perkasie, PA 38 Sebastian Aho D 5’10 170 Feb. 17, 1996 Umea, SWE 37 Steve Bernier F 6’3 220 Mar. 31, 1985 Quebec City, QC 43 Tyler Mueller D 6’1 194 Jun. 13, 1994 Regina, SK 46 Ryan Hitchcock F 5’10 180 Mar. 30, 1996 Manhasset, NY 48 Jeff Kubiak F 6’3 212 Jan. 18, 1994 Tinley Park, IL 49 Ryan MacKinnon D 6’0 190 Sept. 5, 1994 Summerside, PE 51 Yanick Turcotte F 6’0 207 Jun. 25, 1996 Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, QC 70 Kristers Gudlevskis G 6’3 218 Jul. 31, 1992 Aizkraukle, LAT Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks n/a n/a n/a Pronunciation Guide # Name First Last 2 Seth Helgeson HELL-geh-suhn 4 Mitchell Vande Sompel VAN-duh SAHM-pull 6 Andre Benoit AWN-dray behn-WAH 7 Devon Toews deh-VOHN TAYVS 8 Kyle Burroughs BUHR-ohz 10 Ryan Bourque BOHRK 14 Kane Lafranchise luh-FRAN-chize 15 Stephen Gionta jee-OHN-tuh 16 Kyle Schempp SHEMP 17 Michael Dal Colle dal-KOHL 18 John Stevens STEE-vens 20 Scott Eansor EHN-ser 21 Ben Holmstrom HOLM-strum 24 Travis St.