BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS GAME NOTES BRIDGEPORT HARTFORD SOUND TIGERS WOLF PACK 7 GP, 3-3-1-0 = 7 PTS 9 GP, 4-4-1-0 = 9 PTS Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:30 p.m. ET at XL Center Bridgeport Game 08 Bridgeport Road Game 04 AHL Game 121 Refs: Kenny Anderson, Terry Koharski Linesmen: Kevin Briganti, Nick Briganti BRI 2018-19 HFD THE STORY COMING IN 3-3-1-0 Record 4-4-1-0 The Bridgeport Sound Tigers open a three-gaMe road trip tonight with a 7:30 p.M. Matchup against their Most bitter rival, the Hartford Wolf Pack, at the XL Center. The Sound Tigers will try for back-to-back wins 2-1-1-0 Home 2-1-1-0 following a 4-3 shootout victory against the Providence Bruins last Sunday in coMe-froM-behind fashion. 1-2-0-0 Away 2-3-0-0 Steve Bernier scored twice and Bridgeport rallied froM an early two-goal goal deficit to eventually earn the win in a three-round shootout. Devon Toews also scored in regulation and Christopher Gibson (2-2-0) 6-for-30 PP 6-for-40 Made 29 saves, including eight Magnificent stops in overtiMe, while Chris Bourque netted the only shootout 24-for-29 PK 30-for-36 tally for either teaM. The Sound Tigers continue a stretch of eight straight gaMes against a division rival 11.14 PIM (Avg) 10.22 tonight. 2.86 Goals For / 3.11 TIGERS VS. WOLF PACK 3.57 Against 3.67 Tonight's gaMe will Mark the first of 10 Meetings between the NutMeg State rivals this season, and the first of five contests at the XL Center. Bridgeport earned points in nine of its 10 Matchups against Hartford last 26.57 Shots For / 25.89 year (7-1-1-1), including a 4-0-1-0 record in Connecticut's capital city. Seven of the 10 Meetings this season 30.29 Against 28.44 will take place before New Year's Day. Bridgeport leads the all-tiMe series 83-74-13 (170 gaMes). BRI LEADERS HFD VIEW FROM HARTFORD Dal Colle Points 2 Tied Keith McCaMbridge's club is right at .500 through its first nine gaMes, but Hartford is looking to respond this evening following back-to-back regulation losses for the first tiMe this season. On Wednesday, Shawn 8 8 O'Donnell scored twice and Steven Fogarty added his fourth goal of the year, but the Wolf Pack allowed Bernier Goals Fogarty five straight tallies to the Lehigh Valley PhantoMs to open the gaMe and suffered a 7-3 loss at hoMe. Dustin 4 4 Tokarski was pulled just 4:36 into the gaMe after allowing three goals on four shots. Overall, Peter Holland and 20-year-old Lias Andersson pace Hartford with eight points in nine gaMes. Andersson's first pro goal 2 Tied Assists Holland caMe against Bridgeport in just his sixth gaMe last February. 5 7 DAL COLLE'S DELIGHT Jones PIM Andersson Michael Dal Colle is off to a strong start in the third and final year of his entry-level deal with the New York 17 13 Islanders. The forMer fifth overall pick leads the Sound Tigers in scoring with eight points (three goals, five Gibson Wins Mazanec assists) through six gaMes and also paces the club with three Multi-point efforts this season. He had just four Multi-point outings in 2017-18. Dal Colle scored two goals last weekend - his 24th and 25th AHL tallies. 2 2 FREE HOCKEY FRENZY Season Series: 0-0-0-0 The Sound Tigers have gone past regulation in three of their last four gaMes, including twice last weekend Oct. 27 BRI at HFD 7:30 p.m. when the club captured an overtiMe and shootout win. Bridgeport is 2-1 beyond 60 Minutes of play this Nov. 14 BRI at HFD 11 a.m. season after finishing last season 7-8 in those situations. The only other teaMs who have gone to overtiMe More this season are the Milwaukee AdMirals and Ontario Reign (four tiMes). Nov. 23 HFD at BRI 7 p.m. Nov. 24 BRI at HFD 7:30 p.m. KING OF THE CREASE Christopher Gibson won each of his two starts last weekend and played More than 60 Minutes in both Dec. 5 HFD at BRI 7 p.m. gaMes. On Sunday, Gibson not only defeated a high-powered Lehigh Valley offense, but he did so Making Dec. 27 HFD at BRI 7 p.m. eight Miraculous saves in overtiMe and not allowing a goal on three shootout atteMpts. The 2018 AHL All- Star is in his fourth season with the Sound Tigers and currently ranks fourth all-tiMe in gaMes played with Dec. 29 BRI at HFD 7 p.m. Bridgeport (90) and fifth in teaM wins (46). Jan. 12 HFD at BRI 7 p.m. Feb. 5 BRI at HFD 7 p.m. QUICK HITS Mike Sislo saw his three-gaMe goal streak coMe to an end last Sunday… It was the 10th tiMe in his eight- Feb. 16 HFD at BRI 7 p.m. year AHL career that he scored in at least three straight contests (Sislo had an eight-gaMe goal streak froM Feb. 6, 2016 – Feb. 24, 2016 while playing for the Albany Devils)… The Sound Tigers' penalty kill is 11th in the AHL (82.8%), but it's 11-for-11 on the road specifically, one of just three perfect teaMs along with the Colorado Eagles and Laval Rocket… Bridgeport recalled Jeff Kubiak froM the Worcester Railers (ECHL) BRI vs. HFD GP G A PTS prior to Sunday's gaMe and the rookie forward logged his first career AHL assist on Devon Toews' second- period tally… Brent ThoMpson is eight wins away froM his 200th as Bridgeport's head coach… Chris --- 0 0 0 0 Bourque is five points away froM his 700th in the AHL. --- 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 AFFILIATE REPORT --- 0 0 0 0 NHL: New York Islanders (3-4-1): Last: 3-2 OTL vs. FLA, Wed. -- Next at PHI, Today at 1 pM ET --- 0 0 0 0 ECHL: Worcester Railers (2-2-0-0): Next at ADK, Tonight at 7 pM ET Recent Transactions: Bridgeport Bridgeport Last 3 / Next 3 Games Oct. 21 - Jeff Kubiak (F) recalled froM Worcester (ECHL) Oct. 19 vs. Providence (4-3 OTW) Oct. 28 at Providence 3:05 p.M. Oct. 17 - Stephen Gionta (F) loaned froM NY Islanders (NHL) Oct. 20 at Providence (5-2 L) Nov. 2 at Springfield 7:05 p.M. Oct. 12 - Jeff Kubiak (F) loaned to Worcester (ECHL) Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh Valley (4-3 SOW) Nov. 3 vs. Springfield 7 p.M. Recent Transactions: Hartford Hartford Last 3 / Next 3 Games Oct. 25 - Matt Beleskey (F) loaned froM NY Rangers (NHL) Oct. 19 at Belleville (4-3 W) Oct. 28 at Springfield 3:05 p.M. Oct. 21 - Alexandar Georgiev (G) recalled by NY Rangers (NHL) Oct. 20 at Toronto (3-2 L) Nov. 2 at WB/Sranton 7:05 p.M. Oct. 21 - Marek Mazanec (G) returned froM NY Rangers (NHL) Oct. 24 vs. Lehigh Valley (7-3 L) Nov. 3 at WB/Sranton 7:05 p.M. Bridgeport Sound Tigers: Numerical Roster 27 Players # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Seth Helgeson D 6'4 219 Oct. 8, 1990 Faribault, MN 3 Chris Casto D 6'1 203 Dec. 27, 1991 Stillwater, MN 4 Mitch Vande SoMpel D 5'11 198 Feb. 11, 1997 London, ONT 6 Yannick Rathgeb D 6'2 187 Oct. 24, 1995 Langenthal, SUI 7 Chris Bourque F 5'8 180 Jan. 29, 1986 Boston, MA 8 Kyle Burroughs D 6'0 193 Jul. 12, 1995 Langley, BC 10 Ryan Bourque F 5'10 176 Jan. 3, 1991 Topsfield, MA 11 Tanner Fritz F 6'5 227 Sept. 1, 1998 Nokia, FIN 12 Otto Koivula F 5'11 192 Aug. 20, 1991 Grande Praire, AB 13 Stephen Gionta F 5'7 174 Oct. 9, 1983 Rochester, NY 15 Kieffer Bellows F 6'1 195 Jun. 10, 1998 Edina, MN 16 Mike Sislo F 6'0 194 Jan. 20, 1988 Superior, WI 17 Michael Dal Colle F 6'3 194 Jun. 20, 1996 Woodbridge, ON 20 Scott Eansor F 5'9 183 Jan. 3, 1996 Denver, CO 21 Ben HolMstroM F 6'2 202 Apr. 9, 1987 Colorado Springs, CO 24 Travis St. Denis F 5'8 175 Sept. 17, 1992 Trail, BC 25 Devon Toews D 6'1 191 Feb. 21, 1994 Abbotsford, BC 26 Josh Ho-Sang F 6'1 174 Jan. 22, 1996 Toronto, ON 27 Parker Wotherspoon D 6'2 185 Aug. 24, 1997 Surrey, BC 28 Sebastian Aho D 5'11 177 Feb. 17, 1996 UMea, SWE 29 Connor Jones F 5'10 178 Aug. 16, 1990 Montrose, BC 33 Christopher Gibson G 6'2 207 Jul. 14, 1993 Karkkila, FIN 34 Ryan Hitchcock F 5'11 178 Mar. 30, 1996 Manhasset, NY 35 JereMy SMith G 6'1 177 Apr. 13, 1989 Dearborn, MI 36 Jeff Kubiak F 6'3 212 Jan. 18, 1994 Tinley Park, IL 37 Steve Bernier F 6'3 222 Mar. 31, 1985 Quebec, QC 40 Matt Gaudreau F 5'9 150 Dec. 5, 1994 Carneys Point, NJ Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks 1 - Steve Bernier (10/21/18 vs. LV) 1 - 5 Tied (10/21/18 @ LV) 1 - 7 Tied (10/21/18 @ LV) 1 - Devon Toews (10/21/18 vs.