BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS GAME NOTES BRIDGEPORT HARTFORD SOUND TIGERS WOLF PACK 28 GP, 13-12-2-1 = 29 PTS 31 GP, 13-12-3-3 = 32 PTS 5th Atlantic Division 6th Atlantic Division Saturday, December 23, 2017 3 p.m. ET @ XL Center Bridgeport Game 29 Bridgeport Road Game 15 AHL Game 434 Refs: Peter Schlittenhardt, Kenny Anderson Linesmen: Derek Wahl, Robert St. Lawrence BRI 2017-18 HFD THE STORY COMING IN The Bridgeport Sound Tigers battle the Hartford Wolf Pack at 3 p.m. this afternoon in their final game 13-12-2-1 Record 13-12-3-3 before the 2017 holiday break. Last night, Mitch Vande Sompel and Josh Ho-Sang each found the back 6-6-1-1 Home 7-6-2-0 of the net, but the Sound Tigers could not climb out of a three-goal deficit in the first period and suffered their third straight setback to the Springfield Thunderbirds. Bridgeport enters today’s matchup on a two- 7-6-1-0 Away 6-6-1-3 game slide and in fifth place in the Atlantic Division standings, and the club is still looking for its first win 18.0% (11) PP 21.6% (4) in regulation since Nov. 24 against Hartford - a dozen games ago. 85.7% (6) PK 84.0% (11) TIGERS VS. WOLF PACK Today’s game features the sixth of 10 meetings between the Sound Tigers and Wolf Pack this season, 15.86 PIM (Avg) 12.84 and the third of five matchups at the XL Center. Bridgeport leads the series 4-1-0-0 and collected a 7-3 3.07 Goals For/ 2.94 win at Webster Bank Arena in their last meeting on Nov. 24, in which Seth Helgeson, Josh Holmstrom, 3.04 Against 3.52 Scott Eansor and Casey Bailey all scored once and added an assist. The Sound Tigers are also 2-0-0-0 32.93 Shots For/ 31.90 in Hartford this season and earned a 2-1 overtime victory in their last trip to the state’s capital on Nov. 15. Devon Toews notched both goals, including the overtime winner, that night. 26.64 Against 32.65 BRI LEADERS HFD VIEW FROM HARTFORD Keith McCambridge’s club is on a season-long nine-game point streak (6-0-1-2) following a 6-4 victory Fritz Points Holland against the Providence Bruins last night at home. Peter Holland, Scott Kosmachuk and Gabriel Fontaine 29 30 each scored once and added an assist and Marek Mazanec made 32 saves in his fifth straight outing Eansor Goals Lettieri between the pipes. Mazanec has gone (4-0-1) in those five appearances and offensively, Holland leads 12 12 Hartford with 30 points and 19 assists this season. In addition, Vinni Lettieri also scored last night and now paces the Wolf Pack with 12 goals. Hartford caps a brief two-game homestand today. Fritz Assists Holland 21 19 GOING STREAKING Josh Ho-Sang extended his AHL point streak to six games last night (the longest of his pro career) when Johnston PIM Crawley he netted his third goal of the season against Springfield. The second-year forward has nine points 97 45 (three goals, six assists) in nine games with Bridgeport this season, including one goal and five assists Gibson Wins Nell - X in his last four contests, split up between a recall to the New York Islanders. Ho-Sang was loaned back 9 5 to Bridgeport by the Islanders last Friday. 2017-18 Season Series: 4-1-0-0 KEEPING IT CLOSE Each of the Sound Tigers’ three games last weekend resulted in a one-goal differential and Bridgeport is Oct. 22 HFD at BRI 6-3 W now tied for fifth in the AHL with 15 one-goal outcomes this season. Of course, going beyond regulation Oct. 27 BRI at HFD 5-1 W guarantees a one-goal decision and six of the team’s last 10 games have ended in overtime or a shoot- Nov. 11 HFD at BRI 1-2 L out. The Sound Tigers are 7-5-2-1 in one-goal outcomes this season. Nov. 15 BRI at HFD 2-1 OTW Nov. 24 HFD at BRI 7-3 W QUICK HITS Dec. 23 BRI at HFD 3 p.m. Tanner Fritz is tied for ninth in the AHL’s scoring race with 29 points (eight goals, 21 assists) and also Jan. 10 HFD at BRI 7 p.m. ranks fifth in the League in helpers… Sebastian Aho’s eight goals are second among AHL defensemen Feb. 7 BRI at HFD 11 a.m. and his four game-winning tallies are tied for first among League rookies… Devon Toews leads AHL Feb. 18 HFD at BRI 3 p.m. blue-liners with 91 shots… Aho and Toews are tied for sixth among defensemen with 19 points… Chris Gibson (34) is one win shy of tying Anders Nilsson (35) for sixth place on the Sound Tigers’ all-time wins Mar. 31 BRI at HFD 7 p.m. list for netminders... The Sound Tigers lead the Eastern Conference with 32.93 shots per game and rank second in the AHL overall in shots against (26.64)... Bridgeport has outshot its opponent in six straight BRI vs. HFD GP G A PTS games. T. St. Denis (BRI) 5 2 3 5 D. Toews (BRI) 5 2 3 5 AFFILIATE REPORT M. Dal Colle (BRI) 5 1 4 5 NHL: New York Islanders (18-13-4): Next vs. Winnipeg Jets - Today, 1 p.m. ET ECHL: Worcester Railers (11-10-2-2): Next at Adirondack Thunder - Tonight, 7 p.m. ET T. Fritz (BRI) 5 1 3 4 R. Johnston (BRI) 5 0 4 4 Recent Transactions: Bridgeport Bridgeport Last 3 / Next 3 Games Dec. 21 - Patrick Cullity (D) recalled from Worcester (ECHL) Dec. 16 vs. WB/Scranton 3-2 OTW Dec. 27 vs. Hershey 7 p.m. Dec. 21 - Eamon McAdam (G) reassigned to Worcester (ECHL) Dec. 17 vs. Lehigh Valley 2-3 OTL Dec. 30 vs. Binghamton 7 p.m. Dec. 20 - Shane Prince (RW) recalled by NY Islanders (NHL) Dec. 22 @ Springfield 2-5 L Jan. 3 @ WB/Scranton 7:05 p.m. Recent Transactions: Hartford Hartford Last 3 / Next 3 Games Dec. 17 - Caleb Herbert (RW) signed to PTO Dec. 16 @ Springfield 1-2 SOL Dec. 29 @ WB/Scranton 7:05 p.m. Dec. 13 - Filip Chytil (C) reassigned to Czech Nat’l Team (WJC) Dec. 20 @ Lehigh Valley 5-4 OTW Jan. 5 @ Providence 7 p.m. Dec. 11 - Chris Nell (G) reassigned to Adirondack (ECHL) Dec. 22 vs. Providence 6-4 W Jan. 6 vs. Syracuse 7:05 p.m. Bridgeport Sound Tigers: Alphabetical Roster 24 Players # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Seth Helgeson D 6’4 209 Oct. 8, 1990 Faribault, MN 3 Patrick Cullity D 6’2 201 Jan. 26, 1987 Tewksbury, MA 4 Mitchell Vande Sompel D 5’10 190 Feb. 11, 1997 London, ON 7 Devon Toews D 6’1 174 Feb. 21, 1994 Abbotsford, BC 8 Kyle Burroughs D 6’0 203 Jul. 12, 1995 Langley, BC 10 Ryan Bourque F 5’9 185 Jan. 3, 1991 Topsfield, MA 11 Tanner Fritz F 5’11 192 Aug. 20, 1991 Grande Praire, AB 12 Josh Holmstrom F 6’0 181 Sept. 5, 1989 Colorado Springs, CO 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 29 Connor Jones F 5’9 176 Aug. 16, 1990 Montrose, BC 32 Ross Johnston F 6’4 225 Feb. 18, 1994 Charlottetown, PEI 33 Christopher Gibson G 6’1 187 Dec. 27, 1992 Karkkila, FIN 38 Sebastian Aho D 5’10 176 Feb. 17, 1996 Umea, SWE 70 Kristers Gudlevskis G 6’3 218 Jul. 31, 1992 Aizkraukle, LAT Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks 1 - Josh Ho-Sang: 12/22/17 at SPR 1 - Seth Helgeson: 12/22/17 at SPR 6 - Josh Ho-Sang: 11/4/17 - 12/22/17 1 - Mitch Vande Sompel: 12/22/17 at SPR 1 - Stephen Gionta: 12/22/17 at SPR 1 - 5 Tied: 12/22/17 at SPR 1 - Michael Dal Colle: 12/22/17 at SPR 1 - Ross Johnston: 12/22/17 at SPR Pronunciation Guide # Name First Last 2 Seth Helgeson HELL-geh-suhn 3 Patrick Cullity KUHL-iht-ee 4 Mitchell Vande Sompel VAN-duh SAAHM-pull 7 Devon Toews deh-VOHN TAYVS 8 Kyle Burroughs BUHR-ohz 10 Ryan Bourque BOHRK 11 Tanner Fritz 12 Josh Holmstrom HOLM-strum 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. Denis saint-DENNIS 25 Casey Bailey BAY-lee 26 Josh Ho-Sang ho-SANG 27 Parker Woterspoon WAUTH-ehr-spoon 29 Connor Jones 32 Ross Jonston JON-stuhn 33 Christopher Gibson GIB-suhn 38 Sebastian Aho AHH-ho 70 Kristers Gudlevskis CHRIS-tuhrs guhd-LEHV-skeez Bridgeport Sound Tigers: Team Records Category W - L - OTL - SOL Category W - L - OTL - SOL Overall: 13 - 12 - 2 - 1 1-Goal Games: 7 - 5 - 2 - 1 Home: 6 - 6 - 1 - 1 2-Goal Games: 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 Road: 7 - 6 - 1 - 0 3 (or more) -Goal Games: 5 - 6 - 0 - 0 Scoring 5 (or more) Goals: 7 - 0 - 0 - 0 Allowing 5 (or more) Goals: 1 - 5 - 1 - 0 Scoring 4 Goals: 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 Allowing 4 Goals: 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 Scoring 3 Goals: 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 Allowing 3 Goals: 3 - 1 - 1 - 0 Scoring 2 Goals: 2 - 5 - 1 - 0 Allowing 2 Goals: 4 - 2 - 0 - 1 Scoring 1 Goal: 1 - 4 - 0 - 1 Allowing 1 Goal: 3 - 0 - 0 - 0 Not Scoring: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 Not Allowing a Goal: 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 Scoring first: 10 - 5 - 2 - 1 Opponent Scoring first: 3 - 7 - 0 - 0 Leading after 1 period: 8 - 3 - 2 - 0 Leading after 2 periods: 9 - 0 - 1 - 1 Tied after 1 period: 3 - 3 - 0 - 1 Tied after 2 periods: 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 1 period: 2 - 6 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 2 periods: 1 - 10 - 1 - 0 Outshooting opponent: 10 - 9 - 2 - 1 Having More Penalty Minutes: 8 - 4 - 1 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 Having Fewer Penalty Minutes: 3 - 4 - 1 - 0 Even shots: 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 Even Penalty Minutes: 2 - 4 - 0 - 1 Recording 0-19 Shots: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 Allowing 0-19 Shots: 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 Recording 20-29 Shots: 3 - 4 - 0 - 0 Allowing 20-29 Shots: 6 - 9 - 1 - 1 Recording 30-39 Shots: 9 - 6 - 2 - 1 Allowing 30-39 Shots: 6 - 3 - 0 - 0 Recording 40-49 Shots: 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 Allowing 40-49 Shots: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0