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| A flurry
of goals late in the third period ignited a Bridgeport comeback over Hartford in AHL preseason play on Saturday. |
BRIDGEPORT—The Bridgeport Sound Tigers, AHL affiliate
of the New York Islanders, used a
flurry of quick late third-period goals to
complete a comeback 4-2 win over their in-state archrivals, the Hartford Wolf
Pack, at Webster Bank Arena on Saturday. The Wolf Pack are the AHL affiliate of
the New York Rangers. Oliver Wahlstrom and David Quenneville came up clutch in
the final frame, while Christopher Gibson and Jared Coreau shared the net as
part of the win, Bridgeport’s first of the preseason.
It was a fairly pedestrian first period as there were just
14 combined shots on goal—seven from each side. Gibson stopped every chance
that came his way through the first 20 minutes. The Sound Tigers opened the
scoring at 12:09 of the first period when Nic Pierog fired a slap shot top
shelf, directly off of a faceoff win from Kyle MacLean.
The Wolf Pack pushed much harder physically to begin the
second period and the Sound Tigers struggled to register shots on net.
Wahlstrom was sent to the box for tripping at the 7:53 mark, and Hartford took
advantage. Tim Gettinger tied the game at one apiece at 9:22 of the second
period. Gettinger entered the zone quickly and put a backhand shot past Gibson.
At the halfway mark, Coreau replaced Gibson in the Sound
Tigers net and nearly three minutes later, Gettinger was sent to the box for
hooking at 12:30. Not until that power play did Bridgeport register their first
shot on goal of the period.
The contest saw its first solid scrum about halfway through
the third as Hartford’s Mason Geersten had to fend off punches from Tanner Pond
and others. Ben Thomson was also given a five-minute major and game misconduct
for being the third man in. With Hartford on the power play, the visitors
managed to make it count for the second time as Nick Jones poked a shot home on
the short side of Coreau to give the Wolf Pack their first lead.
With six minutes to play, Bridgeport got back in the game as
the highly touted Wahlstrom sent a wrist shot past goaltender Adam Huska to knot
the score at two goals apiece. The, just just seconds later, the Sound Tigers
regained the lead thanks to a top-shelf wrist shot from Quenneville. Despite
some late trouble with penalties, Cole Bardreau sealed the Sound Tigers’
victory with an empty netter.
Sound Tigers individual game tickets are now on sale, as
well as season tickets, partial season tickets/flex plans (20-game or 10-game) and
group tickets. For individual game tickets, visit the Webster Bank Arena box
office, or click HERE.
Season and partial season ticket holders are entitled to exclusive benefits
including the ticket holder exchange program. For more information contact Brad
Dworin at 203-345-4813 or via e-mail at brad.dworin@harboryardse.com.
For information on group ticket sales (15 or more),call 203-345-2300 ext. 7, or
email groupsales@harboryardse.com.
“Preseason’s about, yes, you want to establish your game and
your system,” Wolf Pack head coach Kris Knoblauch said, “but the most important
thing is that you’re getting a good evaluation of the players, so that you have
the right guys for regular season, when it starts.”
—Staff Reports
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