Full house…
…and maybe getting fuller. Bridgeport’s injured players were, except for Calvin de Haan, all on for the full practice Friday, and the only one in red (no-contact) was Kirill Kabanov. And Scott Pellerin...
View ArticleSense of the dramatic?
No Nathan Lawson. Man. Lawson, 3-0 as a starter since the lockout ended, backs up Marc Cheverie (first Binghamton start) in the Senators’ only visit. But there’s Darien (Hugh Jessiman) and New Canaan...
View ArticleSaturday morning notes
A few bits for a Saturday morning when the team’s hundreds of miles away: –The AHL announced its all-star starters, and a quarter of them are local: Nino Niederreiter and Matt Donovan in the East;...
View ArticleNorfolk Liveblog 2: all-star break edition
Pete Michaud once again on Norfolk’s broadcast. Following Twitter reports from Jamie, Pete, the Ads’ official feed and their play-by-play account. The box will be here. It’s a 7:15 start. Pete will be...
View Article“How did 64 get into it?”: All-star liveblog
Thoughts here and there on the all-star game… –To me the most interesting thing out of the State of the League presser this morning: Dave Andrews said the league is willing to work with the NHL’s...
View ArticleUnclear Day
Wondering how Clear Day was going to work with the late NHL trade deadline? Well, reports Tim Leone, Hershey president Doug Yingst says it won’t, really: Yingst says there will be an AHL trade deadline...
View ArticleGallant gets a contract/Arcobello up
Shouldn’t have started driving. The Islanders announced that they’ve given Brett Gallant his entry-level NHL deal. It’s for the remainder of this season. He’s worked hard on his all-around game and...
View ArticleArcobello debuts
Mark Arcobello logged over 18 minutes in his NHL debut tonight in Edmonton, a 3-2 loss in overtime that ended on a Jaromir Jagr goal. A couple of blocked shots, a giveaway on his first shift after...
View ArticleTurned, twisted, swung about*
Scott Pellerin wanted to make it known, unsolicited: The language in the Brandon DeFazio press release surprised him yesterday. He’d said he’d heard nothing about a slew-foot and took exception to the...
View ArticlePenalties, passing: Providence, easy
You could boil it down to this: It’s 1-1 late in the first, Matt Watkins gets called for one of a few penalties that Bridgeport doesn’t like*, and eight minutes later the game is over for all intents...
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