"HERE'S your stupid spy camera!"*
Oh. Thanks, man! There’s a schedule. It begins Oct. 12 at Hartford and ends April 21 with the second of back-to-back home games, this one against Portland. In between, there’s a trip to Atlantic City...
View ArticleRDS: Waivers deal in place
Renaud P. Lavoie of RDS reported on Twitter tonight that the NHL and NHLPA have agreed to a special waivers period running through Saturday, which is the end of the current NHL collective bargaining...
View ArticleHowes to Allen
The Central League’s Allen Americans announced that they’ve signed Scott Howes. ….. In completely unrelated news, remind me to talk about vowel shifts with David Ullstrom this year.
View ArticleUPDATE: Both games sold out
The team just announced that no tickets remain for tonight’s game against Hershey. Limited tickets remain for Sunday’s game. As of about 2:30, they’re also out of tickets for Sunday’s game.
View ArticleNewtown commemoration postponed to April 6
The Sound Tigers just announced they’ll move their day for Sandy Hook to April 6. It had been set for Sunday. “After speaking with members of the Newtown community in recent weeks, we’ve been asked to...
View ArticleAll-star fun, Day 1
Sorry for the lack of contact; wireless was spotty earlier. As tweeted, nothing all that thrilling from the local perspective. Matt Donovan salvaged an OK first hardest-shot with a 98.1 on his second....
View ArticleUnchanged
They remain as they were Thursday, which will surprise no one. They’re a couple of hours away from warmup for the national championship. One will win the first title for a Connecticut Division I hockey...
View ArticleThe mundane amid disaster: Monday notes
Horrific stuff out of Boston, where two apparent explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon have reportedly left numerous casualties. Hoping for the best. Bridgeport’s lines were all mixed up...
View ArticleArms up
Stay out of the box. Score on the power play. Kill penalties. Simple recipe. Hard to do. Harder when you’re not sure what’s what. Things were kind of all over the place tonight, what was a call, what...
View ArticleThe General Category: Monday notes
We can chuckle about the roughing major, but it struck me too late last night that changing it to a cross-check does have a potential effect down the road. There are two classes of game misconducts;...
View ArticleMidweek practice update
Two of yesterday’s three missing men returned, Chris Langkow to the spot he manned Sunday, Scott Pellerin to his spot in charge. (Eric Boguniecki departed early after taking a puck to the head;...
View ArticleHappy 1000: Albany pregame
Rich Stieglitz and family in the house. Must be a special occasion. The return of Matt Donovan from the NHL means that Scooter Vaughan can move back up front. Appears Chris Langkow can play; Justin...
View ArticleSo they’ve won 12 of 14*
Halmo steps on ice, levels Kessel. Already a fan favorite. — Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) February 28, 2014 Not a bad start to the NHL career. A few big hits (four in all in 9:01), a few plays almost...
View ArticleHart arrested in Boogaard death
Channel 5 in New York first reports that onetime Sound Tiger Jordan Hart was arrested in connection with Derek Boogaard’s death in 2011. Hart played six games here in ’08-09, up for about a month...
View ArticleLineup to come: Wednesday notes
Brent Thompson wasn’t ready to firm up the lineup for tomorrow night’s exhibition game at Wonderland, but he said it’s going to be younger guys, AHL contracts, rookies. “It’s a chance to showcase...
View ArticleHats off all around: WBS postgame
While no one threw a hat for Justin Florek — confusion over the first goal, maybe, originally credited to Ben Holmstrom? Dunno, but hey, the hats average is usually around 0.5 anyway — Stephon Williams...
View ArticleKeep scratchin’: Hartford pregame
While that basketball tournament keeps them out of their home, the Sound Tigers have been to Maine and back and now come up to the capital. They’ll be without Justin Vaive tonight; upper body, Brent...
View ArticleFeeling (bar) Down: Hartford postgame
“It was an obvious goal, that goal that was disallowed,” Mike Halmo said. “At the same time, we had ample chances.” Well, that was easy. See you Tuesday. ….. (Been a while since I pulled that one out,...
View ArticleCongrats to Patrick Williams
Feels like we’ve known him forever — and in Sound Tigers terms, I guess it’s close — so it was great to see this afternoon that the league has given Patrick Williams the Ellery Award for his coverage...
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