PB ALL-ACCESS – Bridgeport Power Play meeting
Two units are prepped for the Sharks’ attach
5:15 pm – Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport: In the high-tech but cramped offices of assistant coaches Pat Bingham and Matt Bertani, the Sound Tigers have separate power play meetings for two 5-man units in preparation for tonight’s game against Worcester:
Trevor Smith – Ben Walter – Junior Lessard
Chris Lee – Andrew MacDonald
Jon Sim – Jeremy Colliton – Jesse Joensuu
Jamie Fraser – Joe Callahan
(Mark Wotton – Dustin Kohn)
Sound Tigers head coach Jack Capuano has Bingham run the power play meetings. The coaching staff has edited and analyzed the most recent game of the Sharks, a 4-1 win over Hartford on Sunday.
Bingham provides every detail on the Worcester penalty killing unit’s forecheck. “They are a high-pressure kind of PK,” Bingham tells his players. “If they’re gonna pressure high, we have to make them pay.”
Bingham’s knowledge of Worcester is so obsessive that he practically provides a radio call of a Hartford power play goal against the Sharks. Some of the players are impressed. “I should have been a play-by-play man,” the assistant coach says.
Capuano, Bingham and Bertani show one final clip. It’s Worcester at their best on a two-minute kill. “Sorry for this being such a lengthy one,” says Bingham, “but it shows everything they do.”
The staff has spent hours preparing for these two 5-minute meetings so their players have all the tools they need when the puck drops at 7:00. Bingham’s final piece of advice: “They’re going to work hard, so we have to work harder.”
Says Capuano: “You want your players to understand the other’s teams tendencies – how they pressure, how they forecheck. And more than that, what we need to do to execute. As Pat said a few times in the meeting, Worcester brings the pressure. We have to find ways to exploit any weaknesses.”
Pat Bingham, Matt Bertani, Jack Capuano
Capuano, Trevor Smith, Chris Lee, Junior Lessard
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6 Responses to PB ALL-ACCESS – Bridgeport Power Play meeting
Two units are prepped for the Sharks’ attach
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19 ISLE in NJ 22 says:
CB ~ Loveeeeee threads like this … as an X’s and O’s guy I love breaking down plays and strategies … wish I was in that room going over that stuff.
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BTW ~ Logan has hinted that possibly Mannino may be starting again tonight … anyword CB? -
IslesPassion 21 says:
I can’t believe Sim is in the minors…He actually elevated his game and was putting up numbers only to be demoted…
Any ryhme or reason???
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The Losers says:
Good one CB!
CB: As a guy who watches both teams and has been impressed by the contributions made by Bridgeport players when they move up, I like your coverage of the Sound Tigers. It helps us understand more about Gordon’s system and strategy when calling up players.