WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 2, BRIDGEPORT 1
Penguins lead series, 3-1; next 2 in WB-S
9:30 pm – Blake Comeau with two terrific moves and scoring chances shorthanded, but John Curry makes a pair of big stops. Curry also fights off an individual effort by Jack Hillen with a minute left. Sound Tigers fail to control puck in Penguins’ zone and are unable to pull Peter Mannino for an extra attacker until 10 seconds are left. WB-S holds on to win, 2-1.
With Games 5 and 6 in Pennsylvania, the Sound Tigers are in trouble. One thing they’ve got going for them: the visiting team has won every game in the series.
9:17 pm - Ben Walter scores from Chris Lee and Jon Sim on the power play for Bridgeport. 2-1 Penguins. Jesse Joensuu called for a tripping penalty. 3:12 left in the game.
9:10 pm – Special teams the difference in the series as WB-S has another power play goal tonight and Bridegport just failed to convert on its fourth power play of the game.
To answer some of the questions in Comments, the Sound Tigers continue to carry a lot (no really, literally a ton!) of extra players. They include from the Islanders prospect pool goalie Kevin Poulin, defenseman Mark Katic and forwards Max Gratchev and Robin Figren. Travis Hamonic was never signed by the NYI and has returned home. Ryan Duncan, signed to an ATO but not in the plans for the lineup, returned to finish college.
London and Windsor tied at 3.
8:27 pm – Still 2-0 Penguins after two periods. Original Blog Boxer Tom Liodice is sitting next to me and logging virtually everything going on in the game. There are a few other stories to chase, so I encourage you to follow the Bridgeport game via Tom’s coverage here at The Tiger Track.
John Tavares with a goal and assist as London has a 3-2 lead while trying to stay alive in their OHL playoff series with Windsor.
8:04 pm – Jeff Taffe, on the power play at 1:25 of the second period, makes it 2-0.
7:40 pm – The Penguins opened the scoring with a goal by Chris Minard (fourth of the series) with three minutes left in the first period. Jeff Taffe’s slapper from the point missed the goal, caromed off the boards and landed right on Minard’s stick. He slid the puck past Peter Mannino.
The game has been a physical battle, with every player on both teams finishing every check and following it up with a face-wash or shove in the back. Blake Comeau has been running every Penguin in his path. Justin DiBenedetto has shown some offensive creativity. As he told us himself, he has to keep his feet moving.
Shots on goal: Penguins 12, Sound Tigers 9.
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7:00 pm, Bridgeport - Good evening from the Arena at Harbor Yard, where – per your assignment by a vote of 118-4 - I’m blogging from the press box. “Sesame Street Live” is not booked this week, so the Sound Tigers can now play their home games, ya know, at home. Your Bridgeport lineup:
Trevor Smith – Ben Walter – Justin DiBenedetto
Jesse Joensuu – Jeremy Colliton – Blake Comeau
Sean Bentivoglio – Tyler Haskins – Jon Sim
Pascal Morency – Rob Hennigar – Micheal Haley
Joe Callahan – Jack Hillen
Andrew MacDonald – Dustin Kohn
Mark Wotton – Chris Lee
Peter Mannino
Nathan Lawson
I will update goals and write short posts at the intermissions and immediately after the game. Post-game, I’ll speak with some of the key participants and have a follow-up story. I’m also working on a Tavares Hedman Duchene Lighthouse Project story.
Comments.
38 Responses to WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 2, BRIDGEPORT 1
Penguins lead series, 3-1; next 2 in WB-S
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Isle_in_LA says:
Go Tigers! i hope DiBo gets his first.
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Pat says:
Thanks for all your hard work Chris, enjoy the game and let’s tie this series up.
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michael says:
i hope joensuu dominates this game..
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2277 says:
Chris you are a true pro! thanks for all you do for us fans! Instead of a PB night, we need a CB night to thank you!
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Froggy says:
So glad you are working on a LP story. We can’t lose site of the prize…a team that will hopefully be playing its home games in our area.
Thanks CB!
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db says:
tavares scores another useless power play goal please snow dont sign him. not!!!
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anyone know if garth wang are at the tavares game again tonight.
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mrlbem says:
DiBo scores tonight. You heard it here.
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the1gwiz says:
Agreed, 1, that line sounds like a good time. Hopefully they can get something rolling.
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mapisles2025 says:
lets go dibo
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Joensuu is a beast out here tonight! He’s hitting everything in site. As for Dibo, he had a strong game 3 and is continuing where he left off. Can’t forget Comeau, also playing hard. Sure doesn’t look like the wrist is a factor.
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tavares with a power play assist 2-0 london.
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rob76 says:
Facing elimination on the road tonight Tavares has a goal and an assist and his team has a 2-0 lead- i hope Garth and Wang are there again watching…
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Outside says:
if it was mad mike, he would have left by now, saying he didnt score a goal when i went, so im gonna go draft a goalie instead…
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MACCH says:
db- Tavares has a goal and an assist… 2-0 London
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Windsor with a pair…2-2.
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Ha anyone watching the Ranger game… He had never been to the Garden before. So much for the playing at the Garden excuse.
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Knights just got a lucky bounce – Windsors goalie might have gotten a little hurt – they take a 3-2 lead – just for JT’s sake i hope his team wins and continues on in that series it cant hurt his value
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chip saunders says:
Just got turned on to this site,Awesome Isle’s news,it’s a keeper. Required reading for Isle’s fans.
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UIF says:
Man, I’d expect a better showing from b-port with those lines. Are they at least playing well and getting robbed by good goaltending or what?
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Strummer's Army says:
I too expected a much better showing from the Bridge with all the NHL experienced guys. I do hope they win the series and go deep into the playoffs as the experience will be invaluable.
CB, are guys like Harmonic, Poulin, Katic etc still there working out?
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If so can you please interview Poulin and Harmonic?
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bryan c says:
hows dibo looking cb?
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doc says:
Silly Tavares… Don’t you know how useless those power play goals are…? Why do you keep scoring those?
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Maybe they’re lacking chemistry
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hahahah well said Doc
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windsor tied it at 3- but i found an interesting note – on Taylor Hall’s wikipedia page it says his role model is none other than John Tavares – weird but being that Hall is next years projected top pick that cant be that bad
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I’ll still be in Wilkes-Barre Friday night in support of our (future) boys. Here’s hoping the road win trend continues!
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Jon Sim took a selfish and stupid penalty that put his team down when they had a bit of momentum. I’m going to say it right now, I don’t care how many goals he’s scored, the guy takes dumb penalties and I’m sick of it. This hasn’t been the first time he’s done it either. It seems as if whenever he takes a penalty, it’s almost always a selfish undisciplined one. Sim you suck!
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Sorry to hear they couldnt tie it up. Seems like this is a visitors series… and I hope that continues for a little while- but not in game 7 lol.
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DavidNYC says:
I’d also love to know your thoughts on DiBo after watching him in a LIVE game for the first time this evening.
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Damn…sounds like Comeau had a good game. Sounds like they really need to elevate their game though.
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Nunzio says:
where’s kyle okposo in this series?
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Jeff says:
I thought Comeau played a nice game last night…DiBo did OK. The rest of the guys played terrible. Mannino kept it close, even though we had the advantage in shots on goal, you’d never know it!!
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BR says:
Nunzio – KO is in Europe playing at the Worlds. He only played the first two games of this series (and scored a goal).
DiBenedetto on the first line? Interesting…
Wish I could get to see the
Joensuu – Colliton – Comeau line in action. Love how that looks on paper.