Shut out — but better?
Look, I laughed when Stirling and Mapletoft said that 7-1 loss seven and a half years ago would be good for them, and exactly four months later I was chilling out in downtown Chicago awaiting Game 5....
View ArticleFlood watch
Awaiting official word on Flood. Edit: He’s been assigned to Bridgeport. Jack Capuano had no comment on his situation. Assuming Flood cleared, he could practice for the first time Thursday. (The report...
View ArticleHeartaches hangin’ ’round my door*
Two guys appeared this morning in the little-used white practice jerseys: Mark Flood, and Micheal Haley. Uh-oh. “Haley had a setback,” Jack Capuano said. That didn’t sound good for the weekend, though...
View ArticleRats arrive
Game 10 already. We’re an eighth of the way done. Or, to look at it more brightly, an eighth of the way to springtime. Much shakeup for the Bridgeport lineup, including the season debut of Mark Flood...
View ArticleWait, time out
I just figured I’d missed one, but it was confirmed after the game: The flow of that third period and the pressure Bridgeport put on Springfield were so intense, they missed two of the three...
View ArticleFrom Cape Race to Nootka Sound (they’re still partying)
You know it was big because the stories about the ratings talk about biggest-since, and the leading numbers on the years are “199.” But you don’t need the numbers, ’cause the heart still aches a bit 19...
View Article…all over again
Friday: Haskins in the first, Norfolk scores in the second and early in the third, Bridgeport ties it, and it’s 1-0 in the bonus round. Tonight… Uh-huh. That’s kind of weird. Creepy. But Bridgeport...
View ArticleRising Flood
Katie Strang tweeted moments ago that Mark Flood got the emergency call to replace Dustin Kohn tonight. It’ll be a well-earned NHL debut for Flood.
View ArticleMauldin gets the call… finally
Took the whole year, but the Islanders recalled Greg Mauldin this morning. “He deserves it,” Jack Capuano said. “The thing about the guy is he practices hard, and he plays hard. He takes care of...
View ArticleGame 78 (or 1)
Greg Mauldin is back with the team tonight (though maybe not beyond, given the other injuries on top of Sound Tigers centerman Josh Bailey’s), back in his usual spot. Mark Flood slides into Jake...
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