LIVE! BNG @ BRI - FINAL (3-1 BNG)

Here we go again for Okposo-Mania Part II!!!

3:12 - Not much a crowd here so far. Funny, I would've expected it bigger due to the afternoon game...

3:14 - Are going to be wearing special camouflage jerseys today for the armed forces. I will my best to grab a photo or two for visual aid...

3:18 - We got a few BRI call-ups, not sure if its PTO-related or just from Utah, but D Chris Busby and RW Luke Fulghum are listed in the roster today...

3:21 - Just found out from Mike Fornabaio that Fulghum is on a PTO...Busby is a signing from Elmira of the ECHL

3:25 - Ken Dick will be joining us again here in the press box...it's great that he was able to make the trip.

3:32 - Joey MacDonald and his unpainted mask will be in the net for the Sound Tigers today.

3:37 - Here are tonight's sound Tigers line combinations courtesy of the pre-game warmups. Andy Sertich, who played forward last night, is moving back to the blue line due to a Mark Wotton injury.

Okposo - Nielsen - Bentivoglio
Fulghum - Walter - Smith
Pitton - Colliton - Keith
Haley - Brennan

Fata - Ford
Spiller - Kohn
Fraser - Sertich

3:42 - I'm gonna make a bold predicts and say that today's crowd will be around the same 4500 tonight

3:49 - Here's a sneak preview of tonight's very sleek jerseys...


3:58 - Thanks to cohenzee for the update that Jeff Tambellini is heading back down to the Bridge after Ted Nolan announced that Miro Satan will be playing tonight in Ottawa...he sure made the most of that callup!

4:01 - The Okposo - Nielsen - Benti line is starting tonight with Spiller and Kohn on D

4:13 - Nice long tribute to the armed forces, hence the long delay

4:14 - We've got the Walter line out now...not much action going on so far...end to end with only one shot by the Sound Tigers to show for it.

4:15 - Nice defensive play by Colliton to clear the zone

4:16 - Big bad Kip Brennan is out there now...does he have another fight in him after yesterday's TKO?

4:17 - We're five minutes in and Bingo has the slight shot advantage 2-1

4:19 - MacDonald thought he was Ricky DiPietro there coming way out from his net...and now we got some shoving, but that's just it.

4:21 - Drew Fata just NAILED Greg Mauldin (BNG), but he's gonna go to the box for an interference call. Bingo to the PP

4:23 - Colliton JUST MISSED on a shorthanded chance

4:24 - Frans Nielsen just had a shorthanded chance...the Tigers are being very aggressive today...

4:25 - Drew Fata is out of the box...3 shots for Bingo on the PP

4:26 - Did Matt Spiller just shoot it through his bench's door? Ha...

NICE standup play by Dustin Kohn...getting his gloves in the Bingo forwards face...

4:27 - Sound Tigers to the PP...Ilya Zubov is going off for hooking...

4:29 - Frans Nielsen is playing the point on the PP today...

4:30 - Colliton set up Sertich in front...shot missed the net...and now Zubov is out...no shots on the PP

4:31 - KO just got knocked down...welcome to professional hockey

4:32 - This has been a very offensive-less period...lots of shots, not much hitting the net...and now the Sound Tigers are going to the PP...Brian Lee (BNG) for interference

4:35 - Bentivoglio pulled a Bobby Bourne going entd to end and almost created a scoring chance passing off to KO.

4:36 - Lee is out of the box...only one shot on the PP with the Tigers adding another one just after he left the box

4:39 - This has been quite the yawner of a period...

4:40 - I'm excited to see a shot on goal....one minute warning

4:42 - END OF PERIOD 1: Honestly, that was quite the yawner of a period...not much offense generated as the shot totals are 7-4 BNG. Let's just hope the second period is a bit different...

4:58 - And we're back...ready to start the second period...

5:00 - KO tried to lead a pinching Spiller for a close-up shot, but we're dealing with a D-man here so that didn't work...

5:01 - Good to see MacDonald's glove hand is working right now...

5:02 - There's something about these seats in the Bridgeport press box that make my back hurt...

5:03 - Ohhh a close up flurry! Exciting...but we've got a Sound Tigers penalty...Brennan called for hooking...

5:04 - And five seconds later a shot from the blueline goes in...JoeMac wants that backk....1-0 BINGO....give the goal to Laurence Nycolat

5:06 - It's probably because of the third game in three days, but the Tigers have ZERO jump today...

5:09 - Jeremy Yablonski (BNG) is going to the box...looks like a hooking call. Sound tigers to the PP

5:12 - Yablonski's out of the box...and the Tigers have two shots to show for it.

5:13 - This crowd needs a goal to get into the game here...

5:15 - Smith robbed on a good glove save...

5:18 - Happy Birthday Jeremy Colliton!

5:20 - Delayed penalty on the Sound Tigers here...

5:21 - And it's Matt Spiller going off for the hook...BINGO to the PP

5:22 - Good work on the PK by Colliton stopping the back-door play

5:23 - Spiller's out of the box, and Bingo had one shot...and it was a good one that JoeMac had to kick out late...

5:24 - Corwd is getting restless with a chant "Shoot the puck Tigers, Shoot the puck!"

5:25 - Now the Tigers are starting to generate some chances...it's something at least...

5:26 - Delayed penalty on the Senators and KO just missed on a HARD wrist shot...Scott May (BNG) is going off for hooking

5:28 - END OF PERIOD 2: Sound Tigers got some scoring chances at the end, and will hav a 13 second PP to start the third period off, but other than that, not much excitement is being generated. Chalk it up to exhaustion maybe. Let's see how Period 3 fares...

5:44 - The Sound Tigers are back onto the ice and we're ready to start the third period shortly...

5:46 - Wow, KO just got knocked down and on his knees STILL managed to keep the puck in the zone...

5:47 - Drew Fata with a HUGE hit...and immediately he gets to Sens on him...so we got Fata vs. Matt Carkner (BNG)...Carkner looked to get the best of Fata near the end...let's see how things fare. Carkner is getting the instigator, so we got a Sound Tigers PP

5:49 - Tigers pour the pressure on early crowding the net...nothing gets through though...

5:51 - Great glove save by Bingo goalie Brian Elliot on a Jamie Fraser (BRI) slapshot

5:52 - Zubov (who was serving the extra minor) is out of the box. Three shots on the PP

5:54 - Bingo practically had a goal laying right there in the crease with JoeMac down, but Scott Ford was to the rescue, clearing it out of harms way.

5:55 - And Bridgeport gets on the board!! Matt Keith took a backhanded wraparound that looked to be deflected in front goes five-hole through Elliot's legs. TIE GAME 1-1

5:57 - The crowd is looking for some free chili "We want chili!!" (For those of you who don't know...if the Sound Tigers score two goals, everyone gets free chili at Wendy's over here with their ticket stub)

5:59 - JoeMac needs to be strong down the stretch

6:01 - KO was getting creative there...handling a puck between his legs...

6:02 - Seems like KO is gonna get one soon...he's JUST missing every time

6:04 - Tigers are showing more life now than before...thank god!

6:06 - KO has got great reflexes...he caught a puck on his stick after it changed directions...he had the chance to fire it...waited and got it again only to be napped by Elliot's glove.

6:07 - And the VERY next play the B-Sens Derek Smith get one past JoeMac right over HIS glove hand. Very weak goal in my opinion...BNG LEADS 2-1

6:10 - The air got sucked right out of this arena

6:11 - And that Sound Tigers penalty ain't gonna help either! Trevor Smith is off for hooking

6:13 - Smith is out...penalty killed...2 shots on the PP

6:14 - JoeMac is NOT happy with a waved icing call...and now Matt Spiller (BRI) and Niko Dimitrakos (BNG) are both gonna go for coincidental minors. Spiller for slahsing, Dimitrakos for a charge...4-on-4 hockey

6:16 - 1:30 left in the game...let's track JoeMac

6:17 - 57.9 seconds left: TIMEOUT BRIDGEPORT

6:18 - JoeMac is obviously pulled and we got Colliton, Walter, Nielsen, Okposo, and Keith out

6:19 - And that didn't last long...puck got by Nielsen and was netted easily by Shawn Weller. BNG LEADS 3-1

6:20 - JoeMac's out again...but this won't help much...it's a foregone conclusion...that's all folks!! FINAL BNG 3-1

6:21 - Three Stars of the Game:
1. Derek Smith, BNG
2. Brian Elliot, BNG
3. Matt Keith, BRI