The security guards are standing up to them
So they went out and stuck up for each other. “What else is new?” Blair Riley said. You play physical, you expect it back. You expect to have to back it up. You expect to have to stick up for each...
View ArticleNot brake time
“I think it was a strong effort to turn around the game,” David Ullstrom said, and in a way, they did it twice. “We let off the gas.” They started slow again, and they recaptured the momentum, and when...
View ArticleAnother rematch
A few changes for Bridgeport: Nino Niederreiter gets the night off after the stick to the face, though it sounds as if they don’t think it’s serious; Nathan McIver apparently a minor tweak from last...
View ArticleLookin’ for a job, but it’s hard to find
Edit note: postgameblog later tonight, as I’m already holding someone up and my computer’s holding us both up, but FYI, some Niederreiter comments are in the gamer, which may be up sooner if you want...
View ArticleTired of comin’ out on the losing end
Five losses in a row, then six roster losses, and Bridgeport finds a way to win in the first game for both teams in the post-lockout world. “I was talking to Tommy Albelin, who I played with in New...
View ArticleNiederreiter, Donovan (, Arcobello) named to All-Star Game
Nino Niederreiter and Matt Donovan have been selected to play in the AHL All-Star Game on Jan. 28 in Providence. Mark Arcobello (Milford/Fairfield Prep/Yale) was chosen to represent Oklahoma City, and...
View ArticleStill here
Same cast of characters at Wonderland today as yesterday, with Matt Watkins still in red; he’ll make the trip and see how he is day-by-day. Scott Pellerin said Johan Sundstrom had a workout scheduled...
View ArticleSaturday morning notes
A few bits for a Saturday morning when the team’s hundreds of miles away: –The AHL announced its all-star starters, and a quarter of them are local: Nino Niederreiter and Matt Donovan in the East;...
View ArticleFalcons, without Nino
No Nino Niederreiter: “He did his rehab (Saturday morning), but he’s not 100 percent,” Scott Pellerin said. “He’s day-to-day.” Joey Diamond makes his pro debut, with some changes in the line...
View ArticleWorcester pregame: Chasing Nino
Nino Niederreiter has led Bridgeport in scoring, whether outright in points or on the goals tiebreaker, since Bridgeport’s second goal of the season. Casey Cizikas scored the first one off Travis...
View ArticleEnds, to seasons and careers
(Covered my first game since Game 76 tonight. Lacrosse. It ended 19-2. A little different.) Binghamton took a lead to the third. The Penguins scored three, one into an empty net, before the Senators...
View ArticleStaying in it
Kyle Okposo was somehow not the first star tonight in Pittsburgh as the Big Club got a win in Game 2. The Islanders had a good first period but trailed 3-1. Okposo fought Matt Niskanen after a bump on...
View ArticleWhere were we?
Notes and links: The Big Club continues to impress. Coming back off a tough one Sunday (Islanders fans, you dreaded that first TV time out, no?), they bounced back Tuesday night with a resilient 6-4...
View ArticleBuilding block, but over
So it ends for the Big Club, in overtime at home in Game 6. Fine job to get themselves in; a good step along the way. (“Now do it again,” etc.) Brock Nelson played 7:44 in his NHL debut, on for the...
View ArticleNiederreiter, Switzerland looking golden
The rest of the organization waits at home, but Nino Niederreiter’s playing for gold on Sunday. He scored the first goal on a two-on-one off a neutral-zone turnover, and he assisted on Reto Suri’s...
View ArticleThe 10th one’s the tricky one
Switzerland was 9-0 at the World Championship through Saturday. But Sweden is the World Champion, coming back from an early deficit to win gold on Sunday. The U.S. coughed up a 2-0 lead in the...
View ArticleDraft day: Nino to the Wild/picks/Greenwich everywhere
Nino Niederreiter and his agent got their wish: Arthur Staple first reported Niederreiter to the Wild for Cal Clutterbuck and a third-round pick today. Clutterbuck adds grit and some skill to the Big...
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