Rule changes ’11-12
The AHL posted its 2011-12 rulebook Tuesday. The worst change is a slight adjustment in the spacing in some spots. One more or fewer line per page means identical rules aren’t in the same spot when you...
View ArticleInstant replay/looking forward
After the test here during the second half, the AHL has adopted that video review system for the upcoming year. The various postgameblogs that dealt with Bridgeport’s replay test are assembled here....
View ArticleOpen practice (elsewhere)/Rules changes ’12-13
The Sound Tigers’ first full practice will be open to the public Saturday, at Iceworks in Syosset, N.Y., 10-11:30. The camp roster includes sweater numbers and no tryouts. Edit: The AHL Hall of Fame...
View ArticleBack from the road; back on the road
Drove by the corner of George and Orange on the way home Sunday night. It doesn’t get easier. (Though the fact I had a pie from Modern on the floor on the passenger side helped a little.) The team had...
View ArticleWhat-ifs
It’s hard to reduce this to two turnovers. Score on that opening power play? Who knows. (They went 1-for-4 in the first, which is a respectable percentage in the end.) Don’t give up a goal 21 seconds...
View ArticleMcDonald named captain/DeFazio gets six (further updated)
Edit: Probably shoulda waited. Could be a newsy day. The Sound Tigers have chosen Colin McDonald as the team’s eighth captain. Casey Cizikas will wear one ‘A’, and the other will be split between Jon...
View ArticleTurned, twisted, swung about*
Scott Pellerin wanted to make it known, unsolicited: The language in the Brandon DeFazio press release surprised him yesterday. He’d said he’d heard nothing about a slew-foot and took exception to the...
View ArticleYou mean the goalie
There was a potentially huge addition for the Sound Tigers on the ice today at Wonderland, on early. Johan Sundstrom got through the pre-practice skate OK. The plan is for him to skate again tomorrow...
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