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Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
City	Bridgeport, Connecticut
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
Founded	2001
Home arena	Arena at Harbor Yard
Colors	Navy blue, orange, white;
Owner(s)	Charles Wang
General manager	Garth Snow
Head coach	Jack Capuano
Media	Connecticut Post
Affiliates	New York Islanders (NHL); Utah Grizzlies (ECHL); Odessa Jackalopes (CHL)
Franchise history
2001 to present	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Championships
Regular season titles	1 2001–02
Division Championships	1 2001–02
Conference Championships	1 2001–02

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League; it has been the AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League since its inception, and use the same team colors as the Islanders do. They play in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the Arena at Harbor Yard.

[edit] History

The Sound Tigers joined the league in 2001; the franchise's lease at the Arena runs until the end of the 2021 season. The team has generally been successful, recording only two losing seasons through the 2009 season, highlighted by a division championship and making the Calder Cup Finals, in which they lost to the Chicago Wolves four games to one, during their first season.

The franchise's first coach was former Islanders head coach Steve Stirling; it is currently coached by Jack Capuano. Among the players who have graduated to play for the New York Islanders are Trent Hunter, Rick DiPietro, Kyle Okposo, Bruno Gervais, and Sean Bergenheim, while other NHLers such as Jeff Hamilton, Eric Godard, Raffi Torres and Wade Dubielewicz have also played for the team.

The Sound Tigers' mascot is named Storm.

[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
2001–02	80	43	25	8	4	—	98	240	192	1st, East
2002–03	80	40	26	11	3	—	94	219	198	2nd, East
2003–04	80	41	23	12	4	—	98	178	140	2nd, East
2004–05	80	37	38	—	1	4	79	192	222	6th, East
2005–06	80	38	33	—	6	3	85	246	253	4th, East
2006–07	80	36	37	—	1	6	79	229	267	5th, East
2007–08	80	40	36	—	1	3	84	225	240	5th, East
2008–09	80	49	23	—	3	5	106	241	212	2nd, East

[edit] Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2001–02	W, 3–1, Manitoba	W, 4–0 St. John's	W, 4–3, Hamilton	L, 1–4, Chicago
2002–03	W, 3–0, Manitoba	L, 2–4, Binghamton	—	—
2003–04	L, 3–4, WBS	—	—	—
2004–05	Out of Playoffs
2005–06	L, 3–4, WBS	—	—	—
2006–07	Out of Playoffs
2007–08	Out of Playoffs
2008-09	L, 1-4, WBS	—	—	—

[edit] Current roster

Numbers courtesy of Bridgeport Sound Tigers [1]

As of November 4, 2009:

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
1	Mikko Koskinen	L	July 18, 1988	Vantaa, Finland
33	Scott Munroe	L	Jan. 20, 1982	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
52	Nathan Lawson	R	Sep. 29, 1983	Calgary, Alberta

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
2	Andrew MacDonald	L	Sep. 7, 1986	Judique, Nova Scotia
4	Mark Wotton –C	L	Oct. 16, 1973	Foxwarren, Manitoba
5	Dustin Kohn	L	Feb. 2, 1987	Edmonton, Alberta
12	Mark Flood §	R	Sep. 29, 1984	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
22	Anton Klementyev	R	Mar. 25, 1990	Togliatti, Russia
24	Brett Westgarth	R	Feb. 4, 1982	Amherstburg, Ontario
26	Jon Gleed	R	Jan. 3, 1984	Milton, Ontario
71	Mark Katic	L	May 9, 1989	Porcupine, Ontario

Forwards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
6	Jesse Joensuu	LW	L	Oct. 5, 1987	Pori, Finland
7	Robin Figren	LW	R	Mar. 7, 1988	Stockholm, Sweden
8	Tony Romano	C	R	Jan. 5, 1988	Smithtown, New York
9	Justin DiBenedetto	LW	L	Aug. 25, 1988	Mississauga, Ontario
10	Tyler Haskins	RW	R	May 26, 1986	Madison, Ohio
14	Sean Bentivoglio	LW	L	Oct. 16, 1985	St. Catharines, Ontario
15	Greg Moore –A	C	R	Mar. 26, 1982	Lisbon, Maine
16	Tomas Marcinko	RW	R	Apr. 11, 1988	Poprad, Slovak Republic
18	Micheal Haley	C	L	Mar. 30, 1986	Oshawa, Ontario
19	Bobby Hughes	C	L	Nov. 11, 1987	Richmond Hill, Ontario
20	Greg Mauldin –A	RW	R	June 10, 1982	Holliston, Massachusetts
23	Trevor Smith	C	L	Feb. 8, 1985	North Vancouver, British Columbia
27	Matt Martin	LW	R	May 8, 1989	Windsor, Ontario
44	Joel Rechlicz §	RW	R	June 14, 1987	Brookfield, Wisconsin
51	Trevor Gillies	LW	L	Jan. 30, 1979	Canbridge, Ontario
55	Pascal Morency	RW	R	Feb. 20, 1982	Montreal, Quebec

§ - assigned by the New York Islanders (NHL)
¢ - currently on conditioning assignment from the New York Islanders
¶ - recalled from the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
θ - recalled from the Odessa Jackalopes (CHL)
# - 25 game Professional Tryout Contract (PTO)
Δ - Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO)

[edit] Captains

Captain - Mark Wotton
Alternate - Greg Mauldin
Alternate - Greg Moore

[edit] Rivalry

The main (and instate) rival of the Sound Tigers are the Hartford Wolfpack, the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers (the main rival of the Sound Tigers’ parent club, the New York Islanders). They also have a very good rivalry with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ AHL affiliate. This is due largely to the fact that Bridgeport and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton are frequent playoff match-ups. They also are semi-rivals with the Hershey Bears, the Washington Capitals’ AHL affiliate.