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Bridgeport, CT -- Greg Mauldin scored
two goals, including the game-winner 2:10 into overtime, and Jesse Joensuu added
two assists to lead the Bridgeport Sound Tigers to a 3-2 victory over the
Binghamton Senators Monday afternoon at the Arena at Harbor Yard. With the win,
the Sound Tigers remain undefeated, improving to 4-0-0-0 on the
season.
After a scoreless first period, Brian Lee put the
Senators on top one minute into the second. Lee took a pass from Denis Hamel and
blasted a shot past a screened Scott Munroe for his first tally of the
season.
The Sound Tigers tied the game at the 4:52 mark when Greg
Mauldin tracked down a loose puck in the offensive zone, drove to the net and
back-handed the puck into the top of the goal. The tie was short-lived however,
as Ryan Keller scored his third goal of the year just 30 seconds later to make
it 2-1. Munroe turned aside an initial shot by Hamel, but Keller crashed the net
and poked home the loose rebound.
Tomas Kudelka was whistled for tripping midway through
the third period, giving the Sound Tigers a power-play chance to score the tying
goal. Andrew MacDonald and Trevor Smith both had open shots, but both rang pucks
off the cross-bar. Smith redeemed himself by tying the game with 5:10 remaining
in regulation. After Brett Wesgarth’s blast from the point ricocheted off a
Senator defenseman, Smith hurried to the side of the net to pick up the loose
puck and jam it inside the right post.
Mauldin’s game winner was set-up by a head-long feed from
Joensuu. Mauldin snagged the pass at the bottom of the face-off circles, skated
in and snapped a shot over Brodeur’s glove and under the cross-bar to give the
Sound Tigers the victory.
The Senators held a 31-29 advantage in shots on goal.
Munroe made 29 saves for the Sound Tigers to earn the victory.
The Sound Tigers are back in action Saturday when they
host the Norfolk Admirals at the Arena at Harbor Yard. Face-off is set for 7:00
pm. For tickets, please call 203-334-GOAL.
LINE-UPS
BRIDGEPORT
F: Smith-Moore (A)-Mauldin (A)
DiBenedetto-Romano-Joensuu
Bentivoglio-Haskins-Martin
Gillies-Marcinko-Morency
D: Wotton (C)-Gleed
Kohn-MacDonald
Katic-Westgarth
G: Munroe
Lawson
BINGHAMTON
F: Hamel (C)-St. Pierre-Keller
Hennessy-Z.Smith-O’Brien
Dansereau-Bass-Condra
Daugavins-Lowry-scratch-Yablonski (A)
Spencer
D: D.Smith-Lee
Kudelka-Bannister (A)
Schira-Baier
G: Brodeur
Chiodo
Quick Hits: For the first time in franchise history, the Sound
Tigers have started the season 4-0.....Mauldin's two goals were his
first tallies as a Sound Tiger...The Sound Tigers have played overtime
in each of their three home games thus far.