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For the second straight game, the Sound Tigers played a sound first two periods but collapsed in the third period. On Wednesday it was the Lowell Devils who came from behind in the final period, and tonight, the Norfolk Admirals handed the Sound Tigers their third straight loss, beating them 2-1 with two goals within the first minute of the third period.

In the first period, both net-minders held the scoreboard at 0-0 with the Sound Tigers clinging to a 14 to 10 shots on goal advantage. Admirals' goalie, Jonathan Boutin made a big save with about seven minutes remaining in the first period and was able to control the rebound as Darryl Bootland was standing on the doorstep ready to pounce on a loose puck. Sound Tigers' goalie, Joey MacDonald was solid as well making several big saves with his team down a man in the final minute with Andrew MacDonald in the penalty box.

As the Sound Tigers were killing the carry over penalty to Andrew MacDonald from the opening frame, Blake Comeau and Jeremy Colliton got their team on the board. Comeau streaked into Norfolk's zone and fed a pass to Colliton who snapped the puck past Boutin for the 1-0 lead. The goal was Colliton's second goal and the Sound Tigers first short-handed goal of the season. Bootland made his presence felt in his first game with the Sound Tigers when he delivered a huge hit to Admirals' forward Chris Lawrence five minutes into the middle frame. With the Sound Tigers on another penalty-kill with six minutes remaining in the second period, Norfolk's Blair Jones slipped a cross-ice pass to Justin Taylor who fired a one-timer that Joey MacDonald was able to slide from post-to-post and make a sprawling left pad save. The puck was laying in front of Joey MacDonald, but he was able to jump on the rebound before the Admirals could lift the puck over him and keep the score at 1-0 going into the third period.

The Admirals took the intermission to regroup and quickly buried two goals on the Sound Tigers within the first minute of play to take the 2-1 lead. Jones scored his third goal of the season with the assists going to Kyle Wanvig and Rob Klinkhammer. Lawrence followed suit just 23 seconds later when he gave Norfolk the 2-1 lead on his second goal of the season. Taylor and Norm Milley picked up the assists on the go-ahead goal and eventual game winner.

The Sound Tigers out-shot the Admirals 34-33 as Joey MacDonald made 32 saves and Norfolk goalkeeper, Boutin had 33. Both teams were scoreless on their man-advantage opportunities but the Sound Tigers did score their first short-handed goal of the season.

3 Stars

1. Jonathan Boutin - Made 33 saves and was able to keep the Sound Tigers off the board in the third period to win the game for the Admirals

2. Blair Jones - Scored the game-tying goal just 31 seconds into the third period to ignite his team

3. Jeremy Colliton - Scored the Sound Tigers first short-handed goal of the season

Bumper to Bumper: The team bus left for the game yesterday and unfortunately the traffic and down pour of rain were not factored in and the Sound Tigers eight hour trip turned into 10. The dedication award goes to the team's play-by-play announcer, Phil Giubileo and beat writer Mike Fornabaio as they car pooled to the game, after a day of work on Friday and did not arrive until 3:30 a.m. today.

Niner: Each team is required to dress 11 forwards and tonight's line combinations may have been one of the best the organization has ever seen at the American Hockey League level. The Sound Tigers boasted nine out of the 11 forwards having National Hockey League experience. Sean Bentivoglio and Gregg Johnson are the only two forwards that do not have NHL experience on their resumes...yet.

Boots Were Made For Walking: Darryl Bootland joined The Sound Tigers for tonight's game. Bootland arrived at Arena at Harbor Yard for the trip down to Norfolk, VA yesterday. Bootland played with Jeff Tambellini and Frans Nielsen, a spot that has been tough to fill this season for head coach Jack Capuano. Capuano has had Blake Comeau and Jeremy Colliton on the line earlier this season but neither clicked the way Capuano was hoping. With Bootland on the line, he should finish the passes that he receives from Nielsen and Tambellini and create a lot of space with his intimidating style of play.

LINEUPS

Sound Tigers

Forwards

10 Sean Bentivoglio - 9 Ben Walter - 16 Tim Jackman

7 Jeff Tambellini - 51 Frans Nielsen - 27 Darryl Bootland

39 Steve Regier - 14 Blake Comeau - 21 Jeremy Colliton

37 Kip Brennan - 19 Gregg Johnson

 

Defensemen

4 Mark Wotton - 40 Jamie Fraser

6 Matthew Spiller - 50 Dustin Kohn

44 Drew Fata - 2 Andrew MacDonald

 

Goalies

Joey MacDonald (starter)

Mike Morrison

 

Admirals

Forwards

6 Karl Stewart - 14 Norm Milley - 18 Chris Lawrence

20 Rob Klinkhammer - 9 Blair Jones - 13 Kyle Wanvig

40 Shawn Collymore - 38 Justin Taylor - 19 Justin Keller

8 Jay Rosehill - 5 Brett Angel

 

Defensemen

27 Vladimir Mihalik - 4 Dan Jancevski

23 Matt Smaby - 27 Bryce Lampman

24 David Schneider - 28 Jay Leach

 

Goalies

35 Jonathan Boutin

1 Ryan Munce

 

The Sound Tigers will return home for a week of practice and then travel to Binghamton on Friday, Nov. 2 to face-off against the Senators at 7:05 p.m. Following the game, the Sound Tigers will jump on the bus and head to Hershey to take on the Bears on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Nov. 4, the Sound Tigers will have their "Pink Rink Night" at Arena at Harbor Yard when they skate against the Norfolk Admirals. Game-time is set for 4 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to show their support for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. A portion of the proceeds from the game will go towards breast cancer research.

To purchase tickets to any Sound Tiger game, you may visit Arena at Harbor Yard's Box Office weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., visit any Ticketmaster outlet or call Ticketmaster at (203) 368-1000 or visit Ticketmaster online at www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase Admirals season tickets, twenty-game plans, flex packs, group tickets or the brand new five-game plan, please stop by the Sound Tigers' administrative offices at Arena at Harbor Yard or call (203) 334-4625 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.