The Huffington Post recently reported that Kenneth Faried of the Denver Nuggets became the first NBA player to join the gay rights sports group, Athlete Ally. This nonprofit organization challenges homophobia in sports. Its mission statement encourages athletes, coaches, parents, fans, and other members of the community to respect all individuals involved in sports. For ...
One-fourth of the regular season is over, and for the Isles, it’s been rough. The Isles were expected to make some improvements since finishing at the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season but actually exceeded expectations early on (very early on) with big wins against Tampa Bay and Toronto. The team looked serious about ...
Recap On Saturday, January 19 the Sound Tigers took on the Binghamton Senators. John Persson started off scoring for the Sound Tigers with a power play goal in the first and Sean Backman extended the lead when he scored early in the second. The Senators recovered and made the score 2-1 with a Cole ...
Remember that 11 year old boy from Minnesota who scored the $50,000 shot in a hockey contest, but didn’t get the prize money because his father admitted that his twin brother was supposed to take the shot? Dad, what were you thinking? One of the perks of having identical siblings is being able to ...
Recap On Friday, January 4, the Springfield Falcons took down the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 5-4. Sound Tigers’ Matt Donovan started off the scoring, but it was soon followed by two Falcons goals scored by Michael Chaput and Jonathan Audy-Marchessault to give their team the lead. Nino Niedereitter scored off a Donovan deflection to even the ...
Recap Bridgeport finished the last couple weeks of 2012 strong with a 5-1 record. The team is looking to continue playing aggressive and stacking up wins against formidable opponents. Bridgeport faced off against Albany on Wednesday, December 19 and skated away with a 4-3 victory, largely due to the play of Matt Donovan and Casey ...
Picture this: three tall, lean, athletic Swedes in hockey jerseys. And I’m not talking about the three ladies in the picture (sorry gentlemen). I’m referring to the Swedish line on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers which, quite honestly, might be more blood pumping for hockey fans. David Ullstrom, John Persson, and Johan Sundstrom, commonly referred to ...
Recap Bridgeport broke their eight game winless streak, and in style, I must add, with a 7-2 victory against Syracuse Crunch on December 9. Are the strong Sound Tigers team from early in the season finally back in action? Let’s take a look at the past two weeks and find out. On Wednesday, December 5, ...
Recap The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are slumping big time as they have dropped their last six games, the last win dating back to November 18. It seems so long ago…let’s recap. Bridgeport, coming off of a two-game win streak against the Manchester Monarchs and Providence Bruins, returned to the ice on Wednesday, November 21 against ...
It’s normal to choke back tears during Coach Brooks’ pregame speech in Miracle that inspires the U.S. to beat the Soviets.
