Soundin' Off

Looks like we missed a heck of a game while covering a heck of a couple of games.

The usual suspects look to have made the difference. Rhett Rakhshani with his first pro hat trick. Jeremy Colliton with four assists — four primaries, no less — to tie the team record; it’s his second four-point game as a Sound Tiger. Rob Hisey with a goal and an assist. Mikko Koskinen came back with 17 saves.

But Brian Day got his first pro goal on a five-on-three late, too. Art Bidlevskii had a tilt with Maxime Legault that unfortunately left Legault out for the year. Shayne Neigum and Tyler McNeely also made their pro debuts. Joe Pereira played only his second pro game and his first with these guys.

And all these kids do is waltz into Portland, a place where Bridgeport was winless in six and had one win in 12… and win.

OK.

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Rakhshani now is 20-34-54; that’s one point better than Colliton was in 2005-06 (21-32-53). Jeff Hamilton, speaking of Yale, scored 22 goals as a rookie in 2002-03.

Even worse for the Pirates if Luke Adam is hurt badly on top of this.

Appears Bridgeport will bring in Shayne Neigum on an ATO (he’s apparently on Twitter as @Neigz27), as well as Artem Bidlevskii. Between them, they have 1,083 penalty minutes in 511 WHL games.

They may be here for Tuesday’s practice, after which we’ll have our usual chat Tuesday at 1:30, right here.

Edit: The AHL transactions have West Haven’s Joe Pereira joining Worcester on an ATO.

Meanwhile, hoping only the best for Manny Malhotra.