Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Bridgeport Sound Tigers
founding	2001
history	Bridgeport Sound Tigers since 2001
Stadion	Webster Bank Arena
Location	Bridgeport , Connecticut
Team colors	Navy blue, orange, white
league	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern Conference
division	Atlantic Division
Head coach	Brent Thompson
General manager	Garth Snow
owner	Charles Wang
Cooperations	New York Islanders ( NHL ) Worcester Railers ( ECHL )
Calder cups	no

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Bridgeport , Connecticut at the Webster Bank Arena (8,412 seats) and have been working with the New York Islanders since they were founded in 2001 .

history

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2001 as the American Hockey League - the farm team of the New York Islanders established. In the first year of their existence, they celebrated their greatest success to date by winning their conference and reaching the Calder Cup final, in which, however, the team was defeated by the Chicago Wolves in five games. Head coach at that time was the former Islanders coach Steve Stirling . In the following years, however, the team never got past the second round of the playoffs and often did not qualify at all. The Canadian Brent Thompson has been head coach since 2014 .

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers mascot is an anthropomorphic blue tiger named Storm .

player

NHL

The following players played 100 games each for the Sound Tigers and in the National Hockey League in their careers . The list does not claim to be complete.

Sean Bergenheim Blake Comeau Rick DiPietro Bruno Gervais Eric Godard

Ben Guité Jeff Hamilton Trent Hunter Jesse Joensuu Andrew MacDonald

Frans Nielsen Trevor Smith Jeff Tambellini Raffi Torres

Team captains

Alan Letang (2001-2004) Keith Aldridge , Richard Seeley & Ed Campbell (2004-2005) Kevin Colley (2005-2006) Mark Wotton (2006-2011)

Jeremy Colliton (2011-2012) Colin McDonald & Matt Watkins (2012-2013) Chris Bruton (2013-2014) Aaron Ness (2014-2015)

Coach history

Steve Stirling (2001-2003) Greg Cronin (2003-2005) Dave Baseggio (2005-2006) Dan Marshall (2006-2007) Jack Capuano (2007-2010)

Pat Bingham (2010-2011) Brent Thompson (2011-2012) Scott Pellerin (2012-2014) Brent Thompson (since 2014)

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime , SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Placement (division)	Playoffs
2001/02	80	43	25th	8th	4th	-	240	192	98	1. (East)	Victory in the conference quarter-finals, 3-1 ( Manitoba ) victory in the conference semifinals, 4-0 ( St. John's ) victory in the conference final, 4: 3 ( Hamilton ) defeat in the Calder Cup final, 1: 4 ( Chicago )
2002/03	80	40	26th	11	3	-	219	198	94	2. (East)	Conference quarter-finals win, 3-0 ( Manchester ) Conference semi-finals defeat, 4-2 ( Binghamton )
2003/04	80	41	23	12	4th	-	178	140	98	2. (East)	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3: 4 ( Wilkes-Barre / Scranton )
2004/05	80	37	38	1	4th	-	192	222	79	6. (East)	not qualified
2005/06	80	38	33	-	6th	3	246	253	85	4. (East)	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3: 4 ( Wilkes-Barre / Scranton )
2006/07	80	36	37	-	1	6th	229	267	79	5. (East)	not qualified
2007/08	80	40	36	-	1	3	225	240	84	5. (East)	not qualified
2008/09	80	49	23	-	3	5	241	212	106	2. (East)	Conference quarterfinals defeat, 4-1 ( Wilkes-Barre / Scranton )
2009/10	80	38	32	-	4th	6th	201	220	86	5. (Atlantic)	Conference quarterfinals lost, 4-1 ( Hershey )
2010/11	80	30th	39	-	4th	7th	218	266	71	7. (Atlantic)	not qualified
2011/12	76	41	26th	-	3	6th	233	219	91	1. (Northeast)	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-0 ( Connecticut )
2012/13	76	32	32	-	7th	5	218	242	76	3. (Northeast)	not qualified
2013/14	76	28	40	-	2	6th	183	238	64	5. (Northeast)	not qualified
2014/15	76	28	40	-	7th	1	213	246	64	5. (Northeast)	not qualified
total	1104	521	450	31	53	49	1175	3036	3155		7 playoff appearances 11 series: 4 wins, 7 losses 56 games: 25 wins, 31 losses

Franchise records

Selected player records of the franchise over the entire career as well as over individual seasons are listed below.

Career Surname number Most games Mark Wotton 368 (in 5 seasons) Most goals Jeff Hamilton 89 Most templates Jeremy Colliton 126 Most of the points Jeremy Colliton 203 (77 goals + 126 assists) Most penalty minutes Brett Gallant 857 Most shutouts Wade Dubielewicz 15th Most wins as a goalkeeper Wade Dubielewicz 81

season Surname number season Most goals Jeremy Colliton 43 2003/04 Most templates Rob Collins 48 2005/06 Most of the points Jeff Tambellini 76 (38 goals + 38 assists) 2007/08 Most points as a defender Ray Giroux 53 (13 goals + 40 assists) 2001/02 Most penalty minutes Eric Godard 295 2004/05 Most shutouts Wade Dubielewicz 9 2003/04 Most wins as a goalkeeper Rick DiPietro 30th 2001/02

Web links

• Official website
• Bridgeport Sound Tigers at hockeydb.com
• Bridgeport Sound Tigers at eliteprospects.com