Coming off a five-game road trip, the Adirondack Phantoms (6-8-0) will begin a home-heavy portion of their schedule tonight. The Phantoms, who have played 10 of their first 14 games away from the Glens Falls Civic Center, now have a six-game homestand on tap.
First up are the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the New York Islanders' AHL affiliate. Game time is 7:00 p.m. EST.
The Sound Tigers bring a 10-4-0 mark into tonight's game, and have won each of their last two games. Nino Niederreiter has lit up the scoreboard in the early going of the season, racking up 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists) in the first 14 games. Other standouts include Brock Nelson (7 goals, 14 points in 14 games) and defensemen Matt Donovan, Aaron Ness and Travis Hamonic. Casey Cizikas is injured.
Adirondack has allowed 10 goals in its last two games after yielding just four over the previous four games. The offense has also been spotty, especially the power play. The team has over-relied on
Brayden Schenn (8 goals, 17 points in 14 games) and
Sean Couturier (3 goals, 11 points in 12 games) to carry the offense.
In an effort to get a little more offensive spark into the lineup, the club has recalled second season pro
Jason Akeson from the ECHL. Last season, Akeson led the Phantoms in scoring.
PROJECTED LINEUP (Per the Saratogian, subject to change)
Harry Zolnierczyk - Sean Couturier - Jason Akeson
Tye McGinn - Brayden Schenn - Shane Harper
Zac Rinaldo - Rob Bordson - Ben Holmstrom
Eric Wellwood - Garrett Roe - Mike Testwuide
Erik Gustafsson - Marc-Andre Bourdon
Brandon Manning - Danny Syvret
Oliver Lauridsen - Cullen Eddy/Zack FitzGerald
Scott Munroe
Cal Heeter
BROADCAST LINK: A broadcast is available for free via the
streaming Phantoms radio broadcast or you can purchase a streaming video webcast via
AHL Live. A single-game webcast costs $6.99, with a variety of multi-game purchase options.
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Seven Flyers players in Europe are in action today. All start times are in EST.
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Ruslan Fedotenko and HC Donbass Donetsk have a road game today against
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. His line is likely to be matched against the one featuring Nail Yakupov. Game time is 11 AM. A free webcast will be
available here.
* There is a good chance that
Ilya Bryzgalov will get the start for CSKA Moscow today when the team hosts Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Game time is 11:30 AM. A free webcast will be
available here.
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Max Talbot and win-starved Ilves Tampere are on the road today to take on the Espoo Blues. Ilves also plays tomorrow at home against TPS Turku. Live in-game updates from today's game will be
available here.
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Matt Read and
Nicklas Grossmann are in Tingsryd today with Södertälje SK. SSK will be looking for its 12th win in its last 13 games. Game time is 1 PM. Live in-game updates in English will be
available here.
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Jakub Voracek and Lev Prague will look to break loose today when the team hosts Atlant Moscow. Lev has scored just one goal in each of the last two games. Game time is 2 PM. A free webcast will be
available here.
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Tom Sestito and the Sheffield Steelers will host the Dundee Stars today. Game time is 2:30 PM. Live in-game updates will be
available here.
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Two Flyers junior prospects are in action today. Times are in EST.
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Nick Cousins and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds host the Saginaw Spirit. Game time is 7 PM. A free
radio stream of the Soo broadcast is available or you can
purchase a live webcast for $6.99.
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Taylor Leier and the Portland Winterhawks are at home to play the Vancouver Giants. A
free radio stream is available (Portland broadcast) or a
webcast stream can be purchased for $6.99.
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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Trenton Titans captain Ray DiLauro for an article for the International Ice Hockey Federation's official site. We talked about his remarkable career journey that has literally taken him around the world to end up playing professionally right near his hometown.
The Bensalem, PA, native has played professionally for 16 different teams on three continents. He's played in the AHL, ECHL and CHL. He's traveled the world to play in Germany's DEL, Austria's EBEL, Italy's Serie A and in even for a Japanese team in the ALIH. Now he's playing for a team located a stone's throw from Bensalem.
DiLauro took me through his many hockey travels: growing up a diehard Flyers fan in the Philly suburbs (he's still a Flyers fan at heart), playing collegiate hockey, bouncing around the North American minor leagues, experiencing life on and off the ice in three European countries and Japan and now taking on the challenge of being the team leader on a young Titans club.
For more,
click here.
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