The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the Arena at Harbor Yard.

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History

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers were founded in 2001. The team colors are navy blue and orange, as the logo is a tiger head predominantly in orange. The color of the tiger's head was recently changed from a lighter blue on August 8, 2006. They play at the Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. They have been fairly successful during their time in the AHL, even making the Calder Cup Finals during their first season, losing to the Chicago Wolves four games to one. They were coached by former Islanders head coach Steve Stirling for their first two seasons, and are currently coached by Jack Capuano. The Sound Tigers have produced many Islanders mainstays such as Trent Hunter, Rick DiPietro, Kyle Okposo, Bruno Gervais, and Sean Bergenheim. Other successful players bred in the Bridgeport organization include Jeff Hamilton (Carolina Hurricanes), Eric Godard (Pittsburgh Penguins), Raffi Torres (Columbus Blue Jackets),Mattias Weinhandl (Linköpings HC, Swedish Elite League),and Wade Dubielewicz (Blue Jackets). The team will continue to serve as a center for developing NHL caliber talent until their current lease ends after the 2020–2021 season.

The Sound Tigers' mascot is named Storm.

Season-by-season results

Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
2001–02	80	43	25	8	4	—	98	240	192	1st, East
2002–03	80	40	26	11	3	—	94	219	198	2nd, East
2003–04	80	41	23	12	4	—	98	178	140	2nd, East
2004–05	80	37	38	—	1	4	79	192	222	6th, East
2005–06	80	38	33	—	6	3	85	246	253	4th, East
2006–07	80	36	37	—	1	6	79	229	267	5th, East
2007–08	80	40	36	—	1	3	84	225	240	5th, East
2008–09	80	49	23	—	3	5	106	241	212	2nd, East

Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2001–02	W, 3–1, Manitoba	W, 4–0 St. John's	W, 4–3, Hamilton	L, 1–4, Chicago
2002–03	W, 3–0, Manitoba	L, 2–4, Binghamton	—	—
2003–04	L, 3–4, WBS	—	—	—
2004–05	Out of Playoffs
2005–06	L, 3–4, WBS	—	—	—
2006–07	Out of Playoffs
2007–08	Out of Playoffs
2008-09	L, 1-4, WBS	—	—	—

2008-09 roster

Numbers courtesy of Bridgeport Sound Tigers

As of August 31, 2009:

Forwards
#		align=left	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
6		Jesse Joensuu	LW	L	Oct. 5, 1987	Pori, Finland
7		Justin DiBenedetto ?	LW	L	Aug. 25, 1988	Mississauga, Ontario
8		Tomas Marcinko	C	R	Apr. 11, 1988	Poprad, Slovak Republic
10		Tyler Haskins	RW	R	May 26, 1986	Madison, Ohio
11		Robin Figren	LW	R	Mar. 7, 1988	Stockholm, Sweden
12		Kyle Okposo §	RW	R	Apr. 16, 1988	St Paul, Minnesota
14		Sean Bentivoglio	LW	L	Oct. 16, 1985	St. Catharines, Ontario
16		Jon Sim §	LW	L	Sep. 29, 1977	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
17		Jason Pitton (UFA)	LW	L	May 23, 1986	Brampton, Ontario
18		Micheal Haley	C	L	Mar. 30, 1986	Oshawa, Ontario
22		Dennis Packard ¶	LW	L	Feb. 9, 1982	St. Catharines, Ontario
23		Trevor Smith (RFA)	C	L	Feb. 8, 1985	North Vancouver, British Columbia
27		Junior Lessard § (UFA)	RW	R	May 26, 1980	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec
29		Mitch Fritz (UFA)	LW	L	Nov. 24, 1980	Osoyoos, British Columbia
37		Mike Iggulden (UFA)	C	R	Nov. 9, 1982	St. Catharines, Ontario
44		Joel Rechlicz	RW	R	June 14, 1987	Brookfield, Wisconsin
55		Pascal Morency	RW	R	Feb. 20, 1982	Montreal, Quebec
57		Blake Comeau §	RW	R	Feb. 18, 1986	Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
71		Max Gratchev ?	LW	L	Sep. 26, 1988	Novosibirsk, Russia
—		Jason Dale	RW	R	Dec. 31, 1988	Pickerington, Ontario

Defensemen
#		align=left	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
2		Andrew MacDonald	D	L	Sep. 7, 1986	Judique, Nova Scotia
4		Mark Wotton – C	D	L	Oct. 16, 1973	Foxwarren, Manitoba
5		Dustin Kohn	D	L	Feb. 2, 1987	Edmonton, Alberta
26		Jon Gleed ¶	D	R	Jan. 3, 1984	Milton, Ontario
38		Jack Hillen §	D	L	Jan. 24, 1986	Minnetonka, Minnesota
—		Mark Katic ?	D	L	May 9, 1989	Porcupine, Ontario

Goaltenders
#		align=left	Player	Pos.	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
35		Kevin Poulin ?	G	R	Apr. 12, 1990	Montreal, Quebec
52		Nate Lawson ¶	G	R	Sep. 29, 1983	Calgary, Alberta

§ - assigned by the New York Islanders (NHL)
¢ - currently on conditioning assignment from the New York Islanders
£ - on loan from Dallas Stars (NHL)
¶ - recalled from the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
? - recalled from the Odessa Jackalopes (CHL)
 # - 25 game Professional Tryout Contract (PTO)
? - Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO)



signed for 2009—10 season

Captains

Captain - Mark Wotton
Alternate - Tim Jackman (NY Islanders)
Alternate - Jeremy Colliton (Home)
Alternate - Joe Callahan (Road)

N.B. :While Jackman is recalled will serve as Alternate Captains.

Rivalry

The main (and instate) rival of the Sound Tigers are the Hartford Wolfpack, who happen to be the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers (the main rival of the Sound Tigers parent club the New York Islanders). They also have a very good rivalry with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Pittsburgh Penguins AHL. This is due largely to the fact that Bridgeport and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton are frequent playoff matchups. They also are semi-rivals with the Hershey Bears, the Washington Capitals AHL affiliate.

Team records

Single season

Career