Coreau Helps Bridgeport Earn a Point in OT Loss
Oct 27, 2019
Jared Coreau and Igor Shesterkin went back-and-forth with highlight-reel saves and top-notch goaltending on Sunday afternoon, keeping the game tight in an eventual 2-1 overtime loss for the Bridgeport Islanders (1-5-2-1), American Hockey League affiliate of the New York Islanders, to the Hartford Wolf Pack (8-0-0-1) at Webster Bank Arena.
Coreau (0-4-1) ended the contest with 28 saves on 30 shots, while Hartford’s Shesterkin (5-0-0) stopped 29 of the 30 chances he faced. Grant Hutton scored his first goal of the season for the Sound Tigers in the club’s sixth straight loss.
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Bridgeport doubled up Hartford in the shots department, 12-6, during the opening 20 minutes, but neither team lit the lamp early in the matinee matchup. Hutton finally capitalized to break the deadlock at 14:40 of second, scoring on a long-range wrist shot immediately following John Stevens’ faceoff win in the offensive zone.
The lead was short-lived, however, as Wolf Pack captain Steven Fogarty made it 1-1 just 56 seconds later. Boo Nieves created a turnover by stealing the puck from Bridgeport’s defense and began a quick passing play in front. He found Vinni Lettieri on the left side who fed it to the doorstep, ultimately finished off by Fogarty past Coreau’s reaching glove at 15:36.
Both teams continued to display stellar goal-scoring opportunities, but the netminders were that much better down the stretch. Coreau and Shesterkin, the New York Rangers’ fourth-round pick in 2014, each denied a breakaway and Coreau shut down Filip Chytil on a backdoor one-timer in the third period.
In overtime, Darren Raddysh potted his first goal of the season at the 2:25 mark to hand Hartford its fourth straight win. Matt Beleskey slipped the puck to an open Raddysh in the slot, where he had just darted following a line change, and the Wolf Pack defenseman scored on a one-timer to end the game.
Bridgeport finished the afternoon 0-for-2 on the power play, while Hartford was 0-for-1 in a relatively clean contest.
Next Time Out: The Sound Tigers return to the road next Friday for a 7 p.m. puck drop against the Syracuse Crunch in Syracuse, N.Y. It’s Bridgeport’s first game outside of the Atlantic Division this season, which also begins another “3-in-3” weekend series. Fans can follow all of the live action via the Sound Tigers Radio Network and AHLTV, beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are on sale now!
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