Just Getting Started: Rookie forward Blade Jenkins has scored in two of his last four games, including his first professional goal on Apr. 15th against Hartford. He also lit the lamp against the Wolf Pack on Saturday and added his first pro assist to solidify his first career multi-point performance. Each of Jenkins' two goals have opened the scoring in their respective games. The 20-year-old winger from Jackson, Mich. was drafted by the Islanders in the fifth round (#134 overall) in 2018. He had 143 points (59 goals, 84 assists) in 182 career OHL games with the Saginaw Spirit from 2017-20.
Streak Hits Six:Kyle MacLean set up Bobo Carpenter for the game-winning goal in the final three minutes of Saturday's game in Hartford, extending his career-best scoring streak to six games (one goal, five assists). It is also the longest streak for any Bridgeport player this season. In addition, MacLean, a 21-year-old rookie, has one helper in each of his last five games, the longest assist streak for the team this year. Cole Bardreau is also on a four-game point streak (two goals, two assists) entering this week's action.
Bobo Breaking Through: Bobo Carpenter has scored in two of his last three games, including his first professional game-winner at 17:06 of the third period on Saturday. He added an assist on Blade Jenkins' first-period goal for his first multi-point game of the season and the third of his career. Carpenter has four points (two goals, two assists) in his last four contests after going quiet in his previous eight. The second-year forward has 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) and a plus-one rating in 45 pro games, all with the Sound Tigers.