AHL | 11/22 00:00 | 1 | TUC Roadrunners v BRI Islanders | L | 5-2 | |
AHL | 11/16 20:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v TUC Roadrunners | L | 3-5 | |
AHL | 11/16 00:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v HAR Wolfpack | W | 5-2 | |
AHL | 11/15 00:00 | 1 | HAR Wolfpack v BRI Islanders | W | 1-6 | |
AHL | 11/09 20:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v BNG Devils | W | 4-3 | |
AHL | 11/09 00:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v BNG Devils | W | 7-2 | |
AHL | 11/05 16:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v SD Gulls | W | 3-1 | |
AHL | 11/02 20:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v TUC Roadrunners | L | 3-4 | |
AHL | 11/01 21:00 | 1 | BNG Devils v BRI Islanders | W | 1-4 | |
AHL | 10/26 18:30 | 1 | MTB Moose v BRI Islanders | W | 3-5 | |
AHL | 10/25 22:00 | 1 | MTB Moose v BRI Islanders | L | 2-1 | |
AHL | 10/19 19:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v TUC Roadrunners | W | 4-3 | |
AHL | 10/18 21:05 | 1 | BNG Devils v BRI Islanders | L | 3-2 | |
AHL | 10/17 23:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v BNG Devils | W | 5-4 | |
AHL | 10/12 19:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v MTB Moose | W | 6-3 | |
AHL | 10/11 23:00 | 1 | BRI Islanders v MTB Moose | L | 2-3 |
The Bridgeport Islanders are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League (AHL). They are the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, who own the franchise. The team started in 2001–02 season and was purchased by the Islanders in 2004. The team is based in Bridgeport, Connecticut and plays their home games at the Total Mortgage Arena.
The Bridgeport Sound Tigers joined the American Hockey League as an expansion franchise in 2001 and were coached by Steve Stirling. The team's name referenced both the Long Island Sound where Bridgeport lies and the circuses of former resident P. T. Barnum, with the Sound Tigers identity being unveiled at the Barnum Museum. In their inaugural season, the team won their division and had the best regular season record to win the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy. In the playoffs, they won the Eastern Conference championship and the Richard F. Canning Trophy to advance to the Calder Cup finals against the Chicago Wolves. They lost the series four games-to-one.
In their second season, the team finished second in their division and the fifth conference seed in the playoffs. They advanced to the conference semifinals, where they lost to their division champion Binghamton Senators in six games. Stirling was promoted to head coaching position with the New York Islanders and was replaced by Greg Cronin for 2003–04. As the Sound Tigers, the team had limited success, missing the playoffs ten times and not winning a playoff round since their second season.
On May 10, 2021, it was announced that the team would change its name to the Bridgeport Islanders beginning with the 2021–22 season.