AHL | 11/26 00:00 | 1 | [7] PRO Bruins v BRI Islanders [8] | L | 2-1 | |
AHL | 11/23 00:05 | - | [8] BRI Islanders v SPR Thunderbirds [6] | L | 2-4 | |
AHL | 11/19 20:00 | 1 | [7] PRO Bruins v BRI Islanders [8] | W | 1-3 | |
AHL | 11/19 00:00 | 1 | [1] HER Bears v BRI Islanders [8] | L | 4-0 | |
AHL | 11/18 00:00 | 1 | [8] BRI Islanders v HER Bears [1] | L | 4-5 | |
AHL | 11/14 15:30 | 1 | [9] SYR Crunch v BRI Islanders [8] | L | 5-4 | |
AHL | 11/12 00:00 | 1 | [4] SPR Thunderbirds v BRI Islanders [8] | W | 1-2 | |
AHL | 11/11 00:00 | 1 | [3] HAR Wolfpack v BRI Islanders [8] | L | 3-0 | |
AHL | 11/05 20:00 | 1 | [4] SPR Thunderbirds v BRI Islanders [8] | W | 2-3 | |
AHL | 11/04 23:00 | 1 | [8] BRI Islanders v HER Bears [1] | L | 1-3 | |
AHL | 10/28 22:00 | 1 | [6] BRI Islanders v CHA Checkers [3] | L | 0-2 | |
AHL | 10/27 23:00 | 1 | [5] BRI Islanders v CHA Checkers [6] | L | 2-5 | |
AHL | 10/22 19:00 | 1 | [2] HER Bears v BRI Islanders [5] | L | 3-2 | |
AHL | 10/21 23:00 | 1 | [15] UTI Comets v BRI Islanders [6] | W | 1-2 | |
AHL | 10/18 23:05 | 1 | [5] BRI Islanders v PRO Bruins [8] | L | 2-4 | |
AHL | 10/14 23:00 | 1 | [2] BRI Islanders v SYR Crunch [2] | L | 2-4 | |
AHL | 10/13 23:05 | 1 | [3] BRI Islanders v ROC Americans [4] | W | 4-3 | |
AHL Pre-Season | 10/07 17:00 | - | BRI Islanders v HAR Wolfpack | L | 1-3 | |
AHL Pre-Season | 10/05 17:00 | - | HAR Wolfpack v BRI Islanders | L | 5-3 | |
AHL | 04/15 23:05 | 1 | [21] BRI Islanders v PRO Bruins [4] | L | 3-5 | |
AHL | 04/14 23:00 | 1 | [1] HER Bears v BRI Islanders [7] | W | 1-5 | |
AHL | 04/12 23:00 | 1 | [13] LV Phantoms v BRI Islanders [22] | W | 4-6 | |
AHL | 04/08 23:00 | 1 | [30] WBS Penguins v BRI Islanders [22] | L | 8-2 | |
AHL | 04/07 23:00 | 1 | [19] BRI Islanders v HAR Wolfpack [16] | L | 2-6 | |
AHL | 04/04 14:30 | 1 | [10] SPR Thunderbirds v BRI Islanders [21] | W | 3-4 | |
AHL | 04/02 19:00 | 1 | [16] LV Phantoms v BRI Islanders [20] | L | 3-2 | |
AHL | 04/01 23:05 | 1 | [21] BRI Islanders v PRO Bruins [3] | W | 5-2 | |
AHL | 03/29 23:00 | 1 | [20] BRI Islanders v HAR Wolfpack [21] | L | 1-4 | |
AHL | 03/24 23:05 | 1 | [19] BRI Islanders v BEL Senators [23] | W | 5-2 | |
AHL | 03/22 23:00 | 1 | [9] BRI Islanders v LAV Rocket [6] | W | 5-3 |
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.