So, last week I lamented about Bridgeport's recent struggles. In that time the Sound Tigers have played 3 games going 1-2-0, but the Offense has picked up a bit, scoring 12 goals. Responsible for 1/3 of that output is Justin DiBenedetto who I called out in "Bridgeport We have a Problem" (or scroll down).
DiBenedetto or "DiBo" for short, is a former Sarnia Sting teammate of Matt Martin, Mark Katic and some guy named Steven Stamkos, whoever he is (if you can't get that that's a joke...). DiBo was second on the team in points under Stamkos before Steven went number 1 overall and onto what's become a hell of a career already (Stamkos had 105 points to DiBenedetto's 93, a 39/54 breakdown). DiBo came back the next year in '08-'09 at 20 and totaled another 93 points (45 goals and 48 assists) in 62 games and was a +14 that year; the third place scorer on that team: Matt Martin. So Justin has a history of being able to score and set up evenly, but his time in the Minors as I mentioned has been a struggle to a point. I mentioned in the last post about DiBo's 14 points last year and his collective 5 through 23 games.
Well, since that time DiBo's put up an exact doubling of his totals in the last three games including a two goal night against the Albany Devils. DiBo's simply on fire right now, maybe the return of Jesse Joensuu (who's also collected a 2 goal night and 3 goals in his return to Bridgeport), or maybe Dibo's picking up his game and has figured out the AHL by his upcoming 100th games at the level (just 7 shy), or maybe he's just on a hot streak.
However, I will gladly have a slice of humble pie after calling DiBenedetto out just last week. Just a heads up on DiBo's sizzling play as the Isles head into the all-star break in a bad way. However, I am not saying that DiBo should get a look right now, Rahkshani and Ullstrom or even Figren deserve long looks before DiBo. Unless DiBo continues this little run into something that demands a call-up, I'm not going to say he should get a look. This little run looks pretty impressive though.
Now if you'll excuse me, that Humble Pie is waiting.
Well, since that time DiBo's put up an exact doubling of his totals in the last three games including a two goal night against the Albany Devils. DiBo's simply on fire right now, maybe the return of Jesse Joensuu (who's also collected a 2 goal night and 3 goals in his return to Bridgeport), or maybe Dibo's picking up his game and has figured out the AHL by his upcoming 100th games at the level (just 7 shy), or maybe he's just on a hot streak.
However, I will gladly have a slice of humble pie after calling DiBenedetto out just last week. Just a heads up on DiBo's sizzling play as the Isles head into the all-star break in a bad way. However, I am not saying that DiBo should get a look right now, Rahkshani and Ullstrom or even Figren deserve long looks before DiBo. Unless DiBo continues this little run into something that demands a call-up, I'm not going to say he should get a look. This little run looks pretty impressive though.
Now if you'll excuse me, that Humble Pie is waiting.
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