Sound Up Podcast: Mitch Vande Sompel

Bridgeport Islanders play-by-play broadcaster Alan Fuehring welcomes AHL All-Star defenseman Mitch Vande Sompel to this week's edition of the Sound Up podcast series. Each Tuesday, join us as we take a deep dive into the lives and careers of Sound Tigers players, coaches, alumni and more!

Vande Sompel, 23, has 60 points (17 goals, 43 assists) in 128 career games with the Bridgeport Islanders. The London, Ont. native was injured during the 2019 Islanders Training Camp and missed the entire 2019-20 season. In 2018-19, Vande Sompel led all Sound Tigers defensemen with 10 goals and was named to the 2019 AHL All-Star Classic.

Prior to his professional career, Vande Sompel played four years of junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Oshawa Generals and London Knights. He won the 2015 OHL Championship and Memorial Cup with Oshawa as well as a gold medal with Team Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.