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.

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.

Stirling was promoted to head coaching position with the New York Islanders and was replaced by Greg Cronin for 2003–04.

He appears at home games sporting a jersey with the number 01 (short for the year the team was founded).