diff --git a/sprockets/mixins/metrics/statsd.py b/sprockets/mixins/metrics/statsd.py
index ff187b8..2d3d972 100644
--- a/sprockets/mixins/metrics/statsd.py
+++ b/sprockets/mixins/metrics/statsd.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 import socket
 import time
 
-from tornado import iostream
+from tornado import gen, iostream
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -137,17 +137,18 @@ class StatsDCollector(object):
         :rtype: iostream.IOStream
         """
         sock = iostream.IOStream(socket.socket(
-            socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, socket.IPPROTO_TCP))
-        try:
-            sock.connect(self._address, self._tcp_on_connected)
-        except (OSError, socket.error) as error:
-            LOGGER.error('Failed to connect via TCP: %s', error)
+                    socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, socket.IPPROTO_TCP))
+        sock.connect(self._address, self._tcp_on_connected)
         sock.set_close_callback(self._tcp_on_closed)
         return sock
 
+    @gen.engine
     def _tcp_on_closed(self):
         """Invoked when the socket is closed."""
-        LOGGER.warning('Disconnected from statsd, reconnecting')
+        sleep = 5
+        LOGGER.warning('Not connected to statsd, connecting in %s seconds',
+                       sleep)
+        yield gen.sleep(sleep)
         self._sock = self._tcp_socket()
 
     def _tcp_on_connected(self):
@@ -172,9 +173,13 @@ class StatsDCollector(object):
 
         try:
             if self._tcp:
+                if self._sock.closed():
+                    return
                 return self._sock.write(msg.encode('ascii'))
 
             self._sock.sendto(msg.encode('ascii'), (self._host, self._port))
+        except iostream.StreamClosedError as error:  # pragma: nocover
+            LOGGER.warning('Error sending TCP statsd metric: %s', error)
         except (OSError, socket.error) as error:  # pragma: nocover
             LOGGER.exception('Error sending statsd metric: %s', error)
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 9265361..17c6d4e 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ class TCPStatsdMetricCollectionTests(testing.AsyncHTTPTestCase):
         path = ('foo', 'bar')
         value = 500
         metric_type = 'c'
-        expected = "{}:{}|{}\n".format('.'.join(itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'counters'), path)),
-                                        value,
-                                        metric_type)
+        expected = "{}:{}|{}\n".format('.'.join(
+                    itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'counters'), path)),
+                    value,
+                    metric_type)
 
         self.application.statsd.send(path, value, metric_type)
         mock_sock.assert_called_once_with(expected.encode())
@@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ class TCPStatsdMetricCollectionTests(testing.AsyncHTTPTestCase):
         path = ('foo', 'bar')
         value = 500
         metric_type = 'ms'
-        expected = "{}:{}|{}\n".format('.'.join(itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'timers'), path)),
-                                        value,
-                                        metric_type)
+        expected = "{}:{}|{}\n".format('.'.join(
+                    itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'timers'), path)),
+                    value,
+                    metric_type)
 
         self.application.statsd.send(path, value, metric_type)
         mock_sock.assert_called_once_with(expected.encode())
@@ -212,9 +214,10 @@ class UDPStatsdMetricCollectionTests(testing.AsyncHTTPTestCase):
         path = ('foo', 'bar')
         value = 500
         metric_type = 'c'
-        expected = "{}:{}|{}".format('.'.join(itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'counters'), path)),
-                                        value,
-                                        metric_type)
+        expected = "{}:{}|{}".format('.'.join(
+                    itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'counters'), path)),
+                    value,
+                    metric_type)
 
         self.application.statsd.send(path, value, metric_type)
         mock_sock.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -226,9 +229,10 @@ class UDPStatsdMetricCollectionTests(testing.AsyncHTTPTestCase):
         path = ('foo', 'bar')
         value = 500
         metric_type = 'ms'
-        expected = "{}:{}|{}".format('.'.join(itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'timers'), path)),
-                                        value,
-                                        metric_type)
+        expected = "{}:{}|{}".format('.'.join(
+                    itertools.chain((self.namespace, 'timers'), path)),
+                    value,
+                    metric_type)
 
         self.application.statsd.send(path, value, metric_type)
         mock_sock.assert_called_once_with(