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Pateryn Leads Bulldogs to OT Win Over Marlies

By Dale Lamontagne, Hamilton Bulldogs Correspondent, Bulldogs Hockey Report

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HAMILTON, ONT — The Hamilton Bulldogs entered tonight’s contest against North Division rivals, the Toronto Marlies, hoping to find their way back to the win column as they suffered a 3-2 loss to the league leading Utica Comets on Wednesday.  They did just that, taking down the Marlies 2-1 on home ice.

GAME RUNDOWN 

The thing with these Bulldogs – Marlies games is, they play each other 12 times this season, because well,  it’s AHL hockey and they’re just a quick 30 minute bus ride down the highway. But, one thing is for sure, each game they play is exciting and it’s a ton of fun to watch – and tonight was no different.

Although there was no score after the first period of play, we saw a ton of action, that reassured us that the Bulldogs and Marlies don’t really like each other.

David Broll and Jack Nevins dropped the glove 15 minutes into the opening frame. I would say the fight would draw an even card, after both players threw multiple punches one after another.

It’s worth noting that Mike Condon made a handful of easy glove saves, which kept the game scoreless.

The second period would see its first goal of the game, but from the opposing Marlies squad.

David Booth, who was sent down to the AHL from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday for conditioning purposes, scored his first goal of the season as he buried a shot that came off the backboards on the power-play.

Towards the end of the period, a scary incident took place as Jake Dowell hit Marlies defenceman Viktor Loov directly in the head, with him colliding into the boards.

Sam Carrick stuck up for his player and dropped the gloves with Dowell.

Loov went directly to the dressing room, but then came back out for the final few minutes of the game and he appeared to be okay.

The third period saw the Bulldogs tie the game on the power-play, as Charles Hudon blasted a shot from the point, which beat Christopher Gibson on the blocker side.

With about five minutes left in the third period, the Bulldogs scored, but it was waived off immediately as Eric Tangradi went to the box for goaltender interference. No goal, and it was the right call.

At the end of 60-minutes of play, the Bulldogs and Marlies remained tied 1-1, so in came the overtime.

With 2:22 left in overtime, defenceman Greg Pateryn scored the game winner with a helluva slap shot, that beat Gibson on the blocker side.

Bulldogs take the game 2-1, to improve to a 7-8-2 record.

 

WHO WAS IN, WHO WAS OUT?

Scratches: Mac Bennett
Injuries: Christian Thomas 

LOOKING AHEAD 

The Bulldogs are back in action on Sunday, as they travel down the QEW to take on the Toronto Marlies for the fourth time this season.

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Bulldogs Fade in the Third, Flames Win 4-3

(Photo by Brandon Taylor / Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Club)

 

By Dale Lamontagne, Hamilton Bulldogs Correspondent, Bulldogs Hockey Report 

HAMILTON, ONT — For two consecutive games, the Hamilton Bulldogs have blown a lead in the third period to the Adirondack Flames, resulting in back-to-back losses. Yesterday, the Flames defeated the ‘Dogs 3-1, scoring three unanswered goals in the third period, and tonight scoring three goals in the third period, to take down the struggling Hamilton team 4-3.

GAME RUNDOWN 

The first period would see both teams scoring a goal. The Hamilton Bulldogs scored the games first goal, after Gabriel  Dumont stole the puck while the Adirondack Flames were on the power-play, but was denied by Flames goaltender Joni Orito. But luckily enough, Jacob De La Rose picked up the rebound and scored a shorthanded goal and his first ever as a Bulldog.

Moments after the ‘Dogs got on the board, the Flames came back right away scoring a goal on the power-play as Garnet Hathaway was found all alone in front and was able to bury his third goal of the season to tie the game.

With 42 seconds left in the period, Connor Crisp and Bryce Van Brabant dropped the gloves for a heated scrap in front of the Bulldogs bench. Crisp landed multiple punches to the face of Van Brabant, but Van Brabant took him down and he kept swinging and the officials had to intervene.

Bulldogs goaltender Mike Condon made several key saves for Hamilton in the opening frame, notably in the first five minutes of the period.

The Bulldogs were able to take a 2-1 lead in the second period as Sven Andrighetto scored the tally for the ‘Dogs on the power-play. Yes, that’s right. The power-play. It’s been well documented that Hamilton has struggled on the man advantage this season, but they finally potted one and it’s pretty refreshing.

The physicality would continue to pick up in the second period as Jack Nevins dropped  the gloves with Mark Cundari because he wanted to defend his teammate  sticks up for Christian Thomas, who was hit hard at centre ice by Cundari.

Despite Hamilton allowing one goal on the penalty-kill tonight, you have to give credit where its due because they have been pretty decent. The Bulldogs had several chances to score when down a man.

In the third period, we would see a very similar outcome form Friday’s game.

Bryce Van Brabant was able to jam a rebound past Condon to tie the game, but moments later Condon had a tough go with a  rebound and Turner Elson put the Flames ahead.

After Sylvain Lefebvre called a timeout, Condon  made a great first save bet then had a little trouble getting up in his crease after stopping a few shots and Mathieu Tousigant was able to sneak one by to give the Flames a 4-2 lead.

But the Bulldogs tried to make a comeback but they just could not.

They had multiple chances on the power-play but they just could not convert.

Magnus Nygren, who just came back into the lineup after sitting out a few games due to injury, fired a wrist shot from the point past Ortio.

But that wouldn’t be enough for the Bulldogs to tie the game, as the Flames held on to secure a 4-3 victory.

The Flames leave Hamilton with successfully sweeping the weekend series against the Bulldogs. The two teams will meet six more times this season.

Notes: 

  • The Attendance for tonight’s game at FirstOntario Centre: 2,485.
  • Head coach Lefebvre told me post game that Eric Tangradi is considered day-to-day and he hopes to see him back in the lineup on the trip in St. Johns this coming week.

 

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Bulldogs Drop Second Game in a Row to Rampage, 5-2

(Mandatory Credit: Brandon Taylor / Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Club)
(Mandatory Credit: Brandon Taylor / Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Club)
(Mandatory Credit: Brandon Taylor / Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Club)

By Dale Lamontagne,  Hamilton Bulldogs Correspondent, Bulldogs Hockey Report 

HAMILTON, ONT — The Hamilton Bulldogs entered this afternoon’s matinee having lost their last game to the same opponent, the San Antonio Rampage on Saturday, and tonight was no different. The Rampage sunk the Bulldogs by a score 5-2 in front of 2,299 fans. With the loss, the Bulldogs have yet to win a game on home ice this season.

GAME RUNDOWN

The Bulldogs would find themselves down a goal after the first period of play, as Rampage forward Connor Brickley would net his second goal of the 2014-15 AHL season after he came flying down the wing, blasting the puck by Joey MacDonald‘s blocker side.

The power-play struggles continued for the Bulldogs in the first period. They had three opportunities on the man advantage but failed to get anything going as they could not get back in the offensive zone after the Rampage cleared the puck.

The first fight of the game came at the 8:09 minute mark, with Jack Nevins and Shane O’Brien dropping the gloves as Nevins laid a huge check on the veteran AHL defenceman O’Brien.

The Bulldogs started the second period with some good speed and they had multiple chances, but it wouldn’t end the way they wanted as the Rampage extended their lead to 4-1.

But the Bulldogs scored their first goal of the game as Christian Thomas chipped a shot that bounces off a defenseman and over goaltender Dan Ellis.

Shortly after the ‘Dogs got on the board, Jonathan Racine hit Charles Hudon from behind, causing the rookie forward to need some assistance getting off the ice. Hudon stayed on the bench and did not leave to the dressing room, while Racine got a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for the hit.

The Rampage took the lead on 4-on-4, as Rocco Grimaldi scored the goal and then seconds later, McFarland ripped a shot past MacDonald after he flew down the wing.

The Rampage fourth goal of the game was also a nice one, as Wilson came down the wing and chipped a shot over MacDonald’s shoulder for a nice top shelf goal.

Towards the end of the period, Finley, Dowell and Nevins dropped the gloves with a few Rampage players causing a min-line brawl.

For the third period, the Bulldogs would score their second and only goal of the game with a nice point shot from Gabriel Dumont and Rampage goaltender Dan Ellis did not see the shot as he was screened.

The remainder of the period would see back and forth action, but the Rampage scored thier final goal of the game in the empty net. Wilson was credited with the goal and the Rampage would take the game by a score of 5-2.

Game Notes

Head coach Sylvain Lefebvre said froward Eric Tangradi is out with an upper-body injury and is considered day-to-day, while Magnus Nygren is has a lower-body injury and will be re-evaluated tomorrow.

Next Game 

The Hamilton Bulldogs will travel to Buffalo to take on the Rochester Americans at FirstNiagara Centre.  The Bulldogs next home game will be also against Rochester at FirstOntario Centre for the Bulldogs annual school day game.

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27 Players Invited to Bulldogs Training Camp

Patrick Holland (Photo by HamiltonBulldogs.com)

BULLDOGS ANNOUNCE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER AND SCHEDULE

Hamilton Bulldogs Media Release

Patrick Holland (Photo by HamiltonBulldogs.com)
Patrick Holland (Photo by HamiltonBulldogs.com)

MONTREAL, QUE. – Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Bulldogs general manager Marc Bergevin announced today the Bulldogs initial roster for the club’s 2014-15 training camp, which includes 15 forwards, nine defencemen and three goaltenders.

Hamilton’s training camp will open tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 30 with media availability at FirstOntario Centre at 10 a.m. before the team travels to Newfoundland and Labrador later in the day to prepare for the Mary’s Cup pre-season series with the St. John’s IceCaps. The first game of that series is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2 at Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium in Grand Falls, N.L. at 7 p.m. Each pre-season game can be heard live on AM 900 CHML.

2014-15 Training Camp Roster Schedule

Tuesday, Sept. 30
Media availability – FirstOntario Centre (Hamilton, Ont.) – 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 1
Practice – Mile One Centre (St. John’s, N.L.) – 1 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 2
Pre-game skate – Gander Community Centre (Gander, N.L.) – 11:15 a.m.
Game vs. St. John’s IceCaps – Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium (Grand Falls, N.L.) – 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3
Pre-game skate – Gander Community Centre (Gander, N.L.) – 11:15 a.m.
Game vs. St. John’s IceCaps – Gander Community Centre (Gander, N.L.) – 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 4
Practice – Gander Community Centre (Gander, N.L.) – 11:15 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5
Game vs. St. John’s IceCaps – Mile One Centre (St. John’s, N.L.) – 4 p.m.

2014-15 Training Camp Roster

http://hamiltonbulldogs.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Training%20camp%20roster.pdf

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Habs Trim Training Camp, 17 Players to Bulldogs

CANADIENS ASSIGN 17 PLAYERS TO BULLDOGS

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Hamilton Bulldogs Media Release

MONTREAL, QUE. – Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Bulldogs general manager Marc Bergevin announced today the Canadiens have assigned 17 players to the Bulldogs, including nine forwards, seven defencemen and one goaltender.

The players assigned to Hamilton include (* indicates an injury): forwards Tim Bozon, Daniel Carr, Connor Crisp*, Stefan Fournier*, T.J. Hensick, Charles Hudon, Patrick Holland, Jack Nevins* and Nick Sorkin; defencemen Mac Bennett, Morgan Ellis, Joe Finley, David Makowski, Magnus Nygren, Bobby Shea and Dalton Thrower*; and goaltender Michael Condon.

Hamilton’s training camp will open on Tuesday, Sept. 30 with media availability at FirstOntario Centre at 10 a.m. before the team travels to Newfoundland and Labrador later that day for the Mary’s Cup pre-season series with the St. John’s IceCaps. A complete training camp roster will be announced tomorrow.

Hamilton Bulldogs 2014-15 season tickets, flex tickets and group tickets are on sale now. For more information, call 1-866-DOGS-TIX or visit hamiltonbulldogs.com.

Listen to all Bulldogs regular season and post-season games live on Hamilton’s AM 900 CHML, on www.900chml.com or watch live on www.ahllive.com. Catch every Friday night home game live in high definition on Cable 14.

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‘Dogs Drop Season Finale 3-1 to Crunch [with AUDIO]

(Photo by Hamilton Bulldogs)

By Dan Kramer, Senior Writer, All Habs Hockey Magazine

POST-GAME AUDIO: Dustin Tokarski | Mike Blunden | Sylvain Lefebvre

HAMILTON, ON – It was a tough fan appreciation night in Hamilton Saturday, as the Bulldogs closed the book on a disappointing 2013-14 season with their 35th loss, unable to reach the .500 mark on the season which was in play.

Newcomer Jack Nevins gave fans something to get excited about just 14 seconds after opening puckdrop, engaging in a fight with defenseman Joey Mormina, and quickly wrestling him to the ice.

(Photo by Hamilton Bulldogs)
(Photo by Hamilton Bulldogs)

The ‘Dogs carried momentum into the game’s first powerplay, as Mormina sat in the box again for a trip. Nathan Beaulieu pinched downlow, and Mike Blunden found a seam cross-crease, enabling an easy tap-in for the offensive-minded blueliner.

“That was a designed pass. I actually pass the puck,” joked Blunden post-game, making light of his own hands of stone. “I was looking for [Dumont], I kinda lost the puck a bit, and then I just wired at [Beaulieu] right at the net.”

But it wouldn’t be one final game in Hamilton this season if the team didn’t carry on their tradition of tough second periods. The ‘Dogs looked like they might survive despite being thoroughly outshot, until the final five minutes when a pair of strange bounces did them in. First it was multiple giveaways, followed up by an Evan Rankin centering pass deflected off defenseman Joel Chouinard and behind Dustin Tokarski, knotting the game at one.

Just over a minute later, a Luke Witkowski attempted dump-in took a funny hop off Nathan Beaulieu‘s leg and also beat a slow-to-react Tokarski, allowing the visitors to take their first lead of the night into the second intermission.

For a team playing what could be its final twenty minutes of the campaign, the ‘Dogs seemed eager to start vacation, with a fast-moving third yielding few scoring chances, other than a hard Greg Pateryn wrister that made it through a dense crowd but was still stopped by Cedric Desjardins. Then, just after an indisciplined penalty to Nick Tarnasky had expired, Jonathan Marchessault held the puck on a 3-on-1, froze Tokarski in his stance, and whipped a wrist shot through his five hole for an insurance marker that would put an end to Hamilton’s inconsistent year that unfortunately featured far more downs than ups.

“Our powerplay in the second period set the tone. We didn’t generate anything,” summarized coach Sylvain Lefebvre. “We had five shots in the period. We didn’t play well enough to win the game.” As to why, that middle stanza has been the team’s plague all season, Lefebvre had no answers. “If I knew, we wouldn’t be standing here talking like this.”

The loss means the ‘Dogs finish the year at 33-35-1-7, missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season. Prior to the game, end-of-year awards were given to Dustin Tokarski (MVP), Greg Pateryn (top d-man), Sven Andrighetto (top rookie), Gabriel Dumont (fan favourite), and Morgan Ellis (community involvement).

On being named most valuable player, the team’s starting netminder said he was satisfied with his own season amidst disappointment on the team’s lack of success. “I wanted to come in and turn some heads. Make management have some hard decisions. I think I was able to do that. But on the AHL level, you want to be in the playoffs right now and not going home. That’s tough to take in, but I think the team made strides from last season. It’s a great honour [to be named MVP]. Every guy in the room plays their heart out for the team; I’m the lucky one to be named MVP.”

After signing a 2-year deal with the Canadiens organization last week, Tokarski added that he feels he’s found a good fit for himself. “Montreal has treated me great since I’ve been here. Showed confidence in me. I’m ready to continue to work hard, and have a great summer. Montreal is all class, and to be part of it is real special.”

Post-game, the remaining awards were distributed, going to Martin St. Pierre (top scorer), Tokarski (Molson Cup / 3 stars), and Mike Blunden (hardest worker). Blunden, a pending unrestricted free agent, said he hasn’t given much though to his playing future after serving in a valuable leadership role this season. “I was focused on this year. Having a strong year. I’ve had a lot of fun, and now I”ll take a couple of weeks and think about it. I was joking with [Dumont] that he’ll probably have a better winger next year with much better hands.”

And with that, the ‘Dogs set sail for the off-season. A number of players are expected to head to Montreal Sunday to form a group of “black aces,” skating and practicing to stay in top form in case injury strikes the Canadiens during post-season play and they are pressed into service. The group should include Beaulieu, Pateryn, and Dumont, among others.