Note: For this story I used the an old TBLv1.4 or 5 can’t remember, I quick simmed through the 2006-2007 season and then rook over my favorite WHL team after the last day of the season which is March 18th 2007. That favorite WHL team of my is the Chilliwack Bruins.
Using the EHM 07 Realism Patch
Our development club is the Westside Warriors of the BCHL league. Just a bit of history this past season, Chilliwack Bruins finished last in their division with 68 points 6 pts out of a playoff spot behind Kelowna who finished with 74 points. Saskatoon who finished with 66 pts and Seattle who finished with 58 pts both made the playoffs as Portland with 57, Swift Current with 58; Regina with 62, Chilliwack with 68 and Calgary with 69 are the 5 teams who missed the playoffs.
Our Rivals are Vancouver Giants and Kelowna Rockets
WHL Playoffs, Conference Quarter Finals
March 18th
After a disappointing season that saw us miss the playoffs, the team decided to fire the GM and have decided to name Rick Stevens as the new GM. I have yet to decide on what I want to do this upcoming season as we maybe ready to make the playoffs but I don’t think we are ready to make a memorial cup run so we might be in a bit of a mix of playoffs/rebuild until our group is ready to make the playoffs as we are in a very competitive BC Division.
My first job as GM was to fire Jim Hiller, assistant coach Peter Hay, Dan Price as we have decided to keep goalie coach Brady Robinson and defense coach Brad Werenka.
As far as scouts we decided to let go of Lorne Sanders, Murray Porter, Dan Noble, Rob Morphy, Ray Ference, Dave Smith. We have decided to keep scout Pat Corrado so we have someone to scout the upcoming draft.Dave Smith and Rob Morphy. Smith will head out to scout the WHL Bantam draft and Morphy will begin to head to Europe to scout for the CHL Import draft.
We begin our search to replace the fired staff and improve our staff. We also looked through our reserve list as we have 43 of a possible 50 players as we plan on making room for our upcoming draft class.
Before I move on I thought I would mention that the previous gm made two trades this past season sending our 10th pick to Red Deer for Devon Leblanc and our 15th pick to Everett for Brennan Sonne.
Our club finished with a record of:
72gp 30-34-4-4 .472 179 GF 199 GA 10.5 PP % (20th) 88.4 PK % (5th) 68 pts
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March 20th
Our Bruins organization has decided to release defenseman Stephane Lenoski has decided to join Vancouver in July 5th, Chad Scharff who was a overage this season and will be a UFA; goalie Derek Swan who is a overage next season who did not fit into our team plans. Forwards Trevor Greco, Levi Brotnov, Josh Aspenlind (overage this season), defenseman Evan Oberg, defenseman Ryan Smith, forward Jadon Potter
Right now we have 7 overagers next season Myles Stoesz, Ken Petkau, Nick Holden, Brennan Sonne, Alex Archibald, Dylan Chapman, Joey Martini. We have yet to decide which 3 we will keep for next season.
Right now that leaves us with 35 players on our reserve list which we will be down to move once we decide who that other overage player is.
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March 23rd
Our Bruins have named Jochen Weilert (German) to our scouting staff, Ilkka Repo (Finnish) will be added to our assistant coach, Jesse Phillips (American) to our training staff, Paddy Ginnell (Canadian) to our scouting staff; Tom Wood (American) to our scouting staff; Collin Maier (German) to our scouting staff, Andreas Andersen (Dannish) to our coaching staff; Geoff Kent (Canadian) as our assistant GM; Marso Caban (Slovakia) to our training staff;
Our staff have yet to decide on the fate of center Aki Kangasmaki as it all depends on who we take in the 2007 CHL Import draft with our top pick.
WHL Quarter Finals Game 1
Prince Albert 1, Brandon 2 OT (Brandon lead the series 1-0!)
Red Deer 3, Lethbridge 0 (Red Deer lead the series 1-0!)
Kootenay 0, Medicine Hat 3 (Medicine Hat lead the series 1-0!)
Saskatoon 6, Moose Jaw 3 (Saskatoon lead the series 1-0!)
Seattle 0, Everett 5 (Everett lead the series 1-0!)
Kelowna 1, Prince George 4 (Prince George lead the series 1-0!)
Spokane 0, Tri-City 6 (Tri-City lead the series 1-0!)
Kamloops 4, Vancouver 1 (Kamloops lead the series 1-0!)
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March 24th, Game 2
Prince Albert 1, Brandon 3 (Brandon lead the series 2-0!)
Red Deer 2, Lethbridge 0 (Red Deer lead the series 2-0!)
Kootenay 1, Medicine Hat 5 (Medicine Hat lead the series 2-0!)
Saskatoon 3, Moose Jaw 1 (Saskatoon lead the series 2-0!)
Seattle 2, Everett 5 (Everett lead the series 2-0!)
Kelowna 1, Prince George 2 OT (Prince George lead the series 2-0!)
Spokane 3, Tri-City 4 OT (Tri-City lead the series 2-0!)
Kamloops 1, Vancouver 0 (Kamloops lead the series 2-0!)
We have added Stephen King (American) to our scouting staff, Kenneth Norgren (Swedish) to our scouting staff
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March 26th, Game 3
Prince Albert 0, Brandon 4 (Brandon lead the series 3-0!)
Red Deer 2, Lethbridge 1 OT (Red Deer lead the series 3-0!)
Kootenay 1, Medicine Hat 2 (Medicine Hat lead the series 3-0!)
Saskatoon 3, Moose Jaw 0 (Saskatoon lead the series 3-0!)
Seattle 2, Everett 0 (Everett lead the series 2-1!)
Kelowna 3, Prince George 2 (Prince George lead the series 2-1!)
Spokane 2, Tri-City 1 (Tri-City lead the series 2-1!)
Kamloops 2, Vancouver 0 (Kamloops lead the series 3-0!)
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March 27th, Game 4
Prince Albert 6, Brandon 1 (Brandon lead the series 3-1!)
Red Deer 2, Lethbridge 3 OT (Red Deer lead the series 3-1!)
Kootenay 1, Medicine Hat 3 (Medicine Hat eliminates Kootenay, 4 games to 0)
Saskatoon 3, Moose Jaw 0 (Saskatoon eliminates Moose Jaw, 4 games to 0)
Seattle 2, Everett 3 (Everett lead the series 3-1)
Kelowna 2, Prince George 1 (Series tied 2-2)
Spokane 0, Tri-City 1 (Tri-City lead the series 3-1)
Kamloops 2, Vancouver 0 (Kamloops eliminates Vancouver, 4 games to 0)
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March 29th, Game 5
Prince Albert 1, Brandon 3 (Brandon eliminates Prince Albert, 4 games to 1)
Red Deer 6, Lethbridge 2 (Red Deer eliminates Lethbridge, 4 games to 1)
Seattle 2, Everett 3 (Everett eliminates Seattle, 4 games to 1)
Kelowna 0, Prince George 4 (Prince George lead the series 3-2)
Spokane 1, Tri-City 3 (Tri-City eliminates Spokane, 4 games to 1)
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March 31st, Game 6
Kelowna 3, Prince George 2 OT (Series tied 3-3)
Brandon Wheat Kings center Codey Burki is named WHL Player of the Month. In 13 games he scored 9 goals, while adding 19 assists for a total of 28 pts.
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April 1st
The ISS release their Final Rankings for the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and two Bruins were ranked:
RW Oscar Moller – 42nd
C Mark Santorelli – 155th
The top-ranked player was Everett Silvertips center Zach Hamill (65gp 26g 40a 66pts +31 26 PIM 164 SOG 7.78 AvR), followed by Ottawa 67’s forward Logan Couture (62gp 21g 44a 65pts +11 48 PIM 128 SOG 7.50 AvR), and London Knights forward Sam Gagner (56gp 16g 57a 73pts +16 38 PIM 130 SOG 8.09 AvR)
The ISS also released Final Rankings for the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft!
The top-ranked player was Comox Valley defenseman Zeev Comeau (50gp 24g 50a 74pts +19 135 PIM 154 SOG 7.22 AvR), followed by Fort McMurray winger Jordan Messier (46gp 21g 26a 47pts +15 58 PIM 96 SOG 6.52 AvR), and Merritt’s winger Bobby Stacey (50gp 13g 27a 40pts +3 68 PIM 110 SOG 5.98 AvR)
The ISS also released Final Rankings for the 2007 CHL Import Draft!
The top-ranked player was Russian defenseman Nikita Dostovalov (Yaroslavl, 35gp 0g 0a 0pts -9 24 PIM 7 SOG 6.46 AvR), followed by Danish forward Lars Eller (Frolunda Jrs, 38gp 13g 15a 28pts +8 38 PIM 86 SOG 6.71 AvR), and Swedish Joakim Andersson (Frolunda Jrs 37gp 2g 4a 6pts -6 38 PIM 48 SOG 5.95 AvR)
Coming Out of Hibernation: A Chilliwack Bruins Story
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Coming Out of Hibernation: A Chilliwack Bruins Story -April
April 2nd, Game 7
Kelowna 2, Prince George 5 (Prince George eliminates Kelwona, 4 games to 3)
April 4th, WHL Semi Finals Game 1
Saskatoon 1, Brandon 2 OT (Brandon lead the series 1-0)
Red Deer 4, Medicine Hat 1 (Red Deer lead the series 1-0)
Tri-City 3, Everett 1 (Tri-City lead the series 1-0)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 1 (Kamloops lead the series 1-0)
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April 5th, Game 2
Saskatoon 2, Brandon 1 OT (Series tied 1-1)
Red Deer 1, Medicine Hat 3 (Series tied 1-1)
Tri-City 3, Everett 2 OT (Tri-City lead the series 2-0)
Kamloops 0, Prince George 4 (Series tied 1-1)
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April 7th, Game 3
Saskatoon 3, Brandon 2 OT (Brandon lead the series 2-1)
Red Deer 0, Medicine Hat 2 (Medicine Hat lead the series 2-1)
Tri-City 3, Everett 1 (Tri-City lead the series 3-0)
Kamloops 3, Prince George 5 (Prince George lead the series 2-1)
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April 8th, Game 4
Saskatoon 4, Brandon 2 (Series tied 2-2)
Red Deer 3, Medicine Hat 1 (Series tied 2-2)
Tri-City 0, Everett 1 (Tri-City lead the series 3-1)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 1 (Series tied 2-2)
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April 10th, Game 5
Saskatoon 2, Brandon 3 OT (Brandon lead the series 3-2)
Red Deer 1, Medicine Hat 2 (Medicine Hat lead the series 3-2)
Tri-City 0, Everett 2 (Tri-City lead the series 3-2)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 0 (Kamloops leads the series 3-2)
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April 12th, WHL Semi Final Game 6
Saskatoon12, Brandon 2 OT (Brandon wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
Red Deer 0, Medicine Hat 2 (Medicine Hat wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
Tri-City 2, Everett 0 (Tri-City wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 1 (Kamloops wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
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April 15th, WHL Conference Finals Game 1
Medicine Hat 2, Brandon 1 (Medicine Hat lead the series 1-0)
Tri-City 3, Kamloops 2 (Tri-City lead the series 1-0)
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April 16th
Alaska Aces signed Matt Keetley to a contract. He was playing for Medicine Hat where he went 41-19-3 1.86 GAA .922 Sv % 10 SO and 8.33 AvR. That’s a bad sign for Medicine Hat as they are still in the playoffs and they lost their top goalie.
April 17th, WHL Conference Finals Game 2
Medicine Hat 1, Brandon 3 (Series tied 1-1)
Tri-City 2, Kamloops 0 (Tri-City lead the series 2-0)
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April 19th, WHL WC Game 3
Medicine Hat 1, Brandon 3 (Brandon lead the series 2-1)
Tri-City 2, Kamloops 1 (Tri-City lead the series 3-0)
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April 21st, WHL WC Game 4
Medicine Hat 2, Brandon 1 (Series tied 2-2)
Tri-City 1, Kamloops 2 OT (Tri-City lead the series 3-1)
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April 23rd, WHL Conference Finals Game 5
Medicine Hat 2, Brandon 4 (Brandon leads the series 3-2)
Tri-City 1, Kamloops 0 (Tri-City eliminates Kamloops, winning 4 games to 1)
The Americans have advanced to the WHL Championship and will represent the Western Conference as well as all American Teams
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April 24th
WHL held their 2007 WHL Bantam Draft Lottery today. Portland had the highest % chance of winning the draft lottery as he had 57 points, followed by Swift Current as the next non playoff team with 58 points, 3rd was Regina Pats, 4th was Chilliwack and last was Calgary Hitmen at #5. After the Draft Lottery The draft order stays the same as Portland will be picking 1st overall, Swift Current Broncos will be picking 2nd, Regina 3rd, Chilliwack will be picking 4th overall and rounding out the top 5 is Calgary Hitmen.
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April 25th, WHL Conference Finals Game 6
Medicine Hat 0, Brandon 4 (Brandon eliminates Medicine Hat, winning 4 games to 2)
Brandon Wheat Kings have advanced to the WHL Championship finals and will represent the WHL Eastern Conference and will represent all Canadian teams.
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April 30th, WHL Championship Finals Game 1
Game 1 is in Kennewick as the Americans take on the Wheat Kings. Tri City scores the loan goal as Tri-City takes game 1 of the Championship series as they win 1-0 to take a 1-0 series lead.
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Kelowna 2, Prince George 5 (Prince George eliminates Kelwona, 4 games to 3)
April 4th, WHL Semi Finals Game 1
Saskatoon 1, Brandon 2 OT (Brandon lead the series 1-0)
Red Deer 4, Medicine Hat 1 (Red Deer lead the series 1-0)
Tri-City 3, Everett 1 (Tri-City lead the series 1-0)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 1 (Kamloops lead the series 1-0)
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April 5th, Game 2
Saskatoon 2, Brandon 1 OT (Series tied 1-1)
Red Deer 1, Medicine Hat 3 (Series tied 1-1)
Tri-City 3, Everett 2 OT (Tri-City lead the series 2-0)
Kamloops 0, Prince George 4 (Series tied 1-1)
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April 7th, Game 3
Saskatoon 3, Brandon 2 OT (Brandon lead the series 2-1)
Red Deer 0, Medicine Hat 2 (Medicine Hat lead the series 2-1)
Tri-City 3, Everett 1 (Tri-City lead the series 3-0)
Kamloops 3, Prince George 5 (Prince George lead the series 2-1)
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April 8th, Game 4
Saskatoon 4, Brandon 2 (Series tied 2-2)
Red Deer 3, Medicine Hat 1 (Series tied 2-2)
Tri-City 0, Everett 1 (Tri-City lead the series 3-1)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 1 (Series tied 2-2)
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April 10th, Game 5
Saskatoon 2, Brandon 3 OT (Brandon lead the series 3-2)
Red Deer 1, Medicine Hat 2 (Medicine Hat lead the series 3-2)
Tri-City 0, Everett 2 (Tri-City lead the series 3-2)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 0 (Kamloops leads the series 3-2)
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April 12th, WHL Semi Final Game 6
Saskatoon12, Brandon 2 OT (Brandon wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
Red Deer 0, Medicine Hat 2 (Medicine Hat wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
Tri-City 2, Everett 0 (Tri-City wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
Kamloops 2, Prince George 1 (Kamloops wins the series, winning 4 games to 2)
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April 15th, WHL Conference Finals Game 1
Medicine Hat 2, Brandon 1 (Medicine Hat lead the series 1-0)
Tri-City 3, Kamloops 2 (Tri-City lead the series 1-0)
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April 16th
Alaska Aces signed Matt Keetley to a contract. He was playing for Medicine Hat where he went 41-19-3 1.86 GAA .922 Sv % 10 SO and 8.33 AvR. That’s a bad sign for Medicine Hat as they are still in the playoffs and they lost their top goalie.
April 17th, WHL Conference Finals Game 2
Medicine Hat 1, Brandon 3 (Series tied 1-1)
Tri-City 2, Kamloops 0 (Tri-City lead the series 2-0)
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April 19th, WHL WC Game 3
Medicine Hat 1, Brandon 3 (Brandon lead the series 2-1)
Tri-City 2, Kamloops 1 (Tri-City lead the series 3-0)
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April 21st, WHL WC Game 4
Medicine Hat 2, Brandon 1 (Series tied 2-2)
Tri-City 1, Kamloops 2 OT (Tri-City lead the series 3-1)
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April 23rd, WHL Conference Finals Game 5
Medicine Hat 2, Brandon 4 (Brandon leads the series 3-2)
Tri-City 1, Kamloops 0 (Tri-City eliminates Kamloops, winning 4 games to 1)
The Americans have advanced to the WHL Championship and will represent the Western Conference as well as all American Teams
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April 24th
WHL held their 2007 WHL Bantam Draft Lottery today. Portland had the highest % chance of winning the draft lottery as he had 57 points, followed by Swift Current as the next non playoff team with 58 points, 3rd was Regina Pats, 4th was Chilliwack and last was Calgary Hitmen at #5. After the Draft Lottery The draft order stays the same as Portland will be picking 1st overall, Swift Current Broncos will be picking 2nd, Regina 3rd, Chilliwack will be picking 4th overall and rounding out the top 5 is Calgary Hitmen.
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April 25th, WHL Conference Finals Game 6
Medicine Hat 0, Brandon 4 (Brandon eliminates Medicine Hat, winning 4 games to 2)
Brandon Wheat Kings have advanced to the WHL Championship finals and will represent the WHL Eastern Conference and will represent all Canadian teams.
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April 30th, WHL Championship Finals Game 1
Game 1 is in Kennewick as the Americans take on the Wheat Kings. Tri City scores the loan goal as Tri-City takes game 1 of the Championship series as they win 1-0 to take a 1-0 series lead.
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Chilliwack Bruins - May 2007
May 1st, 2007 WHL Bantam Draft
With 1st overall Portland Winterhawks selects RW Jordan Messier
1st round (4th overall) – C Scott Lee – Yorkton Key Chev Olds Terriers (South Saskatchewan Bantam Hockey League)
5`9 194lbs 14yrs 7/9/92 Battleford, SK, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 21g 39a 60pts +13 54 PIM 112 SOG 6.80 AvR
2nd round (25th overall) – G Harlin Chisholm – Prince Albert Mintos (Centre Four Bantam Hockey League)
5`10 178lbs 14yrs 11/27/92 Regina, SK, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 37-7-6 2.41 GAA .925 Sv % 5 SO 8.38 AvR
3rd round (46th overall) – RD/LD Colt Booth – Calgary Hustlers (Hockey Calgary Bantam AAA League)
5`9 202lbs 14yrs 9/18/92 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 12g 45a 57pts +11 82 PIM 161 SOG 7.14 AvR
4th round (67th overall) – C Garret Martel – North Vancouver Bantam A (PCAHA Bantam League)
6`0 200lbs 15yrs 1/9/92 Parksville, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 23g 43a 66pts +32 62 PIM 147 SOG 7.52 AvR
5th round (88th overall) – RD Jesse Pelletier – Saanich Bantam Braves (BCAHA Island Bantam League)
5`8 180lbs 15yrs 2/27/92 Richmond, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 13g 20a 33pts +1 74 PIM 154 SOG 6.68 AvR
6th round (109th overall) – C Elmer Coccimiglio – Okotoks Bantam Oilers (Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League AAA)
5`9 198lbs 15yrs 1/18/92 Spruce Grove, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 12g 18a 30pts -14 84 PIM 129 SOG 6.26 AvR
7th round (130th overall) – RW/C Jake Soucy – Lumby Bantam AA (BCAHA Interior Bantam League)
5`10 205lbs 15yrs 4/7/92 Summerland, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 47gp 25g 18a 43pts +12 72 PIM 98 SOG 6.74 AvR
8th round (151st overall) – RW Owen Sawyer – Nanaimo Bantam Clippers (BCAHA Island Bantam League)
5`9 198lbs 14yrs 8/23/92 Vernon, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 49gp 20g 31a 51pts +10 86 PIM 110 SOG 6.51 AvR
9th round (172nd overall) – LW Lindsay Sheppard – Regina Rangers (Hockey Regina Bantam League)
5`10 196lbs 14yrs 5/26/92 Radisson, SK, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 20g 31a 51pts +17 60 PIM 119 SOG 5.82 AvR
11th round (214th overall) – LD Chris Kerr – MLAC Scott Pump (Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League AAA)
5`7 185lbs 14yrs 11/12/92 Boonyville, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 22g 31a 53pts +27 86 PIM 154 SOG 7.20 AvR
12th round (235th overall) – RD Miles Knopp – Summerland Jets (BCAHA Interior Bantam League)
5`6 196lbs 14yrs 6/26/92 Kelowna, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 8g 13a 21pts -6 79 PIM 137 SOG 6.74 AvR
13th round (256th overall) – RW Felix Turcotte – Strathcona AA Warriors (Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League AA)
5`5 167ls 15yrs 3/22/92 Banff, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 16g 17a 33pts +11 76 PIM 125 SOG 6.40 AvR
14th round (277th overall) – G Croft Turcotte – Surrey Thunder (PCAHA Bantam League)
5`6 180lbs 14yrs 7/20/92 South Delta, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 5gp 3-1-1 4.00 GAA .867 Sv % 0 SO 6.60 AvR
We drafted a total of 13 players in today’s WHL Bantam Draft
May 2nd
Game 2 goes down in Kennewick as the Americans has an 1-0 lead over the Wheat Kings. The Americans take a 2-0 series lead as Tri-City wins 3-1 in game 2 over the Brandon Wheat Kings
May 3rd, WHL Final Game 3
The Championship series head to Brandon as Tri-City lead 2-0 in the championship series. The Americans take a 3-0 series lead as they beat the Wheat Kings by a score of 4-0.
May 5th, WHL Final Game 4
Tri-City Americans take a 3-0 series lead into tonight’s game 4 against Brandon Wheat Kings. The Wheat Kings got back into the series winning 3-0 as the Americans take a 3-1 series lead.
May 7th, WHL Final Game 5
Tri-City Americans have the chance to win the WHL Championship on home ice as the series moves to Kennewick. The Americans takes a 3-1 heading into the game. Tri-City wins the WHL Championship on home ice as they win game 5 by a score of 5-2 and take a 4-1 series win.
May 11th
The CHL Memorial Cup is set:
Vancouver Giants (Host)
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL Champs)
Tri-City Americans (WHL Champs)
Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL Champs)
May 16th
Canada has won the 2007 World Championship beating Finland by a score of 2-0. Czech Rep won bronze beating Sweden by a score of 7-1. In the quarter finals so everyone knows how they got to the final 2 games, Belarus lost to Finland 4-0; Czech Rep beat Russia 2-1; Canada beat Swiss 3-1 and Sweden beat Slovakia 5-4 in overtime. USA finished preliminary round with 2-1-0 in 3gp 11 GF and 6 GA however blew the Qualifying round going 1-4-0 11 GF 15 GA.
May 20th
WHL Award Winners:
Bill Hunter (Top Defenseman): Kris Russell (Winner/Medicine Hat)
WHL Playoff MVP: Carey Price (Tri-City)
Doug Wickenheiser (Humanitarian of the Year): Alexander Edler (Kelowna)
Jim Piggott (Rookie of the Year): Kirill Starkov (Red Deer)
WHL Plus-Minus: Zach Hamill (Everett)
Del Wilson (Top Goalie): Tyler Plante (Brandon)
Dunc McCallum (Coach of the Year): Don Nachbauer (Tri-City)
Four Broncos (WHL Player of the Year): Eric Doyle (Everett)
Bob Clarke (Scoring Leader): Ryan Russell (Kootenay)
WHL Star Player: Carey Price (Tri-City)
Brad Hornung (Sportsmanship): Daryl Boyle (Brandon)
May 21st
CHL Memorial Cup Game 1
Morning Game: Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL Champs) @ Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL Champs)
Final: 5-2 SSM Win
Top 3 players:
1st Nick Emmanuele (Shawinigan) 1g 1a
2nd Josh Godfrey (SSM) – 2a
3rd Brett Halstead (SSM) – 1g
Evening Game: Tri-City Americans (WHL Champs) @ Vancouver Giants (Host)
Final: 3-1 Tri-City Win
Top 3 players:
1st Cam Hopkins (TC) – 1g 1a
2nd Carey Price (TC) 19 saves
3rd Tyson Sexsmith (VAN) – 31 saves
May 23rd
Morning Game: Shawinigan (QMJHL) @ Tri-City Americans (WHL)
Final: 3-1 TC Win
Top 3 players:
1st Carey Price (TC) – 25 saves
2nd Ladislav Scurko (TC) – 2 assists
3rd Brock Cornish (TC) – 1 assist
Evening Game: SMM Greyhounds (OHL) @ @ Vancouver Giants (Host) (0-1-0-0-0)
Final: 3-2 Vancouver OTW
Top 3 players:
1st Milan Lucic (Vancouver) – 2 goals
2nd Tyson Sexsmith (Vancouver) – 25 saves
3rd Josh Godfrey (SSM) – 1g 1a
May 25th
Morning Game: SSM Greyhounds (OHL) @ Tri-City Americans (WHL)
Final: 4-3 TC Win
Top 3 players:
1st Michael Kaye (TC) – 2 assists
2nd Payton Liske (SSM) – 2 assists
3rd Brett Halstead (SSM) – 1 assist
Evening Game: Shawinigan (QMJHL) @ Vancouver Giants (Host)
Final: 2-1 OT Vancouver win
Top 3 players:
1st Tyson Sexsmith (VAN) – 31 saves
2nd Brent Regner (VAN) – 1 goal
3rd Brett Festerling (VAN) – 2 assists
Final Round Robin Standings:
Team GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA PP PK PTS
1st Tri-City 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 5 7.1 100.0 6
2nd Vancouver 3 0 1 0 2 0 6 6 18.2 92.9 4
3rd SSM 3 1 1 0 0 1 10 9 21.4 93.3 3
4th Shawinigan 3 0 2 0 0 1 4 10 0.0 66.7 1
The Americans get a bye to the Championship game as Vancouver and SSM take on each other in the Semi Final game
May 30th
CHL Memorial Cup Semi Final
SSM Greyhounds @ Vancouver Giants
Final: 3-1 SSM Win
Top 3 players:
1st Josh Moes (SSM) 1 goal 1 assist
2nd Dan Kelly (SSM) – 1 assist
3rd Kyle Gajewski (SSM) – 22 saves
May 31st
Our Bruins have came to terms with LW 17 yr old Brent Raedeke. The 17 yr old was drafted by Regina Pats in the 8th round of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft. This past season he played for Saskatoon Blazers of SMHL where he had 14g 14a for 28pts -8 68 PIM 101 SOG 5.79 AvR in 48 games.
With 1st overall Portland Winterhawks selects RW Jordan Messier
1st round (4th overall) – C Scott Lee – Yorkton Key Chev Olds Terriers (South Saskatchewan Bantam Hockey League)
5`9 194lbs 14yrs 7/9/92 Battleford, SK, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 21g 39a 60pts +13 54 PIM 112 SOG 6.80 AvR
2nd round (25th overall) – G Harlin Chisholm – Prince Albert Mintos (Centre Four Bantam Hockey League)
5`10 178lbs 14yrs 11/27/92 Regina, SK, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 37-7-6 2.41 GAA .925 Sv % 5 SO 8.38 AvR
3rd round (46th overall) – RD/LD Colt Booth – Calgary Hustlers (Hockey Calgary Bantam AAA League)
5`9 202lbs 14yrs 9/18/92 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 12g 45a 57pts +11 82 PIM 161 SOG 7.14 AvR
4th round (67th overall) – C Garret Martel – North Vancouver Bantam A (PCAHA Bantam League)
6`0 200lbs 15yrs 1/9/92 Parksville, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 23g 43a 66pts +32 62 PIM 147 SOG 7.52 AvR
5th round (88th overall) – RD Jesse Pelletier – Saanich Bantam Braves (BCAHA Island Bantam League)
5`8 180lbs 15yrs 2/27/92 Richmond, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 13g 20a 33pts +1 74 PIM 154 SOG 6.68 AvR
6th round (109th overall) – C Elmer Coccimiglio – Okotoks Bantam Oilers (Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League AAA)
5`9 198lbs 15yrs 1/18/92 Spruce Grove, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 12g 18a 30pts -14 84 PIM 129 SOG 6.26 AvR
7th round (130th overall) – RW/C Jake Soucy – Lumby Bantam AA (BCAHA Interior Bantam League)
5`10 205lbs 15yrs 4/7/92 Summerland, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 47gp 25g 18a 43pts +12 72 PIM 98 SOG 6.74 AvR
8th round (151st overall) – RW Owen Sawyer – Nanaimo Bantam Clippers (BCAHA Island Bantam League)
5`9 198lbs 14yrs 8/23/92 Vernon, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 49gp 20g 31a 51pts +10 86 PIM 110 SOG 6.51 AvR
9th round (172nd overall) – LW Lindsay Sheppard – Regina Rangers (Hockey Regina Bantam League)
5`10 196lbs 14yrs 5/26/92 Radisson, SK, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 20g 31a 51pts +17 60 PIM 119 SOG 5.82 AvR
11th round (214th overall) – LD Chris Kerr – MLAC Scott Pump (Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League AAA)
5`7 185lbs 14yrs 11/12/92 Boonyville, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 22g 31a 53pts +27 86 PIM 154 SOG 7.20 AvR
12th round (235th overall) – RD Miles Knopp – Summerland Jets (BCAHA Interior Bantam League)
5`6 196lbs 14yrs 6/26/92 Kelowna, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 8g 13a 21pts -6 79 PIM 137 SOG 6.74 AvR
13th round (256th overall) – RW Felix Turcotte – Strathcona AA Warriors (Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League AA)
5`5 167ls 15yrs 3/22/92 Banff, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 16g 17a 33pts +11 76 PIM 125 SOG 6.40 AvR
14th round (277th overall) – G Croft Turcotte – Surrey Thunder (PCAHA Bantam League)
5`6 180lbs 14yrs 7/20/92 South Delta, BC, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 5gp 3-1-1 4.00 GAA .867 Sv % 0 SO 6.60 AvR
We drafted a total of 13 players in today’s WHL Bantam Draft
May 2nd
Game 2 goes down in Kennewick as the Americans has an 1-0 lead over the Wheat Kings. The Americans take a 2-0 series lead as Tri-City wins 3-1 in game 2 over the Brandon Wheat Kings
May 3rd, WHL Final Game 3
The Championship series head to Brandon as Tri-City lead 2-0 in the championship series. The Americans take a 3-0 series lead as they beat the Wheat Kings by a score of 4-0.
May 5th, WHL Final Game 4
Tri-City Americans take a 3-0 series lead into tonight’s game 4 against Brandon Wheat Kings. The Wheat Kings got back into the series winning 3-0 as the Americans take a 3-1 series lead.
May 7th, WHL Final Game 5
Tri-City Americans have the chance to win the WHL Championship on home ice as the series moves to Kennewick. The Americans takes a 3-1 heading into the game. Tri-City wins the WHL Championship on home ice as they win game 5 by a score of 5-2 and take a 4-1 series win.
May 11th
The CHL Memorial Cup is set:
Vancouver Giants (Host)
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL Champs)
Tri-City Americans (WHL Champs)
Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL Champs)
May 16th
Canada has won the 2007 World Championship beating Finland by a score of 2-0. Czech Rep won bronze beating Sweden by a score of 7-1. In the quarter finals so everyone knows how they got to the final 2 games, Belarus lost to Finland 4-0; Czech Rep beat Russia 2-1; Canada beat Swiss 3-1 and Sweden beat Slovakia 5-4 in overtime. USA finished preliminary round with 2-1-0 in 3gp 11 GF and 6 GA however blew the Qualifying round going 1-4-0 11 GF 15 GA.
May 20th
WHL Award Winners:
Bill Hunter (Top Defenseman): Kris Russell (Winner/Medicine Hat)
WHL Playoff MVP: Carey Price (Tri-City)
Doug Wickenheiser (Humanitarian of the Year): Alexander Edler (Kelowna)
Jim Piggott (Rookie of the Year): Kirill Starkov (Red Deer)
WHL Plus-Minus: Zach Hamill (Everett)
Del Wilson (Top Goalie): Tyler Plante (Brandon)
Dunc McCallum (Coach of the Year): Don Nachbauer (Tri-City)
Four Broncos (WHL Player of the Year): Eric Doyle (Everett)
Bob Clarke (Scoring Leader): Ryan Russell (Kootenay)
WHL Star Player: Carey Price (Tri-City)
Brad Hornung (Sportsmanship): Daryl Boyle (Brandon)
May 21st
CHL Memorial Cup Game 1
Morning Game: Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL Champs) @ Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL Champs)
Final: 5-2 SSM Win
Top 3 players:
1st Nick Emmanuele (Shawinigan) 1g 1a
2nd Josh Godfrey (SSM) – 2a
3rd Brett Halstead (SSM) – 1g
Evening Game: Tri-City Americans (WHL Champs) @ Vancouver Giants (Host)
Final: 3-1 Tri-City Win
Top 3 players:
1st Cam Hopkins (TC) – 1g 1a
2nd Carey Price (TC) 19 saves
3rd Tyson Sexsmith (VAN) – 31 saves
May 23rd
Morning Game: Shawinigan (QMJHL) @ Tri-City Americans (WHL)
Final: 3-1 TC Win
Top 3 players:
1st Carey Price (TC) – 25 saves
2nd Ladislav Scurko (TC) – 2 assists
3rd Brock Cornish (TC) – 1 assist
Evening Game: SMM Greyhounds (OHL) @ @ Vancouver Giants (Host) (0-1-0-0-0)
Final: 3-2 Vancouver OTW
Top 3 players:
1st Milan Lucic (Vancouver) – 2 goals
2nd Tyson Sexsmith (Vancouver) – 25 saves
3rd Josh Godfrey (SSM) – 1g 1a
May 25th
Morning Game: SSM Greyhounds (OHL) @ Tri-City Americans (WHL)
Final: 4-3 TC Win
Top 3 players:
1st Michael Kaye (TC) – 2 assists
2nd Payton Liske (SSM) – 2 assists
3rd Brett Halstead (SSM) – 1 assist
Evening Game: Shawinigan (QMJHL) @ Vancouver Giants (Host)
Final: 2-1 OT Vancouver win
Top 3 players:
1st Tyson Sexsmith (VAN) – 31 saves
2nd Brent Regner (VAN) – 1 goal
3rd Brett Festerling (VAN) – 2 assists
Final Round Robin Standings:
Team GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA PP PK PTS
1st Tri-City 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 5 7.1 100.0 6
2nd Vancouver 3 0 1 0 2 0 6 6 18.2 92.9 4
3rd SSM 3 1 1 0 0 1 10 9 21.4 93.3 3
4th Shawinigan 3 0 2 0 0 1 4 10 0.0 66.7 1
The Americans get a bye to the Championship game as Vancouver and SSM take on each other in the Semi Final game
May 30th
CHL Memorial Cup Semi Final
SSM Greyhounds @ Vancouver Giants
Final: 3-1 SSM Win
Top 3 players:
1st Josh Moes (SSM) 1 goal 1 assist
2nd Dan Kelly (SSM) – 1 assist
3rd Kyle Gajewski (SSM) – 22 saves
May 31st
Our Bruins have came to terms with LW 17 yr old Brent Raedeke. The 17 yr old was drafted by Regina Pats in the 8th round of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft. This past season he played for Saskatoon Blazers of SMHL where he had 14g 14a for 28pts -8 68 PIM 101 SOG 5.79 AvR in 48 games.
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Re: A new Group of Americans in Rochester
October 1st
ISS has released their preliminary rankings for the upcoming 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The top 3 players consist of Center Steve Stamkos (Sarnia Sting OHL), defenseman Drew Doughty (Guelph Storm OHL) and Center & Winger Zach Boychuk (Lethbridge WHL).
The hockey new also ranked the top 10 players per position
7th G – Joel Gistedt
October 2nd
We play our last tune up game tonight on the road against St. John’s IceCaps. Wayne Savage will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ St. John’s IceCaps (Pre-season)
Dawson (Tuzzolino, Korchinski) PP
Chaput (Drummond, Boyce)
Boyce (Chaput, Drummond)
Rogers (DeMone, Marquardt) EN
Final: 4-2 W
Savage 21 of 23 saves
Final Cuts:
G – Wayne Savage (3gp 1-1-0 3.61 GAA .879 Sv % 0 SO 7.00AvR)
D – Nick Tuzzolino (4gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 6 PIM 11 SOG 7.25 AvR)
D – Brandon Rogers (4gp 1g 0a 1pt -1 4 PIM 3 SOG 7.00 AvR)
D – Joe Grimaldi (4gp 0g 1a 1pt -5 0 PIM 3 SOG 6.50 AvR)
D – Matt Libby (4gp 0g 0a 0pts +1 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.50 AvR)
LW – Luke Carson (4gp 0g 1a 1pt -3 2 PIM 5 SOG 7.00 AvR)
LW/RW – Kyle Howarth (2gp 0g 0a 0pts 0 0 PIM 8 SOG 6.00 AvR)
LW – Maxime Lacroix (2gp 0g 0a 0pts -4 0 PIM 0 SOG 5.50 AvR)
C – Mike Swift (1gp 0g 0a 0pts Even 0 PIM 0 SOG 6.00 AvR)
LW – Shawn Limpright (2gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 2 PIM 3 SOG 6.50 AvR)
C – Adam Taylor (2gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 4 SOG 7.00 AvR)
C – Simon Courcelles (2gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 2 PIM 9 SOG 8.00 AvR)
C/LW – Matt Marquardt (2gp 0a 2a 2pts +2 2 PIM 2 SOG 8.00 AvR)
RW – Marc-Andre Bernier (2gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.00 AvR)
C – Greg Classen (2gp 0g 0a 0pts -1 8 PIM 5 SOG 6.00 AvR)
October 3rd
2007-2008 Hamilton Bulldogs
G – Joel Gistedt – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`11 183lbs 19yrs 12/7/87 Uddevalla, SWE
Drafted: Montreal’s 2nd round 37th overall in 2007 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 12gp 6-5-1 3.14 GAA .888 Sv % 0 SO 7.33 AvR – Frolunda (SWE)
G – Francois Thuot
6`0 169lbs 22yrs 5/2/85 Montreal, QC, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 18gp 9-6-2 3.30 GAA .868 Sv % 1 SO 7.11 AvR
D – Sean Blanchard – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 187lbs 29yrs 3/29/78 Onaping Falls, ON, CAN
Drafted: Los Angeles 4th round 99th overall in 1997 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 69gp 9g 25a 34pts -4 72 PIM 117 SOG 7.07 AvR – Elmira (ECHL)
D – Kyle Deck – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 194lbs 21 yrs 1/21/86 Sedley, SK, CAN
Drafted: Kamloops 5th round 88th overall in 2001 WHL Bantam Draft
2006-2007 Season: 72gp 17g 34a 51pts +8 42 PIM 165 SOG 7.43 AvR – Regina (WHL)
D – Davis Drewiske – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 216lbs 22yrs 11/22/84 Norfolk, MA, USA
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 68gp 1g 5a 6pts -15 27 PIM 43 SOG 6.75 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
D – Jamie Dowhayko – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 191lbs 24yrs 2/15/83 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 34gp 0g 2a 2pts -13 26 PIM 24 SOG 6.26 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
D – Gordon Burnett – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 202lbs 26yrs 2/4/81 Regina, SK, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 74gp 9g 16a 25pts -11 122 87 SOG 7.12 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
D – Elgin Reid – AHL Contract
6`0 178lbs 20yrs 2/27/87 Milton, ON, CAN
Drafted: Ottawa 67’s 1st round 19th overall 2003 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 11g 29a 40gp +1 135 PIM 120 SOG 7.00 AvR – Ottawa (OHL)
D – Eric Lavigne – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 224lbs 34yrs 11/14/72 Victoriaville, QC, CAN
Drafted: Washington’s 2nd round 25th overall in 1991 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 12g 22a 34pts +1 137 PIM 155 SOG 6.90 AvR – St. George (LNAH)
D – Danny Richmond – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 194lbs 23yrs 8/1/84 Chicago, IL, USA
Drafted: Carolina’s 2nd round 31st overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 12gp 0g 2a 2pts +5 8 PIM 4 SOG 6.58 AvR – Chicago (NHL)
2006-2007 Season: 40gp 9g 19a 28pts +11 72 PIM 67 SOG 7.28 AvR – Rockford (ECHL)
2006-2007 Season: 14gp 1g 0a 1pt +1 14 PIM 16 SOG 6.50 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
2006-2007 Season: 1gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 2 PIM 0 SOG 5.00 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
D – Nicholas Bilotto – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 220lbs 28yrs 2/24/79 Pointe Claire, QC, CAN
Drafted: St. Louis 6th round 149th overall in 1997 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 46gp 12g 18a 30pts +17 50 PIM 131 SOG 7.00 AvR – Alleghe (Ita)
D/W – Steve MacIntyre – AHL Contract
6`6 260lbs 27yrs 8/8/80 Brock, SK, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 71gp 3g 19a 22pts -10 203 PIM 110 SOG 7.49 AvR – Quad City (UHL)
D – Benn Olson – AHL Contract
6`5 211lbs 20yrs 4/29/87 Port McNeill, BC, CAN
Drafted: Kamloops’s 8th round 148th overall 2002 WHL Bantam Draft
2006-2007 Season: 58gp 2g 6a 8pts Even 172 PIM 39 SOG 6.93 AvR – Seattle (WHL)
D – Zack McCullough – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 202lbs 20yrs 8/15/87 Orillia, ON, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 20g 74a 94pts +61 82 PIM 217 SOG 7.50 AvR – Owen Sound (MWJBL)
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 196lbs 20 yrs 1/10/87 Windsor, ON, CAN
Drafted: Philadelphia’s 5th round 152nd overall in 2005 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 65gp 11g 16a 27pts +13 201 PIM 87 SOG 6.97 AvR – London (OHL)
LW – Jimmy Bonneau – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 224lbs 22yrs 3/22/85 Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 8th round 241st overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 46gp 1g 2a 3pts -9 121 PIM 18 SOG 6.33 AvR – Syracuse (AHL)
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – AHL Contract
6`6 218lbs 21 yrs 3/23/86 Montreal, QC, CAN
Drafted: Minnesota’s 4th round 114th overall 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 7gp 5g 5a 10pts +2 4 PIM 26 SOG 8.71 AvR – Florida (ECHL)
LW – Darryl Boyce – AHL Contract
5`11 189lbs 23yrs 7/7/84 Summerside, PE, CAN
Drafted: Mississauga’s 6th round 117th overall 2001 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 57gp 12g 28a 40pts +15 39 PIM 93 SOG 6.77 AvR – Rochester (AHL)
LW/RW – John Dahl – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`11 174lbs 24yrs 6/10/83 Kindersley, SK, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 79gp 9g 14a 23pts -29 77 PIM 100 SOG 5.75 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
LW/C – Travis Fuller – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 191lbs 21yrs 1/25/86 Barry’s Bay, ON, CAN
Drafted: Barrie’s 9th round 173rd overall in 2002 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 59gp 14g 11a 25pts-19 28 PIM 121 SOG 6.19 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
LW/RW – Adam Henrich – AHL Contract
6`4 218lbs 23yrs 1/19/84 Thornhill, MB, CAN
Drafted: Tampa Bay’s 2nd round 60th overall in 2002 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 57gp 24g 19a 43pts +16 168 PIM 106 SOG 6.67 AvR – Quebec (LNAH)
LW – Brandon Prust – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 196lbs 23yrs 3/16/84 London, ON, CAN
Drafted: Calgary’s 3rd round 70th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 69gp 3g 6a 9pts -22 242 PIM 43 SOG 6.42 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
LW – Greg Stewart – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 196lbs 21yrs 5/21/86 Kitchener, ON, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 8th round 246th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 72gp 12g 32a 44pts +4 117 PIM 201 SOG 6.65 AvR – Cincinnati (ECHL)
LW – Mark Tobin – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 209lbs 21yrs 11/26/85 St. John’s, NL, CAN
Drafted: Tampa Bay’s 2nd round 65th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 80gp 14g 14a 28pts -25 224 PIM 169 SOG 6.59 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
C – Mathieu Aubin – AHL Contract
6`2 209lbs 21yrs 9/18/86 Sorel, QC, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 5th round 130th overall in 2005 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 44gp 6g 7a 13pts -4 29 PIM 73 SOG 6.64 AvR – Rochester (AHL)
C – David Desharnais – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`7 183lbs 21yrs 9/14/86 Quebec City, QC, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 40gp 0g 10a 10pts -13 14 PIM 17 SOG 6.08 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
C/LW – Mike Duco – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`10 191lbs 20yrs 7/8/87 Toronto, ON, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 2nd round 46th overall in 2007 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 65gp 39g 44a 83pts +14 96 PIM 196 SOG 7.80 AvR – Kitchener (OHL)
C/LW – Chris Korchinski – AHL Contract
6`0 183lbs 22yrs 10/1/85 Rama, SK, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 19g 26a 45pts +13 99 PIM 206 SOG 7.12 AvR – Laredo (CHL)
C/RW – Shaun Landolt – AHL Contract
6`1 200lbs 23yrs 10/2/84 Cloverdale, BC, CAN
Drafted: Toronto’s 8th round 237th overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 62gp 31g 43a 74pts +3 74 PIM 215 SOG 7.61 AvR – Youngstown (CHL)
C – Cam Lilley – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 196lbs 21yrs 3/8/86 Crossfield, AB, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 51gp 3g 20a 23pts +3 74 PIM 64 SOG 6.41 AvR – Calgary (WHL)
C/RW – Chris Minard – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 189lbs 25yrs 11/18/81 Owen Sound, ON, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 61gp 11g 18a 29pts -22 30 PIM 134 SOG 6.49 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
C/RW – Scott Seney – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 218lbs 24yrs 6/10/83 Silver Spring, MD, USA
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 73gp 16g 38a 54pts -11 82 PIM 173 SOG 7.48 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
C – Julian Talbot – AHL Contract
6`0 174lbs 22yrs 3/24/85 London, ON, CAN
Drafted: Ottawa’s 8th round 144th overall 2001 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 35gp 3g 4a 7pts -9 24 PIM 25 SOG 6.09 AvR – Alaska (ECHL)
2006-2007 Season: 22gp 6g 12a 18pts +2 16 PIM 54 SOG 6.86 AvR – Rochester (AHL)
RW – Brent Aubin – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`9 189lbs 21yrs 6/18/86 Ste-Sophie, QC, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 70gp 22g 36a 58pts -8 75 PIM 186 SOG 6.67 AvR
RW – Mark Mancari – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 224lbs 22yrs 7/11/85 London, ON, CAN
Drafted: Buffalo’s 7th round 207th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 55gp 37g 34a 71pts +31 123 PIM 167 SOG 7.95 AvR – Chicago (AHL)
2006-2007 Season: 6gp 2g 3a 5pts -3 6 PIM 11 SOG 7.33 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
RW/LW – Mark Olafsson – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 218lbs 22yrs 3/22/85 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Drafted: Washington’s 9th round 279th overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 67gp 21g 22a 43pts -23 122 PIM 149 SOG 7.21 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
RW/LW – James Wyman – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 202lbs 21yrs 2/27/86 Edina, MN, USA
Drafted: Montreal’s 4th round 100th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 59gp 7g 5a 12pts -14 46 PIM 51 SOG 6.51 AvR
RW – Tom Mannino – AHL Contract
5`11 198lbs 20yrs 2/19/87 Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 63gp 10g 27a 37pts +13 24 PIM 95 SOG 7.00 AvR
RW/C – Sean O’Connor – AHL Contract
5`10 165lbs 20yrs 1/31/87 Trenton, MI, USA
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 23g 24a 47pts +9 42 PIM 139 SOG 6.53 AvR
We currently have 40 players on our roster and I know that is alot however we have a few players who will be sent out on a loan for now until we need them later on in the season as well even though we have 40 players or how many ever so players does not mean that we will have that many players at the end of the season. Montreal could trade or release some and even we could release some. By the end of the season we will not have 40 players its just temp for now.
October 4th
The AHL 2007-2008 Season kicks off with a loan game as Rochester Americans are in Norfolk to face the Admirals. The game needed extra time as Albany lose in a shootout 4-3 to the Americans.
Montreal begins their 2007-2008 regular season with a road game against Florida Panthers. Montreal won 2-1 in a shootout over Florida.
October 5th
Montreal has reassigned us Goalie Mike Brodeur
October 6th
Mike Brodeur will be making his Bulldogs debut tonight as we have our home opener tonight against Rivals Rochester Americans.
Rochester Americans (1-0-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (0-0-0)
Minard (1) (Talbot, Henrich) PP
Landolt (1) (Prust, O’Connor)
Minard (2) (Henrich)
Mancari (1) SH
Final: 4-1 W
Brodeur 18 of 19 saves; Adam Henrich 2nd star 2a; Mark Mancari 1st star 1g; Chris Minard 2g 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: ROC 19 – HAM 27
Powerplay: ROC 1 for 6 – HAM 1 for 9
PIM: ROC 30 – HAM 24
Hits: ROC 30 – HAM 27
Faceoff %: ROC 30.8 % - HAM 69.2 %
After the game Montreal has released Gordon Burnett
October 8th
Now that Elgin Reid is back from injury we will dress him in our next game with Jamie Dowhayko as a healthy scratch.
October 12th
After having a few days off we have two games coming up back to back games as we are at home tomorrow to face the Senators and then on the road on the 14th against the Penguins.
October 13th
After a few days off we are back at it tonight on home ice against Binghamton Senators. Mike Brodeur will get another start in goal.
Binghamton Senators (1-0-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (1-0-0)
Mancari (2) (Desharnais, Bilotto)
Wyman (1) (MacIntyre)
Beaulieu (1) EN
Final: 3-1 W
Brodeur 10 of 10 saves; Gistedt 14 of 15 saves; Mark Mancari 1g 1st star
Game Stats:
Shots: BGH 25 – HAM 23
Powerplay: BGH 0 for 7 – HAM 0 for 7
PIM: BGH 21 – HAM 21
Hits: BGH 29 – HAM 37
Faceoff %: BGH 44.7 % - HAM 55.3 %
Mike Brodeur will be out of action for a few days after suffering a twisted knee in tonights 3-1 win over the Senators.
October 14th
We head out on the road tonight as Joel Gistedt will get the start with Francois Thuot as the backup since Mike Brodeur is not healthy to play.
Hamilton Bulldogs (2-0-0) @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (1-1-0)
Prust (1) (Wyman, Blanchard)
Desharnais (1) (Henrich, Thuot) PP
Richmond (1) (Landolt)
O’Connor (1) (Landolt, Wyman)
Final: 5-4 L
Gistedt 8 of 12 saves. Thuot 14 of 15 saves; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 27 – WBS 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 9 – WBS 2 for 9
PIM: HAM 23 – WBS 23
Hits: HAM 35 – WBS 20
Faceoff %: HAM 57.5 % - WBS 42.5 %
AHL Player of the Week: Hershey’s Petr Taticek 2gp 0g 6a 6pts
October 15th
Darryl Boyce will be out of action for about 2 weeks after he suffered anterior knee pain in practice today.
October 18th
Mike Brodeur is 100% so he will start in our next game on the 20th against our Arch Rivals down the QEW Toronto Marlies.
October 20th
We return home against our beloved Arch Rivals Toronto Marlies as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal.
Toronto Marlies (3-1-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (2-1-0)
Mancari (3) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Minard (3) (Drewiske, Talbot)
Henrich (1) (Talbot, Minard)
Blanchard (1) (MInard, Henrich) PP
Mancari (Desharnais) PP
Toronto:
Bell: Miss
Brent: Miss
LaCouture: Goal
Orr: Miss
Gendron: Miss
1 for 5
Hamilton:
Talbot: Miss
Blanchard: Goal
Richmond: Miss
Mancari: Goal
2 for 4
Final: 6-5 SOW
Brodeur 37 of 42 saves; Mark Mancari 3rd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 43 – HAM 39
Powerplay: TOR 1 for 11 – HAM 3 for 10
PIM: TOR 27 – HAM 25
Hits: TOR 25 – HAM 36
Faceoff %: TOR 20.0 % - HAM 80.0 %
October 21st
Mike Brodeur gets another start in goal as we play host to the Iowa Wild
Iowa Wild (2-4-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (3-1-0)
Bilotto (1) (Desharnais) PP
Final: 3-1 L
Brodeur 25 of 28 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: IW 28 – Ham 26
Powerplay: IW 2 for 11 – HAM 1 for 8
PIM: IW 26 – HAM 32
Hits: IW 24 – HAM 44
Faceoff %: IW 39.5 – HAM 60.5 %
Julian Talbot left the game and is day to day with a cut hand
AHL Player of the Week: Syracuse’s Eric Healey 2gp 1g 4a 5pts
October 23rd
We finish the month of October with three games in four days during 25th to 28th with a home game against Marlies, road games back to back against Rampage and Admirals.
October 24th
Julian Talbot is 100% as he will return to the line up tonight against the Marlies.
October 25th
Francois Thuot will get the start tonight against the Toronto Marlies.
Toronto Marlies (4-1-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (3-2-0)
Mancari (5) (Richmond, Duco)
Richmond (2) (Desharnais)
Duco (1) (Richmond) PP
Korchinski (1) EN
Final: 4-2 W
Thuot 26 of 28 saves; Danny Richmond 1st star 1g 2a; Mike Duco 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 28 – HAM 30
Powerplay: TOR 1 for 10 – HAM 1 for 9
PIM: TOR 25 – HAM 33
Hits: TOR 27 – HAM 21
Faceoff %: TOR 35.4 % - HAM 64.6 %
October 27th
Francois Thuot will get the start in goal as we head on the road to face San Antonio Rampage
Hamilton Bulldogs (4-2-0) @ San Antonio Rampage (1-4-2)
Minard (4) (Blanchard, Drewiske) PP
Talbot (1) (Duco, Richmond)
Minard (5) (Richmond)
Korchinski (2) (Beaulieu, Wyman)
Final: 4-2 W
Thuot 19 of 21 saves; Danny Richmond 1st star 2a; Chris Minard 2g 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – SA 21
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 4 – SA 1 for 12
PIM: HAM 27 – SA 15
Hits: HAM 41- SA 24
Faceoff %: HAM 47.7 % - SA 52.3 %
Montreal has released Scott Seney from his contract with the team tonight
October 28th
We finish the month of October off with a road game against Milwaukee Admirals. Francois Thuot continues his good play and will get another start tonight.
Hamilton Bulldogs (5-2-0) @ Milwaukee Admirals (6-4-0)
Duco (2) (Mancari, Desharnais) PP
Final: 4-1 L
Thuot 23 of 27 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – MIL 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – MIL 1 for 8
PIM: HAM 21 – MIL 23
Hits: HAM 32 – MIL 28
Faceoff %: HAM 57.5 % - MIL 42.5 %
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov 2gp 2g 5a 7pts
October 29th
Monthy Stats
Month of October: 8gp 5-3-0 27 GF 23 GA 10 PTS
Overall Record: 8gp 5-3-0 .625 27 GF 23 GA 14.1 PP % 87.8 PK % 10 Pts 3rd North as we are 1 point away from 1st as Griffins and Marlies both have 11
G: Mancari, Minard 5; Duco, Korchinski, Richmond 2
A: Desharnais 6; Henrich, Richmond 4; Talbot, Wyman 3
PTS: Desharnais, Minard 7; Mancari, Richmond 6; Henrich 5
+/-: Landolt, Richmond +5; Prust +4; MacIntyre +3, Duco, O’Connor +2
PIM: MacIntyre 60; Prust 39; Mancari 15; Richmond 12
SOG: Mancari 35; Richmond 26; Duco 21
HT: Henrich 41
SB: Drewiske 13
TA: Bilotto 1
GAA: Thuot 2.55
SV%: Brodeur .909 Sv %
Av R: Mancari 8.25 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur 4gp 2-1-0 2.77 GAA .909 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.75 AvR
Joel Gistedt 2gp 1-0-0 4.00 GAA .815 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 6.50 AvR
Francois Thuot 4gp 2-2-0 2.54 GAA .901 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 8.25 AvR
October 30th
Looking at our November schedule it’s not bad until we reach the end of November where we play 4 games in five days between the 25th and the 29th.
We also begin the month of November with three games in four days starting with a road game against the Penguins on the 1st and then home games against Syracuse and San Antonio on the 3rd and 4th.
October 31st
AHL Player of the Month: Albany’s Joel Stepp 7gp 3g 7a 10pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Albany’s Juraj Mikus 5gp 3g 4a 7pts
ISS has released their preliminary rankings for the upcoming 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The top 3 players consist of Center Steve Stamkos (Sarnia Sting OHL), defenseman Drew Doughty (Guelph Storm OHL) and Center & Winger Zach Boychuk (Lethbridge WHL).
The hockey new also ranked the top 10 players per position
7th G – Joel Gistedt
October 2nd
We play our last tune up game tonight on the road against St. John’s IceCaps. Wayne Savage will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ St. John’s IceCaps (Pre-season)
Dawson (Tuzzolino, Korchinski) PP
Chaput (Drummond, Boyce)
Boyce (Chaput, Drummond)
Rogers (DeMone, Marquardt) EN
Final: 4-2 W
Savage 21 of 23 saves
Final Cuts:
G – Wayne Savage (3gp 1-1-0 3.61 GAA .879 Sv % 0 SO 7.00AvR)
D – Nick Tuzzolino (4gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 6 PIM 11 SOG 7.25 AvR)
D – Brandon Rogers (4gp 1g 0a 1pt -1 4 PIM 3 SOG 7.00 AvR)
D – Joe Grimaldi (4gp 0g 1a 1pt -5 0 PIM 3 SOG 6.50 AvR)
D – Matt Libby (4gp 0g 0a 0pts +1 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.50 AvR)
LW – Luke Carson (4gp 0g 1a 1pt -3 2 PIM 5 SOG 7.00 AvR)
LW/RW – Kyle Howarth (2gp 0g 0a 0pts 0 0 PIM 8 SOG 6.00 AvR)
LW – Maxime Lacroix (2gp 0g 0a 0pts -4 0 PIM 0 SOG 5.50 AvR)
C – Mike Swift (1gp 0g 0a 0pts Even 0 PIM 0 SOG 6.00 AvR)
LW – Shawn Limpright (2gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 2 PIM 3 SOG 6.50 AvR)
C – Adam Taylor (2gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 4 SOG 7.00 AvR)
C – Simon Courcelles (2gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 2 PIM 9 SOG 8.00 AvR)
C/LW – Matt Marquardt (2gp 0a 2a 2pts +2 2 PIM 2 SOG 8.00 AvR)
RW – Marc-Andre Bernier (2gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.00 AvR)
C – Greg Classen (2gp 0g 0a 0pts -1 8 PIM 5 SOG 6.00 AvR)
October 3rd
2007-2008 Hamilton Bulldogs
G – Joel Gistedt – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`11 183lbs 19yrs 12/7/87 Uddevalla, SWE
Drafted: Montreal’s 2nd round 37th overall in 2007 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 12gp 6-5-1 3.14 GAA .888 Sv % 0 SO 7.33 AvR – Frolunda (SWE)
G – Francois Thuot
6`0 169lbs 22yrs 5/2/85 Montreal, QC, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 18gp 9-6-2 3.30 GAA .868 Sv % 1 SO 7.11 AvR
D – Sean Blanchard – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 187lbs 29yrs 3/29/78 Onaping Falls, ON, CAN
Drafted: Los Angeles 4th round 99th overall in 1997 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 69gp 9g 25a 34pts -4 72 PIM 117 SOG 7.07 AvR – Elmira (ECHL)
D – Kyle Deck – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 194lbs 21 yrs 1/21/86 Sedley, SK, CAN
Drafted: Kamloops 5th round 88th overall in 2001 WHL Bantam Draft
2006-2007 Season: 72gp 17g 34a 51pts +8 42 PIM 165 SOG 7.43 AvR – Regina (WHL)
D – Davis Drewiske – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 216lbs 22yrs 11/22/84 Norfolk, MA, USA
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 68gp 1g 5a 6pts -15 27 PIM 43 SOG 6.75 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
D – Jamie Dowhayko – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 191lbs 24yrs 2/15/83 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 34gp 0g 2a 2pts -13 26 PIM 24 SOG 6.26 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
D – Gordon Burnett – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 202lbs 26yrs 2/4/81 Regina, SK, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 74gp 9g 16a 25pts -11 122 87 SOG 7.12 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
D – Elgin Reid – AHL Contract
6`0 178lbs 20yrs 2/27/87 Milton, ON, CAN
Drafted: Ottawa 67’s 1st round 19th overall 2003 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 11g 29a 40gp +1 135 PIM 120 SOG 7.00 AvR – Ottawa (OHL)
D – Eric Lavigne – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 224lbs 34yrs 11/14/72 Victoriaville, QC, CAN
Drafted: Washington’s 2nd round 25th overall in 1991 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 12g 22a 34pts +1 137 PIM 155 SOG 6.90 AvR – St. George (LNAH)
D – Danny Richmond – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 194lbs 23yrs 8/1/84 Chicago, IL, USA
Drafted: Carolina’s 2nd round 31st overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 12gp 0g 2a 2pts +5 8 PIM 4 SOG 6.58 AvR – Chicago (NHL)
2006-2007 Season: 40gp 9g 19a 28pts +11 72 PIM 67 SOG 7.28 AvR – Rockford (ECHL)
2006-2007 Season: 14gp 1g 0a 1pt +1 14 PIM 16 SOG 6.50 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
2006-2007 Season: 1gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 2 PIM 0 SOG 5.00 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
D – Nicholas Bilotto – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 220lbs 28yrs 2/24/79 Pointe Claire, QC, CAN
Drafted: St. Louis 6th round 149th overall in 1997 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 46gp 12g 18a 30pts +17 50 PIM 131 SOG 7.00 AvR – Alleghe (Ita)
D/W – Steve MacIntyre – AHL Contract
6`6 260lbs 27yrs 8/8/80 Brock, SK, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 71gp 3g 19a 22pts -10 203 PIM 110 SOG 7.49 AvR – Quad City (UHL)
D – Benn Olson – AHL Contract
6`5 211lbs 20yrs 4/29/87 Port McNeill, BC, CAN
Drafted: Kamloops’s 8th round 148th overall 2002 WHL Bantam Draft
2006-2007 Season: 58gp 2g 6a 8pts Even 172 PIM 39 SOG 6.93 AvR – Seattle (WHL)
D – Zack McCullough – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 202lbs 20yrs 8/15/87 Orillia, ON, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 20g 74a 94pts +61 82 PIM 217 SOG 7.50 AvR – Owen Sound (MWJBL)
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 196lbs 20 yrs 1/10/87 Windsor, ON, CAN
Drafted: Philadelphia’s 5th round 152nd overall in 2005 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 65gp 11g 16a 27pts +13 201 PIM 87 SOG 6.97 AvR – London (OHL)
LW – Jimmy Bonneau – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 224lbs 22yrs 3/22/85 Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 8th round 241st overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 46gp 1g 2a 3pts -9 121 PIM 18 SOG 6.33 AvR – Syracuse (AHL)
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – AHL Contract
6`6 218lbs 21 yrs 3/23/86 Montreal, QC, CAN
Drafted: Minnesota’s 4th round 114th overall 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 7gp 5g 5a 10pts +2 4 PIM 26 SOG 8.71 AvR – Florida (ECHL)
LW – Darryl Boyce – AHL Contract
5`11 189lbs 23yrs 7/7/84 Summerside, PE, CAN
Drafted: Mississauga’s 6th round 117th overall 2001 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 57gp 12g 28a 40pts +15 39 PIM 93 SOG 6.77 AvR – Rochester (AHL)
LW/RW – John Dahl – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`11 174lbs 24yrs 6/10/83 Kindersley, SK, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 79gp 9g 14a 23pts -29 77 PIM 100 SOG 5.75 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
LW/C – Travis Fuller – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 191lbs 21yrs 1/25/86 Barry’s Bay, ON, CAN
Drafted: Barrie’s 9th round 173rd overall in 2002 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 59gp 14g 11a 25pts-19 28 PIM 121 SOG 6.19 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
LW/RW – Adam Henrich – AHL Contract
6`4 218lbs 23yrs 1/19/84 Thornhill, MB, CAN
Drafted: Tampa Bay’s 2nd round 60th overall in 2002 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 57gp 24g 19a 43pts +16 168 PIM 106 SOG 6.67 AvR – Quebec (LNAH)
LW – Brandon Prust – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`0 196lbs 23yrs 3/16/84 London, ON, CAN
Drafted: Calgary’s 3rd round 70th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 69gp 3g 6a 9pts -22 242 PIM 43 SOG 6.42 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
LW – Greg Stewart – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 196lbs 21yrs 5/21/86 Kitchener, ON, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 8th round 246th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 72gp 12g 32a 44pts +4 117 PIM 201 SOG 6.65 AvR – Cincinnati (ECHL)
LW – Mark Tobin – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 209lbs 21yrs 11/26/85 St. John’s, NL, CAN
Drafted: Tampa Bay’s 2nd round 65th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 80gp 14g 14a 28pts -25 224 PIM 169 SOG 6.59 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
C – Mathieu Aubin – AHL Contract
6`2 209lbs 21yrs 9/18/86 Sorel, QC, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 5th round 130th overall in 2005 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 44gp 6g 7a 13pts -4 29 PIM 73 SOG 6.64 AvR – Rochester (AHL)
C – David Desharnais – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`7 183lbs 21yrs 9/14/86 Quebec City, QC, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 40gp 0g 10a 10pts -13 14 PIM 17 SOG 6.08 AvR – Montreal (NHL)
C/LW – Mike Duco – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`10 191lbs 20yrs 7/8/87 Toronto, ON, CAN
Drafted: Montreal’s 2nd round 46th overall in 2007 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 65gp 39g 44a 83pts +14 96 PIM 196 SOG 7.80 AvR – Kitchener (OHL)
C/LW – Chris Korchinski – AHL Contract
6`0 183lbs 22yrs 10/1/85 Rama, SK, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 19g 26a 45pts +13 99 PIM 206 SOG 7.12 AvR – Laredo (CHL)
C/RW – Shaun Landolt – AHL Contract
6`1 200lbs 23yrs 10/2/84 Cloverdale, BC, CAN
Drafted: Toronto’s 8th round 237th overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 62gp 31g 43a 74pts +3 74 PIM 215 SOG 7.61 AvR – Youngstown (CHL)
C – Cam Lilley – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 196lbs 21yrs 3/8/86 Crossfield, AB, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 51gp 3g 20a 23pts +3 74 PIM 64 SOG 6.41 AvR – Calgary (WHL)
C/RW – Chris Minard – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`1 189lbs 25yrs 11/18/81 Owen Sound, ON, CAN
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 61gp 11g 18a 29pts -22 30 PIM 134 SOG 6.49 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
C/RW – Scott Seney – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 218lbs 24yrs 6/10/83 Silver Spring, MD, USA
Drafted: Undrafted
2006-2007 Season: 73gp 16g 38a 54pts -11 82 PIM 173 SOG 7.48 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
C – Julian Talbot – AHL Contract
6`0 174lbs 22yrs 3/24/85 London, ON, CAN
Drafted: Ottawa’s 8th round 144th overall 2001 OHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 35gp 3g 4a 7pts -9 24 PIM 25 SOG 6.09 AvR – Alaska (ECHL)
2006-2007 Season: 22gp 6g 12a 18pts +2 16 PIM 54 SOG 6.86 AvR – Rochester (AHL)
RW – Brent Aubin – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
5`9 189lbs 21yrs 6/18/86 Ste-Sophie, QC, CAN
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 70gp 22g 36a 58pts -8 75 PIM 186 SOG 6.67 AvR
RW – Mark Mancari – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`3 224lbs 22yrs 7/11/85 London, ON, CAN
Drafted: Buffalo’s 7th round 207th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 55gp 37g 34a 71pts +31 123 PIM 167 SOG 7.95 AvR – Chicago (AHL)
2006-2007 Season: 6gp 2g 3a 5pts -3 6 PIM 11 SOG 7.33 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
RW/LW – Mark Olafsson – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 218lbs 22yrs 3/22/85 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Drafted: Washington’s 9th round 279th overall in 2003 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 67gp 21g 22a 43pts -23 122 PIM 149 SOG 7.21 AvR – Hamilton (AHL)
RW/LW – James Wyman – Contract with Montreal Canadiens
6`2 202lbs 21yrs 2/27/86 Edina, MN, USA
Drafted: Montreal’s 4th round 100th overall in 2004 NHL Draft
2006-2007 Season: 59gp 7g 5a 12pts -14 46 PIM 51 SOG 6.51 AvR
RW – Tom Mannino – AHL Contract
5`11 198lbs 20yrs 2/19/87 Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 63gp 10g 27a 37pts +13 24 PIM 95 SOG 7.00 AvR
RW/C – Sean O’Connor – AHL Contract
5`10 165lbs 20yrs 1/31/87 Trenton, MI, USA
Drafted: N/A
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 23g 24a 47pts +9 42 PIM 139 SOG 6.53 AvR
We currently have 40 players on our roster and I know that is alot however we have a few players who will be sent out on a loan for now until we need them later on in the season as well even though we have 40 players or how many ever so players does not mean that we will have that many players at the end of the season. Montreal could trade or release some and even we could release some. By the end of the season we will not have 40 players its just temp for now.
October 4th
The AHL 2007-2008 Season kicks off with a loan game as Rochester Americans are in Norfolk to face the Admirals. The game needed extra time as Albany lose in a shootout 4-3 to the Americans.
Montreal begins their 2007-2008 regular season with a road game against Florida Panthers. Montreal won 2-1 in a shootout over Florida.
October 5th
Montreal has reassigned us Goalie Mike Brodeur
October 6th
Mike Brodeur will be making his Bulldogs debut tonight as we have our home opener tonight against Rivals Rochester Americans.
Rochester Americans (1-0-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (0-0-0)
Minard (1) (Talbot, Henrich) PP
Landolt (1) (Prust, O’Connor)
Minard (2) (Henrich)
Mancari (1) SH
Final: 4-1 W
Brodeur 18 of 19 saves; Adam Henrich 2nd star 2a; Mark Mancari 1st star 1g; Chris Minard 2g 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: ROC 19 – HAM 27
Powerplay: ROC 1 for 6 – HAM 1 for 9
PIM: ROC 30 – HAM 24
Hits: ROC 30 – HAM 27
Faceoff %: ROC 30.8 % - HAM 69.2 %
After the game Montreal has released Gordon Burnett
October 8th
Now that Elgin Reid is back from injury we will dress him in our next game with Jamie Dowhayko as a healthy scratch.
October 12th
After having a few days off we have two games coming up back to back games as we are at home tomorrow to face the Senators and then on the road on the 14th against the Penguins.
October 13th
After a few days off we are back at it tonight on home ice against Binghamton Senators. Mike Brodeur will get another start in goal.
Binghamton Senators (1-0-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (1-0-0)
Mancari (2) (Desharnais, Bilotto)
Wyman (1) (MacIntyre)
Beaulieu (1) EN
Final: 3-1 W
Brodeur 10 of 10 saves; Gistedt 14 of 15 saves; Mark Mancari 1g 1st star
Game Stats:
Shots: BGH 25 – HAM 23
Powerplay: BGH 0 for 7 – HAM 0 for 7
PIM: BGH 21 – HAM 21
Hits: BGH 29 – HAM 37
Faceoff %: BGH 44.7 % - HAM 55.3 %
Mike Brodeur will be out of action for a few days after suffering a twisted knee in tonights 3-1 win over the Senators.
October 14th
We head out on the road tonight as Joel Gistedt will get the start with Francois Thuot as the backup since Mike Brodeur is not healthy to play.
Hamilton Bulldogs (2-0-0) @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (1-1-0)
Prust (1) (Wyman, Blanchard)
Desharnais (1) (Henrich, Thuot) PP
Richmond (1) (Landolt)
O’Connor (1) (Landolt, Wyman)
Final: 5-4 L
Gistedt 8 of 12 saves. Thuot 14 of 15 saves; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 27 – WBS 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 9 – WBS 2 for 9
PIM: HAM 23 – WBS 23
Hits: HAM 35 – WBS 20
Faceoff %: HAM 57.5 % - WBS 42.5 %
AHL Player of the Week: Hershey’s Petr Taticek 2gp 0g 6a 6pts
October 15th
Darryl Boyce will be out of action for about 2 weeks after he suffered anterior knee pain in practice today.
October 18th
Mike Brodeur is 100% so he will start in our next game on the 20th against our Arch Rivals down the QEW Toronto Marlies.
October 20th
We return home against our beloved Arch Rivals Toronto Marlies as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal.
Toronto Marlies (3-1-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (2-1-0)
Mancari (3) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Minard (3) (Drewiske, Talbot)
Henrich (1) (Talbot, Minard)
Blanchard (1) (MInard, Henrich) PP
Mancari (Desharnais) PP
Toronto:
Bell: Miss
Brent: Miss
LaCouture: Goal
Orr: Miss
Gendron: Miss
1 for 5
Hamilton:
Talbot: Miss
Blanchard: Goal
Richmond: Miss
Mancari: Goal
2 for 4
Final: 6-5 SOW
Brodeur 37 of 42 saves; Mark Mancari 3rd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 43 – HAM 39
Powerplay: TOR 1 for 11 – HAM 3 for 10
PIM: TOR 27 – HAM 25
Hits: TOR 25 – HAM 36
Faceoff %: TOR 20.0 % - HAM 80.0 %
October 21st
Mike Brodeur gets another start in goal as we play host to the Iowa Wild
Iowa Wild (2-4-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (3-1-0)
Bilotto (1) (Desharnais) PP
Final: 3-1 L
Brodeur 25 of 28 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: IW 28 – Ham 26
Powerplay: IW 2 for 11 – HAM 1 for 8
PIM: IW 26 – HAM 32
Hits: IW 24 – HAM 44
Faceoff %: IW 39.5 – HAM 60.5 %
Julian Talbot left the game and is day to day with a cut hand
AHL Player of the Week: Syracuse’s Eric Healey 2gp 1g 4a 5pts
October 23rd
We finish the month of October with three games in four days during 25th to 28th with a home game against Marlies, road games back to back against Rampage and Admirals.
October 24th
Julian Talbot is 100% as he will return to the line up tonight against the Marlies.
October 25th
Francois Thuot will get the start tonight against the Toronto Marlies.
Toronto Marlies (4-1-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (3-2-0)
Mancari (5) (Richmond, Duco)
Richmond (2) (Desharnais)
Duco (1) (Richmond) PP
Korchinski (1) EN
Final: 4-2 W
Thuot 26 of 28 saves; Danny Richmond 1st star 1g 2a; Mike Duco 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 28 – HAM 30
Powerplay: TOR 1 for 10 – HAM 1 for 9
PIM: TOR 25 – HAM 33
Hits: TOR 27 – HAM 21
Faceoff %: TOR 35.4 % - HAM 64.6 %
October 27th
Francois Thuot will get the start in goal as we head on the road to face San Antonio Rampage
Hamilton Bulldogs (4-2-0) @ San Antonio Rampage (1-4-2)
Minard (4) (Blanchard, Drewiske) PP
Talbot (1) (Duco, Richmond)
Minard (5) (Richmond)
Korchinski (2) (Beaulieu, Wyman)
Final: 4-2 W
Thuot 19 of 21 saves; Danny Richmond 1st star 2a; Chris Minard 2g 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – SA 21
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 4 – SA 1 for 12
PIM: HAM 27 – SA 15
Hits: HAM 41- SA 24
Faceoff %: HAM 47.7 % - SA 52.3 %
Montreal has released Scott Seney from his contract with the team tonight
October 28th
We finish the month of October off with a road game against Milwaukee Admirals. Francois Thuot continues his good play and will get another start tonight.
Hamilton Bulldogs (5-2-0) @ Milwaukee Admirals (6-4-0)
Duco (2) (Mancari, Desharnais) PP
Final: 4-1 L
Thuot 23 of 27 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – MIL 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – MIL 1 for 8
PIM: HAM 21 – MIL 23
Hits: HAM 32 – MIL 28
Faceoff %: HAM 57.5 % - MIL 42.5 %
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov 2gp 2g 5a 7pts
October 29th
Monthy Stats
Month of October: 8gp 5-3-0 27 GF 23 GA 10 PTS
Overall Record: 8gp 5-3-0 .625 27 GF 23 GA 14.1 PP % 87.8 PK % 10 Pts 3rd North as we are 1 point away from 1st as Griffins and Marlies both have 11
G: Mancari, Minard 5; Duco, Korchinski, Richmond 2
A: Desharnais 6; Henrich, Richmond 4; Talbot, Wyman 3
PTS: Desharnais, Minard 7; Mancari, Richmond 6; Henrich 5
+/-: Landolt, Richmond +5; Prust +4; MacIntyre +3, Duco, O’Connor +2
PIM: MacIntyre 60; Prust 39; Mancari 15; Richmond 12
SOG: Mancari 35; Richmond 26; Duco 21
HT: Henrich 41
SB: Drewiske 13
TA: Bilotto 1
GAA: Thuot 2.55
SV%: Brodeur .909 Sv %
Av R: Mancari 8.25 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur 4gp 2-1-0 2.77 GAA .909 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.75 AvR
Joel Gistedt 2gp 1-0-0 4.00 GAA .815 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 6.50 AvR
Francois Thuot 4gp 2-2-0 2.54 GAA .901 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 8.25 AvR
October 30th
Looking at our November schedule it’s not bad until we reach the end of November where we play 4 games in five days between the 25th and the 29th.
We also begin the month of November with three games in four days starting with a road game against the Penguins on the 1st and then home games against Syracuse and San Antonio on the 3rd and 4th.
October 31st
AHL Player of the Month: Albany’s Joel Stepp 7gp 3g 7a 10pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Albany’s Juraj Mikus 5gp 3g 4a 7pts
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Re: A new Group of Americans in Rochester
November 1st
We begin the month of November with a road game against the baby Penguins. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (5-3-0) @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (4-3-1)
Blanchard (2) (Drewiske, Duco) PP
Mancari (6) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Wyman (2) (Korchinski, Minard)
Duco (3) (Bilotto) PP
Final: 7-4 L
Brodeur 2 of 5 saves; Thuot 21 of 25 saves; Mike Duco 3rd star 1g 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – WBS 30
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 10 – WBS 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 37 – WBS 25
Hits: HAM 28 – WBS 21
Faceoff %: HAM 62.7 % - WBS 37.3 %
Julian Talbot will be out of action for about a month with a fractured ankle. He was placed on IR. Shaun Landolt will move from 4th line to 2nd line until Talbot returns and Cam Lilley will play 4th line C spot.
November 3rd
Francois Thuot will get the start tonight to face the Syracuse Crunch one of our rivals.
Syracuse Crunch (3-6-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (5-4-0)
Prust (2) SH
Duco (4) (Mancari, Bilotto) PP
Mancari (7) PP
Final: 4-3 L
Thuot 18 of 22 saves; Mark Mancari 1g 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: SYR 22 – HAM 25
Powerplay: SYR 3 for 11 – HAM 2 for 8
PIM: SYR 38 – HAM 32
Hits: SYR 30 – HAM 36
Faceoff %: SYR 37.5 % - HAM 62.5 %
November 4th
We continue our home stand as we play Rampage at home tonight. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight
San Antonio Rampage (3-5-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (5-5-0)
Landolt (2) (Blanchard, Henrich)
Drewiske (1) (Landolt) PP
Duco (5) (Mancari) SH
Mancari (8) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Mancari (9) (Duco, Bilotto) PP
Minard (6) (Landolt, Drewiske) PP
Blanchard (3) (Henrich, Landolt) PP
Mancari (10) (Desharnais, Richmond) PP
Beaulieu (2) (Reid, Korchinski)
Final: 9-2 W
Gistedt 17 of 19 saves; Mike Duco 2nd star 1g 2a; Shaun Landolt 1g 3a 3rd star; Mark Mancari 1st star 3g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: SA 19 – HAM 42
Powerplay: SA 0 for 5 – HAM 6 for 11
PIM: SA 22 – HAM 10
Hits: SA 38 – HAM 23
Faceoff %: SA 34.2 % - HAM 65.8 %
AHL Player of the Week: Chicago’s Tomas Kana 2gp 1g 4a 5pts
November 5th
Montreal has reassigned to us defenseman Joey Mormina and defenseman Kalvin Sagert
November 10th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight as we play host to the hot Chicago Wolves. We hope the same tempo will show up that was in our last game against Rampage where we won 9-2.
Chicago Wolves (10-2-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (6-5-0)
Bilotto (2) (O’Connor, Lilley)
Richmond (3) (Desharnais) PP
Final: 4-2 L
Gistedt 26 of 31 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 31 – HAM 33
Powerplay: CHI 0 for 8 – HAM 1 for 11
PIM: CHI 55 – HAM 43
Hits: CHI 26 – HAM 42
Faceoff %: CHI 44.7 % - HAM 55.3 %
November 11th
We play Toronto Marlies for the third time in 13 games as we head on the road to face the Marlies. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (6-6-0) @ Toronto Marlies (5-4-4)
Richmond (4) (Desharnais, Mancari)
Beaulieu (3) (Korchinski, Wyman)
Drewiske (2) (Richmond, Desharnais)
Minard (7) (Henrich, Blanchard)
Duco (6) (Mancari, Desharnais)
Final: 5-1 W
Brodeur 18 of 19 saves; Danny Richmond 2nd star 1g 1a; Davis Drewiske 3rd star 1g; David Desharnais 1st star 3a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 36 – TOR 19
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 8 – TOR 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 12 – TOR 16
Hits: HAM 33 – TOR 23
Faceoff %: HAM 62.5 % - TOR 37.5 %
November 12th
Montreal has recalled Danny Richmond as they have two injuries to their Defense. Kirill Koltsov is day to day but on a 7 day IR and Ladislav Cierny is out for 3 weeks with a pulled hamstring.
We will be giving Joey Mormina a look a player that Montreal sent to us earlier this year.
November 14th
We look to end Chicago Wolves 8 game winning streak as we plan to start Mike Brodeur in goal against the Wolves.
Chicago Wolves (12-2-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (7-6-0)
Wyman (3) (Beaulieu, Korchkinski)
Minard (8) PP
Bilotto (3) (Landolt, Reid)
Mancari (11) (Duco, Bilotto) PP
MacIntyre (1) (Desharnais)
Landolt (3)
Mancari (12) (Blanchard, Desharnais) PP
Prust (3) EN
Final: 8-6 W
Brodeur 21 of 27 saves; Mark Mancari 2nd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 27 – HAM 31
Powerplay: CHI 0 for 5 – 3 for 10
PIM: CHI 30 – HAM 20
Hits: CHI 23 – HAM 26
Faceoff %: CHI 47.1 % - HAM 52.9 %
November 16th
We head on the road for back to back games tomorrow and the 18th against Texas Stars.
November 17th
We begin our back to back games against Texas Stars tonight as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (8-6-0) @ Texas Stars (6-8-1)
Korchinski (3) (Wyman, Beaulieu)
Prust (4) (Wyman, Reid)
O’Connor (2) (Prust, Drewiske)
Mancari(13) (Henrich, Dewsharnais) PP
Final: 4-2 W
Brodeur 21 of 23 saves; Brandon Prust 1st star 1g 1a; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1a; Mark Mancari 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 35 – TEX 23
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – TEX 1 for 8
PIM: HAM 23 – TEX 19
Hits: HAM 35 - 12
Faceoff %: HAM 39.0 % - TEX 61.0 %
November 18th
Game 2 of 2 against Texas Stars in 2 days as Mike Brodeur gets another start against Texas.
Hamilton Bulldogs (9-6-0) @ Texas Stars (6-9-1)
Bilotto (4) (Mancari, Duco) PP
Final: 4-1 L
Brodeur 26 of 30 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 34 – TEX 30
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 6 – TEX 3 for 9
PIM: HAM 20 – TEX 12
Hits: HAM 48 – TEX 18
Faceoff %: HAM 38.3 % - 61.7 %
AHL Player of the Week: Rochester’s Bryan Helmer 2gp 1g 3a 4pts
November 19th
Travis Fuller will be out of action for about a week after he suffered a shoulder contusion in practice today
November 21st
We head home to face another one of our Rivals Rochester Americans. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Rochester Americans (4-13-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (9-7-0)
Minard (9) (Henrich)
Prust (5) (Mancari, MacIntyre)
Wyman (4) (Henrich, Landolt)
Desharnais (2) (Mancari, Blanchard) PP
Mancari (14) (Desharnais, Mormina)
Final: 5-1 W
Brodeur 19 of 20 saves; Mark Mancari 1st star 1g 2a; David Desharnais 2nd star 1g 1a; Steve MacIntyre 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: ROC 20 – HAM 30
Powerplay: ROC 0 for 8 – HAM 1 for 8
PIM: ROC 16 – HAM 18
Hits: ROC 21 – HAM 32
Faceoff %: ROC 43.8 % - HAM 56.3 %
Springfield Falcons name former NHL Mike Van Ryn as their new Head Coach
November 23rd
Our team has a few days off before we play the four games in five days starting on the 25th against St. John’s at home.
Defenseman Kalvin Sagert will be out of action for about ten daysafter he suffered olecranon in practice today.
November 25th
We head home against the IceCaps as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (8-7-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-7-0)
Drewiske (3) (Landolt)
Desharnais (3) (Mancari, Drewiske)
Henrich (2) (Landolt)
St. John’s:
Pardy: Miss
Stafford: Goal
Big Snake: Goal
Kuiper: Goal
3 of 4
Hamilton:
Mancari: Miss
Blanchard: Goal
Korchinski: Miss
Minard: Goal
Prust: Miss
2 for 5
Final: 4-3 SOL
Brodeur 18 of 21 saves; Davis Drewiske 1st star 1g 1a; Adam Henrich 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 24 – HAM 39
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 8 – HAM 0 for 7
PIM: STJ 16 – HAM 18
Hits: STJ 25 – HAM 42
Faceoff %: STJ 48.6 % - HAM 51.4 %
WHL Player of the Week: Everett’s Zach Hamill 2gp 1g 3a 4pts
AHL Player of the Week: Norfolk’s Brad Schell 3gp 5g 4a 9pts
November 26th
Mike Brodeur will get the start at home as we play host to the Abbotsford Heat
Abbotsford Heat (11-3-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-7-1)
Mormina (1) (Prust)
Minard (10) (Henrich, Reid)
Mancari (15) (Duco, Desharnais)
Mancari (16) (Henrich, Mormina)
MacIntyre (2) (Prust, Lilley)
Landolt (4) (Duco) EN
Final: 6-4 W
Brodeur 28 of 32 saves; Joey Mormina 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: AH 32 – HAM 19
Powerplay: AH 2 for 13 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: AH 11 – HAM 29
Hits: AH 29 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: AH 50.0 % - HAM 50.0 %
November 28th
We are dressing the same line up as we did two days ago as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Abbotsford Heat (11-4-3) @ Hamilton (11-7-1)
Mancari (15) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Prust (6) (Mormina)
Mormina (2) (Landolt, Drewiske) PP
Drewiske (4) (Desharnis)
Landolt (5) (Duco, Drewiske)
Final: 5-2 W
Brodeur 25 of 27 saves; Davis Drewiske 1st star 1g 2a; Joey Mormina 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: AH 27 – HAM 30
Powerplay: AH 0 for 9 – HAM 2 for 7
PIM: AH 28 – HAM 18
Hits: AH 20 – HAM 24
Faceoff %: AH 40.5 % - HAM 59.5 %
Josh Beaulieu will be out of action for a few days after a deep laceration in the game tonight. Tom Mannino will make his Bulldogs debut on the 3rd line with Chris Korchinski and James Wyman. Also Sean O’Connor is not 100 % so Brent Aubin will take his spot on the 4th line.
November 29th
Battle for 1st place in the North Division is on the line as we head on the road to finish off the month of November against Grand Rapids Griffins. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (12-7-1) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (12-6-3)
Mancari (18) (Duco, Desharnais)
Mannino (1) (Korchinski, Henrich)
Korchinski (4) (Wyman, Mannino)
Final: 4-3 OTL
Brodeur 21 of 25 saves; Tom Mannino 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – GRD 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 9 – GRD 1 for 5
PIM: HAM 15 – GRD 25
Hits: HAM 35 – GRD 30
Faceoff %: HAM 43.2 % - GRD 57.1 %
November 29th
Monthy Stats
Month of November: 13gp 7-4-2 58 GF 46 GA 16 PTS
Overall Record: 21gp 12-7-2 .619 85 GF 69 GA 17.2 PP % 89.1 PK % 26 PTS 2nd North Division
G: Mancari 18; Minard 10; Duco, Prust 6; Landolt 5
A: Desharnais 20; Henrich 13; Duco 12; Landolt 10
PTS: Mancari 27; Desharnais 23; Duco 18; Henrich, Landolt 15
+/-: MacIntyre +12; Landolt, Mormina +6; Duco, Prust +5
PIM: MacIntyre 145; Prust 84; Henrich 33; Landtol 30
SOG: Mancari 112; Blanchard 55; Duco 54; Desharnais 44
HT: Drewiske 87
SB: Drewiske 41
TA: Blanchard 3
GAA: Brodeur 3.10
SV%: Brodeur .881 Sv %
Av R: Mancari 8.57 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur 14gp 8-3-2 3.10 GAA .881 Sv % 0 So 0 EN 7.43 AvR
Joel Gistedt 4gp 2-1-0 3.69 GAA .844 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.00 AvR
Francois Thuot 6gp 2-3-0 3.17 GAA .877 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.50 AvR
Besides the #1 team in the league Portland Pirates having 88 goals we have the second most goals scored this season
AHL Player of the Month: Texas Joel Lundqvist 8gp 6g 7a 13pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Hershey’s Roman Cervenka 10gp 5g 7a 12pts
We begin the month of November with a road game against the baby Penguins. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (5-3-0) @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (4-3-1)
Blanchard (2) (Drewiske, Duco) PP
Mancari (6) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Wyman (2) (Korchinski, Minard)
Duco (3) (Bilotto) PP
Final: 7-4 L
Brodeur 2 of 5 saves; Thuot 21 of 25 saves; Mike Duco 3rd star 1g 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – WBS 30
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 10 – WBS 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 37 – WBS 25
Hits: HAM 28 – WBS 21
Faceoff %: HAM 62.7 % - WBS 37.3 %
Julian Talbot will be out of action for about a month with a fractured ankle. He was placed on IR. Shaun Landolt will move from 4th line to 2nd line until Talbot returns and Cam Lilley will play 4th line C spot.
November 3rd
Francois Thuot will get the start tonight to face the Syracuse Crunch one of our rivals.
Syracuse Crunch (3-6-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (5-4-0)
Prust (2) SH
Duco (4) (Mancari, Bilotto) PP
Mancari (7) PP
Final: 4-3 L
Thuot 18 of 22 saves; Mark Mancari 1g 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: SYR 22 – HAM 25
Powerplay: SYR 3 for 11 – HAM 2 for 8
PIM: SYR 38 – HAM 32
Hits: SYR 30 – HAM 36
Faceoff %: SYR 37.5 % - HAM 62.5 %
November 4th
We continue our home stand as we play Rampage at home tonight. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight
San Antonio Rampage (3-5-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (5-5-0)
Landolt (2) (Blanchard, Henrich)
Drewiske (1) (Landolt) PP
Duco (5) (Mancari) SH
Mancari (8) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Mancari (9) (Duco, Bilotto) PP
Minard (6) (Landolt, Drewiske) PP
Blanchard (3) (Henrich, Landolt) PP
Mancari (10) (Desharnais, Richmond) PP
Beaulieu (2) (Reid, Korchinski)
Final: 9-2 W
Gistedt 17 of 19 saves; Mike Duco 2nd star 1g 2a; Shaun Landolt 1g 3a 3rd star; Mark Mancari 1st star 3g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: SA 19 – HAM 42
Powerplay: SA 0 for 5 – HAM 6 for 11
PIM: SA 22 – HAM 10
Hits: SA 38 – HAM 23
Faceoff %: SA 34.2 % - HAM 65.8 %
AHL Player of the Week: Chicago’s Tomas Kana 2gp 1g 4a 5pts
November 5th
Montreal has reassigned to us defenseman Joey Mormina and defenseman Kalvin Sagert
November 10th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight as we play host to the hot Chicago Wolves. We hope the same tempo will show up that was in our last game against Rampage where we won 9-2.
Chicago Wolves (10-2-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (6-5-0)
Bilotto (2) (O’Connor, Lilley)
Richmond (3) (Desharnais) PP
Final: 4-2 L
Gistedt 26 of 31 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 31 – HAM 33
Powerplay: CHI 0 for 8 – HAM 1 for 11
PIM: CHI 55 – HAM 43
Hits: CHI 26 – HAM 42
Faceoff %: CHI 44.7 % - HAM 55.3 %
November 11th
We play Toronto Marlies for the third time in 13 games as we head on the road to face the Marlies. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (6-6-0) @ Toronto Marlies (5-4-4)
Richmond (4) (Desharnais, Mancari)
Beaulieu (3) (Korchinski, Wyman)
Drewiske (2) (Richmond, Desharnais)
Minard (7) (Henrich, Blanchard)
Duco (6) (Mancari, Desharnais)
Final: 5-1 W
Brodeur 18 of 19 saves; Danny Richmond 2nd star 1g 1a; Davis Drewiske 3rd star 1g; David Desharnais 1st star 3a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 36 – TOR 19
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 8 – TOR 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 12 – TOR 16
Hits: HAM 33 – TOR 23
Faceoff %: HAM 62.5 % - TOR 37.5 %
November 12th
Montreal has recalled Danny Richmond as they have two injuries to their Defense. Kirill Koltsov is day to day but on a 7 day IR and Ladislav Cierny is out for 3 weeks with a pulled hamstring.
We will be giving Joey Mormina a look a player that Montreal sent to us earlier this year.
November 14th
We look to end Chicago Wolves 8 game winning streak as we plan to start Mike Brodeur in goal against the Wolves.
Chicago Wolves (12-2-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (7-6-0)
Wyman (3) (Beaulieu, Korchkinski)
Minard (8) PP
Bilotto (3) (Landolt, Reid)
Mancari (11) (Duco, Bilotto) PP
MacIntyre (1) (Desharnais)
Landolt (3)
Mancari (12) (Blanchard, Desharnais) PP
Prust (3) EN
Final: 8-6 W
Brodeur 21 of 27 saves; Mark Mancari 2nd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 27 – HAM 31
Powerplay: CHI 0 for 5 – 3 for 10
PIM: CHI 30 – HAM 20
Hits: CHI 23 – HAM 26
Faceoff %: CHI 47.1 % - HAM 52.9 %
November 16th
We head on the road for back to back games tomorrow and the 18th against Texas Stars.
November 17th
We begin our back to back games against Texas Stars tonight as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (8-6-0) @ Texas Stars (6-8-1)
Korchinski (3) (Wyman, Beaulieu)
Prust (4) (Wyman, Reid)
O’Connor (2) (Prust, Drewiske)
Mancari(13) (Henrich, Dewsharnais) PP
Final: 4-2 W
Brodeur 21 of 23 saves; Brandon Prust 1st star 1g 1a; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1a; Mark Mancari 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 35 – TEX 23
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – TEX 1 for 8
PIM: HAM 23 – TEX 19
Hits: HAM 35 - 12
Faceoff %: HAM 39.0 % - TEX 61.0 %
November 18th
Game 2 of 2 against Texas Stars in 2 days as Mike Brodeur gets another start against Texas.
Hamilton Bulldogs (9-6-0) @ Texas Stars (6-9-1)
Bilotto (4) (Mancari, Duco) PP
Final: 4-1 L
Brodeur 26 of 30 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 34 – TEX 30
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 6 – TEX 3 for 9
PIM: HAM 20 – TEX 12
Hits: HAM 48 – TEX 18
Faceoff %: HAM 38.3 % - 61.7 %
AHL Player of the Week: Rochester’s Bryan Helmer 2gp 1g 3a 4pts
November 19th
Travis Fuller will be out of action for about a week after he suffered a shoulder contusion in practice today
November 21st
We head home to face another one of our Rivals Rochester Americans. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Rochester Americans (4-13-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (9-7-0)
Minard (9) (Henrich)
Prust (5) (Mancari, MacIntyre)
Wyman (4) (Henrich, Landolt)
Desharnais (2) (Mancari, Blanchard) PP
Mancari (14) (Desharnais, Mormina)
Final: 5-1 W
Brodeur 19 of 20 saves; Mark Mancari 1st star 1g 2a; David Desharnais 2nd star 1g 1a; Steve MacIntyre 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: ROC 20 – HAM 30
Powerplay: ROC 0 for 8 – HAM 1 for 8
PIM: ROC 16 – HAM 18
Hits: ROC 21 – HAM 32
Faceoff %: ROC 43.8 % - HAM 56.3 %
Springfield Falcons name former NHL Mike Van Ryn as their new Head Coach
November 23rd
Our team has a few days off before we play the four games in five days starting on the 25th against St. John’s at home.
Defenseman Kalvin Sagert will be out of action for about ten daysafter he suffered olecranon in practice today.
November 25th
We head home against the IceCaps as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (8-7-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-7-0)
Drewiske (3) (Landolt)
Desharnais (3) (Mancari, Drewiske)
Henrich (2) (Landolt)
St. John’s:
Pardy: Miss
Stafford: Goal
Big Snake: Goal
Kuiper: Goal
3 of 4
Hamilton:
Mancari: Miss
Blanchard: Goal
Korchinski: Miss
Minard: Goal
Prust: Miss
2 for 5
Final: 4-3 SOL
Brodeur 18 of 21 saves; Davis Drewiske 1st star 1g 1a; Adam Henrich 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 24 – HAM 39
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 8 – HAM 0 for 7
PIM: STJ 16 – HAM 18
Hits: STJ 25 – HAM 42
Faceoff %: STJ 48.6 % - HAM 51.4 %
WHL Player of the Week: Everett’s Zach Hamill 2gp 1g 3a 4pts
AHL Player of the Week: Norfolk’s Brad Schell 3gp 5g 4a 9pts
November 26th
Mike Brodeur will get the start at home as we play host to the Abbotsford Heat
Abbotsford Heat (11-3-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-7-1)
Mormina (1) (Prust)
Minard (10) (Henrich, Reid)
Mancari (15) (Duco, Desharnais)
Mancari (16) (Henrich, Mormina)
MacIntyre (2) (Prust, Lilley)
Landolt (4) (Duco) EN
Final: 6-4 W
Brodeur 28 of 32 saves; Joey Mormina 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: AH 32 – HAM 19
Powerplay: AH 2 for 13 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: AH 11 – HAM 29
Hits: AH 29 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: AH 50.0 % - HAM 50.0 %
November 28th
We are dressing the same line up as we did two days ago as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Abbotsford Heat (11-4-3) @ Hamilton (11-7-1)
Mancari (15) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Prust (6) (Mormina)
Mormina (2) (Landolt, Drewiske) PP
Drewiske (4) (Desharnis)
Landolt (5) (Duco, Drewiske)
Final: 5-2 W
Brodeur 25 of 27 saves; Davis Drewiske 1st star 1g 2a; Joey Mormina 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: AH 27 – HAM 30
Powerplay: AH 0 for 9 – HAM 2 for 7
PIM: AH 28 – HAM 18
Hits: AH 20 – HAM 24
Faceoff %: AH 40.5 % - HAM 59.5 %
Josh Beaulieu will be out of action for a few days after a deep laceration in the game tonight. Tom Mannino will make his Bulldogs debut on the 3rd line with Chris Korchinski and James Wyman. Also Sean O’Connor is not 100 % so Brent Aubin will take his spot on the 4th line.
November 29th
Battle for 1st place in the North Division is on the line as we head on the road to finish off the month of November against Grand Rapids Griffins. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (12-7-1) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (12-6-3)
Mancari (18) (Duco, Desharnais)
Mannino (1) (Korchinski, Henrich)
Korchinski (4) (Wyman, Mannino)
Final: 4-3 OTL
Brodeur 21 of 25 saves; Tom Mannino 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – GRD 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 9 – GRD 1 for 5
PIM: HAM 15 – GRD 25
Hits: HAM 35 – GRD 30
Faceoff %: HAM 43.2 % - GRD 57.1 %
November 29th
Monthy Stats
Month of November: 13gp 7-4-2 58 GF 46 GA 16 PTS
Overall Record: 21gp 12-7-2 .619 85 GF 69 GA 17.2 PP % 89.1 PK % 26 PTS 2nd North Division
G: Mancari 18; Minard 10; Duco, Prust 6; Landolt 5
A: Desharnais 20; Henrich 13; Duco 12; Landolt 10
PTS: Mancari 27; Desharnais 23; Duco 18; Henrich, Landolt 15
+/-: MacIntyre +12; Landolt, Mormina +6; Duco, Prust +5
PIM: MacIntyre 145; Prust 84; Henrich 33; Landtol 30
SOG: Mancari 112; Blanchard 55; Duco 54; Desharnais 44
HT: Drewiske 87
SB: Drewiske 41
TA: Blanchard 3
GAA: Brodeur 3.10
SV%: Brodeur .881 Sv %
Av R: Mancari 8.57 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur 14gp 8-3-2 3.10 GAA .881 Sv % 0 So 0 EN 7.43 AvR
Joel Gistedt 4gp 2-1-0 3.69 GAA .844 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.00 AvR
Francois Thuot 6gp 2-3-0 3.17 GAA .877 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.50 AvR
Besides the #1 team in the league Portland Pirates having 88 goals we have the second most goals scored this season
AHL Player of the Month: Texas Joel Lundqvist 8gp 6g 7a 13pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Hershey’s Roman Cervenka 10gp 5g 7a 12pts
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Re: A new Group of Americans in Rochester
December 1st
We open the month of December with a home game against our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Toronto Marlies (8-8-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (12-7-2)
Final: 3-0 L
Brodeur 33 of 36 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 36 – HAM 20
Powerplay: TOR 2 for 15 – HAM 0 for 4
PIM: TOR 8 – HAM 39
Hits: TOR 18 – HAM 46
Faceoff %: TOR 27.8 % - HAM 72.2 %
December 2nd
Steve MacIntyre will miss our next two games as he was suspended for two games as he got a 5 minute for cross checking and a game misconduct in the 3-0 loss to the Marlies yesterday. Benn Olson will make his debut in the 2 games for us while MacIntyre sits out.
December 4th
Joel Gistedt was recalled by Montreal. Peter Budaj was placed on the 7 day IR yesterday as he has to stay on there for 7 days. Gistedt will play back up to Carey Price.
They play Washington on the 5th, Tampa on the 7th and Ottawa on the 9th and Calgary on the 10th so he will be up there for 3 out of the 4 games atleast.
We have also reassigned Darryl Boyce to Wheeling.
December 5th
We have also loaned out Patrick Bordeleau and Tom Mannino to Wheeling as well so that they can get some playing time. Also we are scheduled to play 3 games in 4 days beginning tomorrow against the Marlies and then a game on the 7th, with a day off on the 8th and then another game on the 9th.
Josh Beaulieu returns to the line up tomorrow against the Marlies, as does Julian Talbot. Brent Aubin and Cam Lilley become healthy scratchs. Travis Fuller will also be making his Bulldogs debut tomorrow.
AHL Player of the Week: Providence Lee Falardeau 2gp 1g 2a 3pts
December 6th
Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal on the road against our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies.
Hamilton Bulldogs (12-8-2) @ Toronto Marlies (9-10-5)
Korchinski (5) (Fuller, Mormina)
Henrich (3) (Desharnais, Reid)
Wyman (5) (Prust, Desharnais)
Hamilton:
Mancari: Miss
Blanchard: Goal
Talbot: Goal
Korchinski: Miss
2 for 4
Toronto:
Mapletoft: Miss
Bell: Miss
McIver: Goal
Brent: Miss
LaCouture: Miss
1 for 5
Final: 4-3 SOW
Brodeur 21 of 24 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 2a; Adam Henrich 1g 2nd star; Joey Mormina 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 35 – TOR 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 5 – TOR 2 for 10
PIM: HAM 27 – TOR 15
Hits: HAM 43 – TOR 15
Faceoff %: HAM 57.4 % - TOR 42.6 %
December 7th
Mike Brodeur gets another start in goal as we play host to Norfolk Admirals
Norfolk Admirals (11-9-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (13-8-2)
Landolt (6) (Olson, Bilotto)
Mancari (19) (Desharnais, Blanchard)
Henrich (4) (Drewiske, Landolt)
Duco (7) (Desharnais, Mancari) PP
Mancari (20) SH
Final: 5-1 W
Brodeur 19 of 20 saves; Mark Mancari 1st star 2g 1a; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1g 1a; Benn Olson 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: NOR 20 – HAM 35
Powerplay: NOR 0 for 7 – HAM 1 for 7
PIM: NOR 14 – HAM 24
Hits: NOR 23 – HAM 34
Faceoff %: NOR 34.8 % - HAM 65.2 %
December 9th
Mike Brodeur will get another start in goal as we head onto the road against St. John’s IceCaps who we are batting for that 2nd spot in the division.
Hamilton Bulldogs (14-8-2) @ St. John’s IceCaps (14-8-2)
Korchinski (6) (Beaulieu, Bilotto)
Duco (8) (Mancari, Desharnais)
Wyman (6) (Bilotto)
Duco (9) (Bilotto)
Final: 6-4 L
Brodeur 11 of 15 saves; Thuot 5 of 6 saves; Nicolas Bilotto 3rd star 3a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 36 – STJ 20
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 6 – STJ 0 for 8
PIM: HAM 16 – STJ 12
Hits: HAM 34 – STJ 22
Faceoff %: HAM 62.8 % - STJ 37.2 %
Elgin Reid will be a healthy scratch as Steve MacIntyre returns to the lin up after his suspension.
AHL Player of the Week: Utica’s Pacal Pelletier 4gp 3g 7a 10pts
December 10th
After last night’s 6-4 loss to IceCaps Francois Thuot will get the start tonight against Syracuse Crunch on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs (14-9-2) @ Syracuse Crunch (7-16-1)
Mancari (21) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Bilotto (5) (Desharnis) PP
Minard (11) (Drewiske, Landolt) PP
Duco (10) (Mancari, Desharnais) PP
Blanchard (4) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Minard (12) (Mormina, Desharnais)
Blanchard (5) (Desharnais) EN
Final: 7-5 W
Thuot 14 of 19 saves; Brodeur 8 of 8 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 6 assists; Sean Blanchard 2g; Mark Mancari 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – SYR 20
Powerplay: HAM 5 for 11 – SYR 0 for 4
PIM: HAM 13 – SYR 29
Hits: HAM 26 – SYR 14
Faceoff %: HAM 50.0 % - SYR 50.0 %
December 13th
Montreal has reassigned goalie Joel Gistedt as he didn’t start in any games for Montreal. Also they have recalled Brandon Prust up to Montreal. In 26 games with our club this year he had 6g 5a 11pts +6 88 PIM 30 SOG 7.23 AvR
They have injuries to Rene Bourque out for a week with a twisted ankle he won’t be able to be activated off IR till December 19th. Jason Chimera is out of action for 3 months with a fractured shin.
We move Steve MacIntyre from defense to forward and dress Elgin Reid for our next game
December 15th
Mike Brodeur is back in net as we take on St. John’s IceCaps on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs (15-9-2) @ St. John’s IceCaps (15-8-2)
Blanchard (6) (Desharnais, Mancari) PP
Final: 4-1 L
Brodeur 23 of 27 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 45 – STJ 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 12 – STJ 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 34 – STJ 34
Hits: HAM 36 – STJ 25
Faceoff %: HAM 63.6 % - STJ 36.4 %
December 16th
Joel Gistedt will get the start against Syracuse on the road
Hamilton Bulldogs (15-10-2) @ Syracuse Crunch (7-18-1)
Bilotto (6) (Desharnais) PP
Mancari (22) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Final: 2-0 W
Gistedt 1st star 25 of 25 saves; Nicolas Bilotto 2nd star 1g; Mark Mancari 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 28 – SYR 25
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 8 – SYR 0 for 7
PIM: HAM 18 – SYR 16
Hits: HAM 35 – SYR 17
Faceoff %: HAM 72.1 % - SYR 27.9 %
Adam Henrich will be out of action for about a week after he suffered a twisted ankle. We are off till the 20th until we play back to back games against Rochester. We are hoping Adam will be back and good to go in four days.
With how well our team has done this year as GM of the Bulldogs I have offered all of our staff from coaching staff to scouts to training staff and my assistant GM all new contracts.
Boston Bruins have fired their GM Peter Chiarelli. Bruins are currently 12-20-2 for 12th in the East and 24th overall.
AHL Player of the Week: Utica’s Jesse Schultz 2gp 5g 1a 6pts
December 18th
Peter DeBoer who serves as the GM and Head Coach of Kitchener Rangers in OHL was named as the new Canada U-20 Gm and Chris Lamoriello who is the son of Lou is the GM & HC of the San Francisco Bulls of the ECHL was named the USA U-20 GM.
December 19th
Switzerland 5-0-0 and Denmark 5-0-0 will be joining the World Juniors next year as they finished 1st in their divisions.
We are scheduled for three straight games starting tomorrow with two road games on the 20th and 21st against Rochester and a home game against the Penguins on the 21st.
December 20th
Joel Gistedt will get the start tonight on the road against Rochester Americans. Adam Henrich will play in tonight’s game.
Hamilton Bulldogs (16-10-2) @ Rochester Americans (6-25-2)
Minard (13) (Henrich, Bilotto)
Mancari (23) (Desharnais, Bilotto) PP
Reid (1) (Landolt) (Landolt) EN
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 18 of 19 saves; Nicolas Bilotto 1st star 2a; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – ROC 19
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 11 – ROC 1 for 10
PIM: HAM 21 – ROC 22
Hits: HAM 50 – ROC 27
Faceoff %: HAM 86.7 % - ROC 13.3 %
December 21st
Joel Gistedt will get another start tonight as we finish off our road trip tonight against Rochester Americans
Hamilton Bulldogs (17-10-2) @ Rochester Americans (6-26-2)
Desharnais (4) (Mormina, Duco)
Mancari (24) (MacIntyre) SH
Final: 4-2 L
Gistedt 21 of 25 saves; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 30 – ROC 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 9 – ROC 1 for 6
PIM: HAM 10 – ROC 18
Hits: HAM 29 – ROC 23
Faceoff %: HAM 60.0 % - ROC 40.0 %
Stan Butler has left the OHL North Bay and has taken the GM job for Kolner Haie DEL job.
December 22nd
Today is our last game before the Christmas break as we play host to the Penguins. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (10-16-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (17-11-2)
Bilotto (7) (Desharnais) PP
Duco (11) (Desharnais) PP
Final: 3-2 L
Brodeur 25 of 28 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: WBS 28 – HAM 21
Powerplay: WBS 1 for 11 – HAM 2 for 4
PIM: WBS 12 – HAM 46
Hits: WBS 8 – HAM 40
Faceoff %: WBS 39.5 % - HAM 60.5 %
December 23rd
After we have two days off for Christmas we come back to finish the year of 2007 and the month of December with five games in six days with a road game against St. John’s on the 26th, a home game on the 27th against Rochester, home game on the 29th against the Marlies, road game on the 30th against Grand Rapids and road game on New Years Eve against Iowa Wild.
As far as WJC News:
Oscar Moller made Team Sweden roster and Trevor Cann (goalie), Keaton Ellerby (defense), Zach Hamill (forward) all 3 made Team Canada
Group A is made up of while Czech Rep, Finland, Norway, Russia and Slovakia, while Group B is made up of Canada, Germany, Latvia, Sweden and USA
AHL Player of the Week: Hershey’s Roman Cervenka 3gp 1g 7a 8pts
The Great One Wayne Gretzky was named as the new Boston Bruins GM
December 26th
We look to get back into action after the Christmas break as we take on the IceCaps on the road. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (17-12-2) @ St. John’s IceCaps (16-8-4)
Mancari (25) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Desharnais (5) (Mancari, Duco) PP
Final: 4-2 L
Brodeur 22 of 26 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 38 – STJ 26
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 10 – STJ 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 9 – STJ 27
Hits: HAM 19 – STJ 31
Faceoff %: HAM 62.2 % - STJ 37.8 %
In U-20 Action in Group B Canada won by a score of 5-0 over USA, Trevor Cann served as Backup and DNP. Keaton Ellerby hahd 15:46 of ice time +1 and 2 PIM and 0 pts, while Zach Hamill was a healthy scratch.
In U-20 WJC Group A action We had our first upset of the WJC on day 1 as Germany beat Sweden by a score of 5-3. Oscar Moller had 17:15 of ice time and -1 with 1 shot on goal in the loss.
In Group A there was a huge upset as Norway U-20, haha Norway beat Finland by a score of 4-2 as Russia beat the Czech 4-2.
December 27th
Francois Thuot will get the start in goal at home against Rochester Americans
Rochester Americans (7-26-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (17-13-2)
Duco (12) (Desharnais, Drewiske)
Drewiske (5) (Landolt)
Blanchard (7) (Desharnais) PP
Henrich (5) (Minard, Bilotto)
Mancari (26) (Desharnais, MacIntyre) PP – 60:58 OT Winner
Final: 5-4 OTW
Thuot 18 of 22 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 3 assists; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: ROC 22 – HAM 44
Powerplay: ROC 1 for 3 – HAM 3 for 9
PIM: ROC 20 – HAM 8
Hits: ROC 28 – HAM 26
Faceoff %: ROC 51.9 % - HAM 48.1 %
In Group A action Czech Rep beat Finland by a score of 4-3 and Norway and Slovakia tied 3-3
December 28th
In Group B Action Germany beat Lativa 2-1 and Canada beat Sweden 3-1.
For Canada – Keaton Ellerby 12:57 of ice time 0 pts Even 0 PIM and 0 shots, Zach Hamill 18:33 of ice time 1g for 1 pt -1 3 shots and 2 penalty minutes
For Sweden – Oscar Moller had 10:23 of ice time and a -2
December 29th
Francois Thuot will get another start tonight as we play host to our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies.
Toronto Marlies (12-16-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (18-13-2)
Drewiske (6) (Korchinski)
Duco (13) (Desharnais, Drewiske)
Beaulieu (4) (Talbot, Minard)
Mancari (27) (Desharnais, Blanchard) PP
Landolt (7) (Minard, Henrich)
Minard (14) (Mormina, Landolt) PP
Final: 6-2 W
Thuot 21 of 23 saves; Chris Minard 1st star 1g 2a; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 23 – HAM 42
Powerplay: TOR 1 for 8 – HAM 2 for 9
PIM: TOR 20 – HAM 18
Hits: TOR 37 – HAM 35
Faceoff %: TOR 45.3 % - HAM 54.7 %
In Group A Russia beat Finland by a score of 3-1 as Finland now has to play in the playouts. Slovakia beats Czech Rep by a score of 5-3.
December 30th
Francois Thuot gets his third straight start tonight on the road against Grand Rapids
Hamilton Bulldogs (19-13-2) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (19-9-6)
Final: 3-0 L
Thuot 31 of 34 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 34
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 8 – GRD 1 for 6
PIM: HAM 14 – GRD 16
Hits: HAM 34 – GRD 26
Faceoff %: HAM 61.0 % - GRD 39.0 %
USA beat Sweden by a score of 2-1; Oscar Moller for Sweden had 16:12 of ice time -1 and 1 Shot with 2 penalty minutes. Bob Sanguinetti for Team USA will miss the rest of the OHL Season and World Junior tournament as he will be out of action for 4 months with a fractured shin in the game today.
Canada beat Lativa by a score of 4-1. Keaton Ellerby had 15:04 of ice time and 2 penalty minutes while Zach Hamill had 1 assist and a +1 with 2 penalty minutes. Colton Gillies got a five minute charging penalty and a game misconduct and will miss their last round robin game against Germany on New years Day.
AHL Player of the Week: Utica’s Pascal Pelletier 3gp 4g 2a 6pts
December 31st
Mike Brodeur will start in goal tonight as we finish the year and month of December in a road game against Iowa Wild.
Hamilton Bulldogs (19-14-2) @ Iowa Wild (11-20-1)
Landolt (8) (Mormina, Henrich)
Mancari (28) (Duco)
Desharnais (6) (Blanchard) PP
Mancari (29) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Duco (14) (Blanchard, Desharnais) PP
Final: 5-3 W
Brodeur 30 of 33 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 1g 2a; Mike Duco 2nd star 1g 2a; Sean Blanchard 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 25 – IW 33
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 10
PIM: HAM 23 – IW 20
Hits: HAM 46 – IW 22
Faceoff %: HAM 53.1 % - IW 46.9 %
In WJC Group A Action Norway beat Czech Rep by a score of 5-4 and Slovakia lost to Russia by a score of 3-0. Norway is the story of this years World Juniors as they beat Czech Rep and Finland to stay on the tournament for next year as Finland and Czech Rep are in the playouts from Group A.
Monthy Stats
Month of December: 15gp 8-7-0 48 GF 46 GA 16 PTS
Overall Record: 36gp 20-14-2 .583 133 GF 115 GA 17.5 PP % 89.3 PK % 42 PTS – 3rd North Divsion
G – Mike Brodeur – 23gp 11-8-2 3.10 GAA .883 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.52 AvR
G – Joel Gistedt – 7gp 4-2-0 2.73 GAA .884 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 7.57 AvR
G – Francois Thuot – 11gp 5-4-0 3.41 GAA .868 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 7.18 AvR
Defenseman:
Sean Blanchard – 36gp 7g 12a 19pts -15 26 PIM 99 SOG 7.00 AvR
Kyle Deck – DNP
Jamie Dowhayko – 1gp 0g 0a 0pts +1 2 PIM 0 SOG 6.00 AvR
Davis Drewiske – 36gp 6g 12a 18pts +4 26 PIM 36 SOG 7.89 AvR
Eric Lavigne – DNP
Joey Mormina – 23gp 2g 8a 10pts +1 47 PIM 27 SOG 7.43 AvR
Elgin Reid – 34gp 1g 5a 6pts -3 37 PIM 27 SOG 6.47 AvR
Nicholas Bilotto – 36gp 7g 15a 22pts -11 24 PIm 74 SOG 7.92 AvR
Steve MacIntyre – 33gp 2g 4a 6pts +8 197 PIM 20 SOG 7.03 AvR
Zack McCullogh – DNP
Benn Olson – 12gp 0g 1a 1pt Even 30 PIM 9 SOG 6.64 AvR
Kalvin Sagert – DNP
Forwards:
Josh Beaulieu – 34gp 4g 4a 8pts -3 54 PIM 40 SOG 6.53 AvR
Jimmy Bonneau – DNP
John Dahl – DNP
Travis Fuller – 14gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 11 SOG 6.36 AvR
Adam Henrich – 36gp 5g 16a 21pts -3 55 PIM 71 SOG 7.39 AvR
Greg Stewart: DNP
Mark Tobin: DNP
David Desharnais – 36gp 6g 44a 50pts -2 18 PIM 82 SOG 8.03 AvR
Mike Duco – 36gp 14g 19a 33pts +2 22 PIM 103 SOG 7.19 AvR
Chris Korchinski – 36gp 6g 6a 12pts -4 26 PIM 45 SOG 6.97 AvR
Shaun Lundolt – 36gp 8g 15a 23pts +3 42 PIM 67 SOG 7.56 AvR
Cam Lilley – 13gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 10 PIm 6 SOG 6.46 AvR
Chris Minard – 3gp 14g 6a 20pts -4 10 PIM 72 SOG 6.36 AvR
Julian Talbot – 23gp 1g 4a 5pts -5 20 PIM 30 SOG 6.26 AvR
Brent Aubin – 2gp 0g 0a 0pts Even 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.00 AvR
Mark Mancari – 36gp 29g 14a 43pts +2 39 PIM 190 SOG 8.56 AvR
Mark Olafson – DNP
Scott Schuster – DNP
James Wyman – 36gp 6g 7a 13pts -5 20 PIM 55 SOG 6.67 AvR
Loan Update:
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – 14gp 3g 12a 15pts +3 14 PIM 38 SOG 8.21 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
C – Mathieu Aubin – 30gp 4g 3a 7pts -2 20 PIM 51 SOG 6.07 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
C – Stefan Chaput – 30gp 7g 11a 18pts +11 28 PIM 40 SOG 6.57 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
RW – Ryan Berard – 30gp 7g 4a 11pts Even 20 PIM 36 SOG 6.30 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
RW/C – Robbie Drummond – 27gp 13g 16a 29pts +15 18 PIM 92 SOG 6.74 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
RW – Tom Mannino – 14gp 1g 8a 9pts -1 12 PIM 32 SOG 7.14 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
RW/C – Sean O’Connor – 13gp 5g 5a 10pts -3 28 PIM 34 SOG 6.31 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
LW – Darryl Boyce – 14gp 4g 5a 9pts -1 24 PIM 24 SOG 6.29 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
G – John Murray: 29gp 14-12-3 3.06 GAA .869 Sv % 3 SO 7.17 AvR – Phoenix (ECHL)
RW/C – Jordan Foreman: 23gp 6g 9a 15pts +5 22 PIM 6.61 AvR – Phoenix (ECHL)
RW – Ryan Reaves: 24gp 11g 13a 24pts +8 20 PIM 7.29 AvR – Phoenix (ECHL)
Prospect Update:
G – Trevor Cann – 27gp 13-8-3 2.63 GAA .901 Sv % 0 SO 7.78 AvR – Peterborough (OHL)
D – Keaton Ellerby – 34gp 5g 5a 10pts -1 48 PIM 40 SOG 6.50 AvR – Kamlooops (WHL)
D – Nikolai Lukyanchikov – 24gp 1g 6a 7pts Even 69 PIM 27 SOG 7.13 AvR – Kapitan (Rus-2)
D – Wes O’Neill – 27gp 2g 3a 5pts -10 16 PIM 39 SOG 6.70 AvR – HC MVD (RSL)
D – Justin Palazzo – 39gp 6g 9a 15pts +4 77PIM 48 SOG 6.90 AvR – Red Deer (WHL)
D – Simon Danis-Pepin – 27gp 3g 17a 20pts +8 14 PIM 62 SOG 6.93 AvR – Maine (Hockey East)
D – Alex Grant – 38gp 7g 17a 24pts -7 50 PIM 75 SOG 7.39 AvR – Saint John (QMJHL)
D – Philippe Paquet – 26gp 5g 4a 9pts -8 26 PIM 57 SOG 7.00 AvR – Clarkson (ECAC)
C – Zach Hamill – 32gp 15g 27a 42pts +17 34 PIM 115 8.66 AvR – Everett Silvertips (WHL)
C – Justin McCrae – 37gp 5g 15a 20pts -7 58 PIM 74 SOG 6.65 AvR – Saskatoon (WHL)
C – Matt Piva – 35gp 7g 12a 19pts +2 44 PIM 57 SOG 7.03 AvR – Oshawa (OHL)
RW/C – Oscar Moller – 27gp 15g 18a 33pts +3 22 PIM 71 SOG 7.00 AvR – Rogle (Swe-2)
AHL Player of the Month: Adirondack’s Ian MacNeil 3gp 2g 2a 4pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov 16gp 10g 13a 23pts
We open the month of December with a home game against our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Toronto Marlies (8-8-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (12-7-2)
Final: 3-0 L
Brodeur 33 of 36 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 36 – HAM 20
Powerplay: TOR 2 for 15 – HAM 0 for 4
PIM: TOR 8 – HAM 39
Hits: TOR 18 – HAM 46
Faceoff %: TOR 27.8 % - HAM 72.2 %
December 2nd
Steve MacIntyre will miss our next two games as he was suspended for two games as he got a 5 minute for cross checking and a game misconduct in the 3-0 loss to the Marlies yesterday. Benn Olson will make his debut in the 2 games for us while MacIntyre sits out.
December 4th
Joel Gistedt was recalled by Montreal. Peter Budaj was placed on the 7 day IR yesterday as he has to stay on there for 7 days. Gistedt will play back up to Carey Price.
They play Washington on the 5th, Tampa on the 7th and Ottawa on the 9th and Calgary on the 10th so he will be up there for 3 out of the 4 games atleast.
We have also reassigned Darryl Boyce to Wheeling.
December 5th
We have also loaned out Patrick Bordeleau and Tom Mannino to Wheeling as well so that they can get some playing time. Also we are scheduled to play 3 games in 4 days beginning tomorrow against the Marlies and then a game on the 7th, with a day off on the 8th and then another game on the 9th.
Josh Beaulieu returns to the line up tomorrow against the Marlies, as does Julian Talbot. Brent Aubin and Cam Lilley become healthy scratchs. Travis Fuller will also be making his Bulldogs debut tomorrow.
AHL Player of the Week: Providence Lee Falardeau 2gp 1g 2a 3pts
December 6th
Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal on the road against our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies.
Hamilton Bulldogs (12-8-2) @ Toronto Marlies (9-10-5)
Korchinski (5) (Fuller, Mormina)
Henrich (3) (Desharnais, Reid)
Wyman (5) (Prust, Desharnais)
Hamilton:
Mancari: Miss
Blanchard: Goal
Talbot: Goal
Korchinski: Miss
2 for 4
Toronto:
Mapletoft: Miss
Bell: Miss
McIver: Goal
Brent: Miss
LaCouture: Miss
1 for 5
Final: 4-3 SOW
Brodeur 21 of 24 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 2a; Adam Henrich 1g 2nd star; Joey Mormina 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 35 – TOR 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 5 – TOR 2 for 10
PIM: HAM 27 – TOR 15
Hits: HAM 43 – TOR 15
Faceoff %: HAM 57.4 % - TOR 42.6 %
December 7th
Mike Brodeur gets another start in goal as we play host to Norfolk Admirals
Norfolk Admirals (11-9-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (13-8-2)
Landolt (6) (Olson, Bilotto)
Mancari (19) (Desharnais, Blanchard)
Henrich (4) (Drewiske, Landolt)
Duco (7) (Desharnais, Mancari) PP
Mancari (20) SH
Final: 5-1 W
Brodeur 19 of 20 saves; Mark Mancari 1st star 2g 1a; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1g 1a; Benn Olson 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: NOR 20 – HAM 35
Powerplay: NOR 0 for 7 – HAM 1 for 7
PIM: NOR 14 – HAM 24
Hits: NOR 23 – HAM 34
Faceoff %: NOR 34.8 % - HAM 65.2 %
December 9th
Mike Brodeur will get another start in goal as we head onto the road against St. John’s IceCaps who we are batting for that 2nd spot in the division.
Hamilton Bulldogs (14-8-2) @ St. John’s IceCaps (14-8-2)
Korchinski (6) (Beaulieu, Bilotto)
Duco (8) (Mancari, Desharnais)
Wyman (6) (Bilotto)
Duco (9) (Bilotto)
Final: 6-4 L
Brodeur 11 of 15 saves; Thuot 5 of 6 saves; Nicolas Bilotto 3rd star 3a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 36 – STJ 20
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 6 – STJ 0 for 8
PIM: HAM 16 – STJ 12
Hits: HAM 34 – STJ 22
Faceoff %: HAM 62.8 % - STJ 37.2 %
Elgin Reid will be a healthy scratch as Steve MacIntyre returns to the lin up after his suspension.
AHL Player of the Week: Utica’s Pacal Pelletier 4gp 3g 7a 10pts
December 10th
After last night’s 6-4 loss to IceCaps Francois Thuot will get the start tonight against Syracuse Crunch on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs (14-9-2) @ Syracuse Crunch (7-16-1)
Mancari (21) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Bilotto (5) (Desharnis) PP
Minard (11) (Drewiske, Landolt) PP
Duco (10) (Mancari, Desharnais) PP
Blanchard (4) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Minard (12) (Mormina, Desharnais)
Blanchard (5) (Desharnais) EN
Final: 7-5 W
Thuot 14 of 19 saves; Brodeur 8 of 8 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 6 assists; Sean Blanchard 2g; Mark Mancari 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – SYR 20
Powerplay: HAM 5 for 11 – SYR 0 for 4
PIM: HAM 13 – SYR 29
Hits: HAM 26 – SYR 14
Faceoff %: HAM 50.0 % - SYR 50.0 %
December 13th
Montreal has reassigned goalie Joel Gistedt as he didn’t start in any games for Montreal. Also they have recalled Brandon Prust up to Montreal. In 26 games with our club this year he had 6g 5a 11pts +6 88 PIM 30 SOG 7.23 AvR
They have injuries to Rene Bourque out for a week with a twisted ankle he won’t be able to be activated off IR till December 19th. Jason Chimera is out of action for 3 months with a fractured shin.
We move Steve MacIntyre from defense to forward and dress Elgin Reid for our next game
December 15th
Mike Brodeur is back in net as we take on St. John’s IceCaps on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs (15-9-2) @ St. John’s IceCaps (15-8-2)
Blanchard (6) (Desharnais, Mancari) PP
Final: 4-1 L
Brodeur 23 of 27 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 45 – STJ 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 12 – STJ 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 34 – STJ 34
Hits: HAM 36 – STJ 25
Faceoff %: HAM 63.6 % - STJ 36.4 %
December 16th
Joel Gistedt will get the start against Syracuse on the road
Hamilton Bulldogs (15-10-2) @ Syracuse Crunch (7-18-1)
Bilotto (6) (Desharnais) PP
Mancari (22) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Final: 2-0 W
Gistedt 1st star 25 of 25 saves; Nicolas Bilotto 2nd star 1g; Mark Mancari 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 28 – SYR 25
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 8 – SYR 0 for 7
PIM: HAM 18 – SYR 16
Hits: HAM 35 – SYR 17
Faceoff %: HAM 72.1 % - SYR 27.9 %
Adam Henrich will be out of action for about a week after he suffered a twisted ankle. We are off till the 20th until we play back to back games against Rochester. We are hoping Adam will be back and good to go in four days.
With how well our team has done this year as GM of the Bulldogs I have offered all of our staff from coaching staff to scouts to training staff and my assistant GM all new contracts.
Boston Bruins have fired their GM Peter Chiarelli. Bruins are currently 12-20-2 for 12th in the East and 24th overall.
AHL Player of the Week: Utica’s Jesse Schultz 2gp 5g 1a 6pts
December 18th
Peter DeBoer who serves as the GM and Head Coach of Kitchener Rangers in OHL was named as the new Canada U-20 Gm and Chris Lamoriello who is the son of Lou is the GM & HC of the San Francisco Bulls of the ECHL was named the USA U-20 GM.
December 19th
Switzerland 5-0-0 and Denmark 5-0-0 will be joining the World Juniors next year as they finished 1st in their divisions.
We are scheduled for three straight games starting tomorrow with two road games on the 20th and 21st against Rochester and a home game against the Penguins on the 21st.
December 20th
Joel Gistedt will get the start tonight on the road against Rochester Americans. Adam Henrich will play in tonight’s game.
Hamilton Bulldogs (16-10-2) @ Rochester Americans (6-25-2)
Minard (13) (Henrich, Bilotto)
Mancari (23) (Desharnais, Bilotto) PP
Reid (1) (Landolt) (Landolt) EN
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 18 of 19 saves; Nicolas Bilotto 1st star 2a; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – ROC 19
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 11 – ROC 1 for 10
PIM: HAM 21 – ROC 22
Hits: HAM 50 – ROC 27
Faceoff %: HAM 86.7 % - ROC 13.3 %
December 21st
Joel Gistedt will get another start tonight as we finish off our road trip tonight against Rochester Americans
Hamilton Bulldogs (17-10-2) @ Rochester Americans (6-26-2)
Desharnais (4) (Mormina, Duco)
Mancari (24) (MacIntyre) SH
Final: 4-2 L
Gistedt 21 of 25 saves; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 30 – ROC 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 9 – ROC 1 for 6
PIM: HAM 10 – ROC 18
Hits: HAM 29 – ROC 23
Faceoff %: HAM 60.0 % - ROC 40.0 %
Stan Butler has left the OHL North Bay and has taken the GM job for Kolner Haie DEL job.
December 22nd
Today is our last game before the Christmas break as we play host to the Penguins. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (10-16-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (17-11-2)
Bilotto (7) (Desharnais) PP
Duco (11) (Desharnais) PP
Final: 3-2 L
Brodeur 25 of 28 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: WBS 28 – HAM 21
Powerplay: WBS 1 for 11 – HAM 2 for 4
PIM: WBS 12 – HAM 46
Hits: WBS 8 – HAM 40
Faceoff %: WBS 39.5 % - HAM 60.5 %
December 23rd
After we have two days off for Christmas we come back to finish the year of 2007 and the month of December with five games in six days with a road game against St. John’s on the 26th, a home game on the 27th against Rochester, home game on the 29th against the Marlies, road game on the 30th against Grand Rapids and road game on New Years Eve against Iowa Wild.
As far as WJC News:
Oscar Moller made Team Sweden roster and Trevor Cann (goalie), Keaton Ellerby (defense), Zach Hamill (forward) all 3 made Team Canada
Group A is made up of while Czech Rep, Finland, Norway, Russia and Slovakia, while Group B is made up of Canada, Germany, Latvia, Sweden and USA
AHL Player of the Week: Hershey’s Roman Cervenka 3gp 1g 7a 8pts
The Great One Wayne Gretzky was named as the new Boston Bruins GM
December 26th
We look to get back into action after the Christmas break as we take on the IceCaps on the road. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (17-12-2) @ St. John’s IceCaps (16-8-4)
Mancari (25) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Desharnais (5) (Mancari, Duco) PP
Final: 4-2 L
Brodeur 22 of 26 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 38 – STJ 26
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 10 – STJ 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 9 – STJ 27
Hits: HAM 19 – STJ 31
Faceoff %: HAM 62.2 % - STJ 37.8 %
In U-20 Action in Group B Canada won by a score of 5-0 over USA, Trevor Cann served as Backup and DNP. Keaton Ellerby hahd 15:46 of ice time +1 and 2 PIM and 0 pts, while Zach Hamill was a healthy scratch.
In U-20 WJC Group A action We had our first upset of the WJC on day 1 as Germany beat Sweden by a score of 5-3. Oscar Moller had 17:15 of ice time and -1 with 1 shot on goal in the loss.
In Group A there was a huge upset as Norway U-20, haha Norway beat Finland by a score of 4-2 as Russia beat the Czech 4-2.
December 27th
Francois Thuot will get the start in goal at home against Rochester Americans
Rochester Americans (7-26-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (17-13-2)
Duco (12) (Desharnais, Drewiske)
Drewiske (5) (Landolt)
Blanchard (7) (Desharnais) PP
Henrich (5) (Minard, Bilotto)
Mancari (26) (Desharnais, MacIntyre) PP – 60:58 OT Winner
Final: 5-4 OTW
Thuot 18 of 22 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 3 assists; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: ROC 22 – HAM 44
Powerplay: ROC 1 for 3 – HAM 3 for 9
PIM: ROC 20 – HAM 8
Hits: ROC 28 – HAM 26
Faceoff %: ROC 51.9 % - HAM 48.1 %
In Group A action Czech Rep beat Finland by a score of 4-3 and Norway and Slovakia tied 3-3
December 28th
In Group B Action Germany beat Lativa 2-1 and Canada beat Sweden 3-1.
For Canada – Keaton Ellerby 12:57 of ice time 0 pts Even 0 PIM and 0 shots, Zach Hamill 18:33 of ice time 1g for 1 pt -1 3 shots and 2 penalty minutes
For Sweden – Oscar Moller had 10:23 of ice time and a -2
December 29th
Francois Thuot will get another start tonight as we play host to our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies.
Toronto Marlies (12-16-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (18-13-2)
Drewiske (6) (Korchinski)
Duco (13) (Desharnais, Drewiske)
Beaulieu (4) (Talbot, Minard)
Mancari (27) (Desharnais, Blanchard) PP
Landolt (7) (Minard, Henrich)
Minard (14) (Mormina, Landolt) PP
Final: 6-2 W
Thuot 21 of 23 saves; Chris Minard 1st star 1g 2a; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 23 – HAM 42
Powerplay: TOR 1 for 8 – HAM 2 for 9
PIM: TOR 20 – HAM 18
Hits: TOR 37 – HAM 35
Faceoff %: TOR 45.3 % - HAM 54.7 %
In Group A Russia beat Finland by a score of 3-1 as Finland now has to play in the playouts. Slovakia beats Czech Rep by a score of 5-3.
December 30th
Francois Thuot gets his third straight start tonight on the road against Grand Rapids
Hamilton Bulldogs (19-13-2) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (19-9-6)
Final: 3-0 L
Thuot 31 of 34 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 34
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 8 – GRD 1 for 6
PIM: HAM 14 – GRD 16
Hits: HAM 34 – GRD 26
Faceoff %: HAM 61.0 % - GRD 39.0 %
USA beat Sweden by a score of 2-1; Oscar Moller for Sweden had 16:12 of ice time -1 and 1 Shot with 2 penalty minutes. Bob Sanguinetti for Team USA will miss the rest of the OHL Season and World Junior tournament as he will be out of action for 4 months with a fractured shin in the game today.
Canada beat Lativa by a score of 4-1. Keaton Ellerby had 15:04 of ice time and 2 penalty minutes while Zach Hamill had 1 assist and a +1 with 2 penalty minutes. Colton Gillies got a five minute charging penalty and a game misconduct and will miss their last round robin game against Germany on New years Day.
AHL Player of the Week: Utica’s Pascal Pelletier 3gp 4g 2a 6pts
December 31st
Mike Brodeur will start in goal tonight as we finish the year and month of December in a road game against Iowa Wild.
Hamilton Bulldogs (19-14-2) @ Iowa Wild (11-20-1)
Landolt (8) (Mormina, Henrich)
Mancari (28) (Duco)
Desharnais (6) (Blanchard) PP
Mancari (29) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Duco (14) (Blanchard, Desharnais) PP
Final: 5-3 W
Brodeur 30 of 33 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 1g 2a; Mike Duco 2nd star 1g 2a; Sean Blanchard 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 25 – IW 33
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 10
PIM: HAM 23 – IW 20
Hits: HAM 46 – IW 22
Faceoff %: HAM 53.1 % - IW 46.9 %
In WJC Group A Action Norway beat Czech Rep by a score of 5-4 and Slovakia lost to Russia by a score of 3-0. Norway is the story of this years World Juniors as they beat Czech Rep and Finland to stay on the tournament for next year as Finland and Czech Rep are in the playouts from Group A.
Monthy Stats
Month of December: 15gp 8-7-0 48 GF 46 GA 16 PTS
Overall Record: 36gp 20-14-2 .583 133 GF 115 GA 17.5 PP % 89.3 PK % 42 PTS – 3rd North Divsion
G – Mike Brodeur – 23gp 11-8-2 3.10 GAA .883 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.52 AvR
G – Joel Gistedt – 7gp 4-2-0 2.73 GAA .884 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 7.57 AvR
G – Francois Thuot – 11gp 5-4-0 3.41 GAA .868 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 7.18 AvR
Defenseman:
Sean Blanchard – 36gp 7g 12a 19pts -15 26 PIM 99 SOG 7.00 AvR
Kyle Deck – DNP
Jamie Dowhayko – 1gp 0g 0a 0pts +1 2 PIM 0 SOG 6.00 AvR
Davis Drewiske – 36gp 6g 12a 18pts +4 26 PIM 36 SOG 7.89 AvR
Eric Lavigne – DNP
Joey Mormina – 23gp 2g 8a 10pts +1 47 PIM 27 SOG 7.43 AvR
Elgin Reid – 34gp 1g 5a 6pts -3 37 PIM 27 SOG 6.47 AvR
Nicholas Bilotto – 36gp 7g 15a 22pts -11 24 PIm 74 SOG 7.92 AvR
Steve MacIntyre – 33gp 2g 4a 6pts +8 197 PIM 20 SOG 7.03 AvR
Zack McCullogh – DNP
Benn Olson – 12gp 0g 1a 1pt Even 30 PIM 9 SOG 6.64 AvR
Kalvin Sagert – DNP
Forwards:
Josh Beaulieu – 34gp 4g 4a 8pts -3 54 PIM 40 SOG 6.53 AvR
Jimmy Bonneau – DNP
John Dahl – DNP
Travis Fuller – 14gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 11 SOG 6.36 AvR
Adam Henrich – 36gp 5g 16a 21pts -3 55 PIM 71 SOG 7.39 AvR
Greg Stewart: DNP
Mark Tobin: DNP
David Desharnais – 36gp 6g 44a 50pts -2 18 PIM 82 SOG 8.03 AvR
Mike Duco – 36gp 14g 19a 33pts +2 22 PIM 103 SOG 7.19 AvR
Chris Korchinski – 36gp 6g 6a 12pts -4 26 PIM 45 SOG 6.97 AvR
Shaun Lundolt – 36gp 8g 15a 23pts +3 42 PIM 67 SOG 7.56 AvR
Cam Lilley – 13gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 10 PIm 6 SOG 6.46 AvR
Chris Minard – 3gp 14g 6a 20pts -4 10 PIM 72 SOG 6.36 AvR
Julian Talbot – 23gp 1g 4a 5pts -5 20 PIM 30 SOG 6.26 AvR
Brent Aubin – 2gp 0g 0a 0pts Even 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.00 AvR
Mark Mancari – 36gp 29g 14a 43pts +2 39 PIM 190 SOG 8.56 AvR
Mark Olafson – DNP
Scott Schuster – DNP
James Wyman – 36gp 6g 7a 13pts -5 20 PIM 55 SOG 6.67 AvR
Loan Update:
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – 14gp 3g 12a 15pts +3 14 PIM 38 SOG 8.21 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
C – Mathieu Aubin – 30gp 4g 3a 7pts -2 20 PIM 51 SOG 6.07 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
C – Stefan Chaput – 30gp 7g 11a 18pts +11 28 PIM 40 SOG 6.57 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
RW – Ryan Berard – 30gp 7g 4a 11pts Even 20 PIM 36 SOG 6.30 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
RW/C – Robbie Drummond – 27gp 13g 16a 29pts +15 18 PIM 92 SOG 6.74 AvR – Columbia (UHL)
RW – Tom Mannino – 14gp 1g 8a 9pts -1 12 PIM 32 SOG 7.14 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
RW/C – Sean O’Connor – 13gp 5g 5a 10pts -3 28 PIM 34 SOG 6.31 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
LW – Darryl Boyce – 14gp 4g 5a 9pts -1 24 PIM 24 SOG 6.29 AvR – Wheeling (ECHL)
G – John Murray: 29gp 14-12-3 3.06 GAA .869 Sv % 3 SO 7.17 AvR – Phoenix (ECHL)
RW/C – Jordan Foreman: 23gp 6g 9a 15pts +5 22 PIM 6.61 AvR – Phoenix (ECHL)
RW – Ryan Reaves: 24gp 11g 13a 24pts +8 20 PIM 7.29 AvR – Phoenix (ECHL)
Prospect Update:
G – Trevor Cann – 27gp 13-8-3 2.63 GAA .901 Sv % 0 SO 7.78 AvR – Peterborough (OHL)
D – Keaton Ellerby – 34gp 5g 5a 10pts -1 48 PIM 40 SOG 6.50 AvR – Kamlooops (WHL)
D – Nikolai Lukyanchikov – 24gp 1g 6a 7pts Even 69 PIM 27 SOG 7.13 AvR – Kapitan (Rus-2)
D – Wes O’Neill – 27gp 2g 3a 5pts -10 16 PIM 39 SOG 6.70 AvR – HC MVD (RSL)
D – Justin Palazzo – 39gp 6g 9a 15pts +4 77PIM 48 SOG 6.90 AvR – Red Deer (WHL)
D – Simon Danis-Pepin – 27gp 3g 17a 20pts +8 14 PIM 62 SOG 6.93 AvR – Maine (Hockey East)
D – Alex Grant – 38gp 7g 17a 24pts -7 50 PIM 75 SOG 7.39 AvR – Saint John (QMJHL)
D – Philippe Paquet – 26gp 5g 4a 9pts -8 26 PIM 57 SOG 7.00 AvR – Clarkson (ECAC)
C – Zach Hamill – 32gp 15g 27a 42pts +17 34 PIM 115 8.66 AvR – Everett Silvertips (WHL)
C – Justin McCrae – 37gp 5g 15a 20pts -7 58 PIM 74 SOG 6.65 AvR – Saskatoon (WHL)
C – Matt Piva – 35gp 7g 12a 19pts +2 44 PIM 57 SOG 7.03 AvR – Oshawa (OHL)
RW/C – Oscar Moller – 27gp 15g 18a 33pts +3 22 PIM 71 SOG 7.00 AvR – Rogle (Swe-2)
AHL Player of the Month: Adirondack’s Ian MacNeil 3gp 2g 2a 4pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov 16gp 10g 13a 23pts
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January 1st
In WJC Action Canada beat Germany 3-0; Keaton Ellerby 9:38 of ice time and 2 penalty minutes; and Zach Hamill 8:16 of icetime 1g for 1pt +1 and 1 shot.
USA beat Lativa by a score of 7-3.
Sweden and Lativa’s last game doesn’t mean anything as they join Czech Rep and Finland in the playouts. Canada finished 1st place with a 4-0-0 record as tomorrow it’s Germany vs USA to determine 2nd & 3rd place.
Carl McKinlay has left the Victoria Royals of the WHL to join the North Bay Battalion GM. Now the Royals are searching for a gm.
The ISS released their Mid-Season Rankings for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, the top-ranked player was Guelph defenseman Drew Doughty (35gp 7g 18a 25pts +11 36 PIM 63 SOG 7.86 AvR), followed by Sarnia’s Steve Stamkos (37gp 15g 29a 44pts +17 34 PIM 95 SOG 7.46 AvR) and Lethbridge’s Zach Boychuk (36gp 13g 30a 43pts +21 28 PIM 96 SOG 7.50 AvR – Currently out for 2 weeks with a hip flexor strain)
January 2nd
In the last set of round robin games Norway beat Russia by a score of 4-2 and Slovakia beat Finland by a score of 3-2. Norway finishes in Group A 1st place 3-0-1, followed up by Russia for 2nd place 3-1-0, and third is Slovakia 2-1-1..
Czech Rep finished 1-3-0 and Finland 0-4-0 as they are set for the playouts.
In Group B Canada finishes 1st place 4-0-0, The Americans finished 3-1-0 for 2nd place and Germany finishes 3rd with a record of 2-2. Sweden finishes 4th with a 1-3-0 record and and Lativa with 0-4-0
So the Playouts are Sweden, Finland, Czech Rep and Lativa. The Preliminary quarter finals is Germany against Russia and USA vs Slovakia.
We open the new year with three games in three days with two straight games against Texas on the 3rd and 5th and then a home game against St. John’s on the 6th.
Mike Duco will be out of action for about ten days with a neck strain
January 3rd
Greg Stewart will make his Bulldogs debut tonight as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal against Texas Stars.
Texas Stars (18-15-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (20-14-2)
Mancari (30) (Desharnais, Korchinski) PP
Bilotto (8) (Mormina, Henrich) PP
Desharnais (7) (Korchinski, Bilotto) PP
Mancari (31) (Drewiske, Desharnais)
Minard (15)
Final: 5-3 W
Brodeur 16 of 19 saves; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 1g 1a; David Deshaenais 2nd star 1g 2a; Mark Mancari 2nd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: TEX 19 – HAM 44
Powerplay: TEX 0 for 5 – HAM 44
PIM: TEX 28 – HAM 12
Hits: TEX 24 – HAM 40
Faceoff %: TEX 26.5 % - HAM 73.5 %
January 5th
We are at home against to take on the Texas Stars. Mike Brodeur gets another start in goal.
Texas Stars (18-16-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (21-14-2)
Desharnais (8) (Minard)
Bilotto (9) (Desharnais) PP
Mancari (32) (Desharnais, MacIntyre)
Henrich (6) (Landolt) PP
MacIntyre (3) (Fuller, Blanchard) EN
Final: 5-3 W
Brodeur 28 of 31 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 1g 2a; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Lundolt 3rd Star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: TEX 31 – HAM 28
Powerplay: TEX 2 for 9 – HAM 2 for 10
PIM: TEX 21 – HAM 45
Hits: TEX 18 – HAM 33
Faceoff %: TEX 55.0% - HAM 45.05 %
USA beat Slovakia by a score of 2-0 and Russia beat Germany by a score of 6-0. Lativa is 0-3 and is 1 of the 2 teams relegated. The loser of the Finland vs Sweden game tomorrow will join Lativa down in Division 1 next yr while the winner will join Czech Rep in next years WJC tournament.
January 6th
Montreal has assigned us defenseman Raphael Diaz and Brian Strait
Mike Duco returns to the line up as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal at home against the IceCaps.
St. John’s IceCaps (20-11-4) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (22-14-2)
Landolt (9)
Landolt (10) (Minard, Reid)
Desharnais (9) (Mormina, MacIntyre)
MacIntyre (4) (Korchinski, Fuller)
Korchinski (7) (Duco, Drewiske)
Mancari (33) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Final: 6-1 W
Brodeur 26 of 27 saves 3rd star; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 1st star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 27 – HAM 29
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 7 – HAM 1 for 8
PIM: STJ 48 – HAM 26
Hits: STJ 20 – HAM 31
Faceoff %: STJ 30.4 % - HAM 69.6 %
Finland and Sweden skate to a 3-3 tie. Finland had a better GF/GA then Sweden did so Finland stays up as Lativa and Sweden goes down. In the Semi finals its Russia vs Norway and Canada vs USA
Montreal has released John Dahl from contract.
January 7th
The AHL-All-stars game between the AHL East vs AHL West will take place on Friday February 1st in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The rosters will be announced this month and the skill competition will take place the day before.
Another Big upset as Norway beats Russia by a score of 3-1 and USA beats Canada 5-2 as Canada plays Russia for Bronzes and Norway plays USA for Gold.
WHL Player of the Week: Saskatoon’s Justin McCrae 3gp 5g 3a 8pts
AHL Player of the Week: Hamilton’s David Desharnais 3gp 3g 5a 8pts
January 9th
Today is the Bronze Medal game as well as the Gold Medal game. USA beat Norway for Gold even Silver for Norway is a huge accomplishment, and Russia beat Canada 3-1 to win Bronze.
Sweden and Czech Rep U-20 GM’s have both been fired as I put my name into the Hat for both jobs as well as being the GM of the Hamilton Bulldogs.
January 11th
We are on the road as we take on Rochester Americans. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (23-14-2) @ Rochester Americans (10-27-4)
Desharnais (10) (Bilotto, Blanchard) PP
Desharnais (11) (Minard, Beaulieu)
Landolt (11) (Mormina, Minard)
Minard (16) (Henrich, Landolt) PP
Minard (17) (Beaulieu, Landolt)
Landolt (12) (Bilotto, Duco) PP
Landolt (13) (MacIntyre, Mormina)
Korchinski (8) (Drewiske, Fuller) EN
Final: 8-6 W
Brodeur 10 of 14 saves; Thuot 10 of 12 saves; Shaun Landolt 1st star 3g 2a; David Desharnais 2nd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – ROC 26
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 14 – ROC 1 for 5
PIM: HAM 39 – ROC 31
Hits: HAM 29 – ROC 32
Faceoff %: HAM 81.8 % - ROC 18.2 %
Vancouver Cauncks will be without Roberto Luongo as he suffered a UCL tear and will be out of action for 4 months.
January 12th
We are dressing the same line up as last night as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal as we are on the road to face Rochester Americans again.
Hamilton Bulldogs (24-14-2) @ Rochester Americans (10-28-4)
Duco (15) (Mancari, Blanchard)
Duco (16) (Desharnais, Blanchard) PP
MacIntyre (5) (Korchinski, Wyman)
Duco (17) (Drewiske) SH
MacIntyre (6) (Korchinski) EN
Final: 5-2 W
Brodeur 27 of 29 saves; Mike Duco 1st star 3g; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 2g; Sean Blanchard 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 22 – ROC 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 6 – ROC 1 for 14
PIM: HAM 30 – ROC 14
Hits: HAM 34 – ROC 15
Faceoff %: HAM 47.7 % - ROC 52.3 %
January 13th
We finish off 3 games in 3 days tonight with a road game against OKC Barons. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (25-14-2) @ Oklahoma City Barons (25-11-5)
Wyman (7) (Mancari, Talbot)
Korchinski (9) (Mormina)
Final: 3-2 OTL
Brodeur 31 of 34 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 18 – OKC 34
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 4 – OKC 2 for 10
PIM: HAM 22 – OKC 10
Hits: HAM 43.9 % - OKC 56.1 %
Faceoff %: HAM 43.9 % - OKC 56.1 %
January 16th
After have the past few days off we are back on the ice tonight on the road against Chicago Wolves. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (25-14-3) @ Chicago Wolves (25-12-4)
Minard (18) (Duco)
Mancari (34) (Blanchard, Desharnais) PP
Final: 3-2 L
Brodeur 23 of 26 saves; Mark Mancari 1g 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – CHI 26
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 11 – CHI 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 12 – CHI 24
Hits: HAM 36 – CHI 31
Faceoff %: HAM 48.9 % - CHI 51.1 %
Looking at Montreal’s roster they made a trade on January 6th sending Detroit’s 2nd in 08 and Calgary’s 5th in 08 to Winnipeg Jets for Chris Durno and PA Parenteau.
Mike Duco will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a groin strain in the game tonight.
January 19th
Benn Olson will be a healthy scratch as we dress Brian Strait. Mark Olafson will also be making his Bulldogs debut as Mike Duco is not ready to return to the line up. We have decided to give Mike Brodeur a rest and are going to start Joel Gistedt in goal tonight.
Grand Rapids Griffins (26-9-7) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (25-15-3)
Desharnais (12) (Henrich)
Minard (19) (Strait, Landolt) PP
Final: 3-2 L
Gistedt 21 of 24 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: GRD 24 – HAM 36
Powerplay: GRD 1 for 5 – HAM 1 for 10
PIM: GRD 29 – HAM 15
Hits: GRD 26 – HAM 26
Faceoff %: GRD 40.0 % - HAM 60.0 %
January 20th
Francois Thuot will get the start in the second straight game against the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (27-9-7) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (25-16-3)
Mancari (35) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Minard (20) (Landolt, Bilotto) PP
Final: 8-2 L
Thuot 14 of 29 saves; Brodeur 4 of 7 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: GRD 26 – HAM 31
Powerplay: GRD 2 for 12 – HAM 2 for 8
PIM: GRD 28 – HAM 63
Hits: GRD 26 – HAM 37
Faceoff %: GRD 66.7 % - HAM 33.3 %
January 21st
Adam Henrich will miss our next game as he was suspended for 1 game after being ejected in the game last night.
WHL Player of the Week: Zach Hamill 2gp 1g 3a 4pts
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Jeff Heerema 2gp 3g 2a 5pts
January 26th
Mike Duco will make his return to the line up after he returns from his injury. Mike Brodeur gets the call in goal as we play host to the Milwaukee Admirals.
Milwaukee Admirals (29-13-4) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (25-17-3)
Mancari (36) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Drewiske (7) (Strait, Talbot)
Bilotto (10) (Landolt)
Beaulieu (5) (Blanchard, Mancari) PP
Final: 4-1 W
Brodeur 23 of 24 saves; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 1g 1a; Mark Mancari 1g 1a; Brian Strait 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: MIL 24 – HAM 26
Powerplay: MIL 0 for 8 – HAM 2 for 6
PIM: MIL 19 – HAM 36
Hits: MIL 29 – HAM 37
Faceoff %: MIL 31.4 % - HAM 68.6 %
January 27th
We finish the month of January off with a home game against Rochester Americans. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal
Rochester Americans (11-32-4) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (26-17-3)
Mancari (37) (Desharnais)
Landolt (14) (Beaulieu, Reid)
Wyman (8) (Talbot, Olafson)
Landolt (15) (Korchinski, Bilotto) PP
Reid (2) (Korchinski)
Korchinski (10) (Beaulieu, Reid)
Final: 6-4 W
Brodeur 18 of 22 saves; Chris Korchinski 1g 2a; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g; Shaun Landolt 3rd 2g
Wheeling Nailers Glenn Patrick got fired as the Nailers begin to search for a new GM
AHL Player of the Week: Hartford’s Jarkko Immonen 2gp 2g 3a 5pts
January 29th
Monthy Stats
Month of January: 11gp 7-3-1 47 GF 37 GA 15 PTS
Overall Record: 47gp 27-17-3 .606 180 GF 152 GA 17.6 PP % 88.9 PK % 57 PTS – 2nd North Division
G: Mancari 37; Minard 20; Duco 17; Landolt 15
A: Desharnais 52; Duco 23; Bilotto 22; Landolt 21
PTS: Desharnais 64; Mancari 54; Duco 40; Landolt 36
+/-: MacIntyre +13; Drewiske, Mancari +7; Desharnais +4
PIM: MacIntyre 271; Beaulieu 93; Henrich 85; Mormina 63
SOG: Mancari 239; Blanchard 134; Duco 119; Desharnais 111
HT: Mancari 199
SB: Drewiske 73
TA: Mormina 8
GAA: Gistedt 2.76
SV%: Brodeur .883
Av R: Mancari 8.49 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur – 33gp 17-9-3 3.08 GAA .883 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.55 AvR
Joel Gistedt – 8gp 4-3-0 2.76 GAA .882 Sv % 1 SO 0 En 7.50 AvR
Francois Thuot – 13gp 6-5-0 3.70 GAA .857 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 6.92 AvR
David Desharnais will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered olecranon bursitis in practice today
January 31st
Apparently Mike Duco got 17 penalty minutes in the 4-1 win over Milwaukee and will miss 2 of our next games. The good news is David Desharnais will not miss any games. Adam Henrich is back in the line up as well.
WHL Player of the Month: Everett’s Zach Hamill 10gp 5g 12a 17pts
AHL Player of the Month: Hartford’s Jarkko Immonen 13gp 6g 11a 17pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Grand Rapids Justin Abdelkader 11gp 9g 9a 18pts
In WJC Action Canada beat Germany 3-0; Keaton Ellerby 9:38 of ice time and 2 penalty minutes; and Zach Hamill 8:16 of icetime 1g for 1pt +1 and 1 shot.
USA beat Lativa by a score of 7-3.
Sweden and Lativa’s last game doesn’t mean anything as they join Czech Rep and Finland in the playouts. Canada finished 1st place with a 4-0-0 record as tomorrow it’s Germany vs USA to determine 2nd & 3rd place.
Carl McKinlay has left the Victoria Royals of the WHL to join the North Bay Battalion GM. Now the Royals are searching for a gm.
The ISS released their Mid-Season Rankings for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, the top-ranked player was Guelph defenseman Drew Doughty (35gp 7g 18a 25pts +11 36 PIM 63 SOG 7.86 AvR), followed by Sarnia’s Steve Stamkos (37gp 15g 29a 44pts +17 34 PIM 95 SOG 7.46 AvR) and Lethbridge’s Zach Boychuk (36gp 13g 30a 43pts +21 28 PIM 96 SOG 7.50 AvR – Currently out for 2 weeks with a hip flexor strain)
January 2nd
In the last set of round robin games Norway beat Russia by a score of 4-2 and Slovakia beat Finland by a score of 3-2. Norway finishes in Group A 1st place 3-0-1, followed up by Russia for 2nd place 3-1-0, and third is Slovakia 2-1-1..
Czech Rep finished 1-3-0 and Finland 0-4-0 as they are set for the playouts.
In Group B Canada finishes 1st place 4-0-0, The Americans finished 3-1-0 for 2nd place and Germany finishes 3rd with a record of 2-2. Sweden finishes 4th with a 1-3-0 record and and Lativa with 0-4-0
So the Playouts are Sweden, Finland, Czech Rep and Lativa. The Preliminary quarter finals is Germany against Russia and USA vs Slovakia.
We open the new year with three games in three days with two straight games against Texas on the 3rd and 5th and then a home game against St. John’s on the 6th.
Mike Duco will be out of action for about ten days with a neck strain
January 3rd
Greg Stewart will make his Bulldogs debut tonight as Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal against Texas Stars.
Texas Stars (18-15-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (20-14-2)
Mancari (30) (Desharnais, Korchinski) PP
Bilotto (8) (Mormina, Henrich) PP
Desharnais (7) (Korchinski, Bilotto) PP
Mancari (31) (Drewiske, Desharnais)
Minard (15)
Final: 5-3 W
Brodeur 16 of 19 saves; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 1g 1a; David Deshaenais 2nd star 1g 2a; Mark Mancari 2nd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: TEX 19 – HAM 44
Powerplay: TEX 0 for 5 – HAM 44
PIM: TEX 28 – HAM 12
Hits: TEX 24 – HAM 40
Faceoff %: TEX 26.5 % - HAM 73.5 %
January 5th
We are at home against to take on the Texas Stars. Mike Brodeur gets another start in goal.
Texas Stars (18-16-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (21-14-2)
Desharnais (8) (Minard)
Bilotto (9) (Desharnais) PP
Mancari (32) (Desharnais, MacIntyre)
Henrich (6) (Landolt) PP
MacIntyre (3) (Fuller, Blanchard) EN
Final: 5-3 W
Brodeur 28 of 31 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 1g 2a; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Lundolt 3rd Star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: TEX 31 – HAM 28
Powerplay: TEX 2 for 9 – HAM 2 for 10
PIM: TEX 21 – HAM 45
Hits: TEX 18 – HAM 33
Faceoff %: TEX 55.0% - HAM 45.05 %
USA beat Slovakia by a score of 2-0 and Russia beat Germany by a score of 6-0. Lativa is 0-3 and is 1 of the 2 teams relegated. The loser of the Finland vs Sweden game tomorrow will join Lativa down in Division 1 next yr while the winner will join Czech Rep in next years WJC tournament.
January 6th
Montreal has assigned us defenseman Raphael Diaz and Brian Strait
Mike Duco returns to the line up as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal at home against the IceCaps.
St. John’s IceCaps (20-11-4) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (22-14-2)
Landolt (9)
Landolt (10) (Minard, Reid)
Desharnais (9) (Mormina, MacIntyre)
MacIntyre (4) (Korchinski, Fuller)
Korchinski (7) (Duco, Drewiske)
Mancari (33) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Final: 6-1 W
Brodeur 26 of 27 saves 3rd star; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 1st star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 27 – HAM 29
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 7 – HAM 1 for 8
PIM: STJ 48 – HAM 26
Hits: STJ 20 – HAM 31
Faceoff %: STJ 30.4 % - HAM 69.6 %
Finland and Sweden skate to a 3-3 tie. Finland had a better GF/GA then Sweden did so Finland stays up as Lativa and Sweden goes down. In the Semi finals its Russia vs Norway and Canada vs USA
Montreal has released John Dahl from contract.
January 7th
The AHL-All-stars game between the AHL East vs AHL West will take place on Friday February 1st in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The rosters will be announced this month and the skill competition will take place the day before.
Another Big upset as Norway beats Russia by a score of 3-1 and USA beats Canada 5-2 as Canada plays Russia for Bronzes and Norway plays USA for Gold.
WHL Player of the Week: Saskatoon’s Justin McCrae 3gp 5g 3a 8pts
AHL Player of the Week: Hamilton’s David Desharnais 3gp 3g 5a 8pts
January 9th
Today is the Bronze Medal game as well as the Gold Medal game. USA beat Norway for Gold even Silver for Norway is a huge accomplishment, and Russia beat Canada 3-1 to win Bronze.
Sweden and Czech Rep U-20 GM’s have both been fired as I put my name into the Hat for both jobs as well as being the GM of the Hamilton Bulldogs.
January 11th
We are on the road as we take on Rochester Americans. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (23-14-2) @ Rochester Americans (10-27-4)
Desharnais (10) (Bilotto, Blanchard) PP
Desharnais (11) (Minard, Beaulieu)
Landolt (11) (Mormina, Minard)
Minard (16) (Henrich, Landolt) PP
Minard (17) (Beaulieu, Landolt)
Landolt (12) (Bilotto, Duco) PP
Landolt (13) (MacIntyre, Mormina)
Korchinski (8) (Drewiske, Fuller) EN
Final: 8-6 W
Brodeur 10 of 14 saves; Thuot 10 of 12 saves; Shaun Landolt 1st star 3g 2a; David Desharnais 2nd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – ROC 26
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 14 – ROC 1 for 5
PIM: HAM 39 – ROC 31
Hits: HAM 29 – ROC 32
Faceoff %: HAM 81.8 % - ROC 18.2 %
Vancouver Cauncks will be without Roberto Luongo as he suffered a UCL tear and will be out of action for 4 months.
January 12th
We are dressing the same line up as last night as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal as we are on the road to face Rochester Americans again.
Hamilton Bulldogs (24-14-2) @ Rochester Americans (10-28-4)
Duco (15) (Mancari, Blanchard)
Duco (16) (Desharnais, Blanchard) PP
MacIntyre (5) (Korchinski, Wyman)
Duco (17) (Drewiske) SH
MacIntyre (6) (Korchinski) EN
Final: 5-2 W
Brodeur 27 of 29 saves; Mike Duco 1st star 3g; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 2g; Sean Blanchard 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 22 – ROC 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 6 – ROC 1 for 14
PIM: HAM 30 – ROC 14
Hits: HAM 34 – ROC 15
Faceoff %: HAM 47.7 % - ROC 52.3 %
January 13th
We finish off 3 games in 3 days tonight with a road game against OKC Barons. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (25-14-2) @ Oklahoma City Barons (25-11-5)
Wyman (7) (Mancari, Talbot)
Korchinski (9) (Mormina)
Final: 3-2 OTL
Brodeur 31 of 34 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 18 – OKC 34
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 4 – OKC 2 for 10
PIM: HAM 22 – OKC 10
Hits: HAM 43.9 % - OKC 56.1 %
Faceoff %: HAM 43.9 % - OKC 56.1 %
January 16th
After have the past few days off we are back on the ice tonight on the road against Chicago Wolves. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (25-14-3) @ Chicago Wolves (25-12-4)
Minard (18) (Duco)
Mancari (34) (Blanchard, Desharnais) PP
Final: 3-2 L
Brodeur 23 of 26 saves; Mark Mancari 1g 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – CHI 26
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 11 – CHI 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 12 – CHI 24
Hits: HAM 36 – CHI 31
Faceoff %: HAM 48.9 % - CHI 51.1 %
Looking at Montreal’s roster they made a trade on January 6th sending Detroit’s 2nd in 08 and Calgary’s 5th in 08 to Winnipeg Jets for Chris Durno and PA Parenteau.
Mike Duco will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a groin strain in the game tonight.
January 19th
Benn Olson will be a healthy scratch as we dress Brian Strait. Mark Olafson will also be making his Bulldogs debut as Mike Duco is not ready to return to the line up. We have decided to give Mike Brodeur a rest and are going to start Joel Gistedt in goal tonight.
Grand Rapids Griffins (26-9-7) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (25-15-3)
Desharnais (12) (Henrich)
Minard (19) (Strait, Landolt) PP
Final: 3-2 L
Gistedt 21 of 24 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: GRD 24 – HAM 36
Powerplay: GRD 1 for 5 – HAM 1 for 10
PIM: GRD 29 – HAM 15
Hits: GRD 26 – HAM 26
Faceoff %: GRD 40.0 % - HAM 60.0 %
January 20th
Francois Thuot will get the start in the second straight game against the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (27-9-7) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (25-16-3)
Mancari (35) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Minard (20) (Landolt, Bilotto) PP
Final: 8-2 L
Thuot 14 of 29 saves; Brodeur 4 of 7 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: GRD 26 – HAM 31
Powerplay: GRD 2 for 12 – HAM 2 for 8
PIM: GRD 28 – HAM 63
Hits: GRD 26 – HAM 37
Faceoff %: GRD 66.7 % - HAM 33.3 %
January 21st
Adam Henrich will miss our next game as he was suspended for 1 game after being ejected in the game last night.
WHL Player of the Week: Zach Hamill 2gp 1g 3a 4pts
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Jeff Heerema 2gp 3g 2a 5pts
January 26th
Mike Duco will make his return to the line up after he returns from his injury. Mike Brodeur gets the call in goal as we play host to the Milwaukee Admirals.
Milwaukee Admirals (29-13-4) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (25-17-3)
Mancari (36) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Drewiske (7) (Strait, Talbot)
Bilotto (10) (Landolt)
Beaulieu (5) (Blanchard, Mancari) PP
Final: 4-1 W
Brodeur 23 of 24 saves; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 1g 1a; Mark Mancari 1g 1a; Brian Strait 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: MIL 24 – HAM 26
Powerplay: MIL 0 for 8 – HAM 2 for 6
PIM: MIL 19 – HAM 36
Hits: MIL 29 – HAM 37
Faceoff %: MIL 31.4 % - HAM 68.6 %
January 27th
We finish the month of January off with a home game against Rochester Americans. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal
Rochester Americans (11-32-4) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (26-17-3)
Mancari (37) (Desharnais)
Landolt (14) (Beaulieu, Reid)
Wyman (8) (Talbot, Olafson)
Landolt (15) (Korchinski, Bilotto) PP
Reid (2) (Korchinski)
Korchinski (10) (Beaulieu, Reid)
Final: 6-4 W
Brodeur 18 of 22 saves; Chris Korchinski 1g 2a; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g; Shaun Landolt 3rd 2g
Wheeling Nailers Glenn Patrick got fired as the Nailers begin to search for a new GM
AHL Player of the Week: Hartford’s Jarkko Immonen 2gp 2g 3a 5pts
January 29th
Monthy Stats
Month of January: 11gp 7-3-1 47 GF 37 GA 15 PTS
Overall Record: 47gp 27-17-3 .606 180 GF 152 GA 17.6 PP % 88.9 PK % 57 PTS – 2nd North Division
G: Mancari 37; Minard 20; Duco 17; Landolt 15
A: Desharnais 52; Duco 23; Bilotto 22; Landolt 21
PTS: Desharnais 64; Mancari 54; Duco 40; Landolt 36
+/-: MacIntyre +13; Drewiske, Mancari +7; Desharnais +4
PIM: MacIntyre 271; Beaulieu 93; Henrich 85; Mormina 63
SOG: Mancari 239; Blanchard 134; Duco 119; Desharnais 111
HT: Mancari 199
SB: Drewiske 73
TA: Mormina 8
GAA: Gistedt 2.76
SV%: Brodeur .883
Av R: Mancari 8.49 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur – 33gp 17-9-3 3.08 GAA .883 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.55 AvR
Joel Gistedt – 8gp 4-3-0 2.76 GAA .882 Sv % 1 SO 0 En 7.50 AvR
Francois Thuot – 13gp 6-5-0 3.70 GAA .857 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 6.92 AvR
David Desharnais will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered olecranon bursitis in practice today
January 31st
Apparently Mike Duco got 17 penalty minutes in the 4-1 win over Milwaukee and will miss 2 of our next games. The good news is David Desharnais will not miss any games. Adam Henrich is back in the line up as well.
WHL Player of the Month: Everett’s Zach Hamill 10gp 5g 12a 17pts
AHL Player of the Month: Hartford’s Jarkko Immonen 13gp 6g 11a 17pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Grand Rapids Justin Abdelkader 11gp 9g 9a 18pts
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February 2008
February 1st
Adam Henrich will play on the top line with David Desharnais and Mark Mancari while Duco is out of the line up.
AHL Planet USA Beat AHL Canada All-stars 4-3.
The funny thing i find is that David Desharnais who is 4th in league points was never invited and Mark Mancari who is 9th in points and leads the league with 37 goals with the next person behind him with 31 was never invited either.
February 2nd
We open the month of February up with a road game against Hershey Bears. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (27-17-3) @ Hershey Bears (40-5-1)
Landolt (16) (Minard, Korchinski) PP
Minard (21) (Beaulieu, Reid)
Mancari (38) (Henrich)
Mancari (39) (Henrich, Blanchard) PP
Final: 4-3 W
Brodeur 29 of 32 saves; Adam Henrich 2nd star 2a; Mark Mancari 3rd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 34 – HER 32
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 7 – HER 1 for 8
PIM: HAM 18 – HER 16
Hits: HAM 36- HER 27
Faceoff %: HAM 54.8 % - HER 45.2 %
February 3rd
Mike Duco sits out his last game of his suspension as we dress the same line up as last night as we play Norfolk Admirals. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (28-17-3) @ Norfolk Admirals (19-20-7)
Landolt (17) (Beaulieu, Minard)
Mormina (3) (Talbot)
Beaulieu (6) (MInard, Bilotto)
Mancari (40) (Desharnais, Henrich) PP
Fuller (1) EN
Brodeur 21 of 24 saves; Josh Beaulieu 1st 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1g; Nicholas Bilotto 3rd 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 27 – NOR 24
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 3 – NOR 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 24 – NOR 16
Hits: HAM 45 – NOR 24
Faceoff %: HAM 51.6 % 48.4 %
Adam Henrich will be out of action for a few days after he suffered a twisted ankle in the 5-3 win over Norfolk.
One of our players who we have on loan to Wheeling Darryl Boyce left the game with a torn MCL and will be out of action for about 8 months.
February 4th
AHL Player of the Week: Oklahoma City’s Jesse Joensuu 2gp 4a 4pts
We have 8 games in 19 days until the NHL Trade Deadline there will be alot of NHL scouts at our games scouting our prospects in case a future trade happens. However the AHL Trade Deadline is not till March 29th but the NHL one is February 23rd
February 7th
Mike Duco returns to the line up as does Adam Henrich as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal as we play host to the Barons.
Oklahoma City Barons (35-12-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (29-17-3)
Mancari (41)
Wyman (9) (Beaulieu, Landolt)
Duco (18) (Mancari
Final: 7-3 L
Brodeur 36 of 43 saves; Thuot 3 of 3 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: OKC 46 – HAM 20
Powerplay: OKC 3 for 10 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: OKC 11 – HAM 0 for 3
Hits: OKC 23 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: OKC 60.0 % - HAM 40.0 %
February 9th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight as we play host to the Oklahoma City Barons again
Oklahoma City Barons (36-12-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (29-18-3)
Henrich (7) (Mancari, Duco)
MacIntyre (7) (Fuller, Korchinski)
Minard (22) (Korchinski, Henrich)
Mancari (42) (Henrich, Duco) PP
Beaulieu (7) (Minard, Korchinski)
Gistedt 20 of 24 saves; Adam Henrich 1st star1g 2a’ Chris Korchinski 2nd star 3a; Mike Duco 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: OKC 24 – HAM 33
Powerplay: OKC 2 for 10 – HAM 1 for 4
PIM: OKC 10 – HAM 33
Hits: OKC 18 – HAM 32
Faceoff %: OKC 60.0 % - HAM 40.0 %
With the win we have ended Oklahoma City Barons 9 game winning streak
We are set to have 3 games in three days as we beat OKC tonight tomorrow we play Hershey at home and St. John’s on the 11th.
February 10th
Joel Gistedt will get another start tonight as we play host to the Hershey Bears.
Hershey Bears (43-6-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (30-18-3)
Blanchard (8) (Desharnais) PP
Wyman (10) (Henrich, Landolt)
Mancari (43) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 27 of 28 saves 1st star; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g; David Desharnais 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HR 28 – HAM 26
Powerplay: HER 1 for 13 – HAM 2 for 4
PIM: HER 8 – HAM 26
Hits: HER 15 – HAM 29
Faceoff %: HER 59.1 % - HAM 40.9 %
After the game we find out that Shaun Landolt will miss our next 2 games after he was suspended for his five minute slashing penalty and game misconduct in the 5-4 win over the OKC Barons.
February 11th
Cam Lilley goes in as the 4th line Center and Chris Korchinski gets moved up to the second line center spot. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (23-21-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (31-18-3)
Mancari (44) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Mancari (45) PP
Henrich (8) (Korchinski, Minard)
Duco (19) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Duco (20) (Mancari, Drewiske)
Final: 5-3 L
Gistedt 19 of 22 saves; Mark Mancari 1st star 2g 1a; Mike Duco 2nd star 2g 1a; David Desharnais 2a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 22 – HAM 52
Powerplay: STJ 2 for 4 – HAM 3 for 14
PIM: STJ 30 – HAM 8
Hits: STJ 22 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: STJ 20.7 % - HAM 79.3 %
Sean Blanchard will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a twisted knee in the 5-3 win tonight. Zack McCullough will play while Sean is out of the line up.
AHL Player of the Week: Rochester’s Bryan Helmer 2gp 2g 2a 4pts
February 16th
We are going with the same line up except for the change on D and Joel Gistedt will get the start tonight as we play Toronto at home.
Toronto Marlies (14-33-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (32-18-3)
Mancari (46) (Bilotto, Reid) PP
Reid (3) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Henrich (9)
Korchinski (11) (Strait, Drewiske)
Duco (21) (Bilotto, Reid)
Final: 5-3 W
Gistedt 34 of 37 saves; Nicholas Bilotto1st star 3a; Elgin Reid 1g 2a 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 37 – HAM 38
Powerplay: TOR 2 for 10 – HAM 2 for 5
PIM: TOR 12 – HAM 20
Hits: TOR 20 – HAM 44
Faceoff %: TOR 30.0 % - HAM 70.0 %
After the games Toronto Marlies have fired their head coach Steve Spott. Former Habs GM Bob Gainey is the GM of the Toronto Marlies. Steve Spott coaching record is 51-69-14
February 17th
We play tomorrow against Binghamton and then the 19th against Syracuse before we play the Crunch again on the 23rd the day of the NHL Deadline.
February 18th
We dress the same line up as we did against the Marlies and Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal as we play the baby Senators.
Hamilton Bulldogs (33-18-3) @ Binghamton Senators (32-16-5)
Duco (22) (Mancari)
Mancari (47) (Duco, Reid) PP
Henrich (10) (Korchinski)
Final: 4-3 OTL
Gistedt 31 of 35 saves; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – BGH 35
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 4 – BGH 2 for 8
PIM: HAM 29 – BGH 10
Hits: HAM 41 – BGH 25
Faceoff %: HAM 57.6 % - BGH 41.9 %
Sean Blanchard has resumed skating after returning from his knee injury. He’s expected to be back in full contact practices in a few days.
WHL Player of the Week: Everett’s Zach Hamill 3gp 5g 3a 8pts
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Tomas Kudelka 2gp 3g 1a 4pts
February 19th
We are going with the same line up on the road against the Syracuse Crunch. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (33-18-4) @ Syracuse Crunch (21-29-5)
Minard (23) (Drewiske, Henrich) PP
Korchinski (12)
Henrich (11) (Drewiske, Korchinski)
Hamilton:
Mancari: Goal
Talbot: Miss
Minard: Goal
Korchinski: Goal
Henrich: Miss
Bilotto: Goal
4 for 6
Syracuse:
Healey: Goal
Lazcek: Goal
Hymovitz: Goal
Spina: Miss
Kvapil: Miss
Milley: Miss
3 for 6
Final: 4-3 SOW
Gistedt 20 of 23 saves; Chris Korchinski 1g 1a 2nd star; Davis Drewiske 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 43 – SYR 26
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – SYR 0 for 5
PIM: HAM 10 – SYR 16
Hits: HAM 37 – SYR 28
Faceoff %: HAM 65.1 % - SYR 34.9 %
Four days from now we could have some new players and also could lose some players at the same time as the NHL Trade Deadline is in 4 days
February 20th
Mark Olafson will be out of action for about 3 weeks after he suffered a hip flexor strain in practice today
February 21st
With the NHL Trade deadline on the 23rd we play three games in three days with a home game on the 23rd against the Syracuse Crunch and then two road games back to back with the Griffins who we are currently 10 points back of the lead for the North Division.
We got word that Mike Brodeur will be out of action for three weeks after he suffered a rotator cuff strain in practice today.
Also Josh Beaulieu will miss our next two games as he will be out with a two game suspension where he got a 15 minute worth of penalties in the game against Binghamton on the 18th. He got a five game charging penalty plus a game misconduct.
Bridgeport Sound Tigers fired their GM Todd Boe as they now begin their search for a new GM. Bridgeport is 6th in the East with a 23-31-4 record. They currently are 19 points out of a playoff spot.
Toronto Marlies have hired our former assistant coach Jules-Edy Laraque who I let go when I took over as GM as their new Head Coach.
February 23rd
We play Syracuse Crunch on Deadline day as Sean Blanchard returns to the line up as also does Shaun Landolt. Mark Tobin makes his Bulldogs debut. Joel Gistedt will make the start tonight.
Syracuse Crunch (21-30-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (34-18-4)
Duco (23) (Mancari)
Mancari (48) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Duco (24) (Mormina, Desharnais) EN
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 25 of 26 saves; Mmark Mancari 1st star 1g 1a; Nicholas Bilotto 1a 2nd star; David Desharnais 2a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: SYR 26 – HAM 24
Powerplay: SYR 1 for 15 – HAM 1 for 4
PIM: SYR 18 – HAM 30
Hits: SYR 16 – HAM 35
Faceoff %: SYR 33.3 % - HAM 66.7 %
Wow what is Montreal Gm Jacques Lemaire thinking, first they don’t recall Mark Mancari at all during the season and now when he has a crazy season with 48 goals 22a 70pts +7 53 SOG 293 SOG 8.60 AVR in 57 games they trade him to Minnesota for Mike Rupp what a joke.
We also got word that Brian Strait will be out of action for a few days after he suffered a mild concussion in practice today.
So we have Strait out for a few days, Brodeur out for 2 weeks, Olafson out for 2 weeks, Boyce out for 7 months.
With the trade for Rupp, Montreal has sent us Brandon Prust and Steve Venedam. Until those two clear waviers James Wyman was moved to the 2nd line and Greg Stewart will play on the 3rd line and Chris Minard will move to the top line. Kalvin Sagert will play in Brian Straits spot until he returns from injury.
We have no idea of where our scoring will come but it will be interesting
February 24th
Today is our first game post NHL Deadline as we head on the road against Grand Rapids Griffins. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (35-18-4) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (38-10-8)
Wyman (11) (Reid, Landolt)
Wyman (12) (Landolt, Henrich) PP
Fuller (2) (MacIntyre)
Desharnais (13) (Reid)
MacIntyre (8)
Final: 5-3 W
Gistedt 28 of 31 saves; Steve MacIntyre 1g 1a 1st star; James Wyman 2g 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 31
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – GRD 1 for 4
PIM: HAM 10 – GRD 14
Hits: HAM 23 – GRD 20
Faceoff %: HAM 55.0 % - GRD 45.0 %
February 25th
We finish off our three games in three days with a road game in Grand Rapids again as we face the Griffins. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (35-18-4) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (38-10-8)
Duco (25) (Bilotto)
MacIntyre (9) (Desharnais)
Minard (24) (Bilotto)
Final: 7-3 L
Gistedt 8 of 12 saves; Thuot 11 of 14 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – GRD 26
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 5 – GRD 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 22 – GRD 15
Hits: HAM 22 – GRD 15
Faceoff %: HAM 44.4 % - GRD 55.6 %
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov 4gp 6g 6a 12pts
February 26th
Brandon Prust and Sean Venedam will both be in the line up on the 28th against Chicago. Prust who has already played for us this season and Venedam will be making his Bulldogs debut. Travis Fuller and Mark Tobin will be coming out of the line up.
February 27th
Brian Strait was cleared to return to the line up tomorrow.
We have put a few offers together for some teams to maybe acquire a few AHL signed players to our team.
February 28th
We finish the month off with a road game against Chicago Wolves. Even though he got pulled in our last game Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-19-4) @ Chicago Wolves (39-14-6)
Blanchard (9) (Desharnais)
Final: 6-1 L
Gistedt 28 of 34 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – CHI 34
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 10 – CHI 2 for 6
PIM: HAM 19 – CHI 35
Hits: HAM 31 – CHI 37
Faceoff %: HAM 64.3 % - CHI 35.7 %
Monthy Stats
Month of February: 13gp 9-3-1 49 GF 48 GA 19 PTS
Overall Record: 60gp 36-20-4 .633 229 GF 200 GA 18.1 PP % 87.5 PK % 76 PTS
G: Duco 25; Minard 24; Landolt 17; Desharnais 13
A: Desharnais 62; Bilotto 30; Duco 28; Henrich 27
PTS: Desharnais 75; Duco 53; Landolt 42; Bilotto 40
+/-: MacIntyre +15; Drewiske +11; Korchinski +9; Strait +6
PIM: MacIntyre 313; Beaulieu 116; Henrich 107; Landolt, Prust 93
SOG: Blanchard 154; Duco 152; Desharnais 146; Minard 124
HT: Drewiske 258
SB: Drewiske 92
TA: Henrich 12
GAA: Gistedt 3.10
SV%: Gistedt .882
AvR: Bilotto 8.03
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur – 36gp 19-10-3 3.20 GAA .881 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.53 AvR
Joel Gistedt – 18gp 11-5-1 3.10 GAA .882 1 SO 0 EN 7.50 AvR
Francois Thuot – 15gp 6-5-0 3.77 GAA .855 0 SO 1 EN 6.87 AvR
February 29th
We made a trade with Portland Pirates. We sent them Julian Talbot and Cash (undisclosed) to Portland Pirates for Eric Hunter. In 41gp Hunter has 5g 3a 8pts +4 30 PIM 32 SOG 6.63 AvR. Talbot has 1g 8a 9pts -13 46 PIM 47 SOG 6.17 AvR in 47gp with the Bulldogs this season.
Mike Brodeur will be back in full contact practices in 2 weeks.
WHL Player of the Month: Everett’s Zach Hamill 12gp 10g 9a 19pts
AHL Player of the Month: Grand Rapids’s Evan McGrath 12gp 8g 11a 19pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Grand Rapids Johan Ryno 12gp 9g 12a 21pts
Eric Hunter will be place on the 2nd line with Adam Henrich and Chris Korchinski and Sean Venedam will go down to 4th line.
Adam Henrich will play on the top line with David Desharnais and Mark Mancari while Duco is out of the line up.
AHL Planet USA Beat AHL Canada All-stars 4-3.
The funny thing i find is that David Desharnais who is 4th in league points was never invited and Mark Mancari who is 9th in points and leads the league with 37 goals with the next person behind him with 31 was never invited either.
February 2nd
We open the month of February up with a road game against Hershey Bears. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (27-17-3) @ Hershey Bears (40-5-1)
Landolt (16) (Minard, Korchinski) PP
Minard (21) (Beaulieu, Reid)
Mancari (38) (Henrich)
Mancari (39) (Henrich, Blanchard) PP
Final: 4-3 W
Brodeur 29 of 32 saves; Adam Henrich 2nd star 2a; Mark Mancari 3rd star 2g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 34 – HER 32
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 7 – HER 1 for 8
PIM: HAM 18 – HER 16
Hits: HAM 36- HER 27
Faceoff %: HAM 54.8 % - HER 45.2 %
February 3rd
Mike Duco sits out his last game of his suspension as we dress the same line up as last night as we play Norfolk Admirals. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (28-17-3) @ Norfolk Admirals (19-20-7)
Landolt (17) (Beaulieu, Minard)
Mormina (3) (Talbot)
Beaulieu (6) (MInard, Bilotto)
Mancari (40) (Desharnais, Henrich) PP
Fuller (1) EN
Brodeur 21 of 24 saves; Josh Beaulieu 1st 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1g; Nicholas Bilotto 3rd 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 27 – NOR 24
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 3 – NOR 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 24 – NOR 16
Hits: HAM 45 – NOR 24
Faceoff %: HAM 51.6 % 48.4 %
Adam Henrich will be out of action for a few days after he suffered a twisted ankle in the 5-3 win over Norfolk.
One of our players who we have on loan to Wheeling Darryl Boyce left the game with a torn MCL and will be out of action for about 8 months.
February 4th
AHL Player of the Week: Oklahoma City’s Jesse Joensuu 2gp 4a 4pts
We have 8 games in 19 days until the NHL Trade Deadline there will be alot of NHL scouts at our games scouting our prospects in case a future trade happens. However the AHL Trade Deadline is not till March 29th but the NHL one is February 23rd
February 7th
Mike Duco returns to the line up as does Adam Henrich as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal as we play host to the Barons.
Oklahoma City Barons (35-12-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (29-17-3)
Mancari (41)
Wyman (9) (Beaulieu, Landolt)
Duco (18) (Mancari
Final: 7-3 L
Brodeur 36 of 43 saves; Thuot 3 of 3 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: OKC 46 – HAM 20
Powerplay: OKC 3 for 10 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: OKC 11 – HAM 0 for 3
Hits: OKC 23 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: OKC 60.0 % - HAM 40.0 %
February 9th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight as we play host to the Oklahoma City Barons again
Oklahoma City Barons (36-12-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (29-18-3)
Henrich (7) (Mancari, Duco)
MacIntyre (7) (Fuller, Korchinski)
Minard (22) (Korchinski, Henrich)
Mancari (42) (Henrich, Duco) PP
Beaulieu (7) (Minard, Korchinski)
Gistedt 20 of 24 saves; Adam Henrich 1st star1g 2a’ Chris Korchinski 2nd star 3a; Mike Duco 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: OKC 24 – HAM 33
Powerplay: OKC 2 for 10 – HAM 1 for 4
PIM: OKC 10 – HAM 33
Hits: OKC 18 – HAM 32
Faceoff %: OKC 60.0 % - HAM 40.0 %
With the win we have ended Oklahoma City Barons 9 game winning streak
We are set to have 3 games in three days as we beat OKC tonight tomorrow we play Hershey at home and St. John’s on the 11th.
February 10th
Joel Gistedt will get another start tonight as we play host to the Hershey Bears.
Hershey Bears (43-6-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (30-18-3)
Blanchard (8) (Desharnais) PP
Wyman (10) (Henrich, Landolt)
Mancari (43) (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 27 of 28 saves 1st star; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g; David Desharnais 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HR 28 – HAM 26
Powerplay: HER 1 for 13 – HAM 2 for 4
PIM: HER 8 – HAM 26
Hits: HER 15 – HAM 29
Faceoff %: HER 59.1 % - HAM 40.9 %
After the game we find out that Shaun Landolt will miss our next 2 games after he was suspended for his five minute slashing penalty and game misconduct in the 5-4 win over the OKC Barons.
February 11th
Cam Lilley goes in as the 4th line Center and Chris Korchinski gets moved up to the second line center spot. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (23-21-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (31-18-3)
Mancari (44) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Mancari (45) PP
Henrich (8) (Korchinski, Minard)
Duco (19) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Duco (20) (Mancari, Drewiske)
Final: 5-3 L
Gistedt 19 of 22 saves; Mark Mancari 1st star 2g 1a; Mike Duco 2nd star 2g 1a; David Desharnais 2a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 22 – HAM 52
Powerplay: STJ 2 for 4 – HAM 3 for 14
PIM: STJ 30 – HAM 8
Hits: STJ 22 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: STJ 20.7 % - HAM 79.3 %
Sean Blanchard will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a twisted knee in the 5-3 win tonight. Zack McCullough will play while Sean is out of the line up.
AHL Player of the Week: Rochester’s Bryan Helmer 2gp 2g 2a 4pts
February 16th
We are going with the same line up except for the change on D and Joel Gistedt will get the start tonight as we play Toronto at home.
Toronto Marlies (14-33-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (32-18-3)
Mancari (46) (Bilotto, Reid) PP
Reid (3) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Henrich (9)
Korchinski (11) (Strait, Drewiske)
Duco (21) (Bilotto, Reid)
Final: 5-3 W
Gistedt 34 of 37 saves; Nicholas Bilotto1st star 3a; Elgin Reid 1g 2a 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 37 – HAM 38
Powerplay: TOR 2 for 10 – HAM 2 for 5
PIM: TOR 12 – HAM 20
Hits: TOR 20 – HAM 44
Faceoff %: TOR 30.0 % - HAM 70.0 %
After the games Toronto Marlies have fired their head coach Steve Spott. Former Habs GM Bob Gainey is the GM of the Toronto Marlies. Steve Spott coaching record is 51-69-14
February 17th
We play tomorrow against Binghamton and then the 19th against Syracuse before we play the Crunch again on the 23rd the day of the NHL Deadline.
February 18th
We dress the same line up as we did against the Marlies and Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal as we play the baby Senators.
Hamilton Bulldogs (33-18-3) @ Binghamton Senators (32-16-5)
Duco (22) (Mancari)
Mancari (47) (Duco, Reid) PP
Henrich (10) (Korchinski)
Final: 4-3 OTL
Gistedt 31 of 35 saves; Mark Mancari 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – BGH 35
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 4 – BGH 2 for 8
PIM: HAM 29 – BGH 10
Hits: HAM 41 – BGH 25
Faceoff %: HAM 57.6 % - BGH 41.9 %
Sean Blanchard has resumed skating after returning from his knee injury. He’s expected to be back in full contact practices in a few days.
WHL Player of the Week: Everett’s Zach Hamill 3gp 5g 3a 8pts
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Tomas Kudelka 2gp 3g 1a 4pts
February 19th
We are going with the same line up on the road against the Syracuse Crunch. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (33-18-4) @ Syracuse Crunch (21-29-5)
Minard (23) (Drewiske, Henrich) PP
Korchinski (12)
Henrich (11) (Drewiske, Korchinski)
Hamilton:
Mancari: Goal
Talbot: Miss
Minard: Goal
Korchinski: Goal
Henrich: Miss
Bilotto: Goal
4 for 6
Syracuse:
Healey: Goal
Lazcek: Goal
Hymovitz: Goal
Spina: Miss
Kvapil: Miss
Milley: Miss
3 for 6
Final: 4-3 SOW
Gistedt 20 of 23 saves; Chris Korchinski 1g 1a 2nd star; Davis Drewiske 3rd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 43 – SYR 26
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – SYR 0 for 5
PIM: HAM 10 – SYR 16
Hits: HAM 37 – SYR 28
Faceoff %: HAM 65.1 % - SYR 34.9 %
Four days from now we could have some new players and also could lose some players at the same time as the NHL Trade Deadline is in 4 days
February 20th
Mark Olafson will be out of action for about 3 weeks after he suffered a hip flexor strain in practice today
February 21st
With the NHL Trade deadline on the 23rd we play three games in three days with a home game on the 23rd against the Syracuse Crunch and then two road games back to back with the Griffins who we are currently 10 points back of the lead for the North Division.
We got word that Mike Brodeur will be out of action for three weeks after he suffered a rotator cuff strain in practice today.
Also Josh Beaulieu will miss our next two games as he will be out with a two game suspension where he got a 15 minute worth of penalties in the game against Binghamton on the 18th. He got a five game charging penalty plus a game misconduct.
Bridgeport Sound Tigers fired their GM Todd Boe as they now begin their search for a new GM. Bridgeport is 6th in the East with a 23-31-4 record. They currently are 19 points out of a playoff spot.
Toronto Marlies have hired our former assistant coach Jules-Edy Laraque who I let go when I took over as GM as their new Head Coach.
February 23rd
We play Syracuse Crunch on Deadline day as Sean Blanchard returns to the line up as also does Shaun Landolt. Mark Tobin makes his Bulldogs debut. Joel Gistedt will make the start tonight.
Syracuse Crunch (21-30-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (34-18-4)
Duco (23) (Mancari)
Mancari (48) (Bilotto, Desharnais) PP
Duco (24) (Mormina, Desharnais) EN
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 25 of 26 saves; Mmark Mancari 1st star 1g 1a; Nicholas Bilotto 1a 2nd star; David Desharnais 2a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: SYR 26 – HAM 24
Powerplay: SYR 1 for 15 – HAM 1 for 4
PIM: SYR 18 – HAM 30
Hits: SYR 16 – HAM 35
Faceoff %: SYR 33.3 % - HAM 66.7 %
Wow what is Montreal Gm Jacques Lemaire thinking, first they don’t recall Mark Mancari at all during the season and now when he has a crazy season with 48 goals 22a 70pts +7 53 SOG 293 SOG 8.60 AVR in 57 games they trade him to Minnesota for Mike Rupp what a joke.
We also got word that Brian Strait will be out of action for a few days after he suffered a mild concussion in practice today.
So we have Strait out for a few days, Brodeur out for 2 weeks, Olafson out for 2 weeks, Boyce out for 7 months.
With the trade for Rupp, Montreal has sent us Brandon Prust and Steve Venedam. Until those two clear waviers James Wyman was moved to the 2nd line and Greg Stewart will play on the 3rd line and Chris Minard will move to the top line. Kalvin Sagert will play in Brian Straits spot until he returns from injury.
We have no idea of where our scoring will come but it will be interesting
February 24th
Today is our first game post NHL Deadline as we head on the road against Grand Rapids Griffins. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (35-18-4) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (38-10-8)
Wyman (11) (Reid, Landolt)
Wyman (12) (Landolt, Henrich) PP
Fuller (2) (MacIntyre)
Desharnais (13) (Reid)
MacIntyre (8)
Final: 5-3 W
Gistedt 28 of 31 saves; Steve MacIntyre 1g 1a 1st star; James Wyman 2g 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 31
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – GRD 1 for 4
PIM: HAM 10 – GRD 14
Hits: HAM 23 – GRD 20
Faceoff %: HAM 55.0 % - GRD 45.0 %
February 25th
We finish off our three games in three days with a road game in Grand Rapids again as we face the Griffins. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (35-18-4) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (38-10-8)
Duco (25) (Bilotto)
MacIntyre (9) (Desharnais)
Minard (24) (Bilotto)
Final: 7-3 L
Gistedt 8 of 12 saves; Thuot 11 of 14 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – GRD 26
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 5 – GRD 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 22 – GRD 15
Hits: HAM 22 – GRD 15
Faceoff %: HAM 44.4 % - GRD 55.6 %
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov 4gp 6g 6a 12pts
February 26th
Brandon Prust and Sean Venedam will both be in the line up on the 28th against Chicago. Prust who has already played for us this season and Venedam will be making his Bulldogs debut. Travis Fuller and Mark Tobin will be coming out of the line up.
February 27th
Brian Strait was cleared to return to the line up tomorrow.
We have put a few offers together for some teams to maybe acquire a few AHL signed players to our team.
February 28th
We finish the month off with a road game against Chicago Wolves. Even though he got pulled in our last game Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-19-4) @ Chicago Wolves (39-14-6)
Blanchard (9) (Desharnais)
Final: 6-1 L
Gistedt 28 of 34 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – CHI 34
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 10 – CHI 2 for 6
PIM: HAM 19 – CHI 35
Hits: HAM 31 – CHI 37
Faceoff %: HAM 64.3 % - CHI 35.7 %
Monthy Stats
Month of February: 13gp 9-3-1 49 GF 48 GA 19 PTS
Overall Record: 60gp 36-20-4 .633 229 GF 200 GA 18.1 PP % 87.5 PK % 76 PTS
G: Duco 25; Minard 24; Landolt 17; Desharnais 13
A: Desharnais 62; Bilotto 30; Duco 28; Henrich 27
PTS: Desharnais 75; Duco 53; Landolt 42; Bilotto 40
+/-: MacIntyre +15; Drewiske +11; Korchinski +9; Strait +6
PIM: MacIntyre 313; Beaulieu 116; Henrich 107; Landolt, Prust 93
SOG: Blanchard 154; Duco 152; Desharnais 146; Minard 124
HT: Drewiske 258
SB: Drewiske 92
TA: Henrich 12
GAA: Gistedt 3.10
SV%: Gistedt .882
AvR: Bilotto 8.03
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur – 36gp 19-10-3 3.20 GAA .881 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.53 AvR
Joel Gistedt – 18gp 11-5-1 3.10 GAA .882 1 SO 0 EN 7.50 AvR
Francois Thuot – 15gp 6-5-0 3.77 GAA .855 0 SO 1 EN 6.87 AvR
February 29th
We made a trade with Portland Pirates. We sent them Julian Talbot and Cash (undisclosed) to Portland Pirates for Eric Hunter. In 41gp Hunter has 5g 3a 8pts +4 30 PIM 32 SOG 6.63 AvR. Talbot has 1g 8a 9pts -13 46 PIM 47 SOG 6.17 AvR in 47gp with the Bulldogs this season.
Mike Brodeur will be back in full contact practices in 2 weeks.
WHL Player of the Month: Everett’s Zach Hamill 12gp 10g 9a 19pts
AHL Player of the Month: Grand Rapids’s Evan McGrath 12gp 8g 11a 19pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Grand Rapids Johan Ryno 12gp 9g 12a 21pts
Eric Hunter will be place on the 2nd line with Adam Henrich and Chris Korchinski and Sean Venedam will go down to 4th line.
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Re: Who let the Dogs Out (Hamilton Bulldogs ehm 07 story)
March 2nd
We open the month of March with a road game against Abbotsford Heat. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-20-4) @ Abbotsford Heat (31-21-8)
Bilotto (11) (Desharnais) PP
Duco (26) (Drewiske, Minard)
Bilotto (12) (Blanchard, Desharnais) P
Minard (25) (Duco, Desharnais)
Final: 5-4 L
Gistedt 20 of 25 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 3a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 28 – ABB 25
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 5 – ABB 2 for 11
PIM: HAM 32 – ABB 10
Hits: HAM 23 – ABB 28
Faceoff %: HAM 57.5 % - ABB 42.5 %
March 3rd
We continue our road trip as we head to OKC to face the Barons. Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-21-4) @ Oklahoma City Barons (39-17-5)
Venedam (1) (Reid)
Bilotto (13) (Venedam)
Final: 3-2 OTL
Gistedt 26 of 28 saves; Sean Venedam 1st star 1g 1a; Nicholas Bilotto 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – OKC 36
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 7 – OKC 0 for 8
PIM: HAM 28 – OKC 26
Hits: HAM 35 – OKC 26
Faceoff %: HAM 46.8 % - OKC 53.2 %
Joey Mormina left the game and will be out of action for 2 weeks with a foot contusion. He will be placed on 7 day IR
Joel Gistedt will be day to day with a sprained wrist
March 4th
Peter DeBoer who was serving as GM to Kitchener Rangers in the OHL has left the club and has been named as the new Bridgeport GM.
March 8th
We are getting set for a three games in three days starting tomorrow with a game against Abbotsford and then two straight road games against Toronto Marlies.
March 9th
Francois Thuot will get the start tonight on the road against Abbotsford Heat
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-21-5) @ Abbotsford Heat (33-21-8)
Blanchard (10) (Henrich, Korchinski)
Desharnais (14) (Duco, Blanchard) PP
Desharnais (15) (Strait)
Drewiske (8) (Prust, Landolt)
Bilotto (14) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Final: 5-4 W
Thuot 28 of 32 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 2g 1a; Nicolas Bilotto 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 39 – ABB 32
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 6 – ABB 3 for 9
PIM: HAM 18 – ABB 12
Hits: HAM 32 – ABB 35
Faceoff %: HAM 51.2 % - ABB 48.8 %
Florida Panthers have fired their GM Dale Tallon as their GM. They have a record of 30-33-6
Today is the AHL Trade Deadline
March 10th
We play our second in three days as Francois Thuot will get his second straight start this time its against the Toronto Marlies.
Hamilton Bulldogs (37-21-5) @ Toronto Marlies (19-36-6)
Desharnais (16) (Minard)
Landolt (18) (Wyman, Henrich)
Final: 7-2 L
Thuot 1 of 4; Gistedt 14 of 18 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 24 – TOR 22
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 6 – TOR 3 for 9
PIM: HAM 23 – TOR 17
Hits: HAM 24 – TOR 25
Faceoff %: HAM 68.3 % - TOR 31.7 %
After the game we have recalled Patrick Bordeleau from his loan with Wheeling. In 40gp with Wheeling he has 9g 24a 33pts +4 56 PIM 114 SOG 7.83 AvR. He won’t be here in time for our next game tomorrow against the Marlies but he will play in our next game.
AHL Player of the Week: Uitca’s Pascal Pelletier 3gp 6g 3a 9pts
March 11th
Josh Beaulieu returns to the line up and centers the third line with Prust and Shund Landolt. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight.
Hamilton Bulldogs (37-22-5) @ Toronto Marlies (20-36-6)
Wyman (13) (Venedam, Henrich)
Blanchard (11) (Bilotto, Minard) PP
Final: 4-2 L
Gistedt 19 of 23 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – TOR 23
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 9 – TOR 1 for 6
PIM: HAM 17 – TOR 23
Hits: HAM 32 – TOR 28
Faceoff %: HAM 66.0 % - TOR 34.0 %
March 12th
Joey Mormina will resume full contact practice in a week
March 14th
Kitchener Rangers have named Scott Bonner as their new GM, Vancouver Giants begin searching for a new GM.
March 16th
Montreal has recalled Joel Gistedt as Peter Budaj will be out of action for ten days and was played on the 7 day IR with an anterior knee pain.
Mike Brodeur is 100% as he returns to the net tonight as we continue our road trip against Syracuse Crunch.
Hamilton Bulldogs (37-23-5) @ Syracuse Crunch (23-34-7)
Reid (4) (Desharnais)
Beaulieu (8) (Wyman)
Henrich (12) (MInard, Desharnais)
Wyman (14) (Bordeleau, MacIntyre)
Landolt (19) (Beaulieu, Prust)
Strait (1) (Venedam, Wyman)
Final: 6-3 W
Brodeur 30 of 33 saves; James Wyman 1g 2a 1st star; Josh Beaulieu 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 33 – SYR 33
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 4 – SYR 1 for 14
PIM: HAM 36 – TOR13
Hits: HAM 41 – TOR 15
Faceoff %: HAM 76.7 % - TOR 23.3 %
With the win we have qualified for the Calder Cup playoffs.
Mike Duco will be out of action for ten days after he suffered a neck strain in the game tonight.
Chris Minard has gotten his 100th AHL Career point tonight.
South Carolina Stingrays have fired their GM Jason Fitzsimmons, after he got fired by South Carolina he was then named as GM for the Florida Panthers.
March 17th
AHL Player of the Week: Norfolk’s Kevin Porter 2gp 5a 5pts
March 18th
Mike Brodeur will get another start in goal as we finish off our long road trip as we play the Crunch again.
Hamilton Bulldogs (38-23-5) @ Syracuse Crunch (23-35-8)
Venedam (Wyman, Drewiske)
Bordeleau (1) (Venedam, MacIntyre)
Final: 6-2 L
Brodeur 24 of 30 saves; Sean Venedam 1g 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 22 – SYR 30
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 5 – SYR 2 for 8
PIM: HAM 16 – SYR 10
Hits: HAM 43 – SYR 36
Faceoff %: HAM 72.2 % - SYR 27.8 %
March 19th
We are scheduled to play three games in four days from the 21st to 24th with two home games against IceCaps and the Penguins and then a road game against the Marlies.
March 21st
Mike Brodeur will get the start at home against the IceCaps
St. John’s IceCaps (30-30-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (38-24-5)
Landolt (20) (Prust, Bilotto)
Landolt (21) (Beaulieu, Drewiske)
Wyman (15) (Venedam, Bordeleau)
Bordeleau (2) (MacIntyre, Henrich) SH
Final: 4-3 W
Brodeur 35 of 38 saves; Davis Drewiske 1a 1st star; Nicholas Bilotto 2nd star 1a; Patrick Bordeleau 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 38 – HAM 38
Powerplay: STJ 1 for 9 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: STJ 6 – HAM 18
Hits: STJ 21 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: STJ 35.0 % - HAM 65.0 %
March 22nd
Joey Mormina returns to the line up as Elgin Reid will be a healthy scratch.
March 23rd
We let Mike Brodeur get the start tonight at home against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (26-36-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (39-24-5)
Korchinski (13) (Hunter, MacIntyre)
Hunter (1) (Henrich, Strait)
Beaulieu (9) (Strait, Landolt)
Final: 3-2 W
Brodeur 23 of 25 saves; Eric Hunter 1g 1a 1st star; Brian Strait 2nd star 2a; Patrick Bordeleau 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: WBS 25 – HAM 19
Powerplay: WBS 0 for 9 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: WBS 6 – HAM 18
Hits: WBS 16 – HAM 46
Faceoff %: WBS 55.0 % - HAM 45.0 %
March 24th
We head on the road against the Marlies as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (40-24-5) @ Toronto Marlies (23-38-6)
Blanchard (12) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Venedam (3) (Wyman, Blanchard)
Henrich (13) (Drewiske)
Blanchard (13) (Duco, Venedam)
Final: 4-3 W
Brodeur 21 of 24 saves; Sean Blanchard 1st star 2g 1a; Sean Venedam 2nd star 1g 1a; Mike Duco 2a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 36 – TOR 24
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – TOR 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 19 – TOR 34
Hits: HAM 29 – TOR 29
Faceoff %: HAM 55.1 % - TOR 44.9 %
March 26th
Montreal has reassigned us Joel Gistedt
Vancouver Giants have named Willie Desjardins as their new GM, Quebec Remparts will be searching for a new GM.
March 29th
Montreal has recalled Joel Gistedt and James Wyman to their club. Travis Fuller will take James spot in the line up
They also signed Oscar Moller to a contract. He will join the club on June 7th.
March 30th
We are at home against Grand Rapids as Mike Brodeur will continue to get the starts.
Grand Rapids Griffins (47-14-10) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-24-5)
Henrich (14) (Beaulieu, Landolt)
Blanchard (14) (Duco, Mormina)
Korchinski (14) (Mormina, Drewiske)
Korchinski (15) (Hunter, Henrich) PP
Finals: 6-4 L
Brodeur 39 of 44 saves; Adam Henrich 1g 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: GRD 45 – HAM 29
Powerplay: GRD 3 for 15 – HAM 1 for 7
PIM: GRD 22 – HAM 60
Hits: GRD 24 – HAM 43
Faceoff %: GRD 50.0 % - HAM 50.0 %
March 31st
We finish the month of March with a home game against St. John’s Ice Caps. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (34-32-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-25-6)
Bordeleau (3) (Fuller)
Blanchard (20) (Desharnais) PP
Bilotto (15)
Final: 6-3 L
Brodeur 26 of 32 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 32 – HAM 29
Powerplay: STJ 1 for 6 – HAM 1 for 9
PIM: STJ 18 – HAM 14
Hits: STJ 30 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: STJ 28.0 % - HAM 72.0 %
Monthy Stats
Month of February: 12gp 5-6-1 41 GF 52 GA 11 PTS
Overall Record: 72gp 41-26-5 .604 270 GF 252 GA 17.1 PP % 86.8 PK % 87 PTS – 2nd North Division
G: Duco 26; Minard 25; Landolt 21; Desharnais 16
A: Desharnais 70; Duco 34; Henrich 33; Bilotto 32
PTS: Desharnais 86; Duco 60; Landolt 49; Henrich, Minard 47
+/-: Drewiske +12; MacIntyre +10; Minard +9; Srait +8
PIM: MacIntyre 374; Beaulieu 126; Henrich 123; Landolt 121
SOG: Blanchard 190; Desharnais 177; Duco 176; Minard 161
HT: Drewiske 315
SB: Drewiske 105
TA: Henrich 13
GAA: Gistedt 3.31
SV%: Brodeur .880
AvR: Mancari 8.60 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur – 43gp 23-13-3 3.34 GAA .880 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 7.51 AvR
Joel Gistedt – 22gp 11-7-1 3.30 GAA .875 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 7.32 AvR
Francois Thuot – 18gp 7-6-1 3.94 GAA .850 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 6.78 AvR
WHL Player of the month: Everett’s Zach Hamill 13gp 7g 16a 23 pts
AHL Player of the Month: Hartford’s Jarkko Immonen 15gp 7g 17a 24pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov 13gp 10g 10a 20pts
AHL Player of the Week: Hershey’s Chad Wiseman 2gp 3g 2a 5pts
We open the month of March with a road game against Abbotsford Heat. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-20-4) @ Abbotsford Heat (31-21-8)
Bilotto (11) (Desharnais) PP
Duco (26) (Drewiske, Minard)
Bilotto (12) (Blanchard, Desharnais) P
Minard (25) (Duco, Desharnais)
Final: 5-4 L
Gistedt 20 of 25 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 3a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 28 – ABB 25
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 5 – ABB 2 for 11
PIM: HAM 32 – ABB 10
Hits: HAM 23 – ABB 28
Faceoff %: HAM 57.5 % - ABB 42.5 %
March 3rd
We continue our road trip as we head to OKC to face the Barons. Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-21-4) @ Oklahoma City Barons (39-17-5)
Venedam (1) (Reid)
Bilotto (13) (Venedam)
Final: 3-2 OTL
Gistedt 26 of 28 saves; Sean Venedam 1st star 1g 1a; Nicholas Bilotto 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – OKC 36
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 7 – OKC 0 for 8
PIM: HAM 28 – OKC 26
Hits: HAM 35 – OKC 26
Faceoff %: HAM 46.8 % - OKC 53.2 %
Joey Mormina left the game and will be out of action for 2 weeks with a foot contusion. He will be placed on 7 day IR
Joel Gistedt will be day to day with a sprained wrist
March 4th
Peter DeBoer who was serving as GM to Kitchener Rangers in the OHL has left the club and has been named as the new Bridgeport GM.
March 8th
We are getting set for a three games in three days starting tomorrow with a game against Abbotsford and then two straight road games against Toronto Marlies.
March 9th
Francois Thuot will get the start tonight on the road against Abbotsford Heat
Hamilton Bulldogs (36-21-5) @ Abbotsford Heat (33-21-8)
Blanchard (10) (Henrich, Korchinski)
Desharnais (14) (Duco, Blanchard) PP
Desharnais (15) (Strait)
Drewiske (8) (Prust, Landolt)
Bilotto (14) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Final: 5-4 W
Thuot 28 of 32 saves; David Desharnais 1st star 2g 1a; Nicolas Bilotto 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 39 – ABB 32
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 6 – ABB 3 for 9
PIM: HAM 18 – ABB 12
Hits: HAM 32 – ABB 35
Faceoff %: HAM 51.2 % - ABB 48.8 %
Florida Panthers have fired their GM Dale Tallon as their GM. They have a record of 30-33-6
Today is the AHL Trade Deadline
March 10th
We play our second in three days as Francois Thuot will get his second straight start this time its against the Toronto Marlies.
Hamilton Bulldogs (37-21-5) @ Toronto Marlies (19-36-6)
Desharnais (16) (Minard)
Landolt (18) (Wyman, Henrich)
Final: 7-2 L
Thuot 1 of 4; Gistedt 14 of 18 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 24 – TOR 22
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 6 – TOR 3 for 9
PIM: HAM 23 – TOR 17
Hits: HAM 24 – TOR 25
Faceoff %: HAM 68.3 % - TOR 31.7 %
After the game we have recalled Patrick Bordeleau from his loan with Wheeling. In 40gp with Wheeling he has 9g 24a 33pts +4 56 PIM 114 SOG 7.83 AvR. He won’t be here in time for our next game tomorrow against the Marlies but he will play in our next game.
AHL Player of the Week: Uitca’s Pascal Pelletier 3gp 6g 3a 9pts
March 11th
Josh Beaulieu returns to the line up and centers the third line with Prust and Shund Landolt. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal tonight.
Hamilton Bulldogs (37-22-5) @ Toronto Marlies (20-36-6)
Wyman (13) (Venedam, Henrich)
Blanchard (11) (Bilotto, Minard) PP
Final: 4-2 L
Gistedt 19 of 23 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – TOR 23
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 9 – TOR 1 for 6
PIM: HAM 17 – TOR 23
Hits: HAM 32 – TOR 28
Faceoff %: HAM 66.0 % - TOR 34.0 %
March 12th
Joey Mormina will resume full contact practice in a week
March 14th
Kitchener Rangers have named Scott Bonner as their new GM, Vancouver Giants begin searching for a new GM.
March 16th
Montreal has recalled Joel Gistedt as Peter Budaj will be out of action for ten days and was played on the 7 day IR with an anterior knee pain.
Mike Brodeur is 100% as he returns to the net tonight as we continue our road trip against Syracuse Crunch.
Hamilton Bulldogs (37-23-5) @ Syracuse Crunch (23-34-7)
Reid (4) (Desharnais)
Beaulieu (8) (Wyman)
Henrich (12) (MInard, Desharnais)
Wyman (14) (Bordeleau, MacIntyre)
Landolt (19) (Beaulieu, Prust)
Strait (1) (Venedam, Wyman)
Final: 6-3 W
Brodeur 30 of 33 saves; James Wyman 1g 2a 1st star; Josh Beaulieu 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 33 – SYR 33
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 4 – SYR 1 for 14
PIM: HAM 36 – TOR13
Hits: HAM 41 – TOR 15
Faceoff %: HAM 76.7 % - TOR 23.3 %
With the win we have qualified for the Calder Cup playoffs.
Mike Duco will be out of action for ten days after he suffered a neck strain in the game tonight.
Chris Minard has gotten his 100th AHL Career point tonight.
South Carolina Stingrays have fired their GM Jason Fitzsimmons, after he got fired by South Carolina he was then named as GM for the Florida Panthers.
March 17th
AHL Player of the Week: Norfolk’s Kevin Porter 2gp 5a 5pts
March 18th
Mike Brodeur will get another start in goal as we finish off our long road trip as we play the Crunch again.
Hamilton Bulldogs (38-23-5) @ Syracuse Crunch (23-35-8)
Venedam (Wyman, Drewiske)
Bordeleau (1) (Venedam, MacIntyre)
Final: 6-2 L
Brodeur 24 of 30 saves; Sean Venedam 1g 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 22 – SYR 30
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 5 – SYR 2 for 8
PIM: HAM 16 – SYR 10
Hits: HAM 43 – SYR 36
Faceoff %: HAM 72.2 % - SYR 27.8 %
March 19th
We are scheduled to play three games in four days from the 21st to 24th with two home games against IceCaps and the Penguins and then a road game against the Marlies.
March 21st
Mike Brodeur will get the start at home against the IceCaps
St. John’s IceCaps (30-30-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (38-24-5)
Landolt (20) (Prust, Bilotto)
Landolt (21) (Beaulieu, Drewiske)
Wyman (15) (Venedam, Bordeleau)
Bordeleau (2) (MacIntyre, Henrich) SH
Final: 4-3 W
Brodeur 35 of 38 saves; Davis Drewiske 1a 1st star; Nicholas Bilotto 2nd star 1a; Patrick Bordeleau 3rd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 38 – HAM 38
Powerplay: STJ 1 for 9 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: STJ 6 – HAM 18
Hits: STJ 21 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: STJ 35.0 % - HAM 65.0 %
March 22nd
Joey Mormina returns to the line up as Elgin Reid will be a healthy scratch.
March 23rd
We let Mike Brodeur get the start tonight at home against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (26-36-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (39-24-5)
Korchinski (13) (Hunter, MacIntyre)
Hunter (1) (Henrich, Strait)
Beaulieu (9) (Strait, Landolt)
Final: 3-2 W
Brodeur 23 of 25 saves; Eric Hunter 1g 1a 1st star; Brian Strait 2nd star 2a; Patrick Bordeleau 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: WBS 25 – HAM 19
Powerplay: WBS 0 for 9 – HAM 0 for 3
PIM: WBS 6 – HAM 18
Hits: WBS 16 – HAM 46
Faceoff %: WBS 55.0 % - HAM 45.0 %
March 24th
We head on the road against the Marlies as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (40-24-5) @ Toronto Marlies (23-38-6)
Blanchard (12) (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Venedam (3) (Wyman, Blanchard)
Henrich (13) (Drewiske)
Blanchard (13) (Duco, Venedam)
Final: 4-3 W
Brodeur 21 of 24 saves; Sean Blanchard 1st star 2g 1a; Sean Venedam 2nd star 1g 1a; Mike Duco 2a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 36 – TOR 24
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – TOR 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 19 – TOR 34
Hits: HAM 29 – TOR 29
Faceoff %: HAM 55.1 % - TOR 44.9 %
March 26th
Montreal has reassigned us Joel Gistedt
Vancouver Giants have named Willie Desjardins as their new GM, Quebec Remparts will be searching for a new GM.
March 29th
Montreal has recalled Joel Gistedt and James Wyman to their club. Travis Fuller will take James spot in the line up
They also signed Oscar Moller to a contract. He will join the club on June 7th.
March 30th
We are at home against Grand Rapids as Mike Brodeur will continue to get the starts.
Grand Rapids Griffins (47-14-10) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-24-5)
Henrich (14) (Beaulieu, Landolt)
Blanchard (14) (Duco, Mormina)
Korchinski (14) (Mormina, Drewiske)
Korchinski (15) (Hunter, Henrich) PP
Finals: 6-4 L
Brodeur 39 of 44 saves; Adam Henrich 1g 1a 3rd star
Game Stats:
Shots: GRD 45 – HAM 29
Powerplay: GRD 3 for 15 – HAM 1 for 7
PIM: GRD 22 – HAM 60
Hits: GRD 24 – HAM 43
Faceoff %: GRD 50.0 % - HAM 50.0 %
March 31st
We finish the month of March with a home game against St. John’s Ice Caps. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (34-32-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-25-6)
Bordeleau (3) (Fuller)
Blanchard (20) (Desharnais) PP
Bilotto (15)
Final: 6-3 L
Brodeur 26 of 32 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 32 – HAM 29
Powerplay: STJ 1 for 6 – HAM 1 for 9
PIM: STJ 18 – HAM 14
Hits: STJ 30 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: STJ 28.0 % - HAM 72.0 %
Monthy Stats
Month of February: 12gp 5-6-1 41 GF 52 GA 11 PTS
Overall Record: 72gp 41-26-5 .604 270 GF 252 GA 17.1 PP % 86.8 PK % 87 PTS – 2nd North Division
G: Duco 26; Minard 25; Landolt 21; Desharnais 16
A: Desharnais 70; Duco 34; Henrich 33; Bilotto 32
PTS: Desharnais 86; Duco 60; Landolt 49; Henrich, Minard 47
+/-: Drewiske +12; MacIntyre +10; Minard +9; Srait +8
PIM: MacIntyre 374; Beaulieu 126; Henrich 123; Landolt 121
SOG: Blanchard 190; Desharnais 177; Duco 176; Minard 161
HT: Drewiske 315
SB: Drewiske 105
TA: Henrich 13
GAA: Gistedt 3.31
SV%: Brodeur .880
AvR: Mancari 8.60 AvR
Goalies:
Mike Brodeur – 43gp 23-13-3 3.34 GAA .880 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 7.51 AvR
Joel Gistedt – 22gp 11-7-1 3.30 GAA .875 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 7.32 AvR
Francois Thuot – 18gp 7-6-1 3.94 GAA .850 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 6.78 AvR
WHL Player of the month: Everett’s Zach Hamill 13gp 7g 16a 23 pts
AHL Player of the Month: Hartford’s Jarkko Immonen 15gp 7g 17a 24pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov 13gp 10g 10a 20pts
AHL Player of the Week: Hershey’s Chad Wiseman 2gp 3g 2a 5pts
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April 2008 - End of Regular Season
April 1st
We start the month of April with a home game against our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Toronto Marlies (23-43-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-26-5)
Duco (27) (Desharnais, Strait)
Henrich (15) (Bordeleau)
Duco (28) (Beaulieu, Hunter)
Venedam (4) (Fuller, Bilotto)
Toronto:
Mapletoft: Goal
Brent: Goal
LaCouture: Miss
Hordichuk: Goal
3 for 4
Hamilton:
Venedem: Miss
Minard: Miss
Prust: Goal
Blanchard: Miss
Final: 5-4 SOL
Brodeur 20 of 24 saves; Adam Henrich 1g 1st star; Mike Duco 2nd star 2g; Patrick Bordeleau 1a 3rd star
After the game Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres have fired both their GM’s
April 5th
We play host to Syracuse Crunch as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal.
Syracuse Crunch (29-37-9) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-26-6)
Landolt (22) (Beaulieu)
Desharnais (17) (Blanchard, Duco) PP
Minard (26) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Syracuse:
Healey: Miss
Spina: Goal
Kvapil: Miss
1 for 3
Hamilton:
Venedam: Goal
Korchinski: Goal
Blanchard: Goal
Minard: Goal
4 for 4
Final: 4-3 SOW
Brodeur 25 of 28 saves; Sean Blanchard 2nd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: SYR 29 – HAM 31
Powerplay: SYR 1 for 9 – HAM 2 for 5
PIM: SYR 10 – HAM 20
Hits: SYR 19 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: SYR 38.1 % - HAM 61.9 %
April 6th
Montreal has reassigned us Joel Gistedt as he will start today on the road against the IceCaps
Hamilton Bulldogs (42-26-6) @ St. John’s IceCaps (35-33-6)
Landolt (23) PS
Henrich (16) (Korchinski, Hunter) PP
Venedam (5)
Hamilton:
Minard: Goal
Venedam: Goal
Korchinski: Goal
Blanchard: Goal
4 for 4
St. John’s:
Gordon: Miss
Gervais: Goal
Callander: Miss
Stafford: Goal
2 for 4
Final: 4-3 SOW
Gistedt 18 of 21 saves; Venedam 1st star 1g; Henrich 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 40 – STJ 23
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 11 – STJ 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 12 – STJ 24
Hits: HAM 31 – STJ 21
Faceoff %: HAM 63.3 % - STJ 37.0 %
April 7th
We finish off a three in three days today with a road game against the Marlies. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (43-26-6) @ Toronto Marlies (25-44-6)
Desharnais (18) (Blanchard) PP
Minard (27) (Desharnais, Duco)
Duco (29) (MacIntyre, Mormina)
Final: 4-3 OTL
Gistedt 25 of 29 saves; Desharnais 1g 1a 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 30 – TOR 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 9 – TOR 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 14 – TOR 28
Hits: HAM 27 – TOR 35
Faceoff %: HAM 41.2 % - TOR 58.8 %
Sean Blanchard will be out of action for a month after he suffered a hip pointer and will be out of action for about a month
April 11th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in todays home game against the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (49-17-10) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (43-26-7)
Bilotto (Korchinski)
Final: 5-1 L
Gistedt 27 of 32 saves
April 12th
We finish the regular season three games in three days with games against Grand Rapids Griffins home and home and then a road game against St. John’s Ice Caps
Montreal has reassigned Carey Price and James Wyman to our club.
April 13th
Carey Price after being sent down tomorrow will start todays home game against the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (50-17-10) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (43-27-7)
Beaulieu (Landolt, Prust)
Beaulieu (Prust, Landolt)
Drewiske (Duco, Bilotto) PP
Desharnais (Duco, Minard)
Final: 4-0 W
Price 28 of 28 saves 2nd star; Brandon Prust 2nd star 2a; Josh Beaulieu 1st star 2g
April 14th
We head onto the road to face the Griffins to continue our winning streak as Carey Price gets the start in goal again.
Hamilton Bulldogs (44-27-7) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (50-18-10)
Bilotto (Olson, Wyman)
Desharnais (Duco, Bilotto) PP
Final: 2-1 W
Price 25 of 26 saves 2nd star; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 1g 1a; Chris Minard will be out of action for ten days after he suffered a groin strain.
April 15th
Carey Price will get the last start of the regular season as we head on the road against the IceCaps
Hamilton Bulldogs (45-27-7) @ St. John’s IceCaps (37-35-7)
Hunter (Henrich, Korchinski) PP
Final: 2-1 L
Price 19 of 21 saves; Davis Drewiske 2nd star
Stan Butler has been named as the new Montreal Canadiens GM
The Hamilton Bulldogs are set to battle the St. John’s IceCaps in the AHL West Conference Playoffs quarter finals and the experts are predicting some good hockey between the two teams.
In 10 regular season games between the two teams, St. John’s IceCaps outscored Hamilton 35-22 as they clinched the series 5-3-2. The first game will be in Hamilton on April 18th
Here are the stats of the Hamilton Bulldogs from the 2007-2008 regular season.
2nd North – 80gp 45-28-7 .606 293 GF 275 GA 16.4 PP % 87.1 PK % 97pts – finished 14 points ahead of St. John’s who finished with 83 pts
G – Mike Brodeur 45gp 24-13-4 3.34 GAA .880 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 7.49 AvR
G – Joel Gistedt 25gp 12-8-2 3.33 GAA .873 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 7.28 AvR
G – Carey Price – 3gp 2-1-0 1.01 GAA .960 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 9.33 AvR
G – Francois Thuot – 18gp 7-6-1 3.94 GAA .850 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 6.78 AvR
D – Sean Blanchard – 73gp 15g 27g 42pts -20 53 PIM 202 SOG 7.12 AvR
D – Davis Drewiske – 80gp 8g 26a 34pts +6 80 PIM 94 SOG 7.88 AvR
D – Joey Mormina – 61gp 3g 17a 20pts -8 127 PIM 76 SOG 7.21 AvR
D – Elgin Reid – 66gp 4g 15a 19pts -8 83 PIM 60 SOG 6.48 AvR
D – Brian Strait – 35gp 1g 7a 8pts +12 20 PIM 34 SOG 7.31 AvR
D – Nicholas Bilotto – 80gp 17g 36a 53pts -2 56 PIM 170 SOG 8.05 AvR
D – Benn Olson – 24gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 40 PIM 11 SOG 6.54 AvR
D/W – Steve MacIntyre – 77gp 9g 13a 22pts +10 449 PIM 67 SOG 7.31 AvR
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu – 70gp 11g 16a 27pts -3 140 PIM 90 SOG 6.57 AvR
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – 15gp 3g 3a 6pts +10 8 PIM 15 SOG 7.67 AvR
LW/C – Travis Fuller – 45gp 2gp 7a 9pts +2 4 PIM 39 SOG 6.51 AvR
LW/RW – Adam Henrich – 78gp 16g 35a 51pts -4 125 PIM 155 SOG 7.40 AvR
LW – Brandon Prust – 47gp 6g 10a 16pts -2 137 PIM 53 SOG 6.87 AvR
LW – Greg Stewart – 9gp 0g 0a 0pts -5 6 PIM 6 SOG 6.00 AvR
C – David Desharnais – 80gp 20g 72a 92pts +1 36 PIM 201 SOG 7.74 AvR
C/LW – Mike Duco – 74gp 29g 39a 68pts +4 67 PIM 196 SOG 7.12 AvR
C/LW – Eric Hunter – 20gp 2g 4a 6pts -8 8 PIM 31 SOG 6.20 AvR
C/LW – Chris Korchinski – 80gp 15g 24a 39pts +3 123 PIM 121 SOG 6.95 AvR
C/RW – Shaun Landolt – 76gp 23g 30a 53pts -8 129 PIMM 140 SOG 7.49 AvR
C – Cam Lilley – 17gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 16 PIM 9 SOG 6.47 AvR
C/RW – Chris Minard – 79gp 27g 20a 47pts +12 32 PIM 185 SOG 6.59 AvR
C/LW – Sean Venedam – 21gp 5g 6a 11pts +3 18 PIM 22 SOG 7.24 AvR
RW/LW – Mark Olafson – 7gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 4 PIM 7 SOG 6.57 AvR
RW/LW – James Wyman – 73gp 15g 14a 29pts -4 40PIM 120 SOG 6.74 AvR
Team Leaders:
G: Mike Duco 29
A: Desharnais 72
P: Desharnais 92
+/-: Minard 12
PIM: MacIntyre 449
HT: Drewiske 350
SB: Drewiske 118
TA: Henrich 14
GAA: Price 1.01
Sv %: Price .960
AvR: Bilotto 8.05 AvR
We start the month of April with a home game against our QEW Rivals Toronto Marlies. Mike Brodeur will get the start in goal.
Toronto Marlies (23-43-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-26-5)
Duco (27) (Desharnais, Strait)
Henrich (15) (Bordeleau)
Duco (28) (Beaulieu, Hunter)
Venedam (4) (Fuller, Bilotto)
Toronto:
Mapletoft: Goal
Brent: Goal
LaCouture: Miss
Hordichuk: Goal
3 for 4
Hamilton:
Venedem: Miss
Minard: Miss
Prust: Goal
Blanchard: Miss
Final: 5-4 SOL
Brodeur 20 of 24 saves; Adam Henrich 1g 1st star; Mike Duco 2nd star 2g; Patrick Bordeleau 1a 3rd star
After the game Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres have fired both their GM’s
April 5th
We play host to Syracuse Crunch as Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal.
Syracuse Crunch (29-37-9) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (41-26-6)
Landolt (22) (Beaulieu)
Desharnais (17) (Blanchard, Duco) PP
Minard (26) (Blanchard, Bilotto) PP
Syracuse:
Healey: Miss
Spina: Goal
Kvapil: Miss
1 for 3
Hamilton:
Venedam: Goal
Korchinski: Goal
Blanchard: Goal
Minard: Goal
4 for 4
Final: 4-3 SOW
Brodeur 25 of 28 saves; Sean Blanchard 2nd star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: SYR 29 – HAM 31
Powerplay: SYR 1 for 9 – HAM 2 for 5
PIM: SYR 10 – HAM 20
Hits: SYR 19 – HAM 39
Faceoff %: SYR 38.1 % - HAM 61.9 %
April 6th
Montreal has reassigned us Joel Gistedt as he will start today on the road against the IceCaps
Hamilton Bulldogs (42-26-6) @ St. John’s IceCaps (35-33-6)
Landolt (23) PS
Henrich (16) (Korchinski, Hunter) PP
Venedam (5)
Hamilton:
Minard: Goal
Venedam: Goal
Korchinski: Goal
Blanchard: Goal
4 for 4
St. John’s:
Gordon: Miss
Gervais: Goal
Callander: Miss
Stafford: Goal
2 for 4
Final: 4-3 SOW
Gistedt 18 of 21 saves; Venedam 1st star 1g; Henrich 2nd star 1g 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 40 – STJ 23
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 11 – STJ 0 for 6
PIM: HAM 12 – STJ 24
Hits: HAM 31 – STJ 21
Faceoff %: HAM 63.3 % - STJ 37.0 %
April 7th
We finish off a three in three days today with a road game against the Marlies. Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (43-26-6) @ Toronto Marlies (25-44-6)
Desharnais (18) (Blanchard) PP
Minard (27) (Desharnais, Duco)
Duco (29) (MacIntyre, Mormina)
Final: 4-3 OTL
Gistedt 25 of 29 saves; Desharnais 1g 1a 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 30 – TOR 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 9 – TOR 1 for 7
PIM: HAM 14 – TOR 28
Hits: HAM 27 – TOR 35
Faceoff %: HAM 41.2 % - TOR 58.8 %
Sean Blanchard will be out of action for a month after he suffered a hip pointer and will be out of action for about a month
April 11th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in todays home game against the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (49-17-10) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (43-26-7)
Bilotto (Korchinski)
Final: 5-1 L
Gistedt 27 of 32 saves
April 12th
We finish the regular season three games in three days with games against Grand Rapids Griffins home and home and then a road game against St. John’s Ice Caps
Montreal has reassigned Carey Price and James Wyman to our club.
April 13th
Carey Price after being sent down tomorrow will start todays home game against the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (50-17-10) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (43-27-7)
Beaulieu (Landolt, Prust)
Beaulieu (Prust, Landolt)
Drewiske (Duco, Bilotto) PP
Desharnais (Duco, Minard)
Final: 4-0 W
Price 28 of 28 saves 2nd star; Brandon Prust 2nd star 2a; Josh Beaulieu 1st star 2g
April 14th
We head onto the road to face the Griffins to continue our winning streak as Carey Price gets the start in goal again.
Hamilton Bulldogs (44-27-7) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (50-18-10)
Bilotto (Olson, Wyman)
Desharnais (Duco, Bilotto) PP
Final: 2-1 W
Price 25 of 26 saves 2nd star; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 1g 1a; Chris Minard will be out of action for ten days after he suffered a groin strain.
April 15th
Carey Price will get the last start of the regular season as we head on the road against the IceCaps
Hamilton Bulldogs (45-27-7) @ St. John’s IceCaps (37-35-7)
Hunter (Henrich, Korchinski) PP
Final: 2-1 L
Price 19 of 21 saves; Davis Drewiske 2nd star
Stan Butler has been named as the new Montreal Canadiens GM
The Hamilton Bulldogs are set to battle the St. John’s IceCaps in the AHL West Conference Playoffs quarter finals and the experts are predicting some good hockey between the two teams.
In 10 regular season games between the two teams, St. John’s IceCaps outscored Hamilton 35-22 as they clinched the series 5-3-2. The first game will be in Hamilton on April 18th
Here are the stats of the Hamilton Bulldogs from the 2007-2008 regular season.
2nd North – 80gp 45-28-7 .606 293 GF 275 GA 16.4 PP % 87.1 PK % 97pts – finished 14 points ahead of St. John’s who finished with 83 pts
G – Mike Brodeur 45gp 24-13-4 3.34 GAA .880 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 7.49 AvR
G – Joel Gistedt 25gp 12-8-2 3.33 GAA .873 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 7.28 AvR
G – Carey Price – 3gp 2-1-0 1.01 GAA .960 Sv % 1 SO 0 EN 9.33 AvR
G – Francois Thuot – 18gp 7-6-1 3.94 GAA .850 Sv % 0 SO 1 EN 6.78 AvR
D – Sean Blanchard – 73gp 15g 27g 42pts -20 53 PIM 202 SOG 7.12 AvR
D – Davis Drewiske – 80gp 8g 26a 34pts +6 80 PIM 94 SOG 7.88 AvR
D – Joey Mormina – 61gp 3g 17a 20pts -8 127 PIM 76 SOG 7.21 AvR
D – Elgin Reid – 66gp 4g 15a 19pts -8 83 PIM 60 SOG 6.48 AvR
D – Brian Strait – 35gp 1g 7a 8pts +12 20 PIM 34 SOG 7.31 AvR
D – Nicholas Bilotto – 80gp 17g 36a 53pts -2 56 PIM 170 SOG 8.05 AvR
D – Benn Olson – 24gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 40 PIM 11 SOG 6.54 AvR
D/W – Steve MacIntyre – 77gp 9g 13a 22pts +10 449 PIM 67 SOG 7.31 AvR
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu – 70gp 11g 16a 27pts -3 140 PIM 90 SOG 6.57 AvR
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – 15gp 3g 3a 6pts +10 8 PIM 15 SOG 7.67 AvR
LW/C – Travis Fuller – 45gp 2gp 7a 9pts +2 4 PIM 39 SOG 6.51 AvR
LW/RW – Adam Henrich – 78gp 16g 35a 51pts -4 125 PIM 155 SOG 7.40 AvR
LW – Brandon Prust – 47gp 6g 10a 16pts -2 137 PIM 53 SOG 6.87 AvR
LW – Greg Stewart – 9gp 0g 0a 0pts -5 6 PIM 6 SOG 6.00 AvR
C – David Desharnais – 80gp 20g 72a 92pts +1 36 PIM 201 SOG 7.74 AvR
C/LW – Mike Duco – 74gp 29g 39a 68pts +4 67 PIM 196 SOG 7.12 AvR
C/LW – Eric Hunter – 20gp 2g 4a 6pts -8 8 PIM 31 SOG 6.20 AvR
C/LW – Chris Korchinski – 80gp 15g 24a 39pts +3 123 PIM 121 SOG 6.95 AvR
C/RW – Shaun Landolt – 76gp 23g 30a 53pts -8 129 PIMM 140 SOG 7.49 AvR
C – Cam Lilley – 17gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 16 PIM 9 SOG 6.47 AvR
C/RW – Chris Minard – 79gp 27g 20a 47pts +12 32 PIM 185 SOG 6.59 AvR
C/LW – Sean Venedam – 21gp 5g 6a 11pts +3 18 PIM 22 SOG 7.24 AvR
RW/LW – Mark Olafson – 7gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 4 PIM 7 SOG 6.57 AvR
RW/LW – James Wyman – 73gp 15g 14a 29pts -4 40PIM 120 SOG 6.74 AvR
Team Leaders:
G: Mike Duco 29
A: Desharnais 72
P: Desharnais 92
+/-: Minard 12
PIM: MacIntyre 449
HT: Drewiske 350
SB: Drewiske 118
TA: Henrich 14
GAA: Price 1.01
Sv %: Price .960
AvR: Bilotto 8.05 AvR
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April 2008 - Playoffs Round 1
April 19th
AHL Playoffs Game 1
Hershey Bears 4 – Adirondack Phantoms 2 (Hershey leads series 1-0)
Binghamton Senators 5 – Albany Devils 2 (Binghamton leads series 1-0)
Hartford Wolfpack 3 – Worchester Sharks 4 (Worchester leads series 1-0)
Utica Comets 3 – Portland Pirates 1 (Utica leads series 1-0)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 1 (Grand Rapids leads 1-0)
Abbotsford Heat 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 1 (Abbotsford leads 1-0)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Milwaukee Admirals 1 (Chicago leads series 1-0)
We get ready for our 1st game of the Series against St. John’s IceCaps as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (0-0-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (0-0-0)
Prust (1) (Olafson, Bilotto) – 64:25 OT Winner
Final: 1-0 OTW
Carey Price 30 of 30 saves 1st star; Nicholas Bilotto 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 30 – HAM 30
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 12 – HAM 0 for 10
PIM: STJ 30 – HAM 37
Hits: STJ 15 – HAM 43
Faceoff %: STJ 27.1 % - HAM 72.9 %
April 19th
Adam Henrich will miss our next game as he was suspended for 1 game after he was give a 5 minute slashing penalty and a game misconduct in the game yesterday. Chris Minard will return to the line up tomorrow to fill Adam Henrich’s spot in the line up.
April 20th
AHL Playoffs Game 2
Hershey Bears 4 – Adirondack Phantoms 1 (Hershey leads series 2-0)
Binghamton Senators 5 – Albany Devils 3 (Binghamton leads series 2-0)
Hartford Wolfpack 4 – Worchester Sharks 5 OT (Worchester leads series 2-0)
Utica Comets 4 – Portland Pirates 1 (Utica leads series 2-0)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 2 (Grand Rapids leads 2-0)
Abbotsford Heat 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 4 (Series tied 1-1)
Chicago Wolves 3 – Milwaukee Admirals 2 (Chicago leads series 2-0)
We look to take a 2-0 series lead with another home game against St. John’s IceCaps as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (0-0-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (1-0-0)
Duco (1) (Landolt, Desharnais) PP
Venedem (1) (Wyman, Bordeleau)
Final: 2-1 W
Carey Price 34 of 35 saves 1st star; Sean Venedam 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 35 – HAM 32
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 9 – HAM 1 for 6
PIM: STJ 12 – HAM 20
Hits: STJ 21 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: STJ 27.6 % - HAM 72.4 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead the series 2-0
April 21st
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Bobby Ryan 3gp 4g 2a 6pts
April 22nd
AHL Playoffs Game 3
Hershey Bears 3 – Adirondack Phantoms 1 (Hershey leads series 3-0)
Binghamton Senators 2 – Albany Devils 3 (Binghamton leads series 2-1)
Hartford Wolfpack 3 – Worchester Sharks 4 (Worchester leads series 3-0)
Utica Comets 4 – Portland Pirates 0 (Utica leads series 3-0)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syracuse Crunch 5 (Grand Rapids leads 2-1)
Abbotsford Heat 3 – Oklahoma City Barons 4 (Oklahoma City leads 2-1)
Chicago Wolves 3 – Milwaukee Admirals 1 (Chicago leads series 3-0)
We look to continue our hot streak as Adam Henrich returns to the line up as we head on the road with our 2-0 record to take on the IceCaps in St. John’s.
Hamilton Bulldogs (2-0-0) @ St. John’s IceCaps (0-1-1)
Venedam (Henrich, MacIntyre)
Final: 1-0 W
Carey Price 25 of 25 saves 1st star SO; Sean Venedam 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – STJ 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 8 – STJ 0 for 9
PIM: HAM 20 – STJ 16
Hits: HAM 27 – STJ 22
Faceoff %: HAM 63.2 % - STJ 36.8 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead series 3-0
April 24th
AHL Playoffs Game 4
Hershey Bears 6 – Adirondack Phantoms 2 (Hershey wins series 4-0)
Binghamton Senators 3 – Albany Devils 1 (Binghamton leads series 3-1)
Hartford Wolfpack 5 – Worchester Sharks 3 (Worchester leads series 3-1)
Utica Comets 2 – Portland Pirates 3 (Utica leads series 3-1)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 2 (Grand Rapids leads series 3-1)
Abbotsford Heat 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 0 (Series tied 2-2)
Chicago Wolves 4 – Milwaukee Admirals 2 (Chicago wins 4-0)
We look for the sweep against St. John’s on the road as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (3-0-0) @ St. John’s IceCaps (0-2-1)
Landolt (Korchinski, Henrich)
Henrich (Landolt, Olson)
Bilotto (Duco, Mormina) PP
Landolt (Korchinski, Drewiske)
Final: 4-1 W
Price 35 of 36 saves 3rd star; Adam Henrich 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 2g 1a 1st star
Hamilton Bulldogs made it through to the semi finals with a 4-1 win against St. John’s IceCaps at Mile One Stadium to complete the sweep 4 games to 0.
April 26th
AHL Playoffs Game 5
Binghamton Senators 2 – Albany Devils 0 (Binghamton wins series 4-1)
Hartford Wolfpack 4 – Worchester Sharks 3 (Worchester leads series 3-2)
Utica Comets 3 – Portland Pirates 4 OT (Utica leads series 3-2)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 1 (Grand Rapids wins series 4-1)
Abbotsford Heat 3 – Oklahoma City Barons 7 (Oklahoma City leads series 3-2)
Sean Blanchard has resumed skating after returning from his hip injury. He’s expected to be back in full contact practices in 2 weeks.
April 28th
AHL Playoffs Game 6
Hartford Wolfpack 0 – Worchester Sharks 2 (Worchester wins series 4-2)
Utica Comets 0 – Portland Pirates 1 OT (Series tied 3-3)
Abbotsford Heat 4 – Oklahoma City Barons 5 OT (Oklahoma City wins series 4-2)
AHL Player of the Week: Tyler Spurgeon 4gp 5g 3a 8pts
April 30th
AHL Quarter Finals Game 7
Utica Comets 1 – Portland Pirates 2 OT (Portland wins series 4-3)
AHL Player of the Month: Hamilton’s Carey Price 7gp 7 wins 3 shutouts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Hamilton’s Carey Price 7gp 7 wins 3 shutouts
Oscar Moller has left Rogle as his contract expires however before Jacques Lemaire was fired he was able to sign Oscar Moller to a entry level contract so he joins the Canadiens on the 7th of June.
AHL Playoffs Game 1
Hershey Bears 4 – Adirondack Phantoms 2 (Hershey leads series 1-0)
Binghamton Senators 5 – Albany Devils 2 (Binghamton leads series 1-0)
Hartford Wolfpack 3 – Worchester Sharks 4 (Worchester leads series 1-0)
Utica Comets 3 – Portland Pirates 1 (Utica leads series 1-0)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 1 (Grand Rapids leads 1-0)
Abbotsford Heat 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 1 (Abbotsford leads 1-0)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Milwaukee Admirals 1 (Chicago leads series 1-0)
We get ready for our 1st game of the Series against St. John’s IceCaps as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (0-0-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (0-0-0)
Prust (1) (Olafson, Bilotto) – 64:25 OT Winner
Final: 1-0 OTW
Carey Price 30 of 30 saves 1st star; Nicholas Bilotto 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 30 – HAM 30
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 12 – HAM 0 for 10
PIM: STJ 30 – HAM 37
Hits: STJ 15 – HAM 43
Faceoff %: STJ 27.1 % - HAM 72.9 %
April 19th
Adam Henrich will miss our next game as he was suspended for 1 game after he was give a 5 minute slashing penalty and a game misconduct in the game yesterday. Chris Minard will return to the line up tomorrow to fill Adam Henrich’s spot in the line up.
April 20th
AHL Playoffs Game 2
Hershey Bears 4 – Adirondack Phantoms 1 (Hershey leads series 2-0)
Binghamton Senators 5 – Albany Devils 3 (Binghamton leads series 2-0)
Hartford Wolfpack 4 – Worchester Sharks 5 OT (Worchester leads series 2-0)
Utica Comets 4 – Portland Pirates 1 (Utica leads series 2-0)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 2 (Grand Rapids leads 2-0)
Abbotsford Heat 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 4 (Series tied 1-1)
Chicago Wolves 3 – Milwaukee Admirals 2 (Chicago leads series 2-0)
We look to take a 2-0 series lead with another home game against St. John’s IceCaps as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
St. John’s IceCaps (0-0-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (1-0-0)
Duco (1) (Landolt, Desharnais) PP
Venedem (1) (Wyman, Bordeleau)
Final: 2-1 W
Carey Price 34 of 35 saves 1st star; Sean Venedam 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 35 – HAM 32
Powerplay: STJ 0 for 9 – HAM 1 for 6
PIM: STJ 12 – HAM 20
Hits: STJ 21 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: STJ 27.6 % - HAM 72.4 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead the series 2-0
April 21st
AHL Player of the Week: Binghamton’s Bobby Ryan 3gp 4g 2a 6pts
April 22nd
AHL Playoffs Game 3
Hershey Bears 3 – Adirondack Phantoms 1 (Hershey leads series 3-0)
Binghamton Senators 2 – Albany Devils 3 (Binghamton leads series 2-1)
Hartford Wolfpack 3 – Worchester Sharks 4 (Worchester leads series 3-0)
Utica Comets 4 – Portland Pirates 0 (Utica leads series 3-0)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syracuse Crunch 5 (Grand Rapids leads 2-1)
Abbotsford Heat 3 – Oklahoma City Barons 4 (Oklahoma City leads 2-1)
Chicago Wolves 3 – Milwaukee Admirals 1 (Chicago leads series 3-0)
We look to continue our hot streak as Adam Henrich returns to the line up as we head on the road with our 2-0 record to take on the IceCaps in St. John’s.
Hamilton Bulldogs (2-0-0) @ St. John’s IceCaps (0-1-1)
Venedam (Henrich, MacIntyre)
Final: 1-0 W
Carey Price 25 of 25 saves 1st star SO; Sean Venedam 3rd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – STJ 25
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 8 – STJ 0 for 9
PIM: HAM 20 – STJ 16
Hits: HAM 27 – STJ 22
Faceoff %: HAM 63.2 % - STJ 36.8 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead series 3-0
April 24th
AHL Playoffs Game 4
Hershey Bears 6 – Adirondack Phantoms 2 (Hershey wins series 4-0)
Binghamton Senators 3 – Albany Devils 1 (Binghamton leads series 3-1)
Hartford Wolfpack 5 – Worchester Sharks 3 (Worchester leads series 3-1)
Utica Comets 2 – Portland Pirates 3 (Utica leads series 3-1)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 2 (Grand Rapids leads series 3-1)
Abbotsford Heat 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 0 (Series tied 2-2)
Chicago Wolves 4 – Milwaukee Admirals 2 (Chicago wins 4-0)
We look for the sweep against St. John’s on the road as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (3-0-0) @ St. John’s IceCaps (0-2-1)
Landolt (Korchinski, Henrich)
Henrich (Landolt, Olson)
Bilotto (Duco, Mormina) PP
Landolt (Korchinski, Drewiske)
Final: 4-1 W
Price 35 of 36 saves 3rd star; Adam Henrich 2nd star 1g 1a; Shaun Landolt 2g 1a 1st star
Hamilton Bulldogs made it through to the semi finals with a 4-1 win against St. John’s IceCaps at Mile One Stadium to complete the sweep 4 games to 0.
April 26th
AHL Playoffs Game 5
Binghamton Senators 2 – Albany Devils 0 (Binghamton wins series 4-1)
Hartford Wolfpack 4 – Worchester Sharks 3 (Worchester leads series 3-2)
Utica Comets 3 – Portland Pirates 4 OT (Utica leads series 3-2)
Grand Rapids 3 – Syraucse Crunch 1 (Grand Rapids wins series 4-1)
Abbotsford Heat 3 – Oklahoma City Barons 7 (Oklahoma City leads series 3-2)
Sean Blanchard has resumed skating after returning from his hip injury. He’s expected to be back in full contact practices in 2 weeks.
April 28th
AHL Playoffs Game 6
Hartford Wolfpack 0 – Worchester Sharks 2 (Worchester wins series 4-2)
Utica Comets 0 – Portland Pirates 1 OT (Series tied 3-3)
Abbotsford Heat 4 – Oklahoma City Barons 5 OT (Oklahoma City wins series 4-2)
AHL Player of the Week: Tyler Spurgeon 4gp 5g 3a 8pts
April 30th
AHL Quarter Finals Game 7
Utica Comets 1 – Portland Pirates 2 OT (Portland wins series 4-3)
AHL Player of the Month: Hamilton’s Carey Price 7gp 7 wins 3 shutouts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Hamilton’s Carey Price 7gp 7 wins 3 shutouts
Oscar Moller has left Rogle as his contract expires however before Jacques Lemaire was fired he was able to sign Oscar Moller to a entry level contract so he joins the Canadiens on the 7th of June.
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May 2008 - Round 2
May 2nd
The Grand Rapids Griffins will be facing the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL Western Conference Semi Finals. The series is expected to showcase some good action.
In 10 regular season games between the two teams, Grand Rapids outscored Hamilton 40-26 as they clinched the series 7-3-0.
To get to this stage Grand Rapids have beaten Syracuse, while Hamilton have knocked off St. John’s. The first game of the series will be played at Van Andel Arena on Saturday May 3rd 2008.
May 3rd
AHL Semi Finals Game 1
Binghamton Senators 1 – Hershey Bears 2 (Hershey leads series 1-0)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 1 (Worchester leads series 1-0)
Chicago Wolves 4 – Oklahoma City Barons 1 (Chicago leads series 1-0)
We begin the semi finals on the road as Carey Price continues his outstanding play in the playoffs on the road against the Griffins.
Hamilton Bulldogs (4-0-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (4-1-0)
Mormina (Bilotto, Minard) PP
Final: 2-1 L
Price 28 of 30 saves; Joey Mormina 1st star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – GRD 30
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 5 – GRD 0 for 7
PIM: HAM 19 – GRD 15
Hits: HAM 33 – GRD 27
Faceoff %: HAM 46.9 % - GRD 53.1 %
After the game we have moved Michel Therrien who did a great job as first season coach from Head Coach to assistant coach as there is someone out there that we wanted to hire as our Head Coach who also is a former NHL Head Coach.
May 5th
AHL Semi Finals Game 2
Binghamton Senators 2 – Hershey Bears 3 (Hershey leads series 2-0)
Worchester Sharks 1 – Portland Pirates 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Chicago Wolves 0 – Oklahoma City Barons 3 (Series tied 1-1)
We look to get back into the series as Carey Price starts another game in goal
Hamilton Bulldogs (4-1-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (5-1-0)
Desharnais (Minard, Duco) PP
Drewiske (Desharnais)
Hunter (MacIntyre)
Final: 4-3 L
Price 26 of 30 saves; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 30
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – GRD 2 for 11
PIM: HAM 39 – GRD 21
Hits: HAM 33 – GRD 21
Faceoff %: HAM 36.4 % - GRD 63.6 %
Grand Rapids Griffins leads series 2-0
May 6th
We have named Bob Hartley as our new Head Coach. He previously served as the Calgary Flames Head Coach.
May 7th
AHL Semi Finals Game 3
Binghamton Senators 7 – Hershey Bears 2 (Hershey leads series 2-1)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 1 (Worchester leads series 2-1)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 0 (Chicago leads series 2-1)
Our series moves to our rink which we know our fans will get behind us and bring excitement to the game tonight as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Grand Rapids Griffins (6-1-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (4-2-0)
Final: 3-0 L
Price 26 of 29 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 28 – GRD 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – GRD 0 for 7
PIM: HAM 19 – GRD 23
Hits: HAM 38 – GRD 29
Faceoff %: HAM 29.4 % - GRD 70.6 %
Grand Rapids Griffins lead series 3-0
Even though the Griffins lead series 3-0 we got good news tonight. Their top goalie Stefan Liv who was 34-9-8 in the regular season and 7-1-0 in the playoffs he was injured in tonight’s game and he is out of action for 3 weeks with a fractured wrist. They will have to rely on their other goalie Julien Ellis who has only played 2 games in the regular season with Frederic Cloutier as their other goalie.
May 9th
AHL Semi Finals Game 4
Binghamton Senators 3 – Hershey Bears 2 OT (Series tied 2-2)
Worchester Sharks 1 – Portland Pirates 5 (Series tied 2-2)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 3 OT (Series tied 2-2)
We try to fight off the sweep by Griffins as we finish our side of the home side of the series as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Grand Rapids Griffins (7-1-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (4-3-0)
Korchinski (Henrich, Mormina)
Desharnais (Bilotto) PP
Minard (Bilotto, Duco)
Final: 3-2 W
Price 30 of 32 saves 3rd star; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 25 – GRD 32
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 10 – GRD 1 for 10
PIM: HAM 27 – GRD 35
Hits: HAM 34 – GRD 19
Faceoff %: HAM 43.2 % - GRD 56.8 %
Grand Rapids Griffins lead series 3-1
May 10th
We signed Clayton Barthel to a contract. He played for the Sonderjyske team in the Danish league where he had 1g 6a 7pts -3 36 PIM 43 SOG 6.97 AvR. In 5gp in the Den Cup he had 2g 2a 4pts +1 6 PIM 12 SOG and 7.20 AvR. He won’t play for us in the playoffs but he will train with our team and practice for next season.
May 11th
AHL Semi Finals Game 5
Binghamton Senators 2 – Hershey Bears 4 (Hershey leads series 3-2)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 5 (Portland leads series 3-2)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 0 (Chicago leads series 3-2)
We head back onto the road as we continue to fight for our lives as we head to Michigan to face the Griffins.
Hamilton Bulldogs (5-3-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (7-2-0)
Minard (Desharnais, Duco)
Prust (Beaulieu, Hunter)
Henrich (Drewiske, Korchinski) PP
MacIntyre (Minard, Desharnais)
Desharnais (Duco)
Korchinski (Henrich, Wyman)
Prust (Duco) SH
Final: 7-2 W
Price 25 of 27 saves; Mike Duco 3rd star 3a; Brandon Prust 2g 1st star; David Desharnais 2nd star 1g 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 42 – GRD 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – GRD 1 for 3
PIM: HAM 16 – GRD 26
Hits: HAM 28 – GRD 25
Faceoff %: HAM 52.0 % - GRD 48.0 %
Grand Rapids Griffins leads series 3-2
May 12th
AHL Player of the Week: Chicago’s Jaroslav Halak 3gp 2 wins 2 shutouts
May 13th
AHL Semi Finals Game 6
Binghamton Senators 3 – Hershey Bears 4 OT (Hershey wins 4-2)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 3 OT (Portland wins series 4-2)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 4 (Series tied 3-3)
We head home to get the energy from our fans to hopefully force game 7 on home ice tonight as we take on the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (7-3-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (6-3-0)
Beaulieu (Prust, Landolt)
Duco (Venedam)
Minard (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Final: 3-1 W
Price 19 of 20 saves; Mike Duco 1st star 1g 1a; Nicholas Bilotto 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 20
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – GRD 0 for 8
PIM: HAM 21 – GRD 31
Hits: HAM 35 – GRD 15
Faceoff %: HAM 54.5 % - GRD 45.5 %
The Series is tied 3-3 as we force game 7
May 14th
Stefan Liv of the Griffins 7 day IR ends today the question is if they take him off or start him tomorrow in game 7
May 15th
AHL Semi Finals Game 7
Chicago Wolves 4 – Oklahoma City Barons 1 (Chicago wins series 4-3)
We head on the road as we forced game 7 on home ice as we look to beat the Griffins to move onto the next round.
Hamilton Bulldogs (7-3-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (7-4-0)
Hunter (Prust, Beaulieu)
Mormina PP
Minard (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Korchinski (Henrich, Drewiske) PP
Bordeleau (Venedam, Wyman)
Landolt EN
Final: 6-4 W
Price 29 of 33 saves; Eric Hunter 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – GRD 33
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 7 – GRD 2 for 11
PIM: HAM 22 – GRD 14
Hits: HAM 22 – GRD 20
Faceoff %: HAM 52.0 % - GRD 48.0 %
Hamilton Bulldogs win game 7 and move onto the Western Conference Finals
Notes of this series: First we were down 3-0 in the series and win 4 straight to beat the Griffins. As the media would say the TSN turning point was the Liv injury otherwise I didn’t see us winning 4 straight games. In game 7 of the series the 3rd period was huge for us as we scored 4 goals in the final 20 minutes.
Hamilton Bulldogs made it through to the West Conference Finals with a 6-4 win over Grand Rapids at Van Andel Arena.
The Grand Rapids Griffins will be facing the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL Western Conference Semi Finals. The series is expected to showcase some good action.
In 10 regular season games between the two teams, Grand Rapids outscored Hamilton 40-26 as they clinched the series 7-3-0.
To get to this stage Grand Rapids have beaten Syracuse, while Hamilton have knocked off St. John’s. The first game of the series will be played at Van Andel Arena on Saturday May 3rd 2008.
May 3rd
AHL Semi Finals Game 1
Binghamton Senators 1 – Hershey Bears 2 (Hershey leads series 1-0)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 1 (Worchester leads series 1-0)
Chicago Wolves 4 – Oklahoma City Barons 1 (Chicago leads series 1-0)
We begin the semi finals on the road as Carey Price continues his outstanding play in the playoffs on the road against the Griffins.
Hamilton Bulldogs (4-0-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (4-1-0)
Mormina (Bilotto, Minard) PP
Final: 2-1 L
Price 28 of 30 saves; Joey Mormina 1st star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 29 – GRD 30
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 5 – GRD 0 for 7
PIM: HAM 19 – GRD 15
Hits: HAM 33 – GRD 27
Faceoff %: HAM 46.9 % - GRD 53.1 %
After the game we have moved Michel Therrien who did a great job as first season coach from Head Coach to assistant coach as there is someone out there that we wanted to hire as our Head Coach who also is a former NHL Head Coach.
May 5th
AHL Semi Finals Game 2
Binghamton Senators 2 – Hershey Bears 3 (Hershey leads series 2-0)
Worchester Sharks 1 – Portland Pirates 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Chicago Wolves 0 – Oklahoma City Barons 3 (Series tied 1-1)
We look to get back into the series as Carey Price starts another game in goal
Hamilton Bulldogs (4-1-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (5-1-0)
Desharnais (Minard, Duco) PP
Drewiske (Desharnais)
Hunter (MacIntyre)
Final: 4-3 L
Price 26 of 30 saves; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 30
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – GRD 2 for 11
PIM: HAM 39 – GRD 21
Hits: HAM 33 – GRD 21
Faceoff %: HAM 36.4 % - GRD 63.6 %
Grand Rapids Griffins leads series 2-0
May 6th
We have named Bob Hartley as our new Head Coach. He previously served as the Calgary Flames Head Coach.
May 7th
AHL Semi Finals Game 3
Binghamton Senators 7 – Hershey Bears 2 (Hershey leads series 2-1)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 1 (Worchester leads series 2-1)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 0 (Chicago leads series 2-1)
Our series moves to our rink which we know our fans will get behind us and bring excitement to the game tonight as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Grand Rapids Griffins (6-1-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (4-2-0)
Final: 3-0 L
Price 26 of 29 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 28 – GRD 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – GRD 0 for 7
PIM: HAM 19 – GRD 23
Hits: HAM 38 – GRD 29
Faceoff %: HAM 29.4 % - GRD 70.6 %
Grand Rapids Griffins lead series 3-0
Even though the Griffins lead series 3-0 we got good news tonight. Their top goalie Stefan Liv who was 34-9-8 in the regular season and 7-1-0 in the playoffs he was injured in tonight’s game and he is out of action for 3 weeks with a fractured wrist. They will have to rely on their other goalie Julien Ellis who has only played 2 games in the regular season with Frederic Cloutier as their other goalie.
May 9th
AHL Semi Finals Game 4
Binghamton Senators 3 – Hershey Bears 2 OT (Series tied 2-2)
Worchester Sharks 1 – Portland Pirates 5 (Series tied 2-2)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 3 OT (Series tied 2-2)
We try to fight off the sweep by Griffins as we finish our side of the home side of the series as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Grand Rapids Griffins (7-1-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (4-3-0)
Korchinski (Henrich, Mormina)
Desharnais (Bilotto) PP
Minard (Bilotto, Duco)
Final: 3-2 W
Price 30 of 32 saves 3rd star; Nicholas Bilotto 1st star 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 25 – GRD 32
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 10 – GRD 1 for 10
PIM: HAM 27 – GRD 35
Hits: HAM 34 – GRD 19
Faceoff %: HAM 43.2 % - GRD 56.8 %
Grand Rapids Griffins lead series 3-1
May 10th
We signed Clayton Barthel to a contract. He played for the Sonderjyske team in the Danish league where he had 1g 6a 7pts -3 36 PIM 43 SOG 6.97 AvR. In 5gp in the Den Cup he had 2g 2a 4pts +1 6 PIM 12 SOG and 7.20 AvR. He won’t play for us in the playoffs but he will train with our team and practice for next season.
May 11th
AHL Semi Finals Game 5
Binghamton Senators 2 – Hershey Bears 4 (Hershey leads series 3-2)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 5 (Portland leads series 3-2)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 0 (Chicago leads series 3-2)
We head back onto the road as we continue to fight for our lives as we head to Michigan to face the Griffins.
Hamilton Bulldogs (5-3-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (7-2-0)
Minard (Desharnais, Duco)
Prust (Beaulieu, Hunter)
Henrich (Drewiske, Korchinski) PP
MacIntyre (Minard, Desharnais)
Desharnais (Duco)
Korchinski (Henrich, Wyman)
Prust (Duco) SH
Final: 7-2 W
Price 25 of 27 saves; Mike Duco 3rd star 3a; Brandon Prust 2g 1st star; David Desharnais 2nd star 1g 2a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 42 – GRD 27
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – GRD 1 for 3
PIM: HAM 16 – GRD 26
Hits: HAM 28 – GRD 25
Faceoff %: HAM 52.0 % - GRD 48.0 %
Grand Rapids Griffins leads series 3-2
May 12th
AHL Player of the Week: Chicago’s Jaroslav Halak 3gp 2 wins 2 shutouts
May 13th
AHL Semi Finals Game 6
Binghamton Senators 3 – Hershey Bears 4 OT (Hershey wins 4-2)
Worchester Sharks 2 – Portland Pirates 3 OT (Portland wins series 4-2)
Chicago Wolves 2 – Oklahoma City Barons 4 (Series tied 3-3)
We head home to get the energy from our fans to hopefully force game 7 on home ice tonight as we take on the Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins (7-3-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (6-3-0)
Beaulieu (Prust, Landolt)
Duco (Venedam)
Minard (Desharnais, Duco) PP
Final: 3-1 W
Price 19 of 20 saves; Mike Duco 1st star 1g 1a; Nicholas Bilotto 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 37 – GRD 20
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 8 – GRD 0 for 8
PIM: HAM 21 – GRD 31
Hits: HAM 35 – GRD 15
Faceoff %: HAM 54.5 % - GRD 45.5 %
The Series is tied 3-3 as we force game 7
May 14th
Stefan Liv of the Griffins 7 day IR ends today the question is if they take him off or start him tomorrow in game 7
May 15th
AHL Semi Finals Game 7
Chicago Wolves 4 – Oklahoma City Barons 1 (Chicago wins series 4-3)
We head on the road as we forced game 7 on home ice as we look to beat the Griffins to move onto the next round.
Hamilton Bulldogs (7-3-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (7-4-0)
Hunter (Prust, Beaulieu)
Mormina PP
Minard (Duco, Desharnais) PP
Korchinski (Henrich, Drewiske) PP
Bordeleau (Venedam, Wyman)
Landolt EN
Final: 6-4 W
Price 29 of 33 saves; Eric Hunter 2nd star 1g
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – GRD 33
Powerplay: HAM 3 for 7 – GRD 2 for 11
PIM: HAM 22 – GRD 14
Hits: HAM 22 – GRD 20
Faceoff %: HAM 52.0 % - GRD 48.0 %
Hamilton Bulldogs win game 7 and move onto the Western Conference Finals
Notes of this series: First we were down 3-0 in the series and win 4 straight to beat the Griffins. As the media would say the TSN turning point was the Liv injury otherwise I didn’t see us winning 4 straight games. In game 7 of the series the 3rd period was huge for us as we scored 4 goals in the final 20 minutes.
Hamilton Bulldogs made it through to the West Conference Finals with a 6-4 win over Grand Rapids at Van Andel Arena.
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May 2008 - Round 3
May 17th
Sean Blanchard has been taken off the IR and is practice regularly with the team. However with how well our team has done until we lose big in the next round we are staying with the same lineup that we have dressed the whole playoffs.
The Chicago Wolves are set to face the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL West Conference Finals and the fans should be in for a good series as the two team’s battle it out.
In the 4 regular season games between the two teams, Chicago outscored Hamilton 20-12 as they clinched the series 3-1-0.
So far this playoffs, Chicago has beaten Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, while Hamilton have brushed aside St. John’s and Grand Rapids.
The first game of the series will be played at Allstate Arena tomorrow night.
May 18th
AHL Conference Finals Game 1
Portland Pirates 1 – Hershey Bears 2 OT (Hershey leads series 1-0)
We begin the West Conference Finals on the road as it’s the Battle of the goalies as 8-3-0 1.81 GAA .939 Sv % 2 SO 9.00 AvR of Hamilton goes up against 8-3-0 1.45 GAA .949 Sv % 2 SO 9.18 AvR. The stats are so very close together that the series will come down to defense and goaltending.
Hamilton Bulldogs (8-3-0) @ Chicago Wolves (8-2-1)
Minard (Desharnais, Bilotto) PP
Landolt (Olson, Korchinski)
Final: 2-0 W
Price 29 of 29 saves 1st star; Benn Olson 2nd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 20 – CHI 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 6 – CHI 0 for 9
PIM: HAM 18 – CHI 12
Hits: HAM 18 – CHI 22
Faceoff %: HAM 52.6 % - CHI 47.4 %
Chris Minard of the Hamilton Bulldogs continued his goalscoring streak with another goal in the game against the Chicago Wolves. He’s now scored a goal in each of his last 5 games. Hamilton clinched the win by a scoreline of 2-0.
May 19th
AHL Player of the Week: Hamilton’s Carey Price 3gp 3 wins 1 shutout
May 20th
AHL Conference Finals Game 2
Portland Pirates 2 – Hershey Bears 4 (Hershey leads series 2-0)
We look to take a 2-0 series lead as we continue on the road and our winning streak as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (9-3-0) @ Chicago Wolves (8-3-1)
Olson (Bordeleau, Wyman)
Prust (Hunter, Beaulieu) – OT Winner 94:40
Final: 2-1 2OTW
Price 60 of 61 saves 1st star; Brandon Prust 2nd star 1g; Patrick Bordeleau 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 43 – CHI 61
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 12 – CHI 1 for 11
PIM: HAM 31 – CHI 29
Hits: HAM 38 – CHI 34
Faceoff %: HAM 45.1 % - CHI 54.9 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead the series 2-0
Chris Minard of the Hamilton Bulldogs saw his goal streak come to an end in the game against Chicago Wolves. He’d previously racked up goals in 5 straight games, scoring 5 times along the way.
May 22nd
AHL Conference Finals Game 3
Portland Pirates 5 – Hershey Bears 3 (Hershey leads series 2-1)
We head home in front of our amazing fans as we look to jump out for a big 3-0 lead at home tonight as Carey Price gets the start in goal
Chicago Wolves (8-3-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-3-0)
Minard (Desharnais, Mormina) PP
Duco (Olson, Drewiske)
Final: 3-2 OTL (at 72:36 mark)
Price 39 of 42 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 42 – HAM 31
Powerplay: CHI 2 for 16 – HAM 1 for 6
PIM: CHI 19 – HAM 55
Hits: CHI 16 – HAM 47
Faceoff %: CHI 74.1 % - HAM 25.9 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead the series 2-1
Until tonight’s win we head a 6 game winning streak dating all the way back to game 4 of the Grand Rapids Griffins series.
May 24th
AHL Conference Finals Game 4
Portland Pirates 5 – Hershey Bears 1 (Series tied 2-2)
We look to rebound back from the 3-2 overtime loss to the Wolves two days ago with hoping for another win at home tonight.
Chicago Wolves (9-3-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-3-1)
Duco (Desharnais, Bilotto) PP
Bordeleau
Final: 3-2 L
Price 28 of 31 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 31 – HAM 29
Powerplay: CHI 0 for 4 – HAM 1 for 13
PIM: CHI 36 – HAM 8
Hits: CHI 28 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: CHI 56.8 % - HAM 43.2 %
Series tied 2-2
May 25th
Tomorrow is my birthday so let’s hope we can win for a little birthday present to me LOL
May 26th
AHL Conference Finals Game 5
Portland Pirates 7 – Hershey Bears 5 (Portland leads the series 3-2)
We head back on the road to Chicago as we look to end the losing streak and retake the series lead on the road tonight.
Hamilton Bulldogs (10-4-1) @ Chicago Wolves (10-3-2)
Bilotto (Duco, Minard) PP
Final: 3-1 L
Price 29 of 31 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 27 – CHI 31
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – CHI 1 for 4
PIM: HAM 8 – CHI 14
Hits: HAM 23 – CHI 19
Faceoff %: HAM 45.7 % - CHI 54.3 %
Chicago leads the series 3-2
AHL Player of the Week: Portland’s Martin Hanzal 4gp 4g 5a 9pts
May 28th
AHL Conference Finals Game 6
Portland Pirates 3 – Hershey Bears 0 (Portland wins the series 4-2)
We bounced back to force game 7 last series against the Griffins and I believe our team can force game 7 again against the Wolves.
Chicago Wolves (11-3-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-5-1)
Wyman (Bilotto, Venedam)
Final: 2-1 L
Price 36 of 38 saves 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 37 – HAM 23
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 13 – HAM 0 for 7
PIM: CHI 14 – HAM 36
Hits: CHI 23 – HAM 46
Faceoff %: CHI 42.2 % - HAM 57.8 %
Chicago Wolves beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 4 games to 2
I am very Proud of our team even though we lost in 6 games to Chicago I am very pleased of how well we did in the playoffs.
The Media projected us to finish 26th out of 27th teams and to finish 2nd in the North Division make the playoffs and make it to the final 4 that is a very good accomplishment.
2008 AHL Playoff Stats
G – Carey Price – 17gp 10-7-0 1.73 GAA .945 Sv % 3 SO 1 EN 9.06 AvR
C/LW – Mike Duco – 17gp 4g 9a 13pts Ecen 14 PIM 37 SOG 6.76 AvR
C – David Desharnais – 17gp 3g 9a 12pts -1 4 PIM 33 SOG 7.24 AvR
C/RW – Chris Minard – 16gp 6g 4a10pts -2 8 PIM 67 SOG 6.44 AvR
RD – Nicholas Bilotto – 17gp 2g 7a 9pts -6 12 PIM 44 SOG 7.88 AvR
LW/RW – Adam Henrich – 16gp 2g 5a 7pts +1 35 PIM 35 SOG 6.56 AvR
C/LW – Chris Korchinski – 17gp 3g 4a 7pts Even 37 PIM 38 SOG 6.53 AvR
C/RW – Shaun Landolt – 17gp 4g 3a 7pts +2 26 PIM 42 SOG 6.94 AvR
LW – Brandon Prust – 17gp 4g 2a 6pts +2 77 PIM 22 SOG 6.94 AVR
D – Davis Drewiske – 17gp 1g 4a 5pts +6 18 PIM 24 SOG 7.53 AvR
D – Joey Mormina – 17gp 2g 3a 5pts Even 20 PIM 31 SOG 6.88 AvR
C/LW – Sean Venedam – 17gp 2g 3a 5pts +4 8 PIM 23 SOG 7.24 AvR
RW/LW – James Wyman – 17gp 1g 3a 4pts Even 4 PIM 21 SOG 6.76 AvR
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu – 17gp 1g 3a 4pts +2 26 PIM 7 SOG 6.29 AvR
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – 17gp 2g 2a 4pts +2 14 PIM 27 SOG 7.76 AvR
C/LW – Eric Hunter – 17gp 2g 2a 4pts +2 14 PIM 19 SOG 6.41 AvR
D – Benn Olson – 17gp 1g 3a 4pts +7 24 PIM 17 SOG 7.18 AvR
D/W – Steve MacIntyre – 1g 2a 3pts +2 64 PIM 10 SOG 6.82 AvR
RW/LW – Mark Olafson 2gp 0g 1a 1pt Even 6 PIM 2 SOG 6.00 AvR
Some of the AHL signed players will be back and some will not and same goes to the ones that were sent to us by Hamilton.
Portland Pirates (Phoenix Coyotes) will be taking on Chicago Wolves (St. Louis Blues) in the AHL Calder Cup Finals
Sean Blanchard has been taken off the IR and is practice regularly with the team. However with how well our team has done until we lose big in the next round we are staying with the same lineup that we have dressed the whole playoffs.
The Chicago Wolves are set to face the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL West Conference Finals and the fans should be in for a good series as the two team’s battle it out.
In the 4 regular season games between the two teams, Chicago outscored Hamilton 20-12 as they clinched the series 3-1-0.
So far this playoffs, Chicago has beaten Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, while Hamilton have brushed aside St. John’s and Grand Rapids.
The first game of the series will be played at Allstate Arena tomorrow night.
May 18th
AHL Conference Finals Game 1
Portland Pirates 1 – Hershey Bears 2 OT (Hershey leads series 1-0)
We begin the West Conference Finals on the road as it’s the Battle of the goalies as 8-3-0 1.81 GAA .939 Sv % 2 SO 9.00 AvR of Hamilton goes up against 8-3-0 1.45 GAA .949 Sv % 2 SO 9.18 AvR. The stats are so very close together that the series will come down to defense and goaltending.
Hamilton Bulldogs (8-3-0) @ Chicago Wolves (8-2-1)
Minard (Desharnais, Bilotto) PP
Landolt (Olson, Korchinski)
Final: 2-0 W
Price 29 of 29 saves 1st star; Benn Olson 2nd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 20 – CHI 29
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 6 – CHI 0 for 9
PIM: HAM 18 – CHI 12
Hits: HAM 18 – CHI 22
Faceoff %: HAM 52.6 % - CHI 47.4 %
Chris Minard of the Hamilton Bulldogs continued his goalscoring streak with another goal in the game against the Chicago Wolves. He’s now scored a goal in each of his last 5 games. Hamilton clinched the win by a scoreline of 2-0.
May 19th
AHL Player of the Week: Hamilton’s Carey Price 3gp 3 wins 1 shutout
May 20th
AHL Conference Finals Game 2
Portland Pirates 2 – Hershey Bears 4 (Hershey leads series 2-0)
We look to take a 2-0 series lead as we continue on the road and our winning streak as Carey Price gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (9-3-0) @ Chicago Wolves (8-3-1)
Olson (Bordeleau, Wyman)
Prust (Hunter, Beaulieu) – OT Winner 94:40
Final: 2-1 2OTW
Price 60 of 61 saves 1st star; Brandon Prust 2nd star 1g; Patrick Bordeleau 3rd star 1a
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 43 – CHI 61
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 12 – CHI 1 for 11
PIM: HAM 31 – CHI 29
Hits: HAM 38 – CHI 34
Faceoff %: HAM 45.1 % - CHI 54.9 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead the series 2-0
Chris Minard of the Hamilton Bulldogs saw his goal streak come to an end in the game against Chicago Wolves. He’d previously racked up goals in 5 straight games, scoring 5 times along the way.
May 22nd
AHL Conference Finals Game 3
Portland Pirates 5 – Hershey Bears 3 (Hershey leads series 2-1)
We head home in front of our amazing fans as we look to jump out for a big 3-0 lead at home tonight as Carey Price gets the start in goal
Chicago Wolves (8-3-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-3-0)
Minard (Desharnais, Mormina) PP
Duco (Olson, Drewiske)
Final: 3-2 OTL (at 72:36 mark)
Price 39 of 42 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 42 – HAM 31
Powerplay: CHI 2 for 16 – HAM 1 for 6
PIM: CHI 19 – HAM 55
Hits: CHI 16 – HAM 47
Faceoff %: CHI 74.1 % - HAM 25.9 %
Hamilton Bulldogs lead the series 2-1
Until tonight’s win we head a 6 game winning streak dating all the way back to game 4 of the Grand Rapids Griffins series.
May 24th
AHL Conference Finals Game 4
Portland Pirates 5 – Hershey Bears 1 (Series tied 2-2)
We look to rebound back from the 3-2 overtime loss to the Wolves two days ago with hoping for another win at home tonight.
Chicago Wolves (9-3-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-3-1)
Duco (Desharnais, Bilotto) PP
Bordeleau
Final: 3-2 L
Price 28 of 31 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 31 – HAM 29
Powerplay: CHI 0 for 4 – HAM 1 for 13
PIM: CHI 36 – HAM 8
Hits: CHI 28 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: CHI 56.8 % - HAM 43.2 %
Series tied 2-2
May 25th
Tomorrow is my birthday so let’s hope we can win for a little birthday present to me LOL
May 26th
AHL Conference Finals Game 5
Portland Pirates 7 – Hershey Bears 5 (Portland leads the series 3-2)
We head back on the road to Chicago as we look to end the losing streak and retake the series lead on the road tonight.
Hamilton Bulldogs (10-4-1) @ Chicago Wolves (10-3-2)
Bilotto (Duco, Minard) PP
Final: 3-1 L
Price 29 of 31 saves
Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 27 – CHI 31
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – CHI 1 for 4
PIM: HAM 8 – CHI 14
Hits: HAM 23 – CHI 19
Faceoff %: HAM 45.7 % - CHI 54.3 %
Chicago leads the series 3-2
AHL Player of the Week: Portland’s Martin Hanzal 4gp 4g 5a 9pts
May 28th
AHL Conference Finals Game 6
Portland Pirates 3 – Hershey Bears 0 (Portland wins the series 4-2)
We bounced back to force game 7 last series against the Griffins and I believe our team can force game 7 again against the Wolves.
Chicago Wolves (11-3-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (10-5-1)
Wyman (Bilotto, Venedam)
Final: 2-1 L
Price 36 of 38 saves 2nd star
Game Stats:
Shots: CHI 37 – HAM 23
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 13 – HAM 0 for 7
PIM: CHI 14 – HAM 36
Hits: CHI 23 – HAM 46
Faceoff %: CHI 42.2 % - HAM 57.8 %
Chicago Wolves beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 4 games to 2
I am very Proud of our team even though we lost in 6 games to Chicago I am very pleased of how well we did in the playoffs.
The Media projected us to finish 26th out of 27th teams and to finish 2nd in the North Division make the playoffs and make it to the final 4 that is a very good accomplishment.
2008 AHL Playoff Stats
G – Carey Price – 17gp 10-7-0 1.73 GAA .945 Sv % 3 SO 1 EN 9.06 AvR
C/LW – Mike Duco – 17gp 4g 9a 13pts Ecen 14 PIM 37 SOG 6.76 AvR
C – David Desharnais – 17gp 3g 9a 12pts -1 4 PIM 33 SOG 7.24 AvR
C/RW – Chris Minard – 16gp 6g 4a10pts -2 8 PIM 67 SOG 6.44 AvR
RD – Nicholas Bilotto – 17gp 2g 7a 9pts -6 12 PIM 44 SOG 7.88 AvR
LW/RW – Adam Henrich – 16gp 2g 5a 7pts +1 35 PIM 35 SOG 6.56 AvR
C/LW – Chris Korchinski – 17gp 3g 4a 7pts Even 37 PIM 38 SOG 6.53 AvR
C/RW – Shaun Landolt – 17gp 4g 3a 7pts +2 26 PIM 42 SOG 6.94 AvR
LW – Brandon Prust – 17gp 4g 2a 6pts +2 77 PIM 22 SOG 6.94 AVR
D – Davis Drewiske – 17gp 1g 4a 5pts +6 18 PIM 24 SOG 7.53 AvR
D – Joey Mormina – 17gp 2g 3a 5pts Even 20 PIM 31 SOG 6.88 AvR
C/LW – Sean Venedam – 17gp 2g 3a 5pts +4 8 PIM 23 SOG 7.24 AvR
RW/LW – James Wyman – 17gp 1g 3a 4pts Even 4 PIM 21 SOG 6.76 AvR
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu – 17gp 1g 3a 4pts +2 26 PIM 7 SOG 6.29 AvR
LW – Patrick Bordeleau – 17gp 2g 2a 4pts +2 14 PIM 27 SOG 7.76 AvR
C/LW – Eric Hunter – 17gp 2g 2a 4pts +2 14 PIM 19 SOG 6.41 AvR
D – Benn Olson – 17gp 1g 3a 4pts +7 24 PIM 17 SOG 7.18 AvR
D/W – Steve MacIntyre – 1g 2a 3pts +2 64 PIM 10 SOG 6.82 AvR
RW/LW – Mark Olafson 2gp 0g 1a 1pt Even 6 PIM 2 SOG 6.00 AvR
Some of the AHL signed players will be back and some will not and same goes to the ones that were sent to us by Hamilton.
Portland Pirates (Phoenix Coyotes) will be taking on Chicago Wolves (St. Louis Blues) in the AHL Calder Cup Finals
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June 2008 - Draft/Off-Season
May 31st
Hamilton/Montreal Off-Season News:
Montreal UFA’s
Jason Chimera
PA Parenteau
Danny Richmond
Eric Lavigne – with Hamilton
Jimmy Bonneau – With Hamilton
Mike Brodeur – with Hamilton
Jamie Dowhayko – with Hamilton
Chris Minard – with Hamilton
Joey Mormina – with Hamilton
James Wyman – with Hamilton
Those are the pending UFA’s of players Montreal will either let go or resign but thats up to the Montreal staff.
As we have 11 players to AHL contracts we have to sit down and decide which players we want to keep and which players we want to let go and maybe replace other players with. Also our 11 players that we have signed to AHL who knows who will be back it’s still too early as they could all sign with NHL teams during the off-season.
June 3rd
Game 1 of the Calder Cup goes down in Portland tonight as Chicago Wolves visit the Wolves. Chicago wins game 1 by a score of 3-1.
June 4th
We have offered Robbie Drummond a new contract however we have decided to release forwards Ryan Berard, Stefan Chaput, Mathieu Aubin, Sean O’Connor as well as goalie Francois Thuot.
June 5th
Portland looks to get back into the series in game 2 as Chicago leads the series 1-0. Portland ties the series 1-1 with a 2-1 win over the Chicago Wolves.
June 7th
The Off-season for Montreal & Hamilton official begins tonight as NHL Trade window opens tonight and any player with a NHL contract can be traded or released starting today.
Game 3 of the Calder Cup shifts to Chicago as the series is tied 1-1. Portland wins on the road with a 2-1 win as they take a 2-1 series lead.
Montreal has already released their first player in Kalvin Sagert. He appeared in 2 games last year and had 0pts.
June 9th
Portland takes a 3-1 series lead with a 1-0 win on the road over the Chicago Wolves.
June 11th
Robbie Drummond agrees to his new contract
Game 5 heads back to Portland as they try to win it on home ice against the Chicago Wolves. Portland wins game 5 by a score of 3-2 in overtime to capture the 2008 AHL Calder Cup.
June 12th
Montreal Canadiens has released the rights to defenseman Wes O’Neill. O’Neil was acquired on February 22nd 2007 in a deal that sent Daniel Briere to Long Island for Brian Strait, rights to Wes O’Neil and NY Islanders 2nd in 2007.
June 13th
Zack McCullough will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a groin strain in his off-season work outs.
June 16th
Here are a few prospects in the upcoming draft and which teams are giving them a look:
D – Drew Doughty – Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, Phoenix, Vancouver
D – Luke Schenn – Minnesota
C/LW – Colin Wilson – Phoenix, Vancouver
C/RW – Cody Hodgson – Washington
RW – Mikkel Bodker – Dallas, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Toronto
RW/LW – Kirill Petrov – Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Toronto
LW/RW – Mikhail Stefanovich – Colorado, Tampa Bay
June 18th
Montreal has signed another prospect from the 2007 Draft Nikolai Lukyanchikov. The defenseman was drafted 3rd round 89th overall in 2007 Draft. He played for Kapitan in the Russia 2 league. In 44gp he had 3g 14a 17pts -5 101 PIM 52 SOG 7.30 AvR.
June 19th
The NHL 2008 Entry Draft is in 2 days, Montreal has the following picks in each round.
1st round – 18th pick (PIT)
3rd round – 3rd pick (MTL), 23rd (SJ)
5th round – 1st pick (TOR), 20th pick (TB)
7th round – 3rd pick (MTL)
They have a total of 6 picks barging any trades made at the draft.
June 20th
The Baby Penguins have contacted us to acquire Tom Mannino from our club.
What the Dickens is Stan Butler thinking, he traded Ryan White, Mike Duco who did amazing for us who they drafted last yr in the 2nd round 46th overall in last years draft and had 68pts in 74 gp as TOR’s 5th in 08, MTL’s 3rd in 08 and NY Rangers 2nd in 2010 to NY Islanders for reacquiring Daniel Briere.
The Canadiens gave up move then what they got for acquiring Daniel Briere. In 81gp for NY Islanders Briere had 30g 47a 77pts -7 102 PIM 221 SOG 7.68 AvR.
June 21st
NHL 2008 Entry Draft
1st overall – Nashville Predators – RD Drew Doughty
2nd overall – Philadelphia Flyers – C/LW Zach Boychuk
3rd overall – Calgary Flames – RW Mikkel Bodker
4th overall – Buffalo Sabres – RD Luke Schenn
5th overall – Calgary Flames – C Steve Stamkos
WOW is all i can say if they get Bodker and Stamkos both in the top 5
Here are the Montreal 2008 Draft picks:
1st round (18th overall) – C/RW Andrei Loktionov – Medicine Hat (WHL)
6`0 191lbs 18yrs 5/30/90 Voskresensk, RUS
2007-2008 Season: 35gp 31g 26a 57pts +23 38 PIM 135 SOG 8.46 AvR – Atlanty (MHL)
3rd round (83rd overall) – RD Marco Nowak – Dusseldorf Jrs (Ger Jr)
6`3 200lbs 17yrs 7/23/90 Dortmund, GER
2007-2008 Season: 36gp 7g 35a 42pts +12 64 PIM 119 SOG 7.28 AvR
5th round (140th overall) – RW/LW Danny Kristo – Ohio Junior Blue Jackets (NAHL)
6`0 163lbs 18yrs 6/18/90 Edina, MN, USA
2007-2008 Season: 23gp 3g 4a 7pts +5 6 PIM 20 SOG 6.26 AvR
He will be joining Omaha Lancers on July 1st 2008
7th round (183rd overall) – LW Tuomas Kiiskinen – Kalpa (FIN)
5`8 169lbs 21yrs 10/7/86 Kuopio, FIN
2007-2008 Season: 55gp 21g 30a 61pts +16 40 PIM 191 SOG 6.96 AvR
2007-2008 Playoffs: 4gp 1g 0a 1pt Even 0 PIM 11 SOG 6.50 AvR
June 23rd
I guess with the good side with Stan Butler is that players will get called up from Hamilton to Montreal more often then when Jacques Lemaire was GM.
Montreal has resigned PA Parenteau to a 1 yr 584k deal and Danny Richmond 682k 1 yr deal. Also the only other players signed by Montreal who is with Hamilton that is not signed yet are Eric Lavigne, Jamie Dowhayko and Chris Minard everyone else was resigned. Jason Chimera is the only player on Montreal’s roster who is yet resigned.
June 25th
AHL Award Winners:
Les Cunningham Plaque: Hartford’s Dan Girardi
Red Garrett Memorial (Top Rookie): Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov
Louis Pieri Memorial (Head of the Year): Hershey’s Matt Nichol
Eddie Shore Plaque: Hartford’s Bryce Lampman
Baz Bastien Memorial: Milwaukee’s Pekke Rinne
John B. Sollenberger: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov
Jack A. Butterfield: Portland’s Martin Hanzal
Fred T. Hunt Memorial: Hershey’s Stephen Werner / Hamilton’s Davis Drewiske 3rd Place
AHL Leading Scorer Award: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov
AHL Best Forward: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov
Willie Marshall Award: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov
Yanick Dupre Memorial Award: Syracuse’s Gavin Morgan
Harry Hap Holmes Memorial Award: Milwaukee’s Pekka Rinne
June 28th
The 17 yr old defenseman Marco Nowak has signed with Montreal Canadiens.
Hamilton/Montreal Off-Season News:
Montreal UFA’s
Jason Chimera
PA Parenteau
Danny Richmond
Eric Lavigne – with Hamilton
Jimmy Bonneau – With Hamilton
Mike Brodeur – with Hamilton
Jamie Dowhayko – with Hamilton
Chris Minard – with Hamilton
Joey Mormina – with Hamilton
James Wyman – with Hamilton
Those are the pending UFA’s of players Montreal will either let go or resign but thats up to the Montreal staff.
As we have 11 players to AHL contracts we have to sit down and decide which players we want to keep and which players we want to let go and maybe replace other players with. Also our 11 players that we have signed to AHL who knows who will be back it’s still too early as they could all sign with NHL teams during the off-season.
June 3rd
Game 1 of the Calder Cup goes down in Portland tonight as Chicago Wolves visit the Wolves. Chicago wins game 1 by a score of 3-1.
June 4th
We have offered Robbie Drummond a new contract however we have decided to release forwards Ryan Berard, Stefan Chaput, Mathieu Aubin, Sean O’Connor as well as goalie Francois Thuot.
June 5th
Portland looks to get back into the series in game 2 as Chicago leads the series 1-0. Portland ties the series 1-1 with a 2-1 win over the Chicago Wolves.
June 7th
The Off-season for Montreal & Hamilton official begins tonight as NHL Trade window opens tonight and any player with a NHL contract can be traded or released starting today.
Game 3 of the Calder Cup shifts to Chicago as the series is tied 1-1. Portland wins on the road with a 2-1 win as they take a 2-1 series lead.
Montreal has already released their first player in Kalvin Sagert. He appeared in 2 games last year and had 0pts.
June 9th
Portland takes a 3-1 series lead with a 1-0 win on the road over the Chicago Wolves.
June 11th
Robbie Drummond agrees to his new contract
Game 5 heads back to Portland as they try to win it on home ice against the Chicago Wolves. Portland wins game 5 by a score of 3-2 in overtime to capture the 2008 AHL Calder Cup.
June 12th
Montreal Canadiens has released the rights to defenseman Wes O’Neill. O’Neil was acquired on February 22nd 2007 in a deal that sent Daniel Briere to Long Island for Brian Strait, rights to Wes O’Neil and NY Islanders 2nd in 2007.
June 13th
Zack McCullough will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a groin strain in his off-season work outs.
June 16th
Here are a few prospects in the upcoming draft and which teams are giving them a look:
D – Drew Doughty – Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, Phoenix, Vancouver
D – Luke Schenn – Minnesota
C/LW – Colin Wilson – Phoenix, Vancouver
C/RW – Cody Hodgson – Washington
RW – Mikkel Bodker – Dallas, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Toronto
RW/LW – Kirill Petrov – Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Toronto
LW/RW – Mikhail Stefanovich – Colorado, Tampa Bay
June 18th
Montreal has signed another prospect from the 2007 Draft Nikolai Lukyanchikov. The defenseman was drafted 3rd round 89th overall in 2007 Draft. He played for Kapitan in the Russia 2 league. In 44gp he had 3g 14a 17pts -5 101 PIM 52 SOG 7.30 AvR.
June 19th
The NHL 2008 Entry Draft is in 2 days, Montreal has the following picks in each round.
1st round – 18th pick (PIT)
3rd round – 3rd pick (MTL), 23rd (SJ)
5th round – 1st pick (TOR), 20th pick (TB)
7th round – 3rd pick (MTL)
They have a total of 6 picks barging any trades made at the draft.
June 20th
The Baby Penguins have contacted us to acquire Tom Mannino from our club.
What the Dickens is Stan Butler thinking, he traded Ryan White, Mike Duco who did amazing for us who they drafted last yr in the 2nd round 46th overall in last years draft and had 68pts in 74 gp as TOR’s 5th in 08, MTL’s 3rd in 08 and NY Rangers 2nd in 2010 to NY Islanders for reacquiring Daniel Briere.
The Canadiens gave up move then what they got for acquiring Daniel Briere. In 81gp for NY Islanders Briere had 30g 47a 77pts -7 102 PIM 221 SOG 7.68 AvR.
June 21st
NHL 2008 Entry Draft
1st overall – Nashville Predators – RD Drew Doughty
2nd overall – Philadelphia Flyers – C/LW Zach Boychuk
3rd overall – Calgary Flames – RW Mikkel Bodker
4th overall – Buffalo Sabres – RD Luke Schenn
5th overall – Calgary Flames – C Steve Stamkos
WOW is all i can say if they get Bodker and Stamkos both in the top 5
Here are the Montreal 2008 Draft picks:
1st round (18th overall) – C/RW Andrei Loktionov – Medicine Hat (WHL)
6`0 191lbs 18yrs 5/30/90 Voskresensk, RUS
2007-2008 Season: 35gp 31g 26a 57pts +23 38 PIM 135 SOG 8.46 AvR – Atlanty (MHL)
3rd round (83rd overall) – RD Marco Nowak – Dusseldorf Jrs (Ger Jr)
6`3 200lbs 17yrs 7/23/90 Dortmund, GER
2007-2008 Season: 36gp 7g 35a 42pts +12 64 PIM 119 SOG 7.28 AvR
5th round (140th overall) – RW/LW Danny Kristo – Ohio Junior Blue Jackets (NAHL)
6`0 163lbs 18yrs 6/18/90 Edina, MN, USA
2007-2008 Season: 23gp 3g 4a 7pts +5 6 PIM 20 SOG 6.26 AvR
He will be joining Omaha Lancers on July 1st 2008
7th round (183rd overall) – LW Tuomas Kiiskinen – Kalpa (FIN)
5`8 169lbs 21yrs 10/7/86 Kuopio, FIN
2007-2008 Season: 55gp 21g 30a 61pts +16 40 PIM 191 SOG 6.96 AvR
2007-2008 Playoffs: 4gp 1g 0a 1pt Even 0 PIM 11 SOG 6.50 AvR
June 23rd
I guess with the good side with Stan Butler is that players will get called up from Hamilton to Montreal more often then when Jacques Lemaire was GM.
Montreal has resigned PA Parenteau to a 1 yr 584k deal and Danny Richmond 682k 1 yr deal. Also the only other players signed by Montreal who is with Hamilton that is not signed yet are Eric Lavigne, Jamie Dowhayko and Chris Minard everyone else was resigned. Jason Chimera is the only player on Montreal’s roster who is yet resigned.
June 25th
AHL Award Winners:
Les Cunningham Plaque: Hartford’s Dan Girardi
Red Garrett Memorial (Top Rookie): Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov
Louis Pieri Memorial (Head of the Year): Hershey’s Matt Nichol
Eddie Shore Plaque: Hartford’s Bryce Lampman
Baz Bastien Memorial: Milwaukee’s Pekke Rinne
John B. Sollenberger: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov
Jack A. Butterfield: Portland’s Martin Hanzal
Fred T. Hunt Memorial: Hershey’s Stephen Werner / Hamilton’s Davis Drewiske 3rd Place
AHL Leading Scorer Award: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov
AHL Best Forward: Binghamton’s Ilya Zubov
Willie Marshall Award: Binghamton’s Igor Mirnov
Yanick Dupre Memorial Award: Syracuse’s Gavin Morgan
Harry Hap Holmes Memorial Award: Milwaukee’s Pekka Rinne
June 28th
The 17 yr old defenseman Marco Nowak has signed with Montreal Canadiens.
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Off-season 2008
David Desharnais was voted on as the Hamilton Bulldogs Player of the Year by the Fans.
June 29th
Even though Montreal did trade one of our good players in Mike Duco Montreal still has their other 2007 NHL Draft picks which includes the WHL Player of the Year and All-star Zach Hamill (34g 59a 93pts +34 67 PIM 216 SOG 8.78 AvR). Other good prospects that they still have are Trevor Cann (goalie), Alex Grant (defense); Keaton Ellerby, Oscar Moller and thats just 5 players who they took with their 7 top 60 picks to go along with Joel Gistedt who played for us this year.
Jason Chimera will be leaving as a UFA from Montreal and Chris Minard, Jamie Dowhayko and Eric Lavigne are all leaving our Hamilton Bulldogs.
June 30th
The Hamilton Bulldogs board of directors expect us to make the playoffs in the upcoming season.
Just a few things, Dallas Stars has been interested in Dan Hinote, Nick Tarnasky is interested by Colorado and Toronto Maple Leafs, and Josh Gorges is interested by Chicago, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay.
We are doing training camp different this upcoming season. Instead of doing four teams we will be doing 2 teams of 20 and they will each have 3-4 games each.
AHL has released the schedule for the upcoming season where we open the 2008-2009 regular season with games against Rochester (away), Hershey (away) and Binghamton (home)
July 1st
We have sent our scouts out to go scout players for the upcoming off-season to find players for our upcoming training camp.
Chris Warg – CHL (Central Hockey League)
Eskild Strand – OHL (Ontario Hockey League)
Preston Meyer – ECHL (East Coast Hockey league)
Kam Olson – QMJHL (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
Ray Pelletier – WHL (Western Hockey League)
Mike Boucher – UHL
John Whitwell – CIS
July 5th
We have named Jan Henrich to our scouting staff and we have let go of scout Hannu Heikkinen
July 6th
We have decided to release the following players:
C/LW – Eric Hunter
We have signed scout Randy Peterson to a contract
July 12th
Hamilton has signed Riley Armstrong, Philippe Dupuis, Peter MacArthur, Trevor Smith, and Martin Frechette all to try out contracts.
July 14th
Montreal has 47 of 50 contracts filled so they can only sign 3 free agents unless they release a few.
July 16th
We made a trade today sending Tom Mannino and Elgin Reid to Utica for Matt Hendricks
July 18th
Not sure what is going on with Montreal as they have not signed any UFA’s yet however everyone else in the NHL is signing players.
July 21st
Montreal has signed 27 yr old defenseman Dustin Wood to a contract. He played for Utica last season and had 1g 2a 3pts -11 18 PIM 31 SOG 6.08 AvR.
July 27th
Montreal has recalled Carey Price up to their club.
August 8th
Montreal prospect Matt Piva has accepted our try out to camp.
August 10th
With how well our team did last year we have so many players approaching us for a try out for training camp.
We have sold 2,053 season tickets so far
August 13th
WJC U-20 Division 1 in 2013 will be hosted by Poland
August 17th
We have sold 2,454 season tickets
August 28th
Players who we sent invites out to start to show up to start their pre camp work outs.
June 29th
Even though Montreal did trade one of our good players in Mike Duco Montreal still has their other 2007 NHL Draft picks which includes the WHL Player of the Year and All-star Zach Hamill (34g 59a 93pts +34 67 PIM 216 SOG 8.78 AvR). Other good prospects that they still have are Trevor Cann (goalie), Alex Grant (defense); Keaton Ellerby, Oscar Moller and thats just 5 players who they took with their 7 top 60 picks to go along with Joel Gistedt who played for us this year.
Jason Chimera will be leaving as a UFA from Montreal and Chris Minard, Jamie Dowhayko and Eric Lavigne are all leaving our Hamilton Bulldogs.
June 30th
The Hamilton Bulldogs board of directors expect us to make the playoffs in the upcoming season.
Just a few things, Dallas Stars has been interested in Dan Hinote, Nick Tarnasky is interested by Colorado and Toronto Maple Leafs, and Josh Gorges is interested by Chicago, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay.
We are doing training camp different this upcoming season. Instead of doing four teams we will be doing 2 teams of 20 and they will each have 3-4 games each.
AHL has released the schedule for the upcoming season where we open the 2008-2009 regular season with games against Rochester (away), Hershey (away) and Binghamton (home)
July 1st
We have sent our scouts out to go scout players for the upcoming off-season to find players for our upcoming training camp.
Chris Warg – CHL (Central Hockey League)
Eskild Strand – OHL (Ontario Hockey League)
Preston Meyer – ECHL (East Coast Hockey league)
Kam Olson – QMJHL (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
Ray Pelletier – WHL (Western Hockey League)
Mike Boucher – UHL
John Whitwell – CIS
July 5th
We have named Jan Henrich to our scouting staff and we have let go of scout Hannu Heikkinen
July 6th
We have decided to release the following players:
C/LW – Eric Hunter
We have signed scout Randy Peterson to a contract
July 12th
Hamilton has signed Riley Armstrong, Philippe Dupuis, Peter MacArthur, Trevor Smith, and Martin Frechette all to try out contracts.
July 14th
Montreal has 47 of 50 contracts filled so they can only sign 3 free agents unless they release a few.
July 16th
We made a trade today sending Tom Mannino and Elgin Reid to Utica for Matt Hendricks
July 18th
Not sure what is going on with Montreal as they have not signed any UFA’s yet however everyone else in the NHL is signing players.
July 21st
Montreal has signed 27 yr old defenseman Dustin Wood to a contract. He played for Utica last season and had 1g 2a 3pts -11 18 PIM 31 SOG 6.08 AvR.
July 27th
Montreal has recalled Carey Price up to their club.
August 8th
Montreal prospect Matt Piva has accepted our try out to camp.
August 10th
With how well our team did last year we have so many players approaching us for a try out for training camp.
We have sold 2,053 season tickets so far
August 13th
WJC U-20 Division 1 in 2013 will be hosted by Poland
August 17th
We have sold 2,454 season tickets
August 28th
Players who we sent invites out to start to show up to start their pre camp work outs.
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September 2008
September 1st
Team Red will be head onto home ice against the Toronto Marlies.
Toronto Marlies @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team Red)
Minard (Ramsay, Lynch)
Byers (Reinhart, Dupuis)
Frechette (Hajt, T.Smith) PP
Byers (Armstrong, Koverko)
Armstrong (MacArthur, Koverko) PP
Final: 5-4 W
DiRienzo 25 of 29 saves; Dane Byers 1st star 2g; Trevor Koverko 2nd star 2a
September 2nd
Team White heads on the road against OKC Barons as Real Cyr gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (Team White) @ Oklahoma City Barons
Tregunna (Friesen)
Final: 7-1 L
Cyr 24 of 31 saves; Savage 0 of 0 saves
Josh Godfrey will be out of action for a few days with a thigh contusion.
September 3rd
Goalie Carlo DiRienzo will be out of action for 3 weeks with a hip flexor strain he suffered in practice
Bryan Pitton will get the start at home tonight as Team Red takes their 1-0 record against Rochester Americans
Rochester Americans @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team Red)
Hajt (Minard) PP
Final: 3-1 L
Pitton 18 of 20 saves
September 4th
Hamilton’s Team White heads on the road against the Heat as Wayne Savage gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (Team White) @ Abbotsford Heat
Fretter (Taylor)
Final: 7-1 L
Savage 45 of 52 saves; Cyr 0 of 0 saves
September 5th
Joel Gistedt will get the start for Team Red at home against Binghamton Senators.
Binghamton Senators @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team Red)
MacArthur (Bruton, Prosser)
Final: 3-1 L
Gistedt 25 of 28 saves
September 6th
Chris Minard will be out of action for about 2 weeks after he suffered a foot contusion in practice today. Team White heads on the road as Bryan Pitton gets the start in goal as they play Utica Comets
Hamilton Bulldogs (Team White) @ Utica Comets
Neilson (Smith, Tregunna)
Sutter (Z.Smith, Dowzak)
Tregunna (Prosser, Greentree) PP
Final: 4-3 L
Pitton 27 of 31 saves
September 7th
Mike Brodeur will play for Team Red at home against Syracuse Crunch
Syracuse Crunch @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team RW)
Neilson (Landolt, Frechette)
Landolt (Tregunna, Taylor)
Final: 5-2 L
Brodeur 27 of 32 saves; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1g 1a; Scott Tregunna 1a 3rd star
We are up to 4,817 Season Tickets sold so far
September 8th
Bryan Pitton will get the start in tonights pre-season game against St. John’s on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ St. John’s IceCaps
Landolt (Tregunna, Henrich)
Henrich (Watkins, Landolt)
Henrich (Dowzak)
Taylor (Tregunna, Henrich)
Final: 5-4 L
Pitton 6 of 10 saves; Gistedt 4 of 5; Adam Henrich 1st star 2g 2a; Shaun Landolt 1g 1a 2nd star; Scott Tregunna 3rd star 2a
September 9th
Hamilton Bulldogs training camp is set to begin tomorrow. A total of 72 players are expected to participate in the training camp. This year there is 35 try out players attending camp.
Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal as we play Iowa Wild in pre-season action.
Iowa Wild @ Hamilton Bulldogs
Byers
Venedam SH
Final: 5-2 L
Brodeur 28 of 33 saves
September 10th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal in our last pre-season game before camp as we play Texas Stars on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ Texas Stars
Final: 3-0 L
Gistedt 23 of 26 saves
After the game Montreal has signed another prospect in Trevor Cann
September 11th
Players showed up bright and early for physicals on Day One of the Hamilton Bulldogs training camp. Reporting to camp in the best shape is Scott Schuster and Carlo DiRienzo and only Brian Strait has something left to be desired.
Team Blue 1 – Team Red 3
Blue: Lilley 1g; Resse 1a
Red: Deck 1a; Henrich 1a; Bonneau 1g 1a; Dupuis 1a; Desharnais 1a; Caria 1a; Drummond 2g
Team Green 1 – Team White 3
Green: Bilotto 1g; Landolt1a; Armstrong 1a
White: MacMillan 1a; Koverko 1g; Mormina 1a; Beaulieu 1a; Bordeleau 1a; Z.Smith 1a; Durand 2g; Watkins 1a
September 13th
We are expected to make first cuts after the scrimmage games this afternoon.
Team Red 6 – Team Green 2
Red: Deck 1g; Olson 1g; Godfrey 1g; Greentree 2g 1a; Henrich 1a; Bonneau 1g; Dupuis 3a; Caria 1a; Tregunna 3a; Aubin 2a
Green: Prosser 1a; Gauthier 1a; Prust 1a; Byers 1a; Taylor 1g; Armstrong 1g
Team White 1 – Team Blue 3
White: Watkins 1g; Bordeleau 1a; Koverko 1a
Blue: Neilson 1a; Bruton 1g 2a; MacArthur 1g; Maroon 1g; Friesen 1a; Hajt 1a; Blanchard 1a
Team Blue First Cuts:
G – Bryan Pitton – 3gp 0-3-0 10 GA 3.87 GAA .836 Sv % 6.67 AvR
D – Chris Hajt – 7gp 1g 1a 2pts -7 0 PIM 17 SOG 7.14 AvR
RW – Mike Ramsay – 5gp 0g 1a 1pts -4 4 PIM 16 SOG 5.80 AvR
Team Red First Cuts:
G – Wayne Savage – 2gp 0-1-0 7 GA 7.24 GAA .865 Sv % 6.50 AvR
LW/RW – Kyle Greentree – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 9 SOG 6.00 AvR
C – Chris Ray – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 2 PIM 1 SOG 5.67 AvR
Team Green First Cuts:
G – Real Cyr – 2gp 0-1-0 7 GA 6.89 GAA .774 Sv % 6.00 AvR
D – Clayton Barthel – 4gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 6 PIM 3 SOG 6.25 AvR
D – Mike Gauthier – 6gp 0g 0a 0pts -4 2 PIM 0 SOG 6.17 AvR
C – Ryan Sparling – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 2 PIM 4 SOG 5.33 AvR
RW/LW – Colton Fretter – 5gp 1g 0a 1pt -1 2 PIM 5 SOG 6.40 AvR
Team White First Cuts:
D – Martin Frechette – 5gp 1g 1a 2pts -3 4 PIM 16 SOG 7.00 AvR
D – Jeff MacMillan – 5gp 0g 0a 0pts -4 4 PIM 2 SOG 6.40 AvR
LW – Brandon Biggers – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -1 0 PIM 2 SOG 6.67 AvR
C – Matt Piva – 1gp 0g 0a 0pts -3 0 PIM 1 SOG 5.00 AvR
RW/LW – Matt Watkins – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 2 PIM 3 SOG 6.50 AvR
Montreal signs defenseman Kyle Rossiter to a contract
September 14th
Montreal Canadiens have recalled 18 players from our club up for their training camp.
We have made more cuts in camp:
RW – Eric Neilson – 6gp 2g 0a 2pts +3 20 PIM 9 SOG 7.17 AvR
C/RW – Adam Taylor – 4gp 1g 2a 3pts Even 12 PIM 9 SOG 7.50 AvR
C/LW – Jesse Reese – 2gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.00 AvR
C/RW – Chris Minard – 3gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 0 PIM 12 SOG 6.00 AvR
C – Philippe Dupuis – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 10 PIM 3 SOG 6.25 AvR
C – Chris Bruton – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -3 0 PIM 2 SOG 6.50 AvR
LW/C – Gary Friesen – 3gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 2 SOG 6.00 AvR
LW – Darryl Boyce – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -1 2 PIM 1 SOG 6.33 AvR
D – Derek Reinhart – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 6 PIM 4 SOG 6.25 AvR
D – Nate Prosser – 4gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 4 PIM 9 SOG 7.25 AvR
D – Jason Lynch – 5gp 0a 1a 1pt +3 6 PIM 6 SOG 7.00 AvR
D – Trevor Koverko – 4gp 0g 2a 2pts -2 2 PIM 5 SOG 7.25 AvR
LW/RW – Peter MacArthur – 5gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 4 PIM 7 SOG 6.60 AvR
RW/C – Robbie Drummond – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -3 2 PIM 1 SOG 6.33 AvR
September 16th
In pre-season action Montreal lost 5-4 in overtime to Colorado. Oscar Moller had 2g; Sean Venedam and Alex Grant all had the goals for the Canadiens.
September 18th
In pre-season game #2 Montreal lost 4-3 to Phoenix Coyotes. Oscar Moller had 2g; Chris Durno had the other goal.
September 20th
Montreal moves to 0-2-1 with a 4-2 loss to the Jets. Sean Venedam and Zach Hamill had the goals for Montreal.
September 21st
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal against St. John’s IceCaps in pre-season action
Hamilton Bulldogs @ St. John’s IceCaps
Schira (Taylor)
T.Smith (Durand, Hendricks)
Korchinski (Henrich)
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 24 of 25 saves 3rd star; Matt Hendricks 2nd star 1a
Montreal won their pre-season game 4-0 over the Edmonton Oilers. Travis Moen, Michael Blunden 2 and Daniel Briere all had the goals.
After the game Montreal has reassigned 21 players to us, those players are:
D – Sean Blanchard
D – Kyle Deck
D – Davis Drewiske
D – Nikolai Lukyanchikov
D – Joey Mormina
D – Kyle Rossiter
D – Brian Strait
D – Nicholas Bilotto
D – Zack McCullough
D – Marco Nowak
D – Dustin Wood
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu
LW – Jimmy Bonneau
LW/C – Travis Fuller
LW – Greg Stewart
LW – Mark Tobin
C – Cam Lilley
C/LW – Sean Venedam
RW – Brent Aubin
RW/LW – Mark Olafson
RW/LW – Scott Schuster
RW/LW – James Wyman
With Chris Minard gone, David Desharnais gone it will be interesting to see who our stars are going to be this season.
Montreal is still carrying 2 goalies, 6 defenseman and 17 forwards
September 25th
We signed Montreal prospect Simon Danis-Pepin who has been playing at Maine in the Hockey East. The defenseman is 6`7 220lbs
After Brett Sutter and Scott Tregunna refuse to go down to ECHL on loan we have released them from contract
September 27th
We have signed Montreal 1st round pick from 2007 Center Zach Hamill to a AHL so he can develop so Montreal can then sign him to a contract.
September 28th
Montreal has reassigned us David Desharnais. So between Desarnais and Hamill they will be our top 2 centers.
The Hockey News has previewed the upcoming AHL Season by listing the best and the worst teams in the league, as well as the players most valuable to their teams.
The strongest Calder Cup contender was predicted to be Hartford Wolf Pack, with the Hershey Bears right behind them. The press also ranked Utica Comets and the Binghamton Senators as solid contenders. At the bottom of the barrel, the Rochester Americans and the Worcester Sharks are expected to struggle this year.
23rd Hamilton Bulldogs – Team MVP: Zach Hamill, Key New Face: Riley Armstrong
September 29th
Carlo DiRienzo will start in tonight pre-season game against the Toronto Marlies.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ Toronto Marlies
T.Smith (Byers)
MacIntyre (Hamill)
Final: 2-0 W
DiRienzo 1st star 19 of 19 saves; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 1g; Chris Durand 3rd star
Team Red will be head onto home ice against the Toronto Marlies.
Toronto Marlies @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team Red)
Minard (Ramsay, Lynch)
Byers (Reinhart, Dupuis)
Frechette (Hajt, T.Smith) PP
Byers (Armstrong, Koverko)
Armstrong (MacArthur, Koverko) PP
Final: 5-4 W
DiRienzo 25 of 29 saves; Dane Byers 1st star 2g; Trevor Koverko 2nd star 2a
September 2nd
Team White heads on the road against OKC Barons as Real Cyr gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (Team White) @ Oklahoma City Barons
Tregunna (Friesen)
Final: 7-1 L
Cyr 24 of 31 saves; Savage 0 of 0 saves
Josh Godfrey will be out of action for a few days with a thigh contusion.
September 3rd
Goalie Carlo DiRienzo will be out of action for 3 weeks with a hip flexor strain he suffered in practice
Bryan Pitton will get the start at home tonight as Team Red takes their 1-0 record against Rochester Americans
Rochester Americans @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team Red)
Hajt (Minard) PP
Final: 3-1 L
Pitton 18 of 20 saves
September 4th
Hamilton’s Team White heads on the road against the Heat as Wayne Savage gets the start in goal.
Hamilton Bulldogs (Team White) @ Abbotsford Heat
Fretter (Taylor)
Final: 7-1 L
Savage 45 of 52 saves; Cyr 0 of 0 saves
September 5th
Joel Gistedt will get the start for Team Red at home against Binghamton Senators.
Binghamton Senators @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team Red)
MacArthur (Bruton, Prosser)
Final: 3-1 L
Gistedt 25 of 28 saves
September 6th
Chris Minard will be out of action for about 2 weeks after he suffered a foot contusion in practice today. Team White heads on the road as Bryan Pitton gets the start in goal as they play Utica Comets
Hamilton Bulldogs (Team White) @ Utica Comets
Neilson (Smith, Tregunna)
Sutter (Z.Smith, Dowzak)
Tregunna (Prosser, Greentree) PP
Final: 4-3 L
Pitton 27 of 31 saves
September 7th
Mike Brodeur will play for Team Red at home against Syracuse Crunch
Syracuse Crunch @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Team RW)
Neilson (Landolt, Frechette)
Landolt (Tregunna, Taylor)
Final: 5-2 L
Brodeur 27 of 32 saves; Shaun Landolt 2nd star 1g 1a; Scott Tregunna 1a 3rd star
We are up to 4,817 Season Tickets sold so far
September 8th
Bryan Pitton will get the start in tonights pre-season game against St. John’s on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ St. John’s IceCaps
Landolt (Tregunna, Henrich)
Henrich (Watkins, Landolt)
Henrich (Dowzak)
Taylor (Tregunna, Henrich)
Final: 5-4 L
Pitton 6 of 10 saves; Gistedt 4 of 5; Adam Henrich 1st star 2g 2a; Shaun Landolt 1g 1a 2nd star; Scott Tregunna 3rd star 2a
September 9th
Hamilton Bulldogs training camp is set to begin tomorrow. A total of 72 players are expected to participate in the training camp. This year there is 35 try out players attending camp.
Mike Brodeur gets the start in goal as we play Iowa Wild in pre-season action.
Iowa Wild @ Hamilton Bulldogs
Byers
Venedam SH
Final: 5-2 L
Brodeur 28 of 33 saves
September 10th
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal in our last pre-season game before camp as we play Texas Stars on the road.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ Texas Stars
Final: 3-0 L
Gistedt 23 of 26 saves
After the game Montreal has signed another prospect in Trevor Cann
September 11th
Players showed up bright and early for physicals on Day One of the Hamilton Bulldogs training camp. Reporting to camp in the best shape is Scott Schuster and Carlo DiRienzo and only Brian Strait has something left to be desired.
Team Blue 1 – Team Red 3
Blue: Lilley 1g; Resse 1a
Red: Deck 1a; Henrich 1a; Bonneau 1g 1a; Dupuis 1a; Desharnais 1a; Caria 1a; Drummond 2g
Team Green 1 – Team White 3
Green: Bilotto 1g; Landolt1a; Armstrong 1a
White: MacMillan 1a; Koverko 1g; Mormina 1a; Beaulieu 1a; Bordeleau 1a; Z.Smith 1a; Durand 2g; Watkins 1a
September 13th
We are expected to make first cuts after the scrimmage games this afternoon.
Team Red 6 – Team Green 2
Red: Deck 1g; Olson 1g; Godfrey 1g; Greentree 2g 1a; Henrich 1a; Bonneau 1g; Dupuis 3a; Caria 1a; Tregunna 3a; Aubin 2a
Green: Prosser 1a; Gauthier 1a; Prust 1a; Byers 1a; Taylor 1g; Armstrong 1g
Team White 1 – Team Blue 3
White: Watkins 1g; Bordeleau 1a; Koverko 1a
Blue: Neilson 1a; Bruton 1g 2a; MacArthur 1g; Maroon 1g; Friesen 1a; Hajt 1a; Blanchard 1a
Team Blue First Cuts:
G – Bryan Pitton – 3gp 0-3-0 10 GA 3.87 GAA .836 Sv % 6.67 AvR
D – Chris Hajt – 7gp 1g 1a 2pts -7 0 PIM 17 SOG 7.14 AvR
RW – Mike Ramsay – 5gp 0g 1a 1pts -4 4 PIM 16 SOG 5.80 AvR
Team Red First Cuts:
G – Wayne Savage – 2gp 0-1-0 7 GA 7.24 GAA .865 Sv % 6.50 AvR
LW/RW – Kyle Greentree – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 9 SOG 6.00 AvR
C – Chris Ray – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 2 PIM 1 SOG 5.67 AvR
Team Green First Cuts:
G – Real Cyr – 2gp 0-1-0 7 GA 6.89 GAA .774 Sv % 6.00 AvR
D – Clayton Barthel – 4gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 6 PIM 3 SOG 6.25 AvR
D – Mike Gauthier – 6gp 0g 0a 0pts -4 2 PIM 0 SOG 6.17 AvR
C – Ryan Sparling – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 2 PIM 4 SOG 5.33 AvR
RW/LW – Colton Fretter – 5gp 1g 0a 1pt -1 2 PIM 5 SOG 6.40 AvR
Team White First Cuts:
D – Martin Frechette – 5gp 1g 1a 2pts -3 4 PIM 16 SOG 7.00 AvR
D – Jeff MacMillan – 5gp 0g 0a 0pts -4 4 PIM 2 SOG 6.40 AvR
LW – Brandon Biggers – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -1 0 PIM 2 SOG 6.67 AvR
C – Matt Piva – 1gp 0g 0a 0pts -3 0 PIM 1 SOG 5.00 AvR
RW/LW – Matt Watkins – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 2 PIM 3 SOG 6.50 AvR
Montreal signs defenseman Kyle Rossiter to a contract
September 14th
Montreal Canadiens have recalled 18 players from our club up for their training camp.
We have made more cuts in camp:
RW – Eric Neilson – 6gp 2g 0a 2pts +3 20 PIM 9 SOG 7.17 AvR
C/RW – Adam Taylor – 4gp 1g 2a 3pts Even 12 PIM 9 SOG 7.50 AvR
C/LW – Jesse Reese – 2gp 0g 0a 0pts -2 0 PIM 1 SOG 6.00 AvR
C/RW – Chris Minard – 3gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 0 PIM 12 SOG 6.00 AvR
C – Philippe Dupuis – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -1 10 PIM 3 SOG 6.25 AvR
C – Chris Bruton – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -3 0 PIM 2 SOG 6.50 AvR
LW/C – Gary Friesen – 3gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 2 PIM 2 SOG 6.00 AvR
LW – Darryl Boyce – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -1 2 PIM 1 SOG 6.33 AvR
D – Derek Reinhart – 4gp 0g 1a 1pt -2 6 PIM 4 SOG 6.25 AvR
D – Nate Prosser – 4gp 0g 2a 2pts +1 4 PIM 9 SOG 7.25 AvR
D – Jason Lynch – 5gp 0a 1a 1pt +3 6 PIM 6 SOG 7.00 AvR
D – Trevor Koverko – 4gp 0g 2a 2pts -2 2 PIM 5 SOG 7.25 AvR
LW/RW – Peter MacArthur – 5gp 1g 1a 2pts -2 4 PIM 7 SOG 6.60 AvR
RW/C – Robbie Drummond – 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -3 2 PIM 1 SOG 6.33 AvR
September 16th
In pre-season action Montreal lost 5-4 in overtime to Colorado. Oscar Moller had 2g; Sean Venedam and Alex Grant all had the goals for the Canadiens.
September 18th
In pre-season game #2 Montreal lost 4-3 to Phoenix Coyotes. Oscar Moller had 2g; Chris Durno had the other goal.
September 20th
Montreal moves to 0-2-1 with a 4-2 loss to the Jets. Sean Venedam and Zach Hamill had the goals for Montreal.
September 21st
Joel Gistedt will get the start in goal against St. John’s IceCaps in pre-season action
Hamilton Bulldogs @ St. John’s IceCaps
Schira (Taylor)
T.Smith (Durand, Hendricks)
Korchinski (Henrich)
Final: 3-1 W
Gistedt 24 of 25 saves 3rd star; Matt Hendricks 2nd star 1a
Montreal won their pre-season game 4-0 over the Edmonton Oilers. Travis Moen, Michael Blunden 2 and Daniel Briere all had the goals.
After the game Montreal has reassigned 21 players to us, those players are:
D – Sean Blanchard
D – Kyle Deck
D – Davis Drewiske
D – Nikolai Lukyanchikov
D – Joey Mormina
D – Kyle Rossiter
D – Brian Strait
D – Nicholas Bilotto
D – Zack McCullough
D – Marco Nowak
D – Dustin Wood
LW/C – Josh Beaulieu
LW – Jimmy Bonneau
LW/C – Travis Fuller
LW – Greg Stewart
LW – Mark Tobin
C – Cam Lilley
C/LW – Sean Venedam
RW – Brent Aubin
RW/LW – Mark Olafson
RW/LW – Scott Schuster
RW/LW – James Wyman
With Chris Minard gone, David Desharnais gone it will be interesting to see who our stars are going to be this season.
Montreal is still carrying 2 goalies, 6 defenseman and 17 forwards
September 25th
We signed Montreal prospect Simon Danis-Pepin who has been playing at Maine in the Hockey East. The defenseman is 6`7 220lbs
After Brett Sutter and Scott Tregunna refuse to go down to ECHL on loan we have released them from contract
September 27th
We have signed Montreal 1st round pick from 2007 Center Zach Hamill to a AHL so he can develop so Montreal can then sign him to a contract.
September 28th
Montreal has reassigned us David Desharnais. So between Desarnais and Hamill they will be our top 2 centers.
The Hockey News has previewed the upcoming AHL Season by listing the best and the worst teams in the league, as well as the players most valuable to their teams.
The strongest Calder Cup contender was predicted to be Hartford Wolf Pack, with the Hershey Bears right behind them. The press also ranked Utica Comets and the Binghamton Senators as solid contenders. At the bottom of the barrel, the Rochester Americans and the Worcester Sharks are expected to struggle this year.
23rd Hamilton Bulldogs – Team MVP: Zach Hamill, Key New Face: Riley Armstrong
September 29th
Carlo DiRienzo will start in tonight pre-season game against the Toronto Marlies.
Hamilton Bulldogs @ Toronto Marlies
T.Smith (Byers)
MacIntyre (Hamill)
Final: 2-0 W
DiRienzo 1st star 19 of 19 saves; Steve MacIntyre 2nd star 1g; Chris Durand 3rd star