Comets Drop Bulldogs 5-2
February 24, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
UTICA, N.Y. - Hamilton Bulldogs forward Daniel Carr scored his team-leading 16th goal of the season, but the 'Dogs (26-21-7-0) went on to fall 5-2 to the Utica Comets (32-15-5-1) at Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, N.Y. on Tuesday evening.
After a scoreless first period, Utica buried three to Hamilton's one in the middle frame to take a two-goal lead into the third period.
Utica defenceman Travis Ehrhardt opened the scoring with a slap shot from the point at 1:58 of the second period, assisted by defenceman John Negrin and forward Dustin Jeffrey.
The Comets took a 2-0 lead at 8:13 of the second stanza when forward Nicklas Jensen buried a cross-crease pass from forward Alexandre Grenier.
Less than two minutes later, Hamilton defenceman Morgan Ellis fed forward Daniel Carr and Carr promptly ripped a wrist shot high for his team-leading 16th goal of the season to cut the deficit to 2-1.
Utica forward Will Acton completed the second-period scoring outburst at 15:44, with assists from forwards Brandon DeFazio and Darren Archibald.
With seven minutes to go in the third period, Acton notched his second goal of the night from the edge of the crease to give the Comets at 4-1 lead. DeFazio had the only assist.
At 16:59 of the final frame, 'Dogs forward Drayson Bowman deked to his backhand and, while falling, slid home his 10th goal of the season to make it a 4-2 game. Forwards T.J. Hensick and Eric Tangradi had assists.
DeFazio added an empty netter with 1:49 to play to seal it for Utica, 5-2. Defenceman Andrey Pedan had an assist.
Mike Condon made 32 saves on 36 shots for the Bulldogs in the loss, while Joacim Eriksson stopped 30 of 32 shots faced for the Comets in the win.
Hamilton went 0-for-2 on the power play, while Utica was 0-for-1 with a man advantage.
Dan Lawrie Insurance Premium Player of the Game (Hardest Working Player): Daniel Carr
The Bulldogs will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 27 when they'll host the Charlotte Checkers at FirstOntario Centre at 7:30 p.m.
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