Americans beat Bulldogs
January 6, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
HAMILTON, ON - The Hamilton Bulldogs missed an opportunity to regain first place in the North Division standings by falling 4-1 to the Rochester Americans on Saturday night at Copps Coliseum. With the loss, the 'Dogs record dropped to 22-15-1-1.
Rochester opened the scoring 6:30 into the first period on the power play. Drew Larman's rebound shot from the crease gave the Americans a 1-0 lead. Drew Stafford and Andrej Sekera assisted on Larman's 10th goal of the season.
The Amerks took a 2-0 lead 4:30 into the second period when Stafford took four whacks at the puck from the lip of the crease on 'Dogs goaltender Yann Danis before his fifth attempt found the back of the net.
Hamilton made it a one-goal game 6:27 into the second period. Zack Stortini out-muscled a Rochester defenseman to get a pass to Ajay Baines in the Americans crease. Stortini then continued toward the net and poked in Baines' rebound in to make it 2-1. Jean-Philippe Cote also earned an assist on Stortini's ninth goal of the season.
Rochester regained its two-goal lead at 10:39 of the second period. Drew Larman scored his second goal of the game when he used a Hamilton defenceman as a screen and fired a shot over Danis' shoulder to make it 3-1.
The Americans sealed the win with an empty net goal by Daniel Paille from Stafford with 52 seconds left in the third period.
Danis stopped 26 of 29 shots Rochester for the Hamilton and suffered the loss, while Americans backstop Craig Anderson made 32 saves on 33 Bulldogs shots to earn the win.
Hamilton's next game is Thursday, January 11th at 8:30 p.m. in Winnipeg against the Manitoba Moose. The Bulldogs' next home game is Friday, January 19th at 7:30 p.m. against the Grand Rapids Griffins. Tickets for all âDogs home games (except home game #32) are available at the Copps Coliseum Box Office, any Ticketmaster outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.ca, or through charge-by-phone at 905-527-7666. Fans can listen to the game on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, 820 CHAM "The Legend," beginning with the Park's Furniture Pre-Game Show at 8:10 p.m. Eastern Time. Fans can also listen or watch at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com by clicking on the âB2 Networks' or â820 CHAM' icon on the âDogs website.
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