Bulldogs Drop 4-2 Decision to Marlies
December 18, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
Toronto, ON - The Hamilton Bulldogs dropped their second straight game, losing to the Toronto Marlies by a score of 4-2 on Sunday evening at Ricoh Coliseum. It was the âDogs fourth consecutive loss to the Marlies, and dropped the Bulldogs record to 11-19-0-2.
Martin Sagat gave Toronto a 1-0 lead just 1:31 into the game with the Marlies shorthanded. Sagat intercepted a pass at the Toronto blueline, skated down the ice, and fired a shot from the right face-off circle over the blocker of Bulldogs goaltender Yann Danis.
The Marlies took a 2-0 lead at the 3:30 mark of the first period when Jeremy Williams' centering pass was one-timed by Bates Battaglia past Danis.
Hamilton cut Toronto's lead in half just 32 seconds later on a give-and-go play between Brad Winchester and Andrei Kostitsyn. After Winchester received a return pass from Kostitsyn, a Marlies defenseman knocked the puck off his stick, it slide along the ice and eluded Marlies goaltender J-F Racine.
Toronto restored their two-goal lead just 1:39 into the second period when Jay Harrison wired a snap shot from the point just under the cross bar with the Marlies on the power play.
Brad Leeb gave Toronto a three-goal lead at 12:15 when he rifled a one-time shot from the left face-off dot over the blocker of Danis.
Winchester netted his second of the game to make the score 4-2 at 17:48 when his shot deflected off the stick of Marlies defenseman Brendan Bell and went between the legs of Racine.
Despite outshooting Toronto in the third period by a margin of 10-8, Hamilton could not beat Racine in the final stanza.
Bulldogs goaltender Danis stopped 26 of 30 shots. Marlies netminder Racine made 27 saves to earn the victory.
Hamilton was 0 for 6 on the power play, while Toronto scored once on seven opportunities with the man-advantage.
The Bulldogs next action will take place on Thursday, December 22, when they travel to Cleveland to face the Barons. Game time is 7:05 p.m.
Fans can listen to every Hamilton Bulldogs game this season on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, Hamilton's 820 CHAM "The Legend". Fans can also listen to every game on-line at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com. To listen online, click on the âBulldogs Action 820 CHAM Listen Live' Icon on the âDogs website.
Hamilton's next home action will take place on Friday, December 23, when they host the Rochester Americans at Copps Coliseum. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for Bulldogs home games are available at Copps Coliseum Box Office (in-person sales only), any Ticketmaster outlet, online at ticketmaster.ca, or at Sports Obsession in Jackson Square.
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