Bulldogs Drop Fifth Straight
Published on November 16, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
HARTFORD, CT - Corey Locke had two assists in a losing effort, as the Hamilton Bulldogs dropped a 3-2 decision to the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday night at the Hartford Civic Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The loss drops Hamilton's record to 4-7-0-3 through 14 games this season.
Hamilton opened the scoring on the power play at 9:19 of the first period when Marvin Degon potted his second goal of the season. Degon took a pass from Locke and buried a shot from the point past Hartford's starting goaltender Al Montoya.
After a scoreless middle stanza, the Wolf Pack evened the score 1-1 at 5:59 of the third frame courtesy of Andrew Hutchinson's fourth goal of the campaign. Thomas Pock and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau earned assists on the goal.
The Bulldogs took a 2-1 lead at the 7:19 mark of the third period when Sergei Kostitsyn one-timed a pass from Duncan Milroy into the back of the Wolf Pack net. Locke, who earned the other assist on the goal, picked up his second point of the game on Kostitsyn's fourth tally of the season.
Francis Lessard then scored two goals in 1:58 of the final frame to give Hartford a 3-2 lead. At 12:33 of the period, Lessard slid home the tying goal through a maze of players in front of Hamilton's net. Lessard then scored the game's eventual winning goal at the 14:31 mark, making the score 3-2. Hugh Jessiman assisted on both of Lessard's third-period goals.
Between the pipes, Jaroslav Halak made 37 saves on 40 shots in a losing effort for the 'Dogs, while Montoya turned aside 28 of the 30 shots he faced for the Pack.
With two assists in the game, Locke (57-111-168) is now eight points behind Tomas Plekanec (71-105-176) for second place on the Bulldogs all-time scoring list, and needs 12 points to overtake Brain Swanson (71-108-179) and become Hamilton's all-time leading scorer.
The defending Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs return to action tomorrow night (Saturday, November 17th) at 7:05 p.m. when they travel to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton to take on the Senators. Fans can listen to every Bulldogs game on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, 820 CHAM. Fans can also listen or watch at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com by clicking on the 'B2 Networks' or '820 CHAM' icon on the 'Dogs website. All regular-season radio and online broadcasts will begin with a pre-game show 20 minutes prior to each scheduled game-time.
The Bulldogs next home game is on Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. when they host the Toronto Marlies at Copps Coliseum. Tickets for all 'Dogs home games 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. For more information or to purchase season tickets call 905-529-8500, e-mail tickets@hamiltonbulldogs.com or visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.
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