Bulldogs edge Crunch in OT, 3-2
Published on March 3, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
Syracuse, NY - The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Syracuse Crunch 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday night. Team Captain Kyle Chipchura returned to the Bulldogs' line-up and set up Ryan Russell for the overtime winning goal.
Syracuse opened the scoring at 6:02 of the opening frame. Craig MacDonald sent the puck to the front of the Hamilton net where Michael Blunden was stationed. Blunden banged the puck past Hamilton starting goaltender Cedrick Desjardins.
The Bulldogs tied the game 1-1 while on the power play at 11:25 of the middle frame. Ben Maxwell received the puck from Yannick Weber before blasting a shot that sailed over the right shoulder of Syracuse starting goaltender Dan LaCosta. Doug Janik also earned an assist on the play, his first point as a Bulldog. The goal was the Bulldogs' first power-play marker in seven games.
Hamilton took a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 9:11 of the final frame. David Desharnais fed a pass to Sergei Kostitsyn, who ripped a shot that beat LaCosta. Weber earned an assist on the goal, his second of the night.
Trevor Frischmon tied the game 2-2 at 16:17 of the third stanza. Dan Spang hammered a shot from the side of the net that was saved by Desjardins. The goaltender was unable to control the rebound, which allowed Frischmon to grab the loose rebound and jam the puck past Desjardins.
With the game tied 2-2 the teams went to overtime, where the Bulldogs scored at 2:25 of the extra period. Chipchura stole the puck from a Crunch defender before feeding a pass to Russell, who was in front of the net. Russell one-timed a shot that beat LaCosta to win the game for Hamilton.
The Bulldogs return to Copps Coliseum on Friday, March 6th when they host their archrivals the Toronto Marlies for a 7:30 p.m. game. Fans can listen to every âDogs game on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, TALK 820. Fans can also listen or watch at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com by clicking on the âAHL Live' or âTALK 820' icons on the Bulldogs website. All regular-season radio and online broadcasts will begin with a pre-game show 30 minutes prior to each scheduled game-time.
Tickets for all Bulldogs 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.
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