Bulldogs Edged By Crunch
Published on October 19, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
SYRACUSE, NY - Despite out-shooting the Syracuse Crunch 24-20, the Hamilton Bulldogs dropped a 2-1 decision on Friday night at Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter. The loss, Hamilton's first loss of the season in regulation time, drops the Bulldogs record to 2-1-0-1.
After a scoreless first period, the teams exchanged goals 11 seconds apart in the middle stanza. Syracuse took a 1-0 lead at 9:32 of the frame when Darcy Campbell notched his first goal of the season. Then at the 9:43 mark, Janne Lahti registered his first-career AHL goal to even the score 1-1 for Hamilton. Eric Manlow and Francis Lemieux earned assists on Lahti's goal.
The Crunch restored their one-goal lead at 3:28 of the third period when Joakim Lindstrom scored the eventual game-winning goal on the power play. Derick Brassard and Andrei Plekhanov drew helpers on the 2-1 goal.
Between the pipes, Yann Danis made 18 saves on 20 shots in a losing effort for Hamilton while Tomas Popperle stopped 23 of 24 shots to pick up his second win of the season for Syracuse.
The Bulldogs were 0-for-4 on the power play and the Crunch went 1-for-7 with the man advantage.
The defending Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs return to action tomorrow night (Saturday, October 20th) at 7:00 p.m. when they host the Hartford Wolf Pack 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.
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.
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