Bulldogs haunted by Monsters
January 2, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
Hamilton, ON - The Hamilton Bulldogs were defeated by the Lake Erie Monsters 3-2 on Saturday night in front of 2,917 fans at Copps Coliseum. Despite outshooting Lake Erie 33-17 in the game, the âDogs could not get the puck past Monsters goaltender Weiman until the final minutes of the game.
Lake Erie scored the game's opening goal at 7:02 of the first period. After a intercepting a failed clearing attempt by a âDogs defenceman, Marty Sertich sent the puck to Justin Mercier, who was in the slot. Mercier proceeded to rifle a shot past starting Hamilton netminder Cedrick Desjardins to make it 1-0 Lake Erie.
Following a scoreless second period, Lake Erie took a 2-0 lead at 5:40 of the final frame. Matthew Ford received the puck from Patrick Bordeleau before taking a wrist shot that beat Desjardins over the blocker.
The Bulldogs cut the lead to one at 17:49 of the third period. Beginning behind the âDogs net, P.K. Subban carried the puck end-to-end before skating behind the Lake Erie net and dishing the puck to J.T. Wyman. Wyman proceeded to fire a shot between the legs of Lake Erie starting goaltender Tyler Weiman.
Mercier added his second goal of the game at 19:14 of the third stanza. Hamilton pulled its goalie to try and tie the game but Mercier intercepted the puck from a Bulldogs player in the neutral zone before sending a shot into the open net to give the Monsters a 3-1 lead.
Ben Maxwell added a goal for the âDogs at 19:39 of the third period when he redirected a Mathieu Carle shot from the point but it was too late as Hamilton could not tie the game.
The Bulldogs will host the Milwaukee Admirals tomorrow for a 4:00 p.m. game at Copps Coliseum. Due to a scheduling conflict on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, TALK 820, tomorrow's game can be heard live on Oldies 1150 CKOC (1150 AM). The game will begin with the Pepsi Max Pre-Game Show at 3:30 p.m.
Tickets for all Hamilton Bulldogs home games (with the exception of the February 21st game at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec) 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 on âDogs season tickets, flex packs, mini packs and group tickets call 905-529-8500 or visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.
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