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Bulldogs on three-game winning streak

December 13, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


The Hamilton Bulldogs had important meetings with two division rivals last week and were victorious in both contests including a 2-0 win over the Cleveland Barons in Hamilton and a 3-2 shootout win in Rochester over the Amerks. The Bulldogs are riding a three-game winning streak and are now in sixth place in the North Division, just one point back of Syracuse.

Leading the way offensively for the Bulldogs last week was Corey Locke who scored two goals and added two assists in the two wins. Duncan Milroy also chipped in with three points. Goalie Dan Ellis earned both wins in net for the Bulldogs and now has a three-game winning streak to his credit.

Friday's game saw the Bulldogs shutout the visiting Cleveland Barons, 2-0, in front of over 5,600 at Copps Coliseum. As Duncan Milroy opened the scoring in the first period more than 3,500 stuffed animals showered the ice for the Bulldogs' seventh annual stuffed animal toss.

On Saturday, Chris Higgins scored with less than a minute left to tie the game and force overtime and the Bulldogs won, by way of a shootout, on goals by rookies Andrei Kostitsyn and Corey Locke.

The Bulldogs will now embark on a four-game road trip and will kick it off with games on Friday and Saturday evening in Manitoba. Game times are 7:30pm (8:30EST).

Bulldogs fans can listen to Derek Wills call all the action live on-line at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com, on AM 820-CHAM or on the Team 990 in Montreal.

For the most up-to-date information and statistics on the Bulldogs please visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com

Bulldogs Team Notes

Hamilton won both games last week, moving to within one point of fifth place in the North Division ... The Bulldogs now have two shutouts on the season after Friday's 2-0 victory over Cleveland ... Hamilton won it's first shootout in franchise history on Saturday, their all-time shootout record is now 1-1 ... with 5,659 fans on hand for Friday's win, the Bulldogs are now averaging over 5,000 fans per game (5,035) ... Hamilton's road record is now above .500 at 6-5-2 in 13 games ... with the two victories, Hamilton ties St. John for most wins versus North Division opponents with 10 ... Hamilton is now 4-1-1-0 in the six games against Cleveland ... Hamilton's last six victories have come against either Rochester or Cleveland ... with a four-for-four showing on Saturday, Hamilton's away PK is up to 84.9% ... Hamilton's shootout victory on Saturday marks the first time the team has come back to win when trailing after two periods ... Hamilton's three game win streak is currently tied for the longest in the league ... Hamilton is also tied for fourth longest with three straight road victories ...

Dan Ellis - recorded both his second and third victories of the season in Friday's 2-0 win and Saturday's 3-2 shootout win in Rochester ... improved his save percentage by 0.11 to .911 by allowing only two goals on 64 shots in the two games ... the shutout on Friday was his first shutout of the season ... is now on a three game win streak ... his four-for-four performance in the shootout on Saturday puts him in a tie with four other goalies as the only goalies to be perfect in shootouts

Duncan Milroy - scored the game-winning goal and added an assist to be named the first star of Friday's 2-0 victory ... recorded an assist on Saturday's game-tying goal, moving him up to fifth in scoring on the team with 11 points (4-7-11)

Chris Higgins - scored his fifth goal of the season with only 47 seconds remaining in the third period on Saturday to tie the game and send it ultimately to a shootout ... his five goals put him in fourth place on the team and his 11 points place him in a tie for fourth place in points on the team

Corey Locke - had a great week recording two goals, two assists and was +3 in two games ... included in those points is an assist on Friday's game-winning goal, and an assist on Saturday's game-tying goal ... not included in those points was the shootout goal he scored which ended up as the shootout winning goal as the Bulldogs won the shootout 2-0 ... he is now tied for 11th spot in rookie scoring, is tied for sixth in rookie goals, is tied for second in rookie power play goals, and is in third place in rookie shooting percentage ... his seven goals tie him with Tomas Plekanec for the team lead, his 13 points place him in second on the team and his +5 rating leads the team

Ron Hainsey - is currently in fifth place in shots on goal by defenceman ...assisted on Corey Locke's power play goal on Saturday, giving him seven points (1-6-7) on the season placing him second on the team in scoring by defenceman

Upcoming Games

Fri. December 17th, 7:30pm - Bulldogs @ Manitoba Moose

Sat. December 18th, 7:30pm - Bulldogs @ Manitoba Moose

This is the third meeting between the Moose and Bulldogs this season, with each team winning once...The Moose are currently second place in the North Division, one point behind St. John's, and are 7-3-0-0 in their last 10 games...Forward Jason King leads the team in goals with 16 and is tied for third in the AHL in that category...Ex-Bulldog Peter Sarno currently sits in eighth place in league scoring with 28 points...The Moose are currently in sixth place in the AHL in both power play and penalty killing efficiency...

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