Bulldogs Overpower Battalion 5-2
December 17, 2017 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Brantford Bulldogs News Release
HAMILTON, ONTARIO. The Hamilton Bulldogs started a tour of Northern Ontario with a 5-2 win in North Bay on Thursday night.
The Bulldogs got on the board as Mackenzie Entwistle (2) slipped a quick wrist shot home at 9:09 to give Hamilton a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs went up 2-0 on the power-play at 15:50 as Matthew Strome (16) tipped home a shot from the point. North Bay cut the lead to 2-1 at 17:06, but Hamilton responded 36-seconds later at 17:42 as Marian Studenic (13) used some slick stickhandling to make it 3-1 after 1.
The two teams settled into playing defense in a scoreless 2nd period as the Black and Gold took a 3-1 lead into the 3rd period.
The Battalion cut the lead to 3-2 at 8:36 of the 3rd period, but then North Bay's Brad Chenier took a 5-minute major penalty for slew footing putting Hamilton on the power-play. First Ben Gleason (5), celebrating his 200th career OHL game, blasted one home from the point at 13:28 and then Arthur Kaliyev (13) went top shelf on the man advantage at 14:08 to make it 5-2 to finish the scoring.
3 Stars:
1) Marian Studenic (HAM) 2) Ben Gleason (HAM) 3) Kyle Potts (NB)
With the win, the Bulldogs improve their season record to 19-7-3-3.
The Bulldogs continue the Northern tour Friday night as they face the Wolves in Sudbury before returning to FirstOntario Centre for the last home game before the Christmas break on Sunday December 17th at 2 pm against the Peterborough Petes. For tickets, go to http://bit.ly/2iJJl3u.
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