Bulldogs scare monsters with 3-1 win
Published on March 1, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
Cleveland, OH - The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Lake Erie Monsters 3-1 on Sunday night. The win snapped Hamilton's three-game losing streak.
The Lake Erie Monsters opened the game's scoring 55 seconds into the first frame. T.J. Galiardi sent a pass to Chris Durno, who snapped a shot at the top of the far faceoff circle. The puck sailed past the blocker of Hamilton starting goaltender Cedrick Desjardins.
The Bulldogs tied the game 1-1 at 12:31 of the opening period. Yanick Lehoux fired a shot that was saved by Lake Erie starting goaltender Tyler Weiman. Weiman could not control the rebound, which bounced onto the stick of Steve Gainey, who shot the puck into the back of the net.
Hamilton took a 2-1 lead at 11:01 of the middle frame. Brock Trotter fed a pass to Lehoux, who skated between two Lake Erie defenders. Lehoux snapped a shot past the glove of Weiman for his first goal in nine games. Trotter scored at 12:10 to give the Bulldogs a 3-1 lead. Steve Gainey hustled to the Lake Erie blue line to keep the puck in the Monsters' zone before sending a pass to Brock Trotter to spring him on a breakaway. Trotter used a couple deke moves on Weiman before firing the puck past the netminder.
The Bulldogs travel to Syracuse to battle the Crunch on Tuesday, March 3rd for a 7:00 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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