Bulldogs set franchise record with ninth consecutive loss

Published on March 22, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


TORONTO, ON - The Hamilton Bulldogs set a franchise record for futility with their ninth straight loss by dropping a 3-1 decision to the Toronto Marlies on Saturday night at Ricoh Coliseum. Hamilton's previous franchise-long losing streak was eight games set on November 6th-to-21st during the 2004-2005 season. The ‘Dogs record now drops to 31-30-3-5 through 69 games on the campaign.

Toronto opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 13:39 of the first period. Brent Aubin and Derrick Walser combined to set up Bates Battaglia's ninth tally of the campaign and give the Marlies a 1-0 lead.

David Ling gave the Marlies a two-goal lead at 3:22 of the second period with his 13th marker of the season. The 2-0 goal was unassisted.

At 7:25 of the middle stanza, Brock Trotter got the Bulldogs on the scoreboard when he took a pass from Conrad Martin, pulled the puck to his forehand and slid home his second goal of the season. Corey Locke also picked up a helper on the 2-1 goal.

The Marlies put the game away at the 15:16 mark of the final frame courtesy of a breakaway goal by Robbie Earl. Aubin fed Earl who walked in and buried a wrist shot over the shoulder of ‘Dogs netminder Cedrick Desjardins to round out the game's scoring at 3-1.

Desjardins stopped 27 of the 30 shots he faced in a losing effort for Hamilton, while Scott Clemmensen made 29 saves on 30 shots to pick up the win for Toronto.

The Bulldogs went 0-for-5 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.

The defending Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs return to action on Wednesday, March 26th at 7:05 p.m. when they travel to Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton to take on the Senators. 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.

The Bulldogs next home game is on Saturday, April 5th at 7:00 p.m. when they host the Lake Erie Monsters 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.

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