Bulldogs set to host three contests this week including the 'Smiles on Ice' game this Friday

Published on January 21, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


The Hamilton Bulldogs (American Hockey League affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens) will host three tilts at Copps Coliseum this week, including the 12th Annual TD Canada Trust 'Smiles on Ice' game. Hamilton will open the week against the Lake Erie Monsters (AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche) at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23rd, before taking on the Quad City Flames (AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames) on Friday, January 25th at 7:30 p.m. in the 12th annual TD Canada Trust 'Smiles on Ice' game. The Bulldogs round out their weekly schedule on the following night (Saturday, January 26th) at 7:00 p.m. with a tilt against their North Division rivals the Syracuse Crunch (AHL affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets).

Last week, the 'Dogs posted a 2-1-0-0 record in three games versus Western Conference opponents. Hamilton suffered a 7-2 loss at home to the Peoria Rivermen on Tuesday, January 15th, before heading to Texas to take on two teams from the West Division: the San Antonio Rampage and the Houston Aeros. On Friday, January 18th at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, the Bulldogs dropped the Rampage by a score of 5-2. Then on Sunday, January 20th, the 'Dogs took down the Aeros 2-1 at the Toyota Center in Houston.

TD CANADA TRUST 'SMILES ON ICE':

The Hamilton Bulldogs, in conjunction with TD Canada Trust and McMaster Children's Hospital, will host the 12th Annual TD Canada Trust 'Smiles on Ice' game on Friday, January 25th, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. when the Bulldogs host the Quad City Flames at Copps Coliseum.

This year's patient ambassador for the game is six-year-old Kate Adams, while Captain Ajay Baines is the Hamilton Bulldogs ambassador. Proceeds from the game will go to 'Smiles on Ice' in support of McMaster Children's Hospital.

2008 AHL ALL-STAR CLASSIC PRESENTED BY REEBOK:

The 2008 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Reebok will be held on January 27th-28th in Binghamton, New York, home of the Binghamton Senators. Binghamton and Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena will provide a unique stage for the best young hockey players in the world and a terrific setting for guests from across North America.

The Skills Competition is set for Sunday, January 27th at 7:00 p.m. while the game falls the next night (Monday, January 28th) also at 7:00 p.m. Both events can be seen live on Rogers Sportsnet. For the full broadcast schedule CLICK HERE . For more information, visit www.theahl.com.

WEEK IN REVIEW:

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 2 @ PEORIA RIVERMEN 7

Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, ON

Hamilton Goals: Corey Locke (14), Matt D'Agostini (11)

Peoria: Nicholas Drazenovic (6), Martin Kariya (8), Mike Glumac 2(13), Nikolay Lemtyugov 2(11), Jeff Woywitka (8)

Goaltending: Hamilton - Carey Price (L - 31 shots, 24 saves) / Peoria - Hannu Toivonen (W - 23 shots, 21 saves)

Power Play: Hamilton 0-6 / Peoria 3-6

Attendance: 3,007

Friday, January 18th, 2008 - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 5 @ SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE 2

AT&T CENTER - San Antonio, TX

Hamilton Goals: Corey Locke (15), Greg Stewart (8), Eric Manlow (6), Kyle Chipchura (2), Matt D'Agostini (12)

San Antonio: Enver Lisin (13), David Spina (8)

Goaltending: Hamilton - Yann Danis (W - 32 shots, 30 saves) / San Antonio - Josh Tordjman (L - 28 shots, 23 saves)

Power Play: Hamilton 2-5 / San Antonio 0-7

Attendance: 8,242

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 2 @ HOUSTON AEROS 1

Toyota Center - Houston, TX

Hamilton Goals: Mathieu Aubin (2), Jonathan Ferland (10)

Houston: Peter Olvecky (8)

Goaltending: Hamilton - Carey Price (W - 20 shots, 19 saves) / Houston - Nolan Schaefer (L - 25 shots, 23 saves)

Power Play: Hamilton 2-6 / Houston 0-4

Attendance: 6,373

AHL STANDINGS

BULLDOGS NOTES:

- C Corey Locke, who was named to the AHL's Canadian all-star team last week as a replacement player, had his seven-game point streak (Jan. 4-18) snapped yesterday in Hamilton's 2-1 win in Houston. He had seven goals and five assists in that span. Locke now needs only two goals to overtake Brian Swanson and Tomas Plekanec (71 goals) and two assists to surpass Peter Sarno (123 assists) and become Hamilton's all-time leader in goals and assists

- RW Jonathan Ferland registered his 50th career assist and 100th AHL point on Jan. 18 at SAN (5-2 W). Ferland also scored the game-winning goal on Jan. 20 at HOU (2-1 W)

- RW Matt D'Agostini had his career-high nine-game point streak (Jan. 2-18) snapped yesterday in the Bulldogs 2-1 win over the Aeros. D'Agostini had six goals and five assists in that span

- D Pavel Valentenko recorded back-to-back multi-point games on the 'Dogs two-game road trip to Texas. Valentenko had two assists on Jan. 18 at SAN (5-2 W) and another two helpers on Jan. 20 at HOU (2-1 W)

- CHANGING NUMBERS: Bulldogs forwards LW Greg Stewart and C Ryan Russell will be changing their jersey numbers. Effective immediately, Stewart, who previously wore #76, will now dawn #16, and Russell, who was previously #16, will now wear #20

BULLDOGS ALL-TIME SCORING LEADERS:

PLAYER GP G A P

1 Corey Locke 274 70* 122* 192

2 Brian Swanson 183 71 108 179

3 Tomas Plekanec 231 71 105 176

4 Peter Sarno 230 42 123 165

5 Duncan Milroy 307 68 95 163**

* Locke is only two goals away from becoming Hamilton's all-time leading goal scorer and is also only two helpers away from setting the Franchise mark in assists

** Milroy is now fifth on the Bulldogs' all time scoring list

UPCOMING GAMES:

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 2008 - LAKE ERIE MONSTERS @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS - 7:30 P.M. - COPPS COLISEUM

- This will be the third of eight meetings between the two teams this season; Hamilton has won both previous games by a combined score of 11-2

- The Monsters are currently sixth in the North Division with a record of 13-21-1-5 in 40 games this season

- Monsters winger Eric Healey is currently pacing Lake Erie's attack with 23 points (9-14-23) in 37 games this season

- The Monsters signed former NHL player and Stanley Cup Champion Jeff Friesen to a Professional Tryout contract (P.T.O.) on January 15th, 2008

- There are currently six Ontario natives Lake Erie's roster: C Brent Kelly (Kitchener), RW Brad Richardson (Belleville), RW David Jones (Guelph), RW Chris Stewart (Toronto), D Michael Vernace (Toronto), and D Wes O'Neill (Essex)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25th, 2008 - QUAD CITY FLAMES @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS - 7:30 P.M. - COPPS COLISEUM

- This contest is the first-ever meeting between the two Clubs

- The Flames are currently in seventh place in the West Division with a record of 19-18-2-5 in 44 games this season

- RW Grant Stevenson is leading the Flames in scoring with 47 points (22-25-47) in 44 games this season

- Since being added to the club in mid-November, C Krys Kolanos has recorded 32 points (16-16-32) in 29 games

- D Adam Pardy will be Quad City's only representative in the 2008 AHL All-Star Game

- There are currently three Ontario natives on Quad City's roster: LW Ryan Donally (Tecumseh), LW Brandon Prust (London), and D Matt Pelech (Toronto)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26th, 2008 - SYRACUSE CRUNCH @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS - 7:00 P.M. - COPPS COLISEUM

- This will be the fifth of eight meetings between the two teams this season; Hamilton holds a 1-2-0-1 record against Syracuse in the season series so far

- The Crunch are currently in fourth place in the North Division with 43 points (20-22-2-1), one point ahead of the fifth place Bulldogs but have played four more games

- The Bulldogs hold an all-time record of 39-31-11-1-2 against the Crunch

- Forward Joakim Lindstrom leads the Crunch in scoring with 43 points (17-26-43) in 32 games so far this season

- Since being sent down by the Columbus Blue Jackets, RW Gilbert Brule has six points (4-2-6) in eight games

- There are currently five Ontario natives on Syracuse's roster: C Zenon Konopka (Niagara Falls), LW Jeffrey Szwez (Etobicoke), C Derek MacKenzie (Sudbury), D David Cullen (St. Catharines), and G Adam Munro (St. George)

ALUMNI WATCH:

There are over 60 former Bulldogs who have graduated to the National Hockey League. Over 60 percent of all former 'Dogs have played in at least one NHL game. Here are a few highlights and accomplishments of ex-'Dogs from this past week:

- Montreal C Tomas Plekanec registered three points last week, tallying two goals, including the game winner at the New York Islanders (Jan. 15) and adding an assist in a 3-2 win at Atlanta (Jan. 17)

- Edmonton C Shawn Horcoff registered six points last week, setting up one goal against Los Angeles (Jan. 15), recording two goals and one assist at Washington (Jan. 17), and adding two helpers at Atlanta (Jan. 20)

- Columbus LW Jason Chimera recorded two points this past week, picking up the game-winning goal against Vancouver (Jan. 15), while tallying an assist in a 3-1 loss at Dallas (Jan. 19)

- Detroit RW Dan Cleary recorded five points last week, with two goals coming in a 3-2 win versus Vancouver (Jan. 17), and a goal and two assists in a 6-3 victory at San Jose (Jan. 19)

- Dallas C Mike Ribeiro picked up four points in the last seven days, all assists, including one helper at San Jose (Jan. 17), one assist versus Columbus (Jan. 19) and adding two more helpers in a 5-2 victory over Anaheim (Jan. 20)

- Boston G Tim Thomas registered two victories this past week, both coming against the New York Rangers, 4-3 (Jan. 19), and 3-1 (Jan. 20)

- Edmonton G Mathieu Garon started all three games last week for Edmonton and was victorious in all three, shutting out the New York Islanders 4-0 (Jan. 7), beating Phoenix 5-2 (Jan. 10) and winning 2-1 versus Calgary (Jan. 13)

TUNE IN TO EVERY GAME ON THE HAMILTON BULLDOGS HOCKEY NETWORK:

Fans can listen to every 'Dogs game this season 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. Ellery Award-winning broadcaster Derek Wills calls the play-by-play of all 80 regular season games, while Al Craig provides the colour commentary for all home games and select road games.

Don't miss any AHL action this season with the B2 Power Play Season Pass and B2toGo Mobile Highlights. Visit www.b2livetv.com today to purchase your Season Pass or Mobile Highlights.

GET YOUR TICKETS!:

Hamilton Bulldogs tickets are now on sale! Individual game tickets are available at the Copps Coliseum Box Office (in-person sales only), all Ticketmaster outlets and online at ticketmaster.ca. For information on season or group tickets visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com, or call (905) 529-8500 or 1-866-DOGS-TIX.

BULLDOGS MERCHANDISE AT THE "DAWG HOUSE" STORE:

Fans can purchase Bulldogs merchandise during all home games at the new "Dawg House" store located behind section 114 on the concourse level at Copps Coliseum.

In the store, fans can find hats, t-shirts, jackets, replica jerseys, foam fingers, foam 'Bone Heads', Calder Cup championship collectables (such as card sets and t-shirts) and other select novelty items (watches, mugs, pucks, etc.) for sale.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 - 7:30 p.m. - Lake Erie Monsters at Hamilton Bulldogs (Copps Coliseum)

Friday, January 25th, 2008 - 7:30 p.m. - Quad City Flames at Hamilton Bulldogs (Copps Coliseum)

Saturday, January 26th, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. - Syracuse Crunch at Hamilton Bulldogs (Copps Coliseum)

MOLSON CUP - THREE STAR LEADERS:

(1st Star - 5pts, 2nd Star - 3pts, 3rd Star - 1pt)

Player: Points:

1. Corey Locke 32

2. Jaroslav Halak 29

3. Matt D'Agostini 22

4. Maxim Lapierre 16

5. Duncan Milroy 15

6. Janne Lahti 14

7. Jonathan Ferland 13

8. Sergei Kostitsyn 8

9. Mathieu Carle 6

10. Eric Manlow 5

11. Yann Danis 4

T-12. Ryan Russell 3

T-12. Pavel Valentenko 3

T-12. Mathieu Aubin 3

T-15. Jean-Phillippe Cote 1

T-15. Carey Price 1

T-15. Kyle Chipchura 1

FLAMBORO DOWNS WORKHORSE OF THE GAME LEADERS:

(10 pts. - Hardest working Hamilton Bulldogs player)

Player: Points:

1. Jonathan Ferland 50

T-2. Greg Stewart 40

T-2. Yann Danis 40

T-4. Maxim Lapierre 30

T-4. Corey Locke 30

T-4. Francis Lemieux 30

T-4. Matt D'Agostini 30

T-8. Pavel Valentenko 20

T-8. Ryan O'Byrne 20

T-8. Joel Bouchard 20

T-8. Duncan Milroy 20

T-8. Mathieu Carle 20

T-13. Cory Urquhart 10

T-13. Cedrick Desjardins 10

T-13. Mathieu Aubin 10

T-13. Marvin Degon 10

T-13. Andrew Archer 10

T-13. Eric Manlow 10

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