Bulldogs Take 3-1 Series Lead in Niagara

April 12, 2018 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Brantford Bulldogs News Release

HAMILTON, ONTARIO. The Hamilton Bulldogs scored 3 unanswered goals in the 3rd period on Wednesday night for a 4-2 win and a 3-1 lead in the best of 7 Eastern Conference Semi-Final.

The Bulldogs opened the scoring at 9:07 of the 1st period as Marian Studenic (1) buried a feed from Ryan Moore for his 1st of the playoffs. Niagara was quick to get even things up 1-1 as they scored 52 seconds later. The Bulldogs thought they had re-taken the lead, but Arthur Kaliyev's goal was called off due to contact with the Niagara goaltender. The IceDogs took a 2-1 lead early in the 2nd period on a shot from the point. In the 3rd period it was all Bulldogs. Isaac Nurse (6) took a feed from defenseman Connor Walters and put a backhand over the blocker of Stephen Dhillon to tie the game at 2-2 at 1:57. Less than a minute later, Marian Studenic (2) buried a rebound for the game-winning goal. Robert Thomas (5) capped off the win with an empty-net goal with 1 second left in the game.

3 STARS:

 1) Marian Studenic (HAM)  2) Kirill Maksimov (NIA) 3) Kaden Fulcher (HAM)

Game 5 in the series goes Thursday night at FirstOntario Centre at 7 pm.

For information on how to get Bulldogs playoff tickets for Round 2, call 905-529-8500 or go to www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.

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