Bulldogs win big deep in the heart of Texas

Published on January 18, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


SAN ANTONIO, TX - Corey Locke had a goal and two assists to lead the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 5-2 win over the San Antonio Rampage on Friday night at the AT&T Center. With the win, the ‘Dogs record improves to 17-17-1-5 on the season.

Locke opened the scoring for the Bulldogs 10:13 into the game with his 15th goal of the season. Jonathan Ferland and Greg Stewart earned assists on Locke's goal, the lone tally of the first period.

San Antonio responded at 7:44 of the middle stanza when Enver Lisin potted his 13th marker of the campaign to make the score 1-1. Lisin beat a screened ‘Dogs netminder Yann Danis with snap shot to the stick side.

The Bulldogs regained a one-goal lead when Pavel Valentenko fed a cross-ice pass to Stewart who banged in a power-play goal at 9:51 of the second frame. Locke also earned an assist on Stewart's eighth goal of the season.

David Spina then evened the score 2-2 for the Rampage at 16:45 of the second period. Sean Sullivan and Cam Paddock drew helpers on the goal.

Hamilton scored two quick goals in the third frame to take a 4-2 lead. Eric Manlow netted the eventual game-winning goal just 1:37 into the stanza, burying a backhand shot over the shoulder of goaltender Josh Tordjman. Kyle Chipchura then tapped in his second goal of the season after a three-way passing play from Valentenko, who earned his second assist of the night, and Duncan Milroy at the 6:19 mark.

Matt D'Agostini then iced the game for the ‘Dogs with his 12th tally of the campaign and fifth goal in as many games at 11:18 of the final period. Locke picked up his third point of the night with an assist on the power-play goal.

Between the pipes, Danis turned aside 30 of 32 shots in the win for Hamilton while his counterpart Tordjman made 23 saves on 27 shots in a losing effort for San Antonio.

The Bulldogs dominated special teams play, going 2-for-5 on the power play and a perfect 7-for-7 on the penalty kill.

D'Agostini, with a goal and an assist, and Locke, with a goal and two helpers in the contest, extended their point streaks to nine and seven games respectively.

Locke, who is already the Bulldogs' all-time leading scorer with 192 points (70-122-192), is also close to setting the franchise mark in goals and assists. Locke now needs only two goals to overtake Brian Swanson and Tomas Plekanec (71 goals) and two assists to surpass Peter Sarno (123 assists).

The defending Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs return to action on Sunday, January 20th at 5:05 p.m. when they travel to the Toyota Center in Houston to take on the Aeros. 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.

Hamilton's next home game is on Wednesday, January 23rd at 7:30 p.m. against 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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