'Dogs blanked for second straight game
January 26, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
HAMILTON, ON - The Hamilton Bulldogs suffered a 2-0 loss to their division rivals the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night at Copps Coliseum. The loss drops Hamilton's record to 19-19-1-5 heading into the All-Star break.
After a scoreless opening period, the Crunch struck first at 4:45 of the second frame on the power play. Adam Pineault jumped on the rebound from a shot by Gilbert Brule and deposited the puck into the net. Clay Wilson also drew an assist on Pineault's 13th goal of the season.
At 12:04 of the third period, Trevor Frischmon was awarded a penalty shot for Syracuse. Frischmon walked in all alone on Bulldogs' goaltender Carey Price and rung a shot off of the post to keep the score at 1-0.
Syracuse made amends for the missed opportunity on the penalty shot when Clay Wilson fired a shot over the blocker of Price at 14:00 of the third stanza. Alexandre Picard and Trevor Frischmon assisted on Wilson's seventh marker of the campaign.
Price made 33 saves on 35 shots for Hamilton in the loss, while Syracuse netminder Adam Munro stopped all 16 of the shots he faced to earn the win and was named the game's third star.
The Bulldogs were 0-for-8 with the man advantage, while the Crunch went 1-for-7 on the power play.
Combined with a 4-0 shutout loss last night against the Quad City Flames, Hamilton has been held scoreless for a span of 135:47. The two losses also mark the first time the Bulldogs have been shutout in consecutive games since November 13th and 17th of 2004 when the âDogs dropped two 3-0 decisions to the Cleveland Barons and Edmonton Road Runners respectively.
The Defending Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs return to action on Friday, February 1st, at 8:30 p.m. when they visit the Manitoba Moose at the MTS Centre. 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 âB2 Networks' or â820 CHAM' icon on the âDogs 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, February 6th at 7:30 p.m. against the Lake Erie Monsters at Copps Coliseum. Tickets for all âDogs 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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