'Dogs continue road trip in Rochester and Syracuse

Published on December 11, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


The Hamilton Bulldogs (15-10-0-1) continue their six-game road trip with back-to-back games this weekend. First Hamilton travels to Rochester on Friday, December 15th for a tilt with the first-place North-Division Americans (19-5-1-0) at 7:35 p.m. at Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester War Memorial. The Bulldogs then take on the Syracuse Crunch (8-16-0-1) at 7:30 p.m. at the Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter on Saturday, December 16th.

The 'Dogs posted a 3-1-0-0 record in four games last week. Hamilton opened the week with a 5-3 win in Toronto against the Marlies on Wednesday night (Dec. 6). The Bulldogs then played three games in three nights winning 2-1 in a shootout against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Copps Coliseum on Friday (Dec. 8), dropping a 6-3 decision in Rochester against the Americans on Saturday (Dec. 9) and blanking the Crunch 2-0 in Syracuse on Sunday (Dec. 10). The 'Dogs are currently in second place in the North Division Standings with 31 points in 26 games this season.

WEEK IN REVIEW

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6th - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 5 @ TORONTO MARLIES 3

Bulldogs Goals: Jonathan Ferland, Mikhail Grabovski, Duncan Milroy, Kyle Chipchura (2)

Marlies Goals: John Mitchell, Brett Engelhardt, Erik Westrum

Goaltending: Hamilton - Yann Danis (W - 40 shots, 37 saves) / Toronto - Jean-Francois Racine (32 shots, 28 saves)

Power Play: Hamilton 1-10 / Toronto 1-7

FRIDAY DECEMBER 8th - WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS 1 @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS 2 (SO)

Bulldogs Goals: Matt D'Agostini

Penguins Goals: Daniel Carcillo

Goaltending: Hamilton - Yann Danis (W - 34 shots, 33 saves) / Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - Jeff Deslauriers (L - 37 shots, 36 saves)

Power Play: Hamilton 0-6 / Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1-7

SATURDAY DECEMBER 9th - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 3 @ ROCHESTER AMERICANS 6

Bulldogs Goals: Mathieu Roy, Patrick Traverse, Duncan Milroy

Americans Goals: Brandon Smith, Drew Stafford (2), David Booth, Mark Mancari, Martin Lojek

Goaltending: Hamilton - Jaroslav Halak (16 shots, 13 saves), Yann Danis (L - 21 shots, 19 saves) / Rochester - Adam Dennis (W - 23 shots, 20 saves)

Power Play: Hamilton 2-7 / Rochester 0-6

SUNDAY DECEMBER 10th - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 2 @ SYRACUSE CRUNCH 0

Bulldogs Goals: Mikhail Grabovski, Andrei Kostitsyn

Crunch Goals: (no scoring)

Goaltending: Hamilton - Jaroslav Halak (W - 26 shots, 26 saves) / Syracuse (L - 29 shots, 28 saves)

Power Play: Hamilton 1-3 / Syracuse 0-3

NORTH DIVISION STANDINGS (As at December 11th, 2006)

Rank Team GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PTS PCT

1 Rochester Americans 25 19 5 1 0 90 66 39 0.780

2 Hamilton Bulldogs 26 15 10 0 1 87 63 31 0.596

3 Manitoba Moose 29 12 12 3 2 79 91 29 0.500

4 Grand Rapids Griffins 26 11 11 2 2 74 80 26 0.500

5 Toronto Marlies 28 10 14 2 2 77 90 24 0.429

6 Syracuse Crunch 25 8 16 0 1 65 86 17 0.340

PLAYER NOTES - G Jaroslav Halak recorded a 2-0 shutout on Sunday against Syracuse (Dec. 10), not only passing Steve Passmore for the franchise lead in all-time shutouts with eight, but also posting his fifth shutout of the season, tying him for the single-season franchise record with former 'Dog Eric Heffler (1999-2000) and current teammate Yann Danis (2004-2005)

- RW Andrei Kostitsyn posted five points (1-4-5) in four games last week

- RW Duncan Milroy notched four points (2-2-4) in four games this week and currently leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 26 points (12-14-26) in 24 contests this season

- G Yann Danis picked up two wins in three games this week with a save percentage of .937 while being named the game's first star on Friday against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Dec. 8)

- RW Jonathan Ferland recorded four points (1-3-4) in four games this week while being named the game's first star on Wednesday against Toronto (Dec. 6) and the Pearson Dunn Hardest Working Bulldog of the Game on Friday against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Dec. 8)

- D Dan Jancevski had two assists in four games this week and is tied for the league-lead in plus/minus with a rating of plus-17

Upcoming Games FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15th - HAMILTON BULLDOGS @ ROCHESTER AMERICANS - 7:35 P.M - BLUE CROSS ARENA AT THE ROCHESTER WAR MEMORIAL

- This is the third of 10 meetings between Hamilton and Rochester this season

- In 98 all-time regular season games played against the Americans, the Bulldogs hold a record of 40-50-7-0-1

- Forward Clarke MacArthur currently leads Rochester in scoring with 27 points (10-17-27) in 24 games this season

- Rochester is currently in 1st place in the North Division Standings with a record of 19-5-1-0

- Andrei Kostitsyn leads the Bulldogs in points against the Americans with one goal and three assists (1-3-4) in two games this season

- Six Americans have two points each against Hamilton this season: Drew Stafford (0-2-2), Brandon Smith (1-1-2), Mark Mancari (1-1-2), Janis Sprukts (0-2-2), Dylan Hunter (0-2-2) and Daniel Paille (0-2-2)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16th - HAMILTON BULLDOGS @ SYRACUSE CRUNCH 7:30 P.M - ONONDAGA COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL AT ONCENTER

- This will be the third of 8 meetings between Hamilton and Syracuse this season

- The Bulldogs have a record of 2-0-0-0 against the Crunch so far this season

- In 74 all-time regular season games against Syracuse, Hamilton has a record of 36-25-11-1-1

- Crunch forward Joe Motzko currently leads Syracuse with 22 points (7-15-22) in 22 games this season

- The Crunch are currently in 6th place in the North Division with a record of 8-16-0-1

- Matt D'Agostini (2-1-3) and Maxim Lapierre (1-2-3) have both tallied three points against the Crunch through two games this season

- Geoff Platt (2-0-2) scored twice, while Filip Novak (0-2-2) and Alexandre Picard (0-2-2) have each notched two points against the 'Dogs so far this season

ALUMNI WATCH

There are 44 former Bulldogs who have participated in at least one game for NHL clubs this season. 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:

- Edmonton C Jarret Stoll (7-14-21) had a five-point week (2-3-5) and is third in Oilers' scoring. Stoll had the lone goal vs. Chicago (Dec. 10) in a 4-1 loss, two assists vs. Dallas (Dec. 8) in a 2-0 win, one assist vs. Carolina (Dec. 6) in a 3-1 win, and one assist vs. Vancouver (Dec. 4) in a 4-0 win

- Dallas C Mike Ribeiro (6-14-20) is tied with Mike Modano for the Stars' scoring lead. Ribeiro had three points (1-2-3) in two games vs. Phoenix, including one goal and one assist (Dec. 6) in a 3-0 win, and one assist (Dec. 9) in a 4-3 overtime loss

- Montreal RW Michael Ryder (8-11-19) had one goal and one assist vs. Boston (Dec. 4) in a 6-5 loss, and one goal vs. Buffalo (Dec. 9) in a 3-2 shootout loss

- Detroit RW Daniel Cleary (10-8-18) had a four-point week (3-1-4) registering three goals in three different games. Cleary had one goal and one assist vs. Toronto (Dec. 9) in a 5-1 win, one goal vs. St. Louis (Dec. 7) in a 4-3 overtime win, and one goal vs. St. Louis (Dec. 5) in a 5-1 win

- Edmonton D Marc-Andre Bergeron (3-7-10) had the game-winning goal vs. Dallas (Dec. 8) in a 2-0 win

- Atlanta D Greg de Vries (1-10-11) is tops in scoring among Thrasher defenceman that include two assists vs. Toronto (Dec. 5) in a 5-2 win

- Montreal G Cristobal Huet (11-3-0) countinues to lead the NHL in goaltender save percentage (.932)

- Columbus LW Jason Chimera (4-6-10) had the game-winning goal vs. Colorado (Dec. 5) in a 3-0 win

- Columbus D Ron Hainsey (3-8-11) is tied with Anders Eriksson for the lead in Thrasher defenceman scoring having one goal and two assists vs. Ottawa (Dec. 10) in a 6-2 win, and one assist vs. Colorado (Dec. 5) in a 3-0 win

- Washington D Bryan Muir (2-1-3) had the game-winning goal vs. Philadelphia (Dec. 9) in a 5-3 win

- Boston G Tim Thomas (12-7-0) registered two wins with 23 saves vs. Toronto (Dec. 7) in a 3-1 win, and 34 saves vs. Montreal (Dec. 4) in a 6-5 win

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 "The Legend." Fans can also listen to or watch every home and away game online at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com. To watch or listen online, click on the 'B2 Networks' or '820 CHAM' icon on the 'Dogs website. 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.

"B2 Power Play" packages are now available for purchase. They provide fans with a chance to watch every game of their favourite team, free access to the AHL Game of the Week and exclusive weekly highlights. And in addition to broadband viewing on personal computers, B2 Power Play will also be available on the new B2toGO network, allowing fans to watch American Hockey League games on cell phones and other wireless devices. A full season package costs $160 billed monthly at $20 per month or fans can pay for the season in full for $150. B2toGO, a service delivering live games and highlights to cell phones and hand-held Pads, are now available for purchase for a full season price of $56 over 8 instalments or $50 if paid in full. Fans who purchase "B2 Power Play" will be eligible to add "B2toGo" for only an additional $25.

TICKETS

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

BULLDOGS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

Friday, December 15th - Hamilton Bulldogs at Rochester Americans - 7:35 p.m. - Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester War Memorial

Saturday, December 16th - Hamilton Bulldogs at Syracuse Crunch - 7:30 p.m. - Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter

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