Hamilton Hosts Hershey And Lake Erie; Travels To Rochester And Toronto This Week
October 27, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
The Hamilton Bulldogs (American Hockey League affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens) will play four games this week, beginning with two hometown games against the Hershey Bears (AHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals) at Copps Coliseum on Wednesday, October 29th at 7:30 p.m., and a match-up with the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday October 31st at 7:30 p.m. at Copps Coliseum (AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche). The 'Dogs will then hit the road for two North Division rival battles against the Rochester Americans (AHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers) Saturday November 1st at 7:35 p.m. at Blue Cross Arena, and the Toronto Marlies (AHL affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs) on Sunday November 2nd at 4:00 p.m. at Ricoh Coliseum.
Last week, Hamilton ended their four-game winning streak with three losses, which drops their record to 4-2-1-0. On Wednesday October 22nd the 'Dogs were defeated 4-3 in overtime by the Toronto Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum. On Saturday October 25th, the Bulldogs were given their first regulation loss of the season at the hands of the Grand Rapids Griffins by a score of 6-4 at Van Andel Arena. Wrapping up the week, Hamilton was defeated for the third straight time 2-0 as they hosted the Quad City Flames on Sunday October 26th at Copps Coliseum.
WEEK IN REVIEW:
Wednesday October 22nd - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 3 @ TORONTO MARLIES 4 OT
Ricoh Coliseum - Toronto, ON
Hamilton Goals: Yanick Lehoux (3), Chad Anderson (1), Yanick Lehoux (4)
Toronto Goals: Andre Deveaux (1), Mark Bell (1), Jeremy Williams (1), Jeremy Williams (2)
Goaltending: Hamilton - Cedrick Desjardins (L - 30 shots, 26 saves) / Toronto - Justin Pogge (W - 29 shots, 26 saves)
Power Play: Hamilton 0-5 / Toronto 3-5
Attendance: 1,780
Saturday, October 25th - HAMILTON BULLDOGS 4 @ GRAND RAPIDS 6
Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, MI
Hamilton Goals: Ryan Russel (2), Sean Belle (1), Matt D'Agostini (3), Matt D'Agostini
Grand Rapids Goals: Garrett Stafford (1), Justin Abdelkader (3), Mattias Ritola (2), Mattias Ritola (3), Ville Leino (3),
Ville Leino (4)
Goaltending: Hamilton - Cedrick Desjardins (L - 20 shots, 17 saves), Marc Denis (L- 7 Shots, 4 saves) / Grand Rapids - Jimmy Howard (W - 24 shots, 20 saves)
Power Play: Hamilton 0-6/ Grand Rapids 2-9
Attendance: 10,834
Sunday October 26th - QUAD CITY FLAMES 2 @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS 0
Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, ON
Quad City Goals: Warren Peters (3), Kyle Greentree (1)
Goaltending: Hamilton - Marc Denis (L - 29 shots, 27 saves), Matt Keetley (W - 32 shots, 32 saves)
Power Play: Hamilton 0-2/ Quad City 0-4
Attendance: 3, 925
NORTH DIVISION STANDINGS:
(As of Monday, October 27th)
Rank Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA
1 Syracuse Crunch 6 5 1 0 0 10 0.833 24 17
2 Grand Rapids Griffins 5 4 0 1 0 9 0.900 26 17
3 Hamilton Bulldogs 7 4 2 1 0 9 0.643 23 19
4 Manitoba Moose 6 4 2 0 1 8 0.667 19 14
5 Toronto Marlies 7 3 3 0 1 7 0.500 21 24
6 Lake Erie Monsters 8 3 4 0 1 7 0.438 24 31
7 Rochester Americans 8 1 7 0 0 2 0.125 16 38
BULLDOGS NOTES:
- Hamilton lost their first game of the season to the Toronto Marlies, 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, to end their four-game winning streak.
- Bulldog point leader RW Matt D'Agostini (4-6-10) picked up two more goals and three assists this week recording 10 points in seven games. He had his four-game point streak snapped in Sunday's loss. During the run, D'Agostini notched nine points (four goals, five assists).
- RW Tyler Shelast, C Mathieu Aubin, and D Frederic St-Denis all played their first games of the season last week. St-Denis played his first-career AHL game on Wednesday and notched his first-career AHL point, an assist, on Saturday.
- C Yanick Lehoux tallied two goals and two assists giving him seven points in seven games.
UPCOMING GAMES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th - HERSHEY BEARS @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS- 7:3O P.M - COPPS COLISEUM
- Wednesday's game marks the first of only two contests between the clubs this season
- Hershey Bears currently rank first in the Atlantic Division with a 7-1-0-0 record
- Hamilton split their two games with Hershey last season, holding a record of 1-1-0-0
- The Bulldogs are 8-13-3-0-0 in 24 all-time matches against the Bears
- AHL point leader C Keith Aucoin (5-12-17) has recorded 17 points in eight games
- C Alexandre Giroux (8-4-12) is leading the league in goals with eight markers in eight games
- There are five Ontario natives in the Bear's roster: C Kyle Wilson (Oakville), D Patrick McNeill (Strathroy), D Bryan Helmer (Sault Ste. Marie), D Greg Amadio (Sault Ste. Marie) and local product G Daren Machesny (Hamilton)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 31ST - LAKE ERIE MONSTERS @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS-7:30 P.M - COPPS COLISEUM
- Friday's game will be the first of eight meetings between the two clubs this season
- Lake Erie is currently in sixth place in the North Division with a 3-4-0-1 record
- In eight games against Lake Erie last season Hamilton posted an impressive 7-0-0-1 record
- C T.J. Hensick (4-7-11) is leading the Monsters with 11 points in eight games
- There are currently six Ontario natives on the Monster's roster: RW Brian Willsie (London), RW Chris Stewart (Toronto), LW Chris Durno (Scarborough), C Rob Drummond (London), D Mike Vernace (Toronto), and D Aaron MacKenzie (Terrace Bay)
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST - HAMILTON BULLDOGS @ ROCHESTER AMERICANS - 7:35 P.M - Blue Cross Arena
- Saturday's game will be the first of eight contests this season between the two clubs
- Rochester is currently in seventh and last place in the North Division with a 1-7-0-0 record
- Last season the Bulldogs posted a 3-3-0-2 record in eight matches against the Americans
- Hamilton is 47-57-7-0-3 in 114 all-time meetings against Rochester
- Leading the Americans is D Jason Garisson (1-4-5) with 5 points in seven games
- There are currently seven Ontario natives on the American's roster: RW Michael Duco (Toronto),
LW Karl Stewart (Scarborough), C Shawn Matthias (Mississauga), RW Kenndel McArdle (Toronto), D Michael Caruso (Mississauga), D Peter Aston (Toronto) and G Chris Beckford-Tseu
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2ND - HAMILTON BULLDOGS @ TORONTO MARLIES - 4:00 P.M - Ricoh Coliseum
- Sunday's game will be the second of 12 matches between the North Division foes
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