Hamilton Hosts Philadelphia and Lake Erie
January 5, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
The Hamilton Bulldogs (American Hockey League affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens) will compete four times this week. Hamilton will start with two hometown tilts, the first on Tuesday January 6th at 7:30 p.m. against the Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers), followed by a match-up against the Lake Erie Monsters (AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche) on Friday January 9th at 7:30 p.m. The 'Dogs will then hit the road to face the Monsters for a second time this week at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday January 10th at 7:30 p.m. Finally, the Bulldogs will be travelling to Rochester for a battle against the Rochester Americans (AHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers) at Blue Cross Arena Sunday January 11th at 6:05 p.m.
Last week, Hamilton went 2-1-0-0 bringing their record to 21-12-2-0. To begin their week of hometown match-ups the Dogs hosted their archrivals the Toronto Marlies on Tuesday December 30th and earned a 4-0 shutout win. Kicking off the New Year Hamilton scored a 4-3 victory against the Syracuse Crunch on Friday January 2nd. Wrapping up the week on Saturday January 3rd the Bulldogs suffered a close defeat to the Iowa Chops in a 3-2 loss.
WEEK IN REVIEW:
Tuesday December 30th - TORONTO MARLIES 0 @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS 4
Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, ON
Hamilton Goals: Kyle Chipchura (10), Mathieu Carle (4), Max Pacioretty (5), Ryan Russell (8)
Goaltending: Hamilton - Marc Denis (W - 21 shots, 21 saves) / Toronto - Justin Pogge (L - 25 shots, 21 saves)
Power Play: Hamilton 1-6 / Toronto - 0-6
Attendance: 6,139
Friday January 2nd - SYRACUSE CRUNCH 3 @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS 4
Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, ON
Hamilton Goals: Thomas Beauregard (1), Mike Glumac (14), Ryan White (8), Thomas Beauregard (2)
Syracuse Goals: Aaron Rome (3), Steve Kelly (2), John Vigilante (5)
Goaltending: Hamilton - Loic Lacasse (W - 24 shots, 21 saves) / Syracuse - Dan LaCosta (L - 39 shots, 35 saves)
Power Play: Hamilton 3-7 / Syracuse 1-4
Attendance: 4,041
Saturday January 3rd - IOWA CHOPS 3 @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS 2
Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, ON
Hamilton Goals: Olivier Latendresse (1), Fredric St. Denis (1)
Iowa goals: Matt Caruana (2), Brian Salcido (4), Matt Beleskey (5)
Goaltending: Hamilton - Loic Lacasse (L- 30 shots, 27 saves) / Iowa - Jean-Philippe Levasseur (W - 19 shots, 17 saves)
Power Play: Hamilton 0-2 / Iowa 3-8
Attendance: 3,952
BULLDOGS NOTES:
- Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey announced January 1st 2009 that forward Ben Maxwell and defenseman Ryan O'Byrne were assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs
- January 1st 2009 Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey also announced that forwards Kyle Chipchura and Max Pacioretty, goaltender Marc Denis and defenceman Yannick Weber were recalled from the Hamilton Bulldogs
- January 1st 2009 Hamilton Bulldogs General Manager Julien BriseBois announced that defenseman Frederic St-Denis was recalled from the Cincinnati Cyclones
- Bulldog D Fredric St. Denis scored his first goal of his AHL career in Saturday night's game against the Iowa Chops
UPCOMING GAMES:
TUESDAY JANUARY 6TH - PHILADELPHIA PHANTOMS @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS - 7:30 P.M. - COPPS COLISEUM
- Friday's game marks the first of two match-ups between the clubs this season
- Philadelphia currently ranks fifth in the East Division with a record of 19-15-1-1
- Last season Hamilton went 1-1-0-0 in their two match-up against the Phantoms
- Hamilton is 15-10-3-2-0 in 30 all-time meetings against Philadelphia
- C Claude Giroux is currently recalled to the Philadelphia Flyers but leads the Phantoms with 33 points (17 goals, 16 assists) in 31 games
- There are currently four Ontario natives on Philadelphia's roster: Jonathan Matsumoto (Ottawa), Josh Beaulieu (Windsor), Jeffrey Szwez (Etobicoke), and Danny Syvret (Burlington)
FRIDAY JANUARY 9TH - LAKE ERIE MONSTERS @ HAMILTON BULLDOGS - 7:30 P.M. - COPPS COLISEUM
SATURDAY JANUARY 10TH - HAMILTON BULLDOGS @ LAKE ERIE MONSTERS - 7:30 P.M. - QUICKEN LOANS ARENA
- Friday's and Saturday's games will be the third and fourth of eight meetings between the two clubs this season
- Lake Erie is currently in sixth place in the North Division with a record of 12-15-1-5
- In eight games against Lake Erie last season Hamilton posted a 7-0-0-1 record
- This season the 'dogs have gone 1-1-0-0 against the Monsters
- LW Chris Durno is leading the Monsters with 20 points (nine goals, 11 assists) in 33 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)
SUNDAY JANUARY 11TH - HAMILTON BULLDOGS @ ROCHESTER AMERICANS - 6:05 P.M. - BLUE CROSS ARENA
- Sunday's game marks the sixth of eight match-ups between the clubs this season
- Rochester currently ranks seventh in the North Division with a record of 11-22-0-3
- The Bulldogs are 4-1-0-0 this season against the Americans
- In eight games against the Americans last season Hamilton posted a 3-3-0-2 record
- Hamilton is 51-58-7-0-3 in 118 all-time meetings against Rochester
- LW Stefan Meyer is currently leading the Americans with 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) in 28 games
- There are currently seven Ontario natives on Rochester's roster: D Peter Aston (Toronto), G Chris Beckford-Tseu (Toronto), D Michael Caruso (Mississauga), RW Michael Duco (Toronto), C Shawn Matthias (Mississauga), LW Kenndal McArdle (Toronto) and LW Karl Stewart (Scarborough)
ALUMNI WATCH:
There are currently 43 former Bulldogs in the NHL at this time. Over 60 percent of the players on Hamilton's all-time roster have played in a minimum of one NHL game. Three former Bulldogs head or assistant coaches (Doug Jarvis, Claude Julien, and Geoff Ward) are currently in a coaching capacity in the NHL. Here are a few highlights and accomplishments of ex-'Dogs from this past week:
- Montreal LW Max Pacioretty picked up one point last week, scoring his first goal of his NHL career and the only goal for Montreal in a 4-1 loss to New Jersey (Jan. 2)
- Montreal LW Andrei Kostitsyn scored three points this week with an assist in a 5-2 victory over Florida (Dec. 29), and two goals in a 6-5 shoot out win against Florida (Jan. 4)
- Dallas C Mike Ribeiro picked up two points this past week with an assist in a 4-2 win over New Jersey
(Dec. 31), and a goal in a 3-2 shoot out win against Vancouver (Jan. 4)
- Montreal C Maxim Lapierre recorded four points this week, three goals, including the game winning goal, in a 5-2 victory over Florida (Dec. 29) and an assist and deciding goal in a 2-1 shoot out win against Tampa Bay (Dec. 30)
American Hockey League Stories from January 5, 2009
- Four Kings Prospects Win Medals At World Junior Championship - Manchester Monarchs
- Admirals Set to Drop Puck on Nine-Game Homestand - Norfolk Admirals
- Canucks Assign Hansen To Moose - Manitoba Moose
- Phantoms Weekly - Adirondack Phantoms
- Pittsburgh Trades Kemp To Montreal - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Pirates At Home This Weekend - Portland Pirates
- Hamilton Hosts Philadelphia and Lake Erie - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Montreal Acquires T.J. Kemp from Pittsburgh - Hamilton Bulldogs
- River Rats Ring In 2009 With Three-Game Winning Streak - Albany River Rats
- Amerks Hit the Community the First Week of the New Year - Rochester Americans
- Rome Conquering; Rookie Defensemen Improving; Details of Tully's Good Times Air Hockey Tournament - Syracuse Crunch
- Rookie AHL Bench Bosses Making an Impact - AHL
- Marlies Weekly - Toronto Marlies
- Amerks Open January Home Slate this Weekend - Rochester Americans
- Hurricanes Reassign Brett Bellemore To OHL - Albany River Rats
- Rampage Weekly - San Antonio Rampage
- Devils Win Two of Three As Calendar Turns - Albany Devils
- Canucks Re-assign Schneider to Moose - Manitoba Moose
- Wolves Weekly - Chicago Wolves
- Two Sell Outs Highlight Five Games Week for IceHogs - Rockford IceHogs
- Flames Continue Home Stand this Week - Abbotsford Heat
- Moose Drop Three Games In Week 13 - Manitoba Moose
- Houston Aeros Weekly - Houston Aeros
- Portland Pirates Costa Vida Passion Packs On Sale Now - Portland Pirates
- Rivermen Weekly - Peoria Rivermen
- Crunch Announce Details of Tully's Good Times Air Hockey Tournament â January 13 - Syracuse Crunch
- Falcons sign Patrick Bordeleau to PTO contract - Springfield Falcons
- Mihalik and Wishart Return to Norfolk; Ganzak Released - Norfolk Admirals
- Admirals Kick Off Nine-Game Homestand with Exciting Promotions and Community Efforts - Norfolk Admirals
- Falcons Postpone Meet The Players Event Originally Scheduled For January 14 - Springfield Falcons
- Bears Left Wing Alexandre Giroux Named Player Of The Week - Hershey Bears
- Bears' Giroux named Reebok/AHL Player of the Week - AHL
- Brock Hooton Released From PTO - Providence Bruins
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Connecticut Whale
- Woods And French To Coach In All Star Classic - Hershey Bears
- Sharks busy week closes with three wins in five games - Worcester Sharks
- Flames Reassign Forward Jamie Lundmark - Abbotsford Heat
- Admirals Riding High At Home - Milwaukee Admirals
- Monarchs Weekly Report - Manchester Monarchs
- Carolina Reassigns Pat Dwyer To Albany - Albany River Rats
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