December 1st
Max Jones of London Knights was named the Player of the Month, while Barrie Colts Goalie Christian Propp was named Goalie of the Month
We open a fresh new month with a road game against Flint Firebirds
Hamilton Bulldogs (14-9-3 31 Pts) @ Flint Firebirds (9-15-1 19 Pts)
Zack Jackson (3) - Justin Lemcke & Riley McCourt
Final: 4-1 L
Nick Donofrio 22 of 26 saves
1st Star: Busby - FLI 1g 1a
2nd Star: Clarke - FLI 1g 1a
3rd Star: Forrest FLI 26 saves .963 Sv %
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 27 - FLI 26
PP: HAM 0 for 4 - FLI 2 for 4
PIM: HAM 8 - FLI 8
Hits: HAM 18 - FLI 13
FO: HAM 30 - FLI 37
December 2nd
Guelph Storm has traded their 1st in 2018 draft and Bradon Caruso to Kitchener rangers for Jack York and rights to Andrew McIntyre
December 3rd
We have a home game against Mississauga Steelheads
Mississauga Steelheads (13-14-0 26 Pts) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (14-10-3 31 Pts)
Matt Strome (11) - Will Bitten & Connor Walters
Zack Jackson (4) - Jake Murray
Will Bitten (7) - Ben Gleason & Mackenzie Entwistle PP
Mackenzie Entwistle (8) - unassisted PP
Riley McCourt (2) - Marian Studenic EN
Final: 5-2 W
Kaden Fulcher 11 of 13 saves
1st Star: Mackenzie Entwistle - HAM 1g 1a
2nd Star: Will Bitten - HAM 1g 1a
3rd Star: Matt Strome - HAM 1g 1a
Team Stats:
SOG: MIS 13 - HAM 34
PP: MIS 1 for 5 - HAM 2 for 9
PIM: MIS 35 - HAM 24
Hits: MIS 22 - HAM 23
FO: MIS 39 - HAM 31
December 5th
Windsor Spitfires have fired Trevor Letowski and have gone out and hired Keith Primeau as their new HC
December 6th
We play host to Guelph Storm
Guelph Storm (16-9-2 34 Pts) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (15-10-3 33 Pts)
Mackenzie Entwistle (9) - Matt Strome & Arthur Kaliyev
Final: 4-1 L
Donofrio 42 of 46 saves
1st Star: L. Stevens - GUE 1g 1a
2nd Star: Ratcliffe - GUE 1g 1a
3rd Star: Woolley - GUE 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: GUE 46 - HAM 21
PP: GUE 1 for 8 - HAM 1 for 2
PIM: GUE 7 - HAM 27
Hits: GUE 19 - HAM 13
FO: GUE 32 - HAM 25
December 8th
Arthur Kaliyev has suffered a minor neck laceration during practice and will be out of action for 9 days. With the injury we have recalled Liam Van Loon from our development club. In 15 gp he has 13g 16a 29pts and 19:12 of icetime
December 9th
We play host to Saginaw Spirit
Saginaw Spirit (16-9-2 34 Pts) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (15-11-3 33 Pts)
Will Bitten (8) - unassisted
Liam Van Loon (1) - Connor Roberts & Justin Lemcke
Justin Lemcke (3) - Riley McCourt
Will Bitten 2 (9) - Mackenzie Entwistle
Mackenzie Entwistle (10) - Will Bitten & Matt Strome PP
Will Bitten 3 (10) - Mackenzie Entwistle & Liam Van Loon PP
Ben Garagan (3) - Jake Murray & Zack Jackson
Final: 7-3 W
Nick Donofrio 18 of 21 saves
1st Star: Will Bitten - HAM 3g 1a
2nd Star: Mackenzie Entwistle - HAM 1g 2a
3rd Star: Liam Van Loon - HAM 1g 1a
Team Stats:
SOG: SAG 21 - HAM 29
PP: SAG 1 for 6 - HAM 2 for 6
PIM: SAG 15 - HAM 15
Hits: SAG 18 - HAM 23
FO: SAG 30 - HAM 44
Erie Otters have traded Brendan Kischnick to Guelph for Cameron Hillis
December 10th
We have a road game against Mississauga Steelheads
Hamilton Bulldogs (16-11-3 35 Pts) @ Mississauga Steelheads (14-16-0 28 pts)
Matt Strome (12) - Justin Lemcke & Will Bitten
Jake Murray (3) - Jack Hanley & Zack Jackson
Will Bitten (11) - Liam Van Loon & Mackenzie Entwistle PP
Marian Studenic (14) - Connor Roberts
Final: 5-4 L
Nick Donofrio 19 of 24 saves
1st Star: N. Hague - MIS 1g 2a
2nd Star: Zack Jackson - HAM 1a
3rd Star: Moverare - MIS 3a
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 25 - MIS 24
PP: HAM 1 for 4 - MIS 0 for 3
PIM: HAM 6 - MIS 11
Hits: HAM 18 - MIS 28
FO: HAM 33 - MIS 26
December 11th
The Division I-A U20 Championship begins today
We have sent Narvin Mutter down to our Jr B development squad
December 14th
We are on the road against North Bay as Kaden Fulcher gets the star in goal
Hamilton Bulldogs (16-12-3 35 Pts) @ North Bay Battalion (10-20-1 21 Pts)
Brandon Saigeon (10) - Marian Studenic & Connor Walters
Zack Jackson (5) - Jake Murray & Liam Van Loon
Zack Jackson 2 (6) - Ben Garagan & Jake Murray
Jake Murray (4) - Ben Gleason & Ben Garagan
Matt Strome (13) - Mackenzie Entwistle & Will Bitten
Mackenzie Entwistle (11) - Will Bitten & Ben Gleason
Final: 6-5 W
Kaden Fulcher 15 of 20 saves
1st Star: Jake Murray - HAM 1g 2a
2nd Star: C. Dineen - NB 3a
3rd Star: Zack Jackson - HAM 2g
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 24 - NB 20
PP: HAM 1 for 5 - NB 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 7 - NB 13
Hits: HAM 26 - NB 24
FO: HAM 28 - NB 34
December 15th
We are on the road against Sudbury Wolves
Hamilton Bulldogs (17-12-3 37 Pts) @ Sudbury Wolves (20-9-3 43 Pts)
Mackenzie Entwistle (12) - Ben Gleason & Liam Van Loon PP
Jack Hanley (4) - Liam Van Loon & Connor Walters
Hamilton:
Will Bitten: Goal
Mackenzie Entwistle: Miss
Matt Strome: Goal
2 for 3
Sudbury:
Sokolov: Goal
Pezzetta: Miss
Carson: Miss
1 for 3
Final: 3-2 SOW
Nick Donofrio 23 of 25 saves
1st Star: Jack Hanley - HAM 1g
2nd Star: Dmitri Sokolov - SUD 2g
3rd Star: Mackenzie Entwistle - HAM 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 32 - SUD 25
PP: HAM 1 for 4 - SUD 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 4 - SUD 8
Hits: HAM 19 - SUD 25
FO: HAM 37 - SUD 25
December 17th
Flint Firebirds have traded Levi Tetrault to Oshawa Generals for Cole Resnick
December 20th
Latvia U20 will be joining the main tournament next year as the ywon the Division I-A U20 Championship. Hungry U20 finished last and will be heading to Division I-B U20 while Poland U20 will be joining Division I-A U20 next year
Arthur Kaliyev has returned to the line up while Will Bitten has suffered a shin splints at practice and will be out of action for 3 days. Our squad doesn't play for 8 days so he won't miss any games
December 22nd
Zack Jackson has suffered shoulder sorness at practice and will be out of action for 11 days
December 25th
2017 U20 World Juniors Begins tomorrow. The following are the rosters for each team. Also are the pools for the tournament as well
Group A
Switzerland U20
Belarus U20
Sweden U20
Canada U20
USA U20
Group B
Slovakia U20
Denmark U20
Czech Rep U20
Russia U20
Finland U20
Also proud to announce that both Mackenzie Entwistle & Marian Studenic have been named to Canada U20 and Slovakia U20 Respectively.
We have decided to recall Dylan D'Agostino (14gp 7g 9a 16pts 22:05 Icetime) with our development club
Our new lines during WJC are are follows:
Day 1 of WJC
Canada U20 8-0 over Belarus U20
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USA U20 7-1 over Swiss U20
Denmark U20 3-2 over Russia U20 (upset)
Finland U20 6-1 over Slovakia U20
Kingston traded Gianluca Pizzuto & Ryan Cranford to London for Liam Whittaker and London's 2nd in 2020
December 27th
Saginaw trades Tom-Eric Bappert and Justin Badour to Sudbury for Nolan Hutcheson and rights to Nicholas Romero
December 28th
We are at home against Mississauga Steelheads
Mississauga Steelheads (17-17-0 34pts) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (18-12-3 39 Pts)
Final: 4-0 L
Nick Donofrio 28 of 32 saves
1st Star: Lagunov - MIS 1g 1a
2nd Star: T. Fox - MIS 0 for 1
3rd Star: Titus - MIS 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: MIS 32 - HAM 11
PP: MIS 1 for 10 - HAM 0 for 7
PIM: MIS 17 - HAM 23
Hits: MIS 15 - HAM 15
FO: MIS 29 - HAM 27
WJC Update:
USA U20 4 -1 over Canada U20
Sweden U20 6-3 over Belarus U20
Russia U20 3-2 OT over Finland U20
Czech Republic U20 4-1 win over Denmark U20
Erie Otters traded Jack Gill and rights to Evan Miller to Kitchener Rangers for Eric Guest and rights to Mitchell Rooney
December 30th
After making some line up changes we are at home against Kingston as Kaden Fulcher gets the start in goal
Kingston Frontenacs (17-14-3 37 Pts) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (18-13-3 39 Pts)
Ben Gleason (4) - Isaac Nurse PP
Final: 6-1 L
Kaden Fulcher 16 of 22 saves
1st Star: Neumann - KIN 1g 2a
2nd Star: Popov - KIN 1g 1a
3rd Star: Gordon - KIN 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: KIN 22 - HAM 19
PP: KIN 2 for 2 - HAM 1 for 3
PIM: KIN 6 - HAM 4
Hits: KIN 30 - HAM 26
FO: KIN 32 - HAM 31
After the game we made a blockbuster trade sending 19 yr old Centre Will Bitten (11g 23a 34pts 14 PIM -4 1 GWG 20:59 in Icetime) to Erie Otters for 19 yr old left wing Christian Girhiny (21gp 4g 3a 7pts 2 PIM -13 1 GWG 14:43 of Icetime) & their 1st round pick in 2018 OHL Draft
Reason: With him most mikely to be signed by Montreal in the off-season and not coming back for his OA season we wanted to get sometime for him while we can before we lose him for nothing.
Niagara also was offering a 1st round however Erie's will be a better pick
WJC Update:
Sweden U20 4-1 over USA U20
Canada U20 4-1 win over Swiss U20
Czech Republic U20 2-0 over Finland U20
Russia U20 4-0 over Slovakia U20
North Bay trades Brad Lyle and their 5th in 2018 to SSM Greyhounds for rights to Dakotah Woods and rights to Makar Tokarev
2017-2018 OHL Player Poll released
December 31st
We play our next game tonight on the road in the post Will Bitten Era in the next round of the K9 Cup as we take on Niagara IceDogs
Hamilton Bulldogs (18-14-3 39 Pts) @ Niagara IceDogs (15-18-1 31 pts)
Justin Lemcke (4) - Connor McMichael
Issac Nurse (2) - Brandon Saigeon & Arthur Kaliyev
Final: 4-2 L
Nick Donofrio 22 of 26 saves
1st Star: Langdon - NIA 1g
2nd Star: Jusitn Lemcke - HAM 1g
3rd Star: Tomasino - NIA 1g 1a
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 28 - NIA 26
PP: HAM 1 for 5 - NIA 0 for 8
PIM: HAM 30 - NIA 16
Hits: HAM 22 - NIA 23
FO: HAM 30 - NIA 40
Nick Caamano of Flint named Player of the Month while Joseph Raaymakers of London named Goalie of the month
Mid Season Update:
Team Player Stats:
Team Goalie Stats
Standings Part 1
Standings Part 2
League Players Stats
League Goalie Stats
Prospect report:
G - Kyle Renaud - 17 gp 13-2-2 1.88 GAA 1 SO .941 Sv % - Eastern Jr B
G - Zachary Roy - 14gp 10-3-1 2.36 GAA 0 SO .923 Sv % - Eastern Jr B
G - Tanner Sheppard - 11gp 6-5-0 2.82 GAA .906 Sv % - Southern Ontario Jr B
LD - Xavier Henry - 13 gp 0g 0a 0pts Even 6 PIM 10:55 Icetime - Northern Ontario jr B
LD - DJ King - 13gp 0g 1a 1pt Even 4 PIM 10:09 Icetime - Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)
LD - Trevor Ledonne - 13gp 1g 2a 3pts Even 0 PIM 10:36 icetime - Pickering Panthers (OJHL)
LD - Ford Ondrovic - 11gp 0g 0a 0pts 4 PIM Even 10:49 icetime - Southern Ontario jr B
LD - Tyler Spott - 12gp 2g 2a 4pts Even 2 PIM 10:35 - Lindsay Muskies (OJHL)
LD - Parker Sutton - 20gp 1g 8a 9pts Even 6 PIM 15:42 - Southern Ontario Jr B
RD - Maxime Blanchard - 15gp 2g 12a 14pts Even 4 PIM 13:48 - Ontario Midget
RD - Evan McIntyre - 13gp 1g 4a 5pts Even 0 PIM 10:23 - Lindsay Muskies (OJHL)
RD - Paul O'Doherty - 17gp 2g 11a 13pts Even 12 PIM 20:52 - Southern Ontario Jr B
RD - Jordan SImpson - 19gp 2g 9a 11pts 14 PIM 15:53 - Southern Ontario Jr B
LW - Lucas Felicetti - 15gp 6g 13a 19pts 22 PIM 14:00 - Southern Junior B
LW - Matthew Gugletti - 16gp 6g 7a 13pts 4 PIm Even 14:52 - Toronto Midget
LW - Kristopher Lalonde - 19gp 3g 9a 12pts 8 PIm Even 07:28 - Pembroke Lumber Kings (
C - Kyle Fisher - 11gp 1g 2a 3pts 4 PIM Even 05:49 - Georgetown Raiders (OJHL)
C - Christopher Ishmael - 13gp 1g 0a 1pt 8 PIM 06:04 - Southern Jr B
C - Michael Mancinelli - 11gp 0g 0a 0pts 2 PIm Even 05:38 - Northeastern US jr B
C - Jacob Pivonka - 20gp 15g 12a 27pts 14 PIM Even 20:21 - US National Development Team
C - Derek Seguin - 12gp 2g 2a 4pts 0 PIM Even 05:50 - Milton Icehawks (OJHL)
C - James Waldron - 16gp 3g 2a 5pts 0 PIM Even 06:26 - Stouffville Spirit (OJHL)
We have decided to release Stephen Templeton as he is 20 and is not in our clubs future
The other players that we have releaded are as follows:
RD - Maxime Blanchard
LW - Matthew Guglietti
LW - Kristopher Lalonde
C - Jacob Pivonka - does not want to play Major Juniors
OHL Selection Draft top 9 prospects:
CHL iMport Draft top 9 prospects
