April 2nd
OHL Playoff Updates:
London has eliminated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 2 as Sarnia eliminates Flint Firebirds 4 games to 1 as London Knights will play Sarnia Sting in the next round.
Guelph Storm eliminates Saginaw Spirit 4 games to 1 while Owen Sound Attack eliminates Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 1 as Guelph Storm will play Owen Sound Attack in the East Semi Finals
In the East there is 2 game 7's as Kingston takes on Ottawa 67's and Barrie takes on Peterborough the winners of each series will play each other in the next round the losers go home
April 5th
Kingston won game 7 and has eliminated Ottawa 67's while Peterborough Petes have eliminated Barrie Colts as the final Semi Final Match up will be Kingston Frontenacs against peterborough Petes
QMJHL Playoff Update:
WHL Playoff Update:
We begin the East Semi Finals on the road as we take on Oshawa Generals
Hamilton Bulldogs (4-0) @ Oshawa Generals (4-0)
Matt Strome (5) - Mackenzie Entwistle & Justin Lemcke
Arthur Kaliyev (1) - Connor McMichael & Riley McCourt PP
Jack Hanley (1) - Connor Walters & Ben Garagan PP
Connor McMichael (2) - Connor Roberts & Riley McCourt
Arthur Kaliyev 2 (2) - Connor McMichael & Mackenzie Entwistle PP
Jake Murray (1) - Connor Walters & Ben Garagan EN
Final: 6-4 W
Nick Donofrio 25 of 29 saves
1st Star: Mackenzie Entwistle - HAM 2a
2nd Star: Henderson - OSH 1g 2a
3rd Star: Jake Murray - HAM 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 25 - OSH 29
PP: HAM 3 for 8 - OSH 0 for 2
PIM: HAm 7 - OSH 19
Hits: HAM 15 - OSH 24
FO: HAM 15 - OSH 46
Hamilton Bulldogs leads the best of 7 series 1 game to 0 over Oshawa Generals
Zack Jackson suffered shin splints in tonights game and will be out of action for 3 days
Rest of the OHL Playoffs:
London takes game 1 with a 2-1 win over Owen Sound, Sarnia takes a 1-0 lead with a 6-3 win over Guelph and Peterborough takes a 1-0 series lead over Kingston with a 5-3 win
April 7th
Division 1-A U18 Championship begins today as the following are the teams taking part in the tournament.. The winner of this tournament joins the main U18 Championship tournament next year
Defenseman TJ Fergus will take Zack Jackson's spot in the line up while he is out with his injury as we take on Oshawa Generals on the road in Semi Final OHl Playoff game Game 2 today
OHL East Semi Finals Game 2 - Hamilton Bulldogs (5-0) @ Oshawa Generals (4-1)
Dylan D'Agostino (2) - Jusitn Lemcke & Christian Girhiny
Jack Hanley (2) - Liam Van Loon & Christian Girhiny
Final: 3-2 L
Nick Donofrio 22 of 25 saves
1st Star: Commisso - OSH 1g
2nd Star: Christian Girhiny - HAM 2a
3rd Star: Henderson - OSH 1g 1a
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 30 - OSH 25
PP: HAM 0 for 2 - OSh 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 7 - OSH 7
Hits: HAM 17 - OSH 30
FO: HAM 32 - OSH 35
Oshawa Generals evens the best of 7 series 1-1
Guelph Storm evens the series against Sarnia 1-1 with a 3-1 win, Kingston evens the series at 1-1 with a 5-4 win over Peterborough and London Knights takes a 2-0 series lead with a 4-3 win over OS
April 9th
Zack Jackson returns to the line up for Game 3 as we play host to Oshawa Generals
Oshawa Generals (5-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (5-1)
Zack Jackson (1) - Jake Murray
Mackenzie Entwistle (1) - Matt Strome & Brandon Saigeon
Final: 5-2 L
Nick Donofrio 30 of 35 saves
1st Star: McShane - OSH 1g 2a
2nd Star: Antropov - OSH 2a
3rd Star: Stillman - OSH 1g 1a
Team Stats:
SOG: OSH 35 - HAM 23
PP: OSH 2 for 4 - HAM 0 for 1
PIM: OSH 2 - HAM 8
Hits: OSH 18 - HAM 17
FO: OSH 26 - HAM 33
Oshawa Generals take a 2-1 series lead in the best of 7
Guelph takes a 2-1 series lead over Sarnia; Peterborough Petes take a 2-1 series lead over Peterborough and London Knights take a 3-0 series lead over Owen Sound
April 11th
We look to get back into the series with Game 4 of the OHL East Semi Finals on our home rink as we play host to Oshawa Generals
Oshawa Generals (6-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (5-2)
Jack Hanley (3) - Matt Strome & Brandon Saigeon
Riley McCourt (1) - Connor McMichael & Reilly Webb PP
Justin Lemcke (2) - Brandon Saigeon & Matt Strome PP
Mackenzie Entwistle (2) - Matt Strome & Brandon Saigeon PP - OT Winner
Final: 4-3 OTW
Nick Donofrio 35 of 38 saves
1st Star: Brandon Saigeon - HAM 3a
2nd Star: Commisso - OSH 3a
3rd Star: Matt Strome - HAM 3a
Team Stats:
SOG: OSH 38 - HAM 35
PP: OSH 0 for 3 - HAM 3 for 5
PIM: OSH 10 - HAM 6
Hits: OSH 29 - HAM 31
FO: OSH 38 - HAM 30
With the win Hamilton evens the series once again at 2 games to 2
London eliminates Owen Sound by sweeping them 4 games to 0; Guelph takes a 3-1 series over sarnia and Peterborough takes a 3-1 series lead over Kingston
April 13th
The U18 Championship kicks off today as here are the pools:
We head on the road in Game 5 of the East Semi Finals
Hamilton Bulldogs (6-2) @ Oshawa Generals (6-2)
Matt Strome (6) - Connor Walters
Connor McMichael (3) - Riley McCourt & Arthur Kaliyev
Final: 4-2 L
Nick Donofrio 32 of 36 saves
1st Star: Krastenbergs - OSH 1g 2a
2nd Star: Connor Walters - HAM 1a
3rd Star: Antropov - OSH 1g 1a
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 12 - OSH 36
PP: HAM 0 for 2 - OSH 1 for 4
PIM: HAM 19 - OSH 7
Hits: HAM 14 - OSH 22
FO: HAM 30 - OSH 28
With the win, Oshawa Generals put the Hamilton Bulldogs on the brink of elimination taking a series lead 3-2
Dylan D'Agostino left the game with a strained tricep tendon and will be out of action for 3 weeks
With the injury we have recalled Navrin Mutter from our development club. in 23 games he had 12g 29a 41pts 26 PIM and 22:28 icetime
Guelph Storm advances to the West Conference Finals eliminating Sarnia 4 games to 1 as they will be playing London Knights in the OHL West Conference finals
Peterborough Petes have eliminated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 1 as the ywait the winner of the Oshawa/Hamilton series to play in the OHL East Conference finals
Canada U18 4-0 over Belarus U18
Swiss U18 5-0 over USA U18
France U18 5-3 over Russia U18 (Upset)
Finland U18 1-0 over Slovakia U18
April 15th
We have our life on the line as we are at home against Oshawa Generals
Oshawa Generals (7-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (6-3)
Matt Strome (7) - Mackenzie Entwistle & Brandon Saigeon PP
Ben Garagan (1) - Jake Murray & Connor Walters
Ben Garagan 2 (2) - Connor Walters
Final: 3-0 W
Nick Donofrio 35 of 35 saves SO
1st Star: Nick Donofrio - HAM 35 Saves 1.000 Sv % SO
2nd Star: Ben Garagan - HAM 2g
3rd Star: Matt Strome - HAM 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: OSH 35 - HAM 28
PP: OSH 0 for 3 - HAM 1 for 5
PIM: OSH 13 - HAM 12
Hits: OSH 20 - HAM 27
FO: OSH 27 - HAM 29
Ben Garagan scored the 2 biggest goals of his OHL career to force game 7 of the OHL East Semi Final game against Oshawa Generals
U18 Championship Update:
Canada U18 3-0 over USA U18
Czech Republic U18 2-1 over Belarus U18
Finland U18 2-1 over Russia U18
France U18 3-2 over Sweden U18 (2nd upset for France U18)
Latvia U18 won Div I-A U18 Championship and will join the U18 main tournament next year
April 17th
Big game tonight on the road as we big multiple fan buses with us to Oshawa as we take on Oshawa Generals in Game 7 on the road
Hamilton Bulldogs (7-3) @ Oshawa Generals (7-3)
Arthur Kaliyev (3) - Riley McCourt & Riley Webb
Brandon Saigeon (4) - Ben Gleason & Mackenzie Entwistle
Zack Jackson (2) - Jack Hanley & Ben Garagan
Arthur Kaliyev 2 (4) - Connor McMichael & Justin Lemcke
Reilly Webb (1) - Connor Roberts
Final: 5-3 W
Nick Donofrio 20 of 23 saves
1st Star: Arthur Kaliyev - HAM 2g
2nd Star: Stillman - OSH 1a
3rd Star: Zack Jackson - HAM 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 26 - OSH 23
PP: HAM 3 for 9 - OSH 1 for 5
PIM: HAM 13 - OSH 29
Hits: HAM 14 - OSH 28
FO: HAM 44 - OSH 23
Matt Strome suffered a Mild shoulder strain and played through it and is listed as day to day
Hamilton Bulldogs have won game 7 and have eliminated Oshawa Generals eliminating them 4 games 3 to and will be playing Peterborough Petes in the next round
U18 Championship Update:
Czech Rep U18 4-3 over USA U18
Canada U18 5-0 over Swiss U18
Finland U18 3-1 over Sweden U18
Russia U18 8-1 over Slovakia U18
CHL Playoffs Update:
OHL Playoffs:
WHL Playoffs:
QMJHL Playoffs:
April 18th
TJ Fergus will play in Matt Strome's spot as we play host to Peterborough Petes in Game 1 of the OHL East Conference Finals
Peterborough Petes @ Hamilton Bulldogs (East Conference Finals Game 1)
Ben Garagan (3) - Connor McMichael & Reilly Webb
Brandon Saigeon (5) - TJ Fergus & Reilly Webb
Mackenzie Entwistle (3) - Brandon Saigeon & Reilly Webb
Final: 6-3 L
Nick Donofrio 24 of 30 saves; Fulcher 12 of 12 saves
1st Star: DeNoble - PET 3g
2nd Star: Gallant - PET 4a
3rd Star: Korostelev - PET 1g 3a
Team Stats:
SOG: PET 42 - HAM 15
PP: PET 2 for 6 - HAM 0 for 3
PIM: PET 6 - HAM 12
Hits: PET 18 - HAM 16
FO: PET 35 - HAM 27
Guelph Storm takes a 1-0 series lead over London Knights
April 19th
U18 Championship Update:
Czech Rep U18 3-0 over Swiss U18
USA U18 3-1 over Belarus U18
Sweden U18 3-2 over Slovakia U18
France U18 over Finland U18 (Upset #3)
Dylan D'Agostino has begun skating but will be fully recovered in about 2 weeks
April 20th
We have signed 18 yr old prospect Lucas Felicetti who has a enforcer role will play our 4th line role against Peterborough
Peterborough Petes @ Hamilton Bulldogs (Conference Finals Game 2)
Justin Lemcke (3) - Navrin Mutter & Christian Girhiny
Final: 2-1 L
Nick Donofrio 36 of 38 saves
1st Star: DeNoble - PET 1g
2nd Star: Nick Dofofrio - HAM 36 saves .947 Sv %
3rd Star: Justin Lemcke - HAM 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: PET 38 - HAM 28
PP: PET 1 for 2 - HAM 0 for 6
PIM: PET 12 - HAM 4
Hits: PET 22 - HAM 11
FO: PET 28 - HAM 28
Peterborough takes a 2-0 series lead
London with a 7-6 overtime win over Guelph evens the series at 1-1
Even though Matt Strome is still day to day the trainer has given us the green line to dress him for Game 3
April 21st
U18 Championship Update:
Swiss U18 3-1 over Belarus U18
Canada U18 5-3 over Czech Rep U18
France U18 5-3 over Slovakia U18
Sweden U18 4-1 over Russia U18
The Round Robin is complete as follows along with the Quarter Finals
Slovakia U18 takes on Belarus U18 winner stays loser heads down to U18 Division 1-A and will be replaced by Latvia U18 next year
April 22nd
We are heading on the road being down 2-0 against Peterborough Petes
Hamilton Bulldogs @ Peterborough Petes
Mackenzie Entwistle (4) - Brandon Saigeon & Ben Gleason PP
Mackenzie Entwistle 2 (5) - Ben Gleason PP
Matt Strome (8) - Brandon Saigeon & Mackenzie Entwistle PP
Arthur Kaliyev (5) - Connor McMichael & Connor Roberts PP
Final: 4-2 W
Nick Donofrio 22 of 24 saves
1st Star: Mackenzie Entwistle - HAM 2g 1a
2nd Star: Ang - PET 1g 1a
3rd Star: Ben Gleason - HAM 2a
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 31 - PET 24
PP: HAM 4 for 6
PIM: HAM 2 - PET 12
Hits: HAM 20 - PET 18
FO: HAM 29 - PET 36
Guelph wins by a score of 5-4 over London to retake the 2-1 series lead
U18 Championship Update:
Canada U18 10-2 over Russia U18
Finland U18 6-2 over Swiss U18
USA U18 4-0 over France U18
Czech Rep U18 3-1 over Sweden U18
Relegation Game:
Belarus U18 3-2 over Slovakia U18
Slovakia U18 will be replaced by Latvia U18 next spring. The final 4 are set Canada U18 will take on Finland U18 while Czech Rep U18 takes on USA U18
April 24th
We look to get back into the series and even it as we are in Peterborough to take on the Petes
Hamilton Bulldogs @ Peterborough Petes
Jack Hanley (4) - Liam Van Loon & Connor Walters
Final: 2-1 L
Nick Donofrio 18 of 20 saves
1st Star: Clarke - PET 1g
2nd Star: Liam Van Loon - HAM 1a
3rd Star: Chisholm - PET 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 25 - PET 20
PP: HAM 0 for 2 - PET 0 for 4
PIM: HAM 8 - PET 4
Hits: HAM 20 - PET 20
FO: HAM 29 - PET 23
Guelph beats London by a score of 4-0 to take a 3-1 series lead
April 25th
Canada U18 2-0 over Finland U18
Czech Rep 4-3 over USA U18
Canada U18 is taking on czech Rep U18 for Gold Medal in U18 Championship while Finland U18 takes on USA U18 for Bronze
April 26th
Peterborough Petes are in town as they take a 3-1 series lead into tonights game
Peterborough Petes @ Hamilton Bulldogs (East Conference Final Game 5)
Navrin Mutter (1) - Justin Lemcke & Ben Gleason
Matt Strome (9) - Brandon Saigeon PP
Jake Murray (2) - unassisted
Connor Roberts (2) - Ben Gleason & Brandon Saigeon PP
Final: 4-0 W
Nick Donofrio 25 of 25 saves SO
1st Star: Ben Gleason - HAM 2a
2nd Star: Brandon Saigeon - HAM 2a
3rd Star: Navrin Mutter - HAM 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: PET 25 - HAM 28
PP: PET 0 for 5 - HAM 2 for 8
PIM: PET 19 - HAM 21
Hits: PET 16 - HAM 22
FO: PET 37 - HAM 24
Peterborough Petes lost Nikita Korostelev left the game with a broken collarbone will be out for 1-2 months which means earliest he can return is maybe Memorial Cup in a month if Peterborough Petes make it
April 27th
Canada U18 7-0 over Czech Rep U18 to Win Gold
Finland U18 4-2 over USA U18 to win Bronze
Final Group Play & Stats
April 28th
We are back in Peterbrough to take on the Petes in game 6 as they lead 3-2
Hamilton Bulldogs @ Peterborough Petes (East Conference Game 6)
Christian Girhiny (1) - Navrin Mutter & Ben Gleason
Arthur Kaliyev (6) - Riley McCourt & Connor Roberts
Brandon Saigeon (6) - Matt Strome & Mackenzie Entwistle PP
Brandon Saigeon 2 (7) - Mackenzie Entwistle & Connor McMichael
Final: 4-3 W
Nick Donofrio 21 of 24 saves
1st Star: Christian Girhiny - HAM 1g
2nd Star: Der-Arguchtsev - PET 2a
3rd Star: Ben Gleason - HAM 1a
Team Stats:
SOG: HAM 31 - PEt 24
PP: HAM 1 for 1 - PET 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 4 - PET 2
Hits: HAM 21 - PET 20
FO: HAM 26 - PET 30
We have won game 6 to force game 7 in the East Conference final and will have game 7 at home
April 30th
Big game at home tonight as it's another game 7 for us as we play host to Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes @ Hamilton Bulldogs (East Conference Game 7)
Liam Van Loon (1) - Ben Gleason
Connor McMichael (4) - Connor Roberts & Reilly Webb
Matt Strome (10) - Riley McCourt & Connor Walters
Connor Walters (2) - Mackenzie Entwistle PP
Final: 4-1 W
Nick Donofrio 19 of 20 saves
1st Star: Connor McMichael - HAM 1g
2nd Star: Connor Walters - HAM 1g 1a
3rd Star: Liam Van Loon - HAM 1g
Team Stats:
SOG: PET 20 - HAM 32
PP: PET 0 for 4 - HAM 1 for 6
PIM: PET 15 - HAM 11
Hits: PET 16 - HAM 17
FO: PET 34 - HAM 28
Hamilton Bulldogs have won 2 straight game 7's and have eliminated Peterborough Petes and now move onto the J. Ross Robertson Cup aka OHL Championship. We have also won the Bobby Orr Trophy which is given to the Eastern Conference Championships. Our home opener next year will see a Banner raised to the celing
We will be playing Guelph Storm in the finals for the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the winner going to the CHL Memorial Cup as OHL Champs
unlike the Minnesota Wild back in 2004 where they came back from 2 Game 7's and lost to Anaheim Ducks in the West Conference finals we came back down in both series's won both game 7's and now in the final except for us we swept our firts round and they went to game 7 rounds 1 and 2 and lost in round 3