Who let the Dogs Out (Hamilton Bulldogs ehm 07 story)

Just a few notes. I am using the UUB 6.1 roster continued by CJ as well as the realism ehm 07 patch, basically started the file unemployed and then this is where the story begins

 

May 2007

 

May 25^th

 

With the Montreal Canadiens struggling over the past few years, the Montreal Canadiens decided to sell the team to the Molson Family. With that being said after the past struggling seasons they have decided that it’s time for a new direction. They fired Pierre Gauthier and started to begin their search on a new GM for the Montreal Franchise. With not many players signed they have their work cut out for them and to bring a winning brand back to Montreal. As Montreal has Hamilton Bulldogs as their farm team we know what it is like for the Canadiens fans of how success they want to be. As I sit at home in my Hamilton apartment as i just finished my smww hockey gm and scouting course I have decided to fill out application and fax it to the owners of the Montreal Canadiens who hire staff for the Hamilton squad. Growing up being from Hamilton and being a Hamilton fan I know what fans expect from the team to be successful. As I sit at my computer and look at the possible future of the Canadiens we have a bright future. Marc Bergevin has his work cut out for him and the team, before I look at all of the clubs rosters, a few hours after I sent in the fax I have received a phone call from the Montreal Canadiens to let me know that I have been named as the new Hamilton Bulldogs general Manager.

 

Our clubs Rival team is Rochester Americans (Buffalo/Florida)

 

The board must not be happy with the last gm because he does not expect much of me my first season.

 

Montreal Canadiens 2006-2007 Season:

 

82gp 41-35-6 .537 178 GF 196 GA 12.6 PP % 84.5 PK % 88 Pts 9^th East 2 pts out of a playoff spot, 19^th overall

 

Top 5 Players:

 

Alexei Kovalev – 80 gp 33g 36a 69pts +31 34 PIM 246 SOG 7.81 AvR

Saku Koivu – 77gp 15g 41a 56pts +21 12 PIM 186 SOG 7.96 AvR

Tomas Plekanec – 69gp 22g 33a 55pts +18 12 PIM 169 SOG 7.58 AvR

Sergei Samsonov – 75gp 22g 21a 43pts +13 14 PIM 188 SOG 7.15 AvR

Michael Ryder – 78gp 18g 22a 40pts +1 32 PIM 156 SOG 6.78 AvR

 

Instead of the Gainey, Gauthier and Carbonneau era, before i started the file i put Marc Bergevin as gm, Rick Dudley as ass gm and Michel Therrien as head coach to see how well history would change from 2006 to present.

 

This past season Bergvein made the following trades during this season:

 

Mathieu Dandenault to Tampa for their 3^rd in 07

 

Stars 5^th in 07 to Minny for Peter Ratchuk

 

Garth Murray to Blues for 4^th in 07

 

Sheldon Souray to Calgary for Dustin Boyd and Kris Chucko

 

Craig Rivet to Detroit for Derek Meech and their 3^rd in 07

 

MTL’s 6^th in 07, 7^th in 07 and DET’s 3^rd in 07 (from previous trade) to San Jose for Josh Gorges

 

Montreal even though they missed the playoffs, they have 1 1^st, 1 2^nd, 3 3rds, 1 4^th and 1 5^th pending any other trades for a total of 7 draft picks

 

Hamilton Bulldogs 2006-2007 Season:

 

80gp 40-33-7 .544 164 GF 181 GA 12.4 PP % 91.1 PK % 87 Pts 3^rd North 13^th overall, Hamilton beat Utica in 1^st round 4-0, however lost to the Griffins in 6 games 4-2 in the West Semi Finals

 

Top 5 players:

Alexander Perehogin – 80gp 27g 29a 56pts +13 44 PIM 214 SOG 6.99 AvR

Dustin Boyd – 80gp 10gp 22a 32pts +13 16 PIM 119 SOG 7.38 AvR (with Adirondack Flames AHL)

-       30gp 7g 15a 22pts +7 14 PIM 75 SOG 7.17 AvR (with Hamilton Bulldogs AHL)

Total – 80gp 18g 37a 54pts +20 30 PIM 194 SOG 7.30 AvR

Andrei Kostitsyn – 76gp 25g 19a 44pts +15 40 PIM 196 SOG 6.92 AvR

Kyle Chipchura – 42gp 8g 19a 27pts +9 14 PIM 86 SOG 6.95 AvR

Duncan Milroy – 80gp 9g 14a 23pts -7 34 PIM 128 SOG 6.42 AvR

 

 2^nd Farm team Wheeling Nailers (shared with Pittsburgh)

 

72gp 32-36-4 .472 161 GF 183 GA 9.8 PP % 84.1 PK % 68pts 16 pts out of a playoff spot, 6^th North 21^st overall out of 25 teams

 

Montreal Staff:

 

Marc Bergevin: GM

Rick Dudley: Assistant GM

Gerard Gallant – Head Coach

Doug Jarvis, Scott Livingston, Roland Melanson, Kirk Muller – Assistant coaches

 

Wheeling (ECHL) Staff:

 

Glenn Patrick: GM/HC

Peter Twist – Assistant Coach

 

We have fired the following staff from the Bulldogs Organization:

 

David Wilkie – Head Coach

Nate Ziemski, Tim Keyes, John McCabe - Scouts

 

Alexander Perehogin – Heading to Salavat Yulajev July 1^st, the other following players could be ufas as of June 30^th.

 

F – Duncan Milroy

D – Derek Meech

F – Eric Manlow

F – Corey Locke

F – Andrei Kostitsyn

D – Dan Jancevski

D – Danny Groulx

F – Jonathan Ferland

F – Aaron Downey

D – JP Cote

D – Andrew Archer

 

The following players are future transactions joining Montreal this summer:

 

D – Konstantin Korneev (54gp 7g 16a 23pts -3 36 PIM 103 SOG 7.61 AvR w/ CSKA) (Habs 9^th round in 2002) – June 7^th

D – Pavel Valentenko (40gp 22g 30a 52pts +28 57 PIM 146 SOG 8.35 AvR w/ Reaktor) (Habs 5^th round in 2006) – June 7^th

RW/LW – Ted Purcell (47gp 15g 18a 33pts -6 22 PIM 126 SOG 6.81 AvR w/ Maine) (UFA signing) – June 20^th

RW/C – Robbie Drummond (65gp 19g 24a 43pts +25 10 PIM 134 SOG 6.98 AvR w/ London OHL) (UFA signing) – July 5^th

 

May 30^th

 

Montreal has released Cory Urquhart to UFA. In 56 games with our club he had 1g 4a 5pts -16 26 PIM 70 SOG 5.89 AvR

 

June 2^nd

 

Our Bulldogs staff for the upcoming season:

Julien Brisebois – Assistant GM

Slavomir Lener – Head Coach

Adam Deadmarsh and Ron Wilson – Assistant coaches

Pelle Moberg (Swedish), Kristofer Ahlstrom (Swedish), Mathias Becker (German), Cap Eaves (American), Tim Keyes (Canadian), Erik Lonnqvist (Swedish) – Scouts

Joe Aquino (American), Dave Boyer (American), Luc Leblanc (Canadian) – Trainers

 

June 3^rd

 

Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals heads to Providence as the Rampage take on the Bruins. Florida Panthers against Boston Bruins are going at it for the AHL Championship. Rampage takes a 1-0 series lead as they won by a score of 1-0 overtime win in game 1.

 

June 5^th

 

Providence evens the series at 1 with a 2-1 overtime win over San Antonio in game 2 as it moves to Texas for games 3 and 4

 

June 7^th

 

In game 3 of the Calder Cup heads to Texas as the series is tied 1-1. Providence shut out San Antonio 3-0 to take a 2-1 series lead.

 

The NHL has opened it trading window as now NHL teams can now start trading

 

Montreal has 45 of 50 contracts signed so they have 6 open spots for possible signings this summer. They have also put Yann Danis and David Aebischer as they plan to have Cristobal Huet and Carey Price or Jaroslav Halak in Montreal next season the idea to have Halak or Price as our starter next season couldn’t be any happier.

 

June 8^th

 

The following are players on Montreal’s Roster who could be a UFA on June 30^th if they are not resigned.

 

F – Radek Bonk

G – Yann Danis

F – Mike Johnson

D – Mike Komisarek

D – Janne Niinimaa

D – Peter Ratchuk

F – Michael Ryder

D – Patrick Traverse

 

June 9^th

 

Provindence look to take a 3-1 lead as they are in Texas for game 4 with a 2-1 series lead. Providence Bruins shutout Rampage again this time its 2-0 as they take a 3-1 series lead as they now have a chance to win the Calder Cup on home ice in Game 5.

 

Our staff members have been looking over the possible of future Bulldogs, a few prospects that are being looked over by NHL teams right now for the draft are:

 

Patrick Kane – Colorado, Edmonton, Minnesota

PK Subban – Chicago, Edmonton

Logan Couture – Phoenix

Sam Gagner – Los Angeles

David Perron – Phoenix, Tampa

Jakub Voracek – Edmonton, Montreal, St. Louis, Washington, Winnipeg

Vitaly Karamnov – St. Louis, Toronto, Winnipeg

 

June 11^th

 

Game 5 moves back to Providence as they try to win the 2007 Calder Cup on home ice. The Rampage win 1-0 in game 5 as the Bruins will now have to win on the road if they want to win the Championship as they still lead 3-2 in the series.

 

Montreal has traded Cirstobal Huet to Columbus for the San Jose Sharks 2^nd round pick in 2007

 

June 13^th

 

Game 6 goes down in San Antonio as they look to get back into the series and force a game 7 as Providence Bruins lead the series 3-2. The Rampage win 3-1 and force game 7 in Providence.

 

June 15^th

 

Game 7 goes down in Providence as it’s anyones game as the series is tied 3-3. Providence needed overtime and what a way to win game 7 to take the series 4-3 over San Antonio Rampage as the Bruins become the 2007 AHL Calder Cup Champions

 

June 16^th

 

Goalie Cedrick Desjardins has returned to our club where he was on loan to Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL where he went 11-16-5 2.54 GAA .894 Sv % 1 SO 7.79 AvR in 33gp. He is expected to make 10.5 k next season as he will battle for the back up job in Hamilton.

 

June 20^th

 

Our parent club Montreal Canadiens has resigned Michael Ryder to a 1 yr extention where he was previously making 2,167,000 this season as he is scheduled to make 2.2 million this upcoming season

 

June 21^st

 

Montreal has the following picks in the NHL 2007 Entry draft after the draft lottery:

 

Round 1 – 12^th (Montreal)

Round 2 – 12^th pick (Montreal), 13^th pick (San Jose)

Round 3 – 7^th pick (Tampa Bay); 11^th pick (Washington), 12^th pick (Montreal)

Round 4 – 1^st pick (St. Louis)

Round 5 – 12^th pick (Montreal)

 

Montreal has a total of 8 draft picks in the draft in two days

 

June 23^rd

 

The following are the Canadiens picks in 2007 Entry Draft:

 

1^st round (12^th overall) – RW/LW/C – Egor Averin – Avangard (RSL)

5`11 202lbs 17yrs 8/25/89 Omsk, RUS

2006-2007 Season: 29gp 20g 23a 43pts +28 22 PIM 77 SOG 7.21 AvR – Omsk (MHL)

2006-2007 Season: 9gp 1g 3a 4pts +9 4 PIM 8 SOG 6.22 AvR – Avangard (RSL)

2006-2007 Playoffs: 12gp 2g 1a 3pts +1 2 PIM 13 SOG 6.25 AvR – Avangard (RSL)

 

2^nd round (42^nd overall) – LW/C Michal Repik – Vancouver (WHL)

5`11 202lbs 18yrs 12/31/88 Vlasim, CZE

2006-2007 Season: 66gp 9g 10a 19pts +3 22 PIM 123 SOG 6.23 AvR

2006-2007 Playoffs: 9gp 1g 0a 1pt -1 4 PIM 19 SOG 6.22 AvR

2006-2007 Playoffs:  4gp 1g 1a 2pts +3 0 PIM 8 SOG 7.00 AvR – Memorial Cup

 

2^nd round (43^rd overall via SJ) – LD/RD Ryan McDonagh – Cretin-Derham (USHW)

6`2 211lbs 18yrs 6/13/89 Arden Hills, MN, USA

2006-2007 Season: 56gp 30g 66a 96pts +70 42 PIM 211 SOG 8.32 AvR

 

3^rd round (67^th overall via TB) – C Dana Tyrell – Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)

5`10 202lbs 18yrs 4/23/89 Airdrie, AB, CAN

2006-2007 Season: 43gp 10g 13a 23pts +3 14 PIM 86 SOG 6.84 AvR – Prince George

2006-2007 Season: 28gp 1g 11a 12pts -4 26 PIM 28 SOG 6.82 AvR – Prince Albert

2006-2007 Season: 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -3 0 PIM 2 SOG 6.00 AvR – Prince Albert

 

3^rd round (71^st overall via WSH) – C/RW Alexander Kucheryavenko – Salavat Yulajev (RSL)

6`0 200lbs 19yrs 8/27/87 Moscow, RUS

2006-2007 Season: 49gp 4g 5a 9pts +3 34 PIM 35 SOG 6.10 AvR

2006-2007 Playoffs: 5gp 0g 0a 0pts Even 2 PIM 4 SOG 6.20 AvR

 

3^rd round (72^nd overall) – LD/RD Nikoli Lukyanchikov – MHK Dinamo (MHL)

6`0 209lbs 18yrs 5/23/89 Moscow, RUS

2006-2007 Season: 30gp 3g 9a 12pts +15 12 PIM 24 SOG 6.77 AvR – Kapitan (RUS-2)

2006-2007 Season: 11gp 4g 10a 14pts +14 8 PIM 36 SOG 8.18 AvR – MHK Dinamo (MHL)

 

4^th round (91^st overall via STL) – RW/LW Linus Omark – Lulea (SWE)

5`9 200lbs 20yrs 2/5/87 Overtornea, SWE

2006-2007 Season: 50gp 8g 12a 20pts -9 26 PIM 83 SOG 6.38 AvR

 

5^th round (132^nd overall) – C/RW Drew Leblanc – Chicago (USHL)

5`11 202lbs 17yrs 6/29/89 Hermantown, MN, USA

2006-2007 Season: 60gp 24g 38a 62pts -5 60 PIM 156 SOG 6.65 AvR – Hermantown (USHW)

 

Attending St. Cloud State Huskies on July 1^st 2008

 

I am very happy with the picks of the Canadiens and the future that this organization has

 

June 25^th

 

I have decided to cut ties with Eric Manlow, Ajay Baines and Danny Groulx. For the 462k over my 460k budget im sure i can find better players for cheaper price.

 

AHL Season Awards:

Les Cunningham Plaque (AHL MVP) – Dan Ellis (Texas) – 60gp 42-15-3 1.06 GAA .952 22 SO 8.93 AvR

Red Garrett Memorial (Rookie of the Year) – Karri Ramo (Springfield) – 60gp 35-19-5 1.51 GAA .944 Sv % 11 SO 9.03 AvR

Louis Pieri Memorial (AHL Coach of the Year) – Mike Haviland (Norfolk) 58-16-6 122 Pts (AHL top team)

Eddie Shore Plaque (AHL Top Defenseman) – Nathan Paetsch (Rochester) – 80gp 11g 23a 34pts -11 33 PIM 223 SOG 8.15 AvR

Baz Bastien Memorial (AHL Top Goalie) – Karri Ramo (Springfield) – 60gp 35-19-5 1.51 GAA .944 Sv % 11 SO 9.03 AvR

John B. Sollenberger (AHL Top Point Scorer) – Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR

Jack A. Butterfield Trophy (Calder Cup MVP) – Hannu Toivonen (Providence) – 26gp 16-10-0 0.96 GAA .964 Sv % 6 SO 9.42 AvR (Playoffs)

Fred T. Hunt Memorial (Sportsmanship) – Alex Goligoski (WBS) – 80gp 9g 31a 40pts -1 27 PIM 156 SOG 7.94 AvR

AHL Leading Scorer Award - Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR

AHL Best Forward - Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR

Willie Marshall Award (Season Leading Scorer) - Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR

Yanick Dupre Memorial Award (AHL Man of the Year) – Darcy Verot (Milwaukee) – 73gp 6g 15a 21pts -8 54 PIM 99 SOG 6.18 AvR

Harry Holmes Memorial Award (Lowest GAA) - Dan Ellis (Texas) – 60gp 42-15-3 1.06 GAA .952 22 SO 8.93 AvR

AHL Rookie All-Star Team:

Goalie: Karri Ramo (Springfield)

Defense: Trevor Hendrikx (Springfield), Mike Card (Rochester)

Forwards: Dustin Boyd (Hamilton); Justin Keller (Syracuse); T.J. Hensick (Portland)

 

June 29^th

 

We will be taking a different approach with this years training camp. Instead of scheduling a bunch of pre-season games and inviting like 60 players and going that way we will still invite some players but also any player who approaches our coaching staff will be invited to camp.

 

June 30^th

 

With UFA beginning tomorrow it will bring some excitement of what the Canadiens could be possibility doing.

 

The following players have yet to be resigned by Montreal as they will be leaving as UFAs tomorrow.

Awesome, I'll be even interested to hear about the progress of players or top prospects going pro or great leagues in Europe.

Edited by Sabres2000, July 23, 2014 - 04:03 AM.

Edited by Sabres2000, July 25, 2014 - 08:55 PM.

Wow great record to start your first campaign -- looking like Calder Cup favourites.

Edited by Sabres2000, July 25, 2014 - 09:10 PM.

February 1st

AHL Planet USA Beat AHL Canada All-stars 8-4, Scott Parse of AHL USA was named 1st star with 2g 2a 4pts 6 shots, 2nd star went to Jack Skille 1g 3a and 4pts +3 with 4 shots. The 3rd star went to Rich Brennan who had 2 assists and a +3 with 1 shot.

February 2nd

We open the month of February up with a road game against Norfolk Admirals. JF Racine will get the start in goal.

Hamilton Bulldogs (34-10-4) @ Norfolk Admirals (23-19-4)

Bordeleau (11) (Brown, Smyth)
Brown (12) (Smyth, Gordichuk)
O’Connor (12) (Brown)
Korchinski (11) (Gordichuk)

Final: 4-0 W

Racine 19 of 19 saves SO; Mike Brown 1st star 1g 2a; Matt Smyth 2nd star 2a; Patrick Bordeleau 1g 3rd star

Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 42 – NOR 19
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 7 – NOR 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 4 – NOR 14
Hits: HAM 24 – NOR 33
Faceoff %: HAM 39.3 % - NOR 60.7 %

February 3rd

Nathan Gerbe will be out of action for about ten days with anterior knee pain in morning practice. Cam Lilley will be in the line up while Gerbe is out of the line up.

We continue our road trip as we take on the Baby Penguins as Racine gets the start in goal.

Hamilton Bulldogs (35-10-3) @ Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Penguins (25-19-2)

Later (3) (Courchaine)
Bordeleau (12)
Gordichuk (14) (Lilley)
Brown (13) PP – 60:19 OT Winner

Final: 4-3 OTW

Racine 14 of 17 saves; Steve Later 2nd star 1g; Mike Brown 1st star 1g

Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 41 – WBS 17
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 11 – WBS 1 for 4
PIM: HAM 29 – WBS 27
Hits: HAM 30 – WBS 20
Faceoff %: HAM 45.2 % - WBS 54.8 %

February 4th

We have a busy schedule coming up with four games in five days with four home games two back to back in three days against Texas Stars on the 7th and 9th and then Norfolk Admirals at home on the 10th and then St. John’s on the 11th.

AHL Player of the Week: Milwaukee’s Richard Clune 2gp 3g 3a 6pts

February 7th

We begin our four games in five days on home ice as we take on Texas Stars.

Texas Stars (31-20-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (36-10-3)

Bass (14) (Thuresson, Powe)
Gordichuk (15) (Thuresson, Courchaine) PP
Smyth (6)

Final: 5-3 L

Racine 22 of 27 saves; Darroll Powe 3rd star 1a

Game Stats:
Shots: TEX 27 – HAM 35
Powerplay: TEX 2 for 7 – HAM 1 for 5
PIM: TEX 17 – HAM 39
Hits: TEX 25 – HAM 34
Faceoff %: TEX 47.8 % - 52.2 %

February 8th

Cody Bass will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a twisted knee in practice today

February 9th

Ian McDonald returns to the line up in Cody Bass’s spot as we play host to the Texas Stars

Texas Stars (32-20-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (36-11-3)

McDonald (2) (Thuresson, Powe)
Courchaine (14) (Pineault, Cunti)
Korchinski (12) (Landolt, Lilley)
Landolt (7) (Powe) SH
Courchaine (15) (Cunti, Thuresson)
Korchinski (13) (Smyth) EN

Final: 6-4 W

Racine 33 of 37 saves; Shaun Landolt 1st star 1g 1a; Darroll Powe 2nd star 2a

Game Stats:
Shots: TEX 37 – HAM 23
Powerplay: TEX 2 for 12 – HAM 0 for 2
PIM: TEX 4 – HAM 35
Hits: TEX 8 – HAM 51
Faceoff %: TEX 77.3 % - HAM 22.7 %

Gordon Kaye has resigned from his GM position of the Reading Royals

February 10th

Nathan Gerbe returns to the line up which means that Ian McDonald comes out of the line up. We continue our homestand with a Norfolk Admirals as JF Racine gets the start in goal.

Norfolk Admirals (26-20-4) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (37-11-3)

Landolt (8) (Korchinski, Lilley)
Cunti (20) (Powe)
Gerbe (12) (Courchaine, Pineault)
Drewiske (6) (Kukkonen, Cunti)
Thuresson (15) (Cunti, Powe) PP
Lilley (1) (Drewiske, Landolt)

Final: 6-4 W

Racine 20 of 24 saves; Luca Cunti 1g 2a 1st star; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g 1a; Darroll Powe 3rd star 2a

Game Stats:
Shots: NOR 24 – HAM 27
Powerplay: NOR 1 for 8 – HAM 1 for 4
PIM: NOR 20 – HAM 26
Hits: NOR 30 – HAM 43
Faceoff %: NOR 63.9 – HAM 36.1 %

Ian McDonald will miss our game tomorrow when he was give a 1 game suspension from his 5 minute penalty charge and game misconduct in the 6-4 win over the Texas Stars.

February 11th

We finish the four games in five days as we continue our home stand tonight against St. John’s IceCaps.

St. John’s IceCaps (9-38-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (38-11-3)

Later (4)
Kukkonen (12) (Courchaine, Gerbe) PP

Final: 4-2 L

Racine 23 of 27 saves; Lasse Kukkonen 3rd star 1g

Game Stats:
Shots: STJ 27 – HAM 19
Powerplay: STJ 2 for 11 – HAM 1 for 7
PIM: STJ 18 – HAM 26
Hits: STJ 20 – HAM 35
Faceoff %: STJ 33.3 % - HAM 66.7 %

AHL Player of the Week: Hershey’s D’Arcy McConvey 3gp 2g 4a 6pts

February 15th

Montreal Canadiens have recalled Adam Pineault and Luca Cunti. Pineault has 17g 18a 35pts -8 64 PIM 105 SOG 6.89 AvR, Cunti has 20g 37a 57pts +6 26 PIM 167 SOG 7.32 AvR in 53gp. Montreal has lost Michel Blunden for 2 weeks with a rotator cuff strain.

We have gotten word that Cody Bass will return to our line up and Ian McDonald will as well.

We play three games in four days with a home game tomorrow against the Marlies and then two road games against Bridgeport and Syracuse on the 18th and 19th.

February 16th

We finish off our homestead tonight against the Marlies at home.

Toronto Marlies (33-17-3) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (38-12-3)

Courchaine (16) (O’Connor, Smyth)
Gordichuk (16) (Bass)
Later (5) (Courchaine)

Final: 4-3 L

Racine 27 of 31 saves; Adam Courchaine 3rd star 1g 1a

Game Stats:
Shots: TOR 31 – HAM 22
Powerplay: TOR 2 for 10 – HAM 1 for 6
PIM: TOR 14 – HAM 20
Hits: TOR 19 – HAM 30
Faceoff %: TOR 58.8 % - HAM 41.2 %

February 18th

Tobias Stephan will get the start in goal tonight on the road against Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

Hamilton Bulldogs (38-13-3) @ Bridgeport Sound Tigers (19-29-5)

Powe (7) (Bass, Thuresson)
Bass (15) (Thuresson, Barthel) PP
Brown (14) (Bordeleau) SH
Landolt (9) (Later)
Bordeleau (13) (Lilley, Landolt)
Brown (15) (Lilley, Bordeleau)
Gordichuk (17) (Thuresson, Powe)
Gerbe (13) (O’Connor)

Final: 8-1 W

Stephan 15 of 16 saves; Racine 3 of 3 saves; Andreas Thuresson 1st star 3 assists; Patrick Bordeleau 2nd star 1g 2a; Darroll Powe 3rd star 1g 1a

Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 30 – BGD 19
Powerplay: HAM 1 for 7 – BGD 0 for 4
PIM: HAM 10 – BGD 16
Hits: HAM 23 – BGD 33
Faceoff %: HAM 61.8 % - BGD 38.2 %

Tobias Stephan left the game with a arm contusion and will be out of action for about a week.

February 19th

JF Racine will get the start tonight as Julien Ellis will serve as back up as we continue our road trip against Syracuse Crunch.

Hamilton Bulldogs (39-13-3) @ Syracuse Crunch (23-26-6)

Powe (8) (Thuresson, Gordichuk) PP
Kukkonen (13) (Courchaine) PP

Hamilton:
Powe: Miss
McDonald: Goal
Courchaine: Goal
Kukkonen: Goal

3 for 4

Syracuse:
Lundin: Miss
Simon: Miss
Kronwall: Goal
Polushin: Miss

1 for 4

Final: 3-2 SOW

Racine 27 of 29 saves 2nd star

Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 – SYR 30
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 11 – SYR 1 for 9
PIM: HAM 18 – SYR 24
Hits: HAM 21 – SYR 32
Faceoff %: HAM 69.0 % - SYR 31.0 %

NHL Trade Deadline is in 4 days it will be interesting to see what Montreal staff and Marc Bergevin the GM will do at the NHL Trade Deadline.

February 21st

Montreal has placed Nate Guenin on waviers and has reassigned him to our club

February 22nd

On the eve of the NHL Trade Deadline day we play three in three days starting tomorrow with a home game against the Crunch and then back to back road games against the Griffins.

February 23rd

Nate Guenin cleared waviers as he will play in tonights home game against the Crunch as Racine will start as Stephan is still out with injury. Steve Later will be a healthy scratch with Guenin coming into the line up

Syracuse Crunch (21-30-6) @ @ Hamilton Bulldogs (40-13-3)

Gordichuk (18) PP
Drewiske (7) (Bass)
Courchaine (17) (O’Connor, Kukkonen) PP
Thuresson (16) (Guenin, Bass) PP
Lilley (2) (Brown)
Powe (9) (Guenin, Gordichuk) PP
Powe (10) (Thuresson, Gordichuk) PP

Final: 7-1 W

Racine 21 of 22 saves; Max Gordichuk 1st star 1g 2a; Davis Drewiske 2nd star 1g; Darroll Powe 3rd star 2g

Game Stats:
Shots: SYR 22 – HAM 29
Powerplay: SYR 1 for 4 – HAM 5 for 13
PIM: SYR 51 – HAM 25
Hits: SYR 31 – HAM 15
Faceoff %: SYR 28.1 5 – HAM 71.9 %

Clayton Barthel left the game and will be out for about ten days with olecranon bursitis

Trade Deadline Day Deals:

Anahiem trades Mike York to Edmonton for their 2nd and 5th in 2008

Florida trades Mark Streit to New Jersey for their 3rd in 08 and Matt Swaby

Detroit trades Jordin Tootoo, and their 4th and 6th in 2008 to Detroit for 4th in 08 and Jeff Petry

Arizona trades Shane Doan to San Jose for Mike Duco, Justin Braun and Matt Pelech

Boston trades Dennis Seidenberg to San Jose for Alex Stalock and Vladimir Mihalik

Dallas trades Kaspar Daugavins to Detroit for Jon Sim

Boston trades Mike Mottau and Pat Rissmiller to Dallas for Radek Smolenak and Dan Ellis

Columbus trades Chris Kelly to Dallas for BOS’s 3rd in 09 and COL’s 4th in 08

Los Angeles trades Alec Martinez, their 2nd in 08 and BUF’s 3rd in 08 to Nashville for Richard Clune

Montreal trades rights to prospect defenseman Nikoli Lukyanchikov (3rd in 07) to Arizona for Scott Parker and Jeff Halphern

With that trade that Montreal made they have reassigned us david Desharnais.

February 24th

Today is our first game post NHL Deadline as we head on the road against Grand Rapids Griffins. JF Racine will be in goal. Elgin Reid will take Clayton Barthel spot in the line up on defense, Ian McDonald comes out of the line up for David Desharnais.

Hamilton Bulldogs (41-13-3) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (27-21-8)

Kukkonen (14) (Desharnais)
Reid (Bass)
Final: 4-2 L

Racine 23 of 26 saves

Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 31 0 GRD 27
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 13 – GRD 1 for 3
PIM: HAM 6 – GRD 26
Hits: HAM 20 – GRD 32
Faceoff %: HAM 70.3 % - 29.7 %

February 25th

We finish off our three games in three days with a road game in Grand Rapids again as we face the Griffins. Tobias Stephan will get the start in goal

Hamilton Bulldogs (41-14-3) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (28-21-8)

Korchinski (14) (Kukkonen, Courchaine)
Powe (11) (Desharnais, Thuresson)

Final: 3-2 L

Stephan 28 of 31 saves; Lasse Kukkonen 2nd star 1a

Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 27 – GRD 31
Powerplay: HAM 0 for 5 – GRD 0 for 7
PIM: HAM 14 – GRD 12
Hits: HAM 23 – GRD 30
Faceoff %: HAM 70.4 % - GRD 29.6 %

February 28th

We finish the month off with a road game against Milwaukee Admirals. JF Racine will get the start in goal

Hamilton Bulldogs (41-15-3) @ Milwaukee Admirals (27-26-6)

Powe (12) (Desharnais, Gordichuk) PP
Bordeleau (14) (Brown, Lilley)
Bordeleau (15) (Courchaine, Brown)
Desharnais (1) (Thuresson, Powe) PP

Final: 4-3 W

Racine 20 of 23 saves; Patrick Bordeleau 1st star 2g; Mike Brown 2nd star 2a; David Desharnais 3rd star 1g 1a

Game Stats:
Shots: HAM 34 – MIL 22
Powerplay: HAM 2 for 14 – MIL 0 for 2
PIM: HAM 11 – MIL 33
Hits: HAM 17 – MIL 22
Faceoff %: HAM 63.9 % - MIL 36.1 %

Monthy Stats

Month of February: 13gp 8-5-0 54 GF 38 GA
Overall Record: 60gp 42-15-3 .725 259 GF 180 GA 19.1 PP 89.6 PK % 87 Pts 1st North Division, 12 pts ahead of Toronto Marlies who are in 2nd in the division. Rochester holds the 4th place in the Division with 50 pts. Chicago leads the league with 104 pts with Binghamton in 100 pts and Providence is 3rd place with 91 pts and we are in 4th in the league.

G: Gordichuk 18; Courchaine 17; Thuresson 16; 4 tied at 15
A: Courchaine 40; Bass 38; Thuresson 29; 2 tied at 22
PTS: Courchaine 57; Bass 53; Thuresson 45; Gordichuk 50
+/-: Brown, Kukkonen +26; Bordeleau +25; Barthel +21, Drewiske +14
PIM: Brown 226; Bass 91; Later 88; Barthel 84; Courchaine 63
SOG: Gordichuk 144; Courchaine 137; Thuresson 134; Bass 131
HT: Brown 227
SB: Drewiske 85
TA: Kukkonen 13
GAA: Bacashihua 2.09
SV%: Bacashihua .928
AvR: Powe 8.12

Goalies:
Julien Ellis – 4gp 1-1-0 3.96 GAA .863 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 6.75 AvR
JF Racine – 46gp 32-11-1 2.97 GAA .879 Sv % 2 SO 4 EN 7.37 AvR
Tobias Stephan – 6gp 3-2-0 3.21 GAA .890 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.83 AvR

February 29th

AHL Player of the Month: Toronto’s Jeff Campbell 3gp 3g 4a 7pts
AHL Rookie of the Month: Providence’s Greg Moore 14gp 11g 14a 25pts

Just found out that Montreal has released Jason Bacashihua so we will be going with Tobias Stephan and JF Racine for rest of the season. They also released Greg Lauze.