The Bulldogs took on the league leading Brooks Bandits Saturday night in Blackfalds. The Bulldogs opened up the scoring Brett Meerman notching his 27th of the season on the Power Play on a one timer shot. The assists to Tanner Willick and Layne Loomer. Meerman scored his second of the night and 28th of the season (on the Power Play again) right when the first period ended. Assist on that goal to Jason Siedem. That made the score 2-0 going into the first intermission and things were looking good for the Bulldogs. Brooks Mikhail Simchuk scored to get the Bandits on the board on the Power Play. Assists on that goal to Winnipeg Native Sam Court and Hudson Malinoski at 5:30 of the second period. But at 13:59 of the second period Jason Siedem scored on a one timer making it a 3-1 game for the Bulldogs. The assists on that goal to Meerman and Loomer. So far this is a 3 point night for Brett Meerman. Aiden Fink grabbed up a loose puck and backhanded a goal past Bulldog goalie Matthew Hennessey to cut the Bulldogs lead to 3-2. Elliot Dutil tied up the game at 3 from Ukrainian Danylo Korzhyletski. At 15:10 Brendan Ross got a double minor for kneeing. I try not to cut refs down because I know that it is a hard job but that was a shit call I bet even the ref wishes he wouldn’t of made. One has to give alot of credit to the Bulldogs for playing so discipline after that. After that call years ago that would of been the instant signalling for a bench clearer. At 16:26 Aiden Fink took the lead for the Brooks Bandits on the power play. Then for good measure the ref decided to put Jayden Joly in the box for who knows what? Then still on the powerplay 17:34, Dutil got the insurance marker with a one-timer to make it 5-3, the final.  Other Notes Attendance was announced at 1231 Shots were 39-28 B Bandits. The Bulldogs managed to only get 6 shots in the third period. I noticed their B Bandits goalie Ethan Barwick was starting to sport a mullet.👍That is a styling hairdo especially in Brooks, chicks there dig that sort of stuff along with the lingering putrid aroma the city always has in the air there👍 No matter how well you try to grow your mullet though everyone has to agree, you will never be as cool as this kid pictured in Dallas here. You can not tell me that that kid does not have logs of cans of Skoal Bandits in the glove box of his El Camino. Bulldogs lost the season series to the B Bandits 4 games to 2 and do not play them all year. Laugh now I will write it here first and you can screen cap this. Calgary Canucks upset Brooks Bandits in the second round of the playoffs. They look like a bunch of guys with no true chemistry, the kind of team mates that would throw other team mates under the bus in a heart beat. A team that plays for the name on the back not on the front. Bulldogs next game is Tuesday night February 14th against the Okotoks Oilers in Blackfalds. They already blew a lead against them at the end of January so they hopefully won’t do it again. Hopefully also on Tuesday Jake Geraci still has that styling Tom Selleck stache growing. No Hughie Hooker in the lineup tonight. But no need to worry there is a good chance he could play another year in the AJHL as he is an 03. The name Hughie Hooker is like Okotoks Jagger Tapper, they are not only the coolest names in the AJHL, they may be in all of hockey! Ethan Armstrong of the B Bandits looks like he lost teeth at one point. I don’t know what hit him in the face but he went off the ice and was laying on the ground by dressing room. I just heard it from people who seen it I couldn’t find out if he was ok or not. Also heard he was getting his skates off and putting shoes on to go to the hospital. Ambulance was outside before their bus pulled back in so who knows. Hopefully he is ok, and hopefully this doesn’t implement them making the kids wear full cages. Remember if the kids on the ice have to we should take it a step further so the coaches have to wear them on the bench too 🤔 Thats how you can get it stopped🤪Hell push to make refs wear full body armor on the ice too.🤪 NHL Draft 2023- I am by no means a scout but seeing that last year Okotoks Oilers Rieger Lorenz went in the 2nd round 56th overall there could be a chance Aiden Fink of the Bandits goes that high also. Fink is a much better player in the viewings I have seen, but I do see the size difference. The Calgary Canucks went on a tear after losing to the Bulldogs last weekend. They scored 11 goals in the first two games of their north road trip and still lost them both 🤔 I am pretty sure they do not make this crap anymore. But I can not look at the B Bandits hockey team and not think of this product. This product is as ancient as I am. The guys on the team that would chew these years ago were the same guys that drank wine coolers at bush parties and kept going to junior high social functions when they were in their 20’s.