Carter Cormier’s natural hattrick in a few minutes helped the Bulldogs coast to a 5-2 victory over the Grande Prairie Storm..
Vancouver native William Yee opened up the scoring for the Storm at 13:53 of the first period with the assist going to former Bulldog Kaiden Bugera and 17 year old Langdon, Alberta native Luc Trevors.
Brendan Ross got his 32 goal of the season unassisted on the Power Play at 18:09 of the opening frame to tie the game up at one each.
Shots on goal in the first period were 14-9 for the Bulldogs.
Luke Dahlen scored on the Power Play at 5:28 of the second period to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead. The assists on the goal went to Jayden Joly and Hunter Brown.
The Bulldogs outshot the Storm 11-4 in the second period.
Colin Doherty tied the game up for the Storm at 2:12 of the final period with the assists going to former Calgary Canuck Matthew Strilets and Leduc native Cash Ganske.
Carter Cormier scored on the Power Play at 8:25 of the third period to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead. With the assists on the goal to Ryan Shaw and Brendan Ross.
Carter Cormier scored again for the Bulldogs on the Power Play under a minute later at 9:21 with the assist going to Tanner Willick.
Carter Cormier wasn’t finished at just 2 he scored his 3rd goal at 12:53 of the third period to complete the natural hat trick and make it a 5-2 game. Assists on the goal went to Ryan Shaw and David Brandes.
Shots on goal in the third period were 17-1 in the third period. The Bulldogs outshot the Storm in the game 42-14.
Wilson Maxfield made 12 saves on the 14 shots that he faced for the win. While Austin Dubinsky had a very busy night and played very well for the Storm making 37 saves on the 42 shots he faced.
Three Stars of the game 1) Carter Cormier 2) Brendan Ross 3) Ryan Shaw
Attendance at the EBC in Blackfalds was 771
Bulldogs next game is Sunday at 2 in Blackfalds against the Storm again. Then on Tuesday January 9th against the Bonnyville Pontiacs in Blackfalds.
Cody Pisarcyzk is not listed on the roster anymore. With only 2 spare players and one of them being injured, it doesn’t take rocket appliances to figure out that the Bulldogs have to add some pieces at the trade deadline. Which is on the 10th of January. Which is a few days a way. With no Moskowitz there is also another 20 year old spot available on the roster. I remember last season waiting for the Bulldogs to pull a move. Nothing was pulled. It showed in the playoffs from tire on the players.
This is intentional “I am sticking out my knee to injure your knee” kind of a hit. Ulf Samuelsson Special.
