The Blackfalds Bulldogs had a brutal 7-2 loss against the Brooks Bandits on Friday night at the Centennial Regional Arena.
Langley, B.C native Mirko Buttazzoni makes it a 1-0 game for the Bandits when he scores 5:15 into the first period. The assists on the goal went to newcomer Liam Davidson and former Cranbrook Buck Nick Peluso.
Liam Fitzpatrick makes it 2-0 when he scores on a saucer pass from Brock Souch at 7:30 of the first period with Red Deer Native Keith McInnis chiseling the second assist.
Brendan Ross scored on the Power Play for the Bulldogs to make it a 2-1 game. The assist on the goal going to Dakota MacIntosh at 9:20 of the first period.
Keith McInnis scored shorthanded for Brooks 3-1 with the assist to Danylo Korzhyletskyi at 15:45 of the first period.
Brooks outshot the Bulldogs in the first period 15-9
Josh Wiebe makes it 4-1 Brooks at 10:59 of the second period from Hunter Wallace and Keith McInnis
Logan Sawyer scores 5-1 Brooks at 18:09 of the second with the assist going to Brock Souch
Shots in the second period were 14-3 for Brooks in the second period. That is no misprint the Bulldogs only managed 3 shots that whole period.
Mirko Buttazzoni made it 6-1 Brooks at 8:17 of the third period with the assist going to Nick Peluso and Logan Sawyer.
Hunter Wallace scores to make it 7-1 Brooks at 14:40 of the final period on the Power Play with the assist on the goal going to Logan Sawyer.
Luke Dahlen with a nice shot makes it 7-2 with the assist on the goal to Ryan Neumann
The Bulldogs outshot the Bandits in the third period 13-11. The Bandits outshot the Bulldogs 40-25 in the game.
Sam Scopa made 23 saves on the 25 shots he faced. The probably 100th goalie Brooks has had this season. They still have 4 listed on the roster. Wilson Maxfield made 24 saves on the 29 shots he faced in the first two periods of play before being relived by Gabe Gratton in the third who stopped 9 of the 11 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Keith McInnis 2) Mirko Buttazzoni 3) Brendan Ross
Attendance in Brooks was 1295
Bulldogs next game is Wednesday February 28th against the Spruce Grove Saints in Spruce Grove
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