Bulldogs won their third game of the preseason Saturday night defeating the Sherwood Park Crusaders 5-2.
Yale Commit Danick St. Pierre opened up the scoring for the Crusaders on a tough angled shot beating Brady Smith at 2:13 of the first period. The assist on the goal went to Noah Keyes.
Then in one of the most stunning and brave forms of sportsmanship from a young fine athlete that I have ever seen occurred. Super star Divyne Apollon skated on the ice and attempted to fight someone which he could not even do. I don’t mind goons being idiots and goons in hockey but this doesn’t belong in the BCHL. Its sick and stupid. The coach of Sherwood Park should also be suspended and fined for purposely inserting that meat head in the line up who has no other intention than to harm and hurt someone. Then if someone calls him out plays his “Card” google him and find out. That stuff has no place in the league. There is however a place for it it is called Quebec and the WWE. I will get more into that later.
Chicago, Illinois native Matthew Croxall who played for the team for a bit last year then vanished is back and scored to tie the game up at 6:35 of the first period on the Power Play. The assists on the goal went to Juan Copeland and Dean Toskos.
Declan Bowmaster made it a 2-1 game for the Bulldogs at 19:28 of the first period getting his second goal of the preseason walking in and firing one far corner. The assist on the goal went to Dean Toskos.
Shots on goal In the first period were 18-4 for the Bulldogs
Thomas Neu makes it 3-1 Bulldogs while on the Power Play at 15:27 of the second period. The assists on the goal went to Nicolas DiPaolo and Noah Mertz.
Shots on goal in the second period were 10-6 for the Crusaders
Juan Copeland scored on his own rebound at 6:58 of the third period to make it a 4-1 game unassisted.
Reily Pickford gets the Crusaders on the board on the Power Play to get within 2 of the Bulldogs at 14:05 of the third period. The assists on the goal went to Union College commit Maxime Ly and Tommy Coccaro.
Thomas Neu got his second goal of the night at 18:30 of the third period with the assist on the goal going to Magnus Avotnis. Avotnis is from Riga, Latvia and played U16 hockey in Pittsburgh last season.
Shots on goal in the third period were 12-9 for the Crusaders. The Bulldogs outshot the Crusaders 33-26 in the game.
Brady Smith stopped 24 of the 26 shots that he faced for the win for the Bulldogs. For the Crusaders Ridgewood, New Jersey native Jack Scali made 28 saves on the 33 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Thomas Neu 2) Juan Copeland 3) Dean Toskos
Attendance was not listed and no one was really checking tickets all to much. It’s Blackfalds the population here is one of the few left that can still run on an honor system.
Bulldogs next game is Friday September 12th against the Spruce Grove Saints in Blackfalds at 7pm
The Quebec Senior Beer League or whatever it is called, the league where guys work as bouncers and then beat each other up for minimum wage paychecks and get a free bar tab! This is the league for this guy. He could join the ranks of such legends as Link Gaetz and Donald Brashear. He could be an idiot in this league every single night. Everyone would encourage it and he could get paid in nickles and coupons for it. So when it happens (and at it will if he continues this way) and he severely injures or kills someone or himself the league can be responsible for the legal issues. Divyne Apollon He belongs in Quebec simple as that. The coach or manager or whoever pulled him in from there should be suspended. There is no logic of inserting that kid into the lineup with out full 100% intention of hurting an opponent. If there is another reason I would like to hear it, but there isn’t. The replay of him attempting to fight is so goofy there is no point in even replaying it.
