The Bulldogs playing a rare Wednesday night game beat the visiting Cranbrook Bucks 8-4.
Radoslav Dimitrov made it a 1-0 game for the Bulldogs at 14:03 of the first period with the assists on the goal going to Alex Bosland and Joey Melo right from the point. That’s his first goal with the Bulldogs.
Thomas Neu makes it a 2-0 game for the Bulldogs when Luke Dahlen feeds him out in front of the net while on the Power Play at 15:43 of the first period. The other assist on the goal went to Nikita Ivashchenko. That’s Neu’s 8th goal of the season.
Liam Hoff got his second goal of the season when he embarrassed the Bucks defenceman and walked in with a beautiful snipe at 17:11 of the first period. That made it a 3-0 Bulldogs game with the assists on that goal going to Dean Toskos and Jared Langdon.
Some very terrible communication by the Bucks allowed Nikita Ivashcheno to spring Thomas Neu and Matthew Croxall into a 2 on 1 breakaway situation cost the Bucks and made the game 4-0. Matthew Croxall got his 5th goal of the season at 18:48 of the first period.
Shots on goal in the first period were 12-4 for the Bulldogs
Former Spruce Grove Saint and Okotoks Oiler Teo Pisani scored his first goal for his new club to get his new team on the board at 5:56 of the first period. Finally the puck snuck past Oliver Kiraly. I do not even think that Patrick Roy in his prime would of stopped that it was a beautiful goal. Oh it was on a 5 on 3 Power Play also. The assists on the goal went to Czech Adam Csabi and Staten Island, New York native Richard Rucireto
Then on the same Power Play Jeremy Poirier got the Bucks within 2 at 6:17 of the second period. The assists on the goal went to Richard Rucireto and Rossland, B.C. native Nathan Simm. I am still certain someone tipped that Poirier shot but oh well the bchl site gave credit to Poirier.
Alex Bosland then made it a 5-2 game for the Bulldogs at 11:16 of the second period with the assist on his goal going to Nikita Ivashchenko.
Some very weird ass bounces and luck got Adam Csabi his 8th goal of the season for the Bucks at 13:43 of the second period short handed unassisted. It was a very nice shot.
Luke Dahlen scores on a breakaway to get his 14th goal of the season at 14:57 of the second period with the assists on the goal going to Liam Hoff and Nikita Ivashchenko.
Shots on goal in the second period were 9-6 for the Bulldogs
Luke Dahlen then scores his second goal of the game and league leading 15th of the season at 9:54 of the third period with the assist on the goal going to Joey Melo.
Dean Toskos made it an 8-3 game when he went down the ice on a 2 on 1 with Luke Dahlen at 12:01 of the third period short handed.
Holden Carter scored for the Bucks at 14:25 of the third period with the assist on the goal going to Daniil Diachkov.
Shots on goal in the third period were 8-6 for the Bucks. The Bulldogs outshot the Bucks 27-18 in the game.
For the Bulldogs Oliver Kiraly stopped 14 of the 18 shots that he faced. For the Bucks Alma, Quebec native Jason Tremblay stopped 19 of the 27 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Luke Dahlen 2) Nikita Ivashchenko 3) Liam Hoff
Attendance in Blackfalds was 385
Bulldogs next game is Friday November 7th against the Brooks Bandits
