The Bulldogs got their sixth win in a row on Saturday night against Brooks. On a good note for the Bulldogs in the standings Brooks lost, Okotoks lost, Spruce Grove lost, and Sherwood Park lost all tonight.
Luke Dahlen goes short side shelf on Zahara to make it a 1-0 game at 3:11 of the first period with the assist on the goal going to Jared Langdon. That is Dahlen’s league leading 16th goal of the season.
Bulldogs made it 2-0 at 6:43 of the first period when Jared Langdon scored his 7th goal of the season. The assists on the goal went to Alex Bosland and Asher Lucas.
Shots on goal in the first period were 9-8 for the Bandits
Magnuss Avotins made it a 3-0 game at 2:22 of the second period with the assists on the goal went to fellow Latvian Krisjanis Sarts and Asher Lucas. Avotins along with Lucas had their best games of the season tonight. It is going to be interesting to see lineups for the next few games as its pretty hard to healthy sit some of these guys. This would of been a better problem to have last season
Shots on goal in the second period were 9-5 for Brooks
Joey Melo made it a 4-0 game on the Power Play because a Bandit player took a stupid penalty and punched a player from their bench🤣 The goal was scored at 6:39 of the third period with the assist on the goal going to Nikita Ivashchenko.
Hussa got kicked out of the game. The only time the Bandits fans even made a cheer so far this game. They gave Hussa a 5 minute major. Camera only showed the guy laying on all the ice. For all we know he may of just been tired.
Princeton University commit Jack Rosensteel scores for the Bandits 5:37 of the third period to wreck the shutout. The assists on the goal went to Mathis Dufour and Jack Good.
Matthew Croxall again gets the Bulldogs 5th goal into the empty net to end the game at 19:44 of the third period with the assists on the goals going to the USSR Nikita’s.
Shots on goal in the third period were 10-7 for the Bandits. The Bandits outshot the Bulldogs 28-20 in the game.
Carson Mertz made 27 saves on the 28 shots that he faced for the win for the Bulldogs. For the Bandits Zach Zahara made 15 saves on the 19 shots that he faced
Three Stars of the game were 1) Carson Mertz 2) Jared Langdon 3) Luke Dahlen
Attendance in Brooks was a season high of 1508
Bulldogs next game is Friday November 14th at home against the Okotoks Oilers
If the Brooks Bandits lose tonight (November 8, 2025) to the Blackfalds Bulldogs, it would extend their current losing streak to 6 games in a row. This is based on their results from the past five games: a 1-0 loss to the Sherwood Park Crusaders on October 24, a 4-3 loss to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on October 25, a 5-3 loss to the West Kelowna Warriors on October 31, a 3-1 loss to the West Kelowna Warriors on November 1, and a 5-2 loss to the Blackfalds Bulldogs on November 7.The last time the Bandits endured a 6-game losing streak was during the 2003-04 AJHL season, their inaugural year in the league when they finished with an 11-43-6 record. They have not had a streak this long since, as the team quickly became a perennial powerhouse with dominant seasons (e.g., 57-3-0 in 2018-19) and only shorter skids in recent years.
