Bulldogs beat the Dragons 4-3 on a night where there was free admission at the Drumheller Arena thanks to Flomax Compression. The game marks the Bulldogs fifth win in a row.
On a night where Albertans got a warning about their power grid use, its a good thing the Town of Blackfalds kept the Christmas lights on at the Splash Park. Some of us like taking the family out to the water park at 7pm in January when its -40 so you never know.
Lindenwood commit Jacob Goudreau tips one in and scores at 1:51 of the first period with the assists going to Ayden Peters and Connor Poffenroth.
Layne Loomer ties the game up for the Bulldogs at 12:07 of the opening period with assists on the goal to Brendan Ross and Carter Patterson. Loomer picked up a rebound after Brendan Ross tipped a Patterson point shot. That gives Loomer his 17th goal of the season putting him in third place for goals for the Bulldogs. Ross is obviously first, second still belongs to Dakota MacIntosh who has 19.
Shots on goal in the first period were 14-12 for the Dragons.
Ayden Peters scores to make it 2-1 for the Dragons on the Power play after a joke of a call against Cormier for boarding. That was the first Power Play goal the Bulldogs have allowed in 9 games.
Then Layne Loomer responds just 33 seconds later to make it a 2-2 game. With the assists on the goal going to Brendan Ross and Hunter Brown.
Tanner Willick scores for the Bulldogs on the Power Play to make it 3-2 with the assists on the goal going to Ryan Shaw and Brendan Ross.
Shots on goal in the second period were tied at 7 each.
Carter Cormier scored to make the game 4-2 on the Power Play just 34 seconds into the third period with the assists going to Layne Loomer and Brendan Ross.
20 year old Macklin, Saskatchewan native Austin Reschny scored on the Power Play for the Dragons to make it 4-3 with 2 minutes left in the game. Assist on the goal to Strathmore native Cyle Clayton and Easton Adrian. Adrian was one of the players I was surprised was not selected for the Canada Junior A Challenge this season.
Shots on goal in the third period were 10-8 for the Dragons. The Dragons outshot the Bulldogs 31-27 in the game.
Gabe Gratton made 28 saves on the 31 shots that he faced for a win in his Bulldogs debut. While for the Dragons former Spruce Grove Saints netminder Jameson Kaine made 23 saves on the 27 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Layne Loomer 2) Brendan Ross 3) Ayden Peters
Attendance in Drumheller was 660
Bulldogs next game is Tuesday January 16th against the Sherwood Park Crusaders at noon marking the first Hockey Hookie day for Blackfalds.
Heard a commercial on the TV about the Wyndham Hotel. Which is a beautiful hotel I have never stayed there but looks great and the people I have met that have stayed there all say nice things about it. I am wondering however where this Blackfalds shopping district the hotel is next to that they speak of in the commercial. Unless they mean the liquor and weed stores located beside it.
The Dragons traded Aidan Larose to Lloydminster for the third leading scorer in the league Dalton MacGillivray. It appears MacGillivray had other plans and opted to go to the BCHL’s Langley Rivermen. No word on where Larose ended up yet he is still on elite prospects as a Dragon.
