Dogs win first, Clips lose first.

The Bulldogs were 2-1 winners in Nanaimo Friday night. All of the scoring was on the power play with Daniel Moriarty making it 1-0 Dogs 14:01 into the first after killing off an early Nanaimo 5 on 3. The Dogs went up 2-0 7:46 into the second on pp chance when Evan Michalchuk drove wide down the right wing and cut to the net before sending it to Marcello Ranallo who was walking through the hash marks. Less than 1 minute later the Dogs were in penalty trouble again with Nanaimo going on an extended 5 on 3 where Eric Filiou banged in a rebound to get the Clippers on the board just past the halfway mark of the game. I'm sure that no one thought at the time that 2-1 was going to be the final score. At least I didn't. But with good team defense and good goal tending by Harrison May through the latter parts of the second and 3rd the Dogs made it stick. I said it at the time, and I'll say it again- anyone holding Nanaimo to 10 shots in the third period in that rink when they are up by 1 is doing something right. The Dogs didn't generate near the chances that the Clippers did but they are still improving game to game with the chances they are able to create. 20 shots on goal doesn't sound like much but Michael Garman did make several good saves, notably 2 breaks/partial breaks in the third by Evan Michalchuk and Matt Frydrysek. I committed a broadcaster cardinal sin by saying Frydrysek had scored on his chance. I had to ask him later how it didn't go in as it looked from my angle that he had half of the net to hit, with Garman looking to be on the other side of the goal and oddly positioned. Bottom line is that the goalie kept it out and gave the Clippers a last chance to tie it up. Harrison May was brilliant.



Here's the play-by-play of the game winner, courtesy and copyright 93.3 The Peak FM.

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It's officially bed time now. Pregame tonight from the pound is 6:45pm with the play-by-play at 7:00pm on 93.3 The Peak FM and through the BCHL fanzone at http://www.bchl.bc.ca/

Great job by the Bulldogs last night/tonight. Great to watch and great to be writing about a win.

Hammer