Bulldogs This Week, 6pm-7pm TONIGHT, followed by Canucks @ Kings

What a night for hockey fans on THE PEAK. First we have Bulldogs this week from 6 to 7 tonight live at Alberni Chrysler, then we have the Canucks at Kings pregame show immediatley after the show ends at 7:00. The puck drop and all the play-by-play with Tom and Shortie begins shortly after 7:30.

Here's the guest list for the show: (click to enlarge)

Certainly a tough tough loss for the team yesterday, coming so close and then having a tough one go in against them with just 1:18 to play in a tie game. I call it a "tough one" because Harrison May was clearly body checked into the net before the puck was tapped in. I watched the replay several times, and it indeed appears accidental. That doesn't matter though. He was hit, and the puck beat him, and that's the game winner.

It tough for me to talk about this, simply because I come off as a homer blaming the ref. I'm not blaming the officials, I'm just "telling it like I see it" The game happens very fast and that play was especially quick.

It was just as quick seconds later when Josh Pineiro was tripped while carrying the puck down the wall in the Express zone off the face off when the Dogs called time out and pulled their goaltender looking for the tying goal. The Dogs executed the draw perfectly, and got the puck to Pineiro with room. He was then chopped off of his feet, he lost the puck, and as I said on the air: "that's a big play as Finucci SCORES into the empty net" It all happened in a matter of 2 and a half seconds. The Dogs lost the puck and never got it back and it was game over.

It's really tough because it might've been the best officiated game of the year in the sense that the teams were allowed to PLAY- just three power plays for the Dogs, and just two for the Express. It's a fine line, you want the official to let them play, but you also want the calls made that impact the game. And the last two plays impacted the game big time. 4-3 and 5-3. I can't say it any better than that.

The effort the Dogs put forth and the level they played at is something better to think about.

We'll talk about all this and more tonight on "Bulldogs This Week"

Don't forget about the Winter Wonderland "Everyone Welcome" skate with the Dogs tonight from 7:30 to 9:00pm. The players will be signing autographs and the Dogs will be doing a draw for Family 5 Packs to the game Wednesday.

Email those questions in for the show HERE

Hammer