I'm hittin' the hay... but got the highlights done!
Enjoy!
Hammer
The Bulldogs got the puck in deep off the opening draw, and had a promising chance from in tight that appeared to hit something and not end up on Zach Borgiel's net. The Capitals had an opportunity of their own a minute later, with a Clark Webster point shot hitting the post behind Jackson Glassford but staying out. There wasn't much in the way of offense either way through the first ten minutes, but the Capitals struck in transition to open the scoring just short of six minutes in as Will Arquiett took a Primo Self head-man pass up the right wing before putting a pretty feed onto the stick of Tanner Sidaway in alone behind the Bulldog defence where he put a high backhand over the glove of Glassford to make it 1-0 at 5:39 of the first. A minute later, the first fight off the season for the Bulldogs saw Caige Sterzer and Cole Broadhurst drop the gloves. The Bulldogs would tie the game just past the midway point of the period, with a delayed penalty on the way as Tyler Kostelecky set up Dawson Tritt in the slot. His backdoor pass went wide, but rimmed to the left half-wall where Moe Acee one-timed it on goal with Borgiel not yet recovered, making it 1-1 at 10:58 of the first. The score stayed that way into the late stages, with the Bulldogs unable to generate a shot on a power play. The Capitals would take the lead back with 39 seconds to play in the period on a power play of their own, as the Bulldogs killed it down to the final five seconds but couldn't clear the zone before a Tyrell Boucher shot from the deep slot was stopped by Glassford, but Cruze Cote found it on the goal line off the post and jammed it home to make it 2-1 after one, with Brady Lynn also drawing an assist at 19:21 of the first. Shots in the period were 11-6 Capitals.
The second period saw the Capitals continue to have a slight edge in the play through the early stages of the period, but the Bulldogs responded to tie the game after a couple solid shifts as Jackson Doucet threw a shot on net from the right circle that was stopped by Borgiel, but Dawson Tritt found the rebound and slit it home inside the near post past his right toe to make it 2-2, with Tyler Kostelecky also drawing an assist at 5:53 of the first. Less than two minutes later the Bulldogs took the lead after a long sequence in the Capitals zone and a series of near-misses as Moe Acee kept the puck in at the left point and threw it on net where Dawson Tritt found the rebound and took the extra split second to read the play and put his stick between his legs while spinning off the right post to lift it over Borgiel for a highlight reel goal to make it 3-2 at 7:06 of the second. Two minutes later, Brady Lynn would go after Tritt, taking him down initially away from the puck, then grabbing him by the jersey and dropping his gloves and throwing a sucker punch. He would appear to get off easy, earning two minutes for roughing and two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Bulldogs would threaten and have several glorious looks around the net, but weren't able to pad their lead. Late in the period, another after the whistle skirmish saw the Capitals penalized, with the Bulldogs again having a couple good looks around the net but being able to find it before the period expired. Shots in the second were 15-7 Bulldogs, for a 21-18 Bulldog advantage into period three.
The Bulldogs couldn't cash in on the carry-over power play to start the third, but the Capitals were again penalized on the follow up faceoff on a high stick. The Bulldogs finally made them pay, as Ryan Doolin made a nice cross-ice pass through the seam from the right circle to Mitchel Deelstra. He walked in and set up Austin Spiridakis on the doorstep, who put his first attempt off the post before making no mistake on the second chance to make it 4-2 at 1:04 of the third. The Capitals would earn an opportunity short of the midway point of the period with a four minute power play. That would be cancelled out just 1:05 into it, when Dan McIntyre picked up a five minute major and a match penalty for abuse of official. The Bulldogs looked for the better part of the following 4-on-4 hockey to be in penalty kill mode, as the Caps pressed but couldn't trim the deficit. Jackson Munro was called for tripping later in the period, and the Capitals pressed to make it a 4-3 game during four-aside hockey as Matt Crasa fought through the defence to get in alone on Jackson Glassford, who made a right toe save to keep it out, only to have it bounce off a defenceman and in at 14:57 of the third, with Nolan Barrett and Primo Self drawing the assists. A minute later Tanner Sidaway was penalized for four minutes with three and a half to play. The Bulldogs couldn't generate on the advantage, before being penalized themselves with 14 seconds left, allowing the Capitals to pull their goalie to make it a 5 on 4 scenario. The Bulldogs lost a draw, but won the race to it to clear it, but were called for icing. They won the following draw, but the Capitals fought the puck off the end wall to the front of the net, but couldn't get a chance before time expired, as one last skirmish at the buzzer delayed the Bulldog celebration.
Third period shots were 9-5 Capitals, for a game total of 27-26 Capitals with Jackson Glassford earning the win while Zach Borgiel took the loss. The Bulldogs unofficially went 1 for 8 while the Capitals went 1 for 6.
The Bulldogs are next in action tomorrow night when they host the Vernon Vipers.
Hammer
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