It's the first game in twelve days for the Bulldogs (11-9-0-1, 3rd Island) as they head over the hump to visit the Nanaimo Clippers (15-6-1-1, 1st Island) tonight at the Frank Crane Arena.
The Bulldogs last played Saturday, November 2nd at home, when they snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over the Powell River Kings.
The Clippers last saw game action Saturday night in Victoria, where they won their fourth straight 4-0 over the Grizzlies.
These teams last met head-to-head on Friday, November 1st, a 3-1 Clipper win at the Frank Crane Arena.
Beyond tonight, the Bulldogs are continuing to deal with the most unfortunate scenario that exists at the Multiplex as they were forced to announce last night that their Friday and Sunday home games scheduled against the Merritt Centennials and Trail Smoke Eaters are being postponed and rescheduled. Here's the details from the team:
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs announced that this weekend’s games vs the
Merritt Centennials on Friday November 15th has been postponed, and Sunday
November 17th vs the Trail Smoke Eaters has been moved to the Rod Brind’Amour
Arena in Campbell River. The start time will be 2:00 pm.
“The postponement of
Friday’s game, and ultimately the decision to move Sunday’s contest to Campbell
River is something that causes our organization great disappointment. With no
ice in the Multiplex, we were forced to balance our wants of playing in front of our fans,
and being good BCHL partners. The reality is, asking Trail to come back to Port
Alberni later in the season wasn’t something that was fair to them, both from a
time standpoint, but also financially”. said Bulldogs president David Michaud.
”We’re extremely disappointed to be in this position. We’ve had to cancel our
parent weekend that was scheduled for this weekend as well. All in all, this a
very difficult decision to try and balance what is right for all parties
involved.
Fans holding tickets for the postponed game vs Merritt may use them for
the rescheduled game when the date is announced, or exchange their paid tickets
for any Bulldogs regular season game during the 2019-2020 season.
Season
ticket holders and fans holding a game ticket for Sunday wishing to make the
trip to Campbell River will have until 2:00 pm on Friday to pick up
complimentary vouchers for the game. After Friday, the seats will be made
available to the Campbell River public. All tickets for the game will be
general admission. The Bulldogs office will be open Wednesday from 10:00am –
4:00 pm, Thursday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and Friday from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
“We
appreciate all the supportive messages we’ve received from our wonderful fans”
said Bulldogs head coach and general manager. “Playing in front of our fans at
the Dawg Pound this year has been incredible, we hope a few of them will make
the trip and come support us”
The full broadcast crew will bring you tonight's proceedings on Van Isle Ford Bulldogs Hockey on 93.3 The Peak FM. I'll get things underway at 6:45 for the pregame show, with the play-by-play to follow at 7:00 as Bruce MacDonald provides game analysis and colour commentary while Dan Tisserand compiles player and team statistics.
Tonight's 2nd Intermission guest is Ben Phillips, the play-by-play voice of the Trail Smoke Eaters, who the Bulldogs host next in a neutral site game Sunday afternoon in Campbell River.
If you aren't in listening range of 93.3 The Peak FM you can listen/watch the game by:
Listening Live on your computer: www.933thepeak.com
Listening Live on your SmartPhone : www.tunein.com/mobile/
Watching Live on your computer/SmartPhone www.hockeytv.com
Hammer
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