Bulldogs visit Capitals tonight at the Big Stick *6:00pm start*

It's the final regular season road game tonight for the Bulldogs (25-26-2-2, 4th Island) as they head down to Duncan to visit the Cowichan Valley Capitals (35-14-5-2, 1st Island) tonight at the Cowichan Community Centre.


The Bulldogs had last night off, last seeing action Wednesday night at home, where they lost their fourth straight, 8-4 to the Clippers.  The Capitals were in action last night in Nanaimo, where they dropped  a  last-minute 2-1 decision  to  the Clippers.


This is the eighth and final regular season meeting between the Island Division rivals, and a potential first round playoff match up, The Bulldogs are 5-2-0-0 head to head, while the Capitals are  2-2-3-0.

These teams last met January 22nd at the Dog Pound, a 5-4 Bulldog win in overtime. Before that, they met December 13th in Duncan, a 3-2 Bulldog win - again in overtime. The Capitals earned a 6-4 win at the Multiplex on November 30th. The Bulldogs won 6-5 in overtime in Duncan on November 23rd, and also earned a 4-3 win over the Capitals at the Dog Pound on October 25th. The Bulldogs won the first meeting of the season in Port Alberni 3-1 on October 5th, after the Capitals earned a 3-2 win in the first meeting of the season on September 20th in Duncan.

Catch all the action live from the Big Stick in Duncan tonight on Van Isle Ford Bulldogs Hockey on 93.3 The Peak FM, starting with our pregame show at 5:45, with the game action to follow after 6:00

Bruce MacDonald provides analysis while adding colour commentary, and I call the play-by-play. 

Tonight's 2nd Intermission feature is the final regular season edition of The Island Division This Week - previews, recaps, highlights and news and notes from all the BCHL's Island Division Broadcast voices, courtesy of Dan Marshall, voice of the Nanaimo Clippers on our sister station 106.9 The Wolf in Nanaimo. 

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

Talk to you from Duncan tonight! 

Hammer 

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