Dogs FINALLY return home, host Warriors tonight

After nine straight games on the road, a string that stretched to the Interior twice and down Island three times and spanned 25 days, approximately 49 hours on the bus and on boats and approximately 5072 kilometres on the road - equal to driving to Ottawa, the Bulldogs (11-17-2-1, 5th Island) finally play on their own ice tonight as they host the West Kelowna Warriors (17-12-0-2, 3rd Interior) for the second meeting between the teams in less than a month.

The Bulldogs last saw action Tuesday in Victoria where they fell 4-2 to the Grizzlies. The Warriors last played Saturday night in Merritt, where they fell 8-6 to the Centennials.

These teams last met November 21st in a crazy game in West Kelowna where the Dogs topped the Warriors 10-5 a night after dropping a 10-1 decision in Salmon Arm. It goes without saying that the Bulldogs will be facing a very motivated bunch so they had best be ready for the Warriors. They just need to be ready themselves - it's never easy when it comes to the first game at home after a long stretch on the road.

I'm pretty excited to call a game in the friendly confines of the Dog Pound once again - you can catch all the action on Pacific Chevrolet Bulldogs Hockey on 93.3 The Peak FM as I'll call the play-by-play, Bruce MacDonald will provide the colour and analysis and Dan Tisserand will compile team and player stats. 

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.fasthockey.com

Tonight's 2nd Intermission guest is BCHL Commissioner John Grisdale, in an interview this week from the BCHL Report on TSN 1040 in Vancouver. Don't forget that the BCHL This Week program runs Saturday mornings at 9:30 on TSN1410.


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