Bulldogs visit Grizzlies tonight for final regular season road game

It's the final regular season meeting between these divisional foes, and a potential playoff preview as the Bulldogs (15-31-5-4, 4th Island) visit the Grizzlies (30-18-4-4, T-1st Island) at the Q Centre.


The Bulldogs were last in action Sunday afternoon at home, where they dropped their season-high sixth straight game, 4-1 to the Vernon Vipers. The Grizzlies enter play tonight winless in two games, after playing to a 2-2 tie against the Centennials in Merritt in their last contest Sunday afternoon.


These teams haven't met in over a month, with the Grizzlies winning the last meeting 3-0 January 12th at home. The Grizzlies have owned the season series, winning six of seven meetings and five consecutively. The lone Bulldog win was by a  3-2 score in overtime on October 18th at the Q Centre. 


This game is of critical importance for the Grizzlies, who are currently tied with Powell River AND Nanaimo for 1st place in the Island Division standings. The Grizzlies have a game in hand on the Clippers, and the Kings have a game in hand on the Grizzlies.


The Bulldogs need to find a way to make this game just as important for them, if they hope to compete. That's not going to be easy as they don't have the built in motivation, but if playing for pride and the logo on the front of the sweater isn't enough hopefully the Bulldogs can be inspired with the fact that this is a potential playoff meeting, and they have only three contests remaining to get to the point where they can go into the playoffs feeling good about their game.

We'll bring the game to you if you can't make it to it, on Pacific Chevrolet Bulldogs Hockey on The Peak, starting with our pregame show at 6:45 in advance of the 7:00pm puck drop.

I'll handle the play-by-play and take care of the hosting responsibilities while Bruce MacDonald provides colour commentary and analysis.


Tonight's 2nd Intermission guest is Alex Rawnsley, the play-by-play voice of the Powell River Kings, who the Dogs host for a double-header Saturday and Sunday to conclude the regular season.

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

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