Tickets for the Molson AHL Outdoor Classic, featuring the Hamilton Bulldogs and Toronto Marlies at Yvor Wynne Stadium are now on sale.

The game, officially dubbed the 2012 Boston Pizza "Steeltown Showdown", will be played on Saturday January 21 at 7pm, and ticket purchase also includes admission to the 2012 PepsiCo AHL Outdoor Classic Alumni / Celebrity Game and a post-game concert at the stadium. Those events will take place the Friday night prior.

Now before you go calling the box office or hitting the Ticketmaster website, the first wave of tickets go to Bulldogs, Marlies and Hamilton Tiger-Cats(CFL) season ticket holders.

General public tickets will go on sale on Saturday, December 3^rd, 2011 at 10:00 a.m, and range from $29.50 to $89.50. Full ticket details, and where to get them can be found on the Bulldogs site.

Construction of the rink is scheduled to start on January 2, and public ice rental will be made available from January 16 up until January 28.

Both teams will have practices on the Thursday and Friday afternoons leading up to the game,

A website dedicated to the event has also been released.

Amidst the anticipation of Montreal Canadiens training camp opening and the tragic loss of KHL team Lokomotiv last week, a minor signing by the Hamilton Bulldogs got buried.

Last Friday, the 'Dogs signed defenceman Zack FitzGerald (yes that's how it's spelled) to a one-year, one way contract. He is part of the Habs training camp and is currently on the "B Team", along with Josh Gorges, Jaroslav Spacek, and young hopefuls that include Brendan Nash and Raphael Diaz.

The 26-year-old certainly won't crack the Habs lineup, having just a single NHL game with the Vancouver Canucks in 2007-08 to his name, but FitzGerald will had some more toughness to the Bulldogs lineup that already includes Jimmy Bonneau and Alex Henry. He has 1040 penalty minutes in 299 AHL games, and led the league in 2010-11 with 311.

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The Hamilton Bulldogs put 42 shots on Syracuse Crunch netminder Timo Pielmeier, scoring four times in the third period for a 5-4 win Wednesday night. Robert Mayer saw only 12 shots on the night, tying the club record for fewest shots allowed, but four managed to elude him.

Down 4-1with just under eight minutes to play, the Dogs scored three goals in a five minute and fourteen second period.

Yannick Weber scored the game winner with just 40 seconds left in regulation and Max Pacioretty scored his first of the season, and added two assists.

Hamilton's power play went 1 for 2 on the night, and the team continues to conect with the man advantage in every game this season.

Kyle Palmieri had a hat trick for the Crunch in a losing effort.

The Bulldogs next host the Toronto Marlies Friday night.

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