Tonight, the Hamilton Bulldogs (5-6-1-1) are out on the rock to take on the St. John’s IceCaps (7-8-0-0), AHL affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets. This will be the first of back to back games for the Bulldogs against St. John’s, and first of 8 meetings between the two teams this year. All time, both teams have a 4-4-0-0 record against each other. Jets prospect Alex Burmistrov is tied for the team lead in points with 2 goals, 5 assists. The IceCaps come into tonight’s game on the heels of a 5-3 loss to the Albany Devils on Saturday night. The Bulldogs are coming into tonight’s tilt after splitting a home and home series with the Marlies this weekend. Cedrick Desjardins is expected to make his second start of the season after winning his debut on Friday night 6-3.
The Bulldogs’ lineup for tonight’s game:
Forwards
Michael Blunden – Gabriel Dumont – Brendan Gallagher
Patrick Holland – Michael Bournival – Aaron Palushaj
Steven Quailer – Darryl Boyce – Alexander Avtsin
Kyle Hagel – Joonas Nattinen – Zack Stortini
Defenseman
Nathan Beaulieu – Frederic St-Denis
Brendon Nash – Antoine Corbin
Goaltenders
Cédrick Desjardins
Notes:
Louis Leblanc is still not 100% recovered from his ankle injury. He is still about a week away. Greg Pateryn and Blake Geoffrion are still out indefinitely.
The IceCaps lineup for tonight’s game:
Forwards
Jaffray – Burmistrov – Machacek
Maxwell – Gagnon – Gregoire
Telegin – O`Dell – Klingberg
Clark – Macenauer – Sawada
Defenseman
Arsene – Postma
Meech – Redmond
O`Neill – Chiarot
Goaltenders
DekanichPasquale
