Arnsby And Troops Hold Off The Dogs
November 4, 2022 – Ontario Hockey League (OHL) – Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
HAMILTON, ONTARIO. The Hamilton Bulldogs were back on the ice Friday for their only game
of the weekend, meeting the North Bay Battalion for the first time in 161 days when the Bulldogs
put Bobby on the Bus and won the Eastern Conference.
North Bay opened the scoring a mere 3 minutes into the contest after Oilers prospect Matvey
Petrov cleaned up a juicy rebound off the shot of Nikita Tarasevich to take an early 1-0 lead.
Closing in on the midway point of the period, Kyle Jackson of North Bay was able to pick up a
loose puck and get behind Hamilton’s defense, but netminder Matteo Drobac shut the five-hole
and then sprawl across to his glove side to keep the rebound out keeping it a one goal game.
With 1:29 remaining in the period, Ty Nelson was called for a cross-check and Hamilton got the
first powerplay of the night. Despite a couple chances to the goal, the Bulldogs weren ‘t able to crack rookie Battalion goaltender Charlie Robertson and took 31-seconds of power-play time to
the second.
As the middle frame began the Battalion were able to clear the puck down the length of the ice
twice to kill off the Nelson minor and halt the Bulldogs pressure for a tying goal. Just over 3
minutes in, North Bay’s Nikita Tarasevich tried to squeeze away from a Bulldogs defender who
hauled him down, seeing Tarasevich awarded a penalty shot. Drobac came far out of the crease
to challenge him, while Battalion winger tried to outwait Drobac and tuck it in far side to no avail
with the Bulldogs goaltender running the shifty forward out of room. With 11:44 left in the
second, Hamilton’s Lucas Moore turned and fired a shot on net from the blue line and captain
Logan Morrison got his stick up and tipped it past Charlie Robertson to tie the game 1-1 on
Morrison ‘s 4th of the season, moving the captain to within 4-points of passing Brandon Saigeon
for 3rd all-time in Bulldogs scoring. As the period wound down to 4:20 left, a Bulldogs defensive
turnover led to Battalion captain Liam Arnsby receiving the puck and sending it over to Kyle
McDonald who snapped it into the net for his 6th of the season, and North Bay regained their
lead making it a 2-1 game. The period finished with Hamilton on the power-play for 1:50 but
again couldn ‘t find a way through Robertson to knot the game again.
The final frame kicked off and the troops killed off the remaining 10-seconds of their penalty, but
then quickly went back to the box for a tripping call. 20 seconds after Hamilton’s third powerplay
started, Jorian Donovan earned a tripping call of his own and it became 4-on-4 with neither
team hitting the scoreboard on the abbreviated man advantages. After Ty Nelson received his
second minor penalty of the night due to an after-whistle scrum, the Bulldogs had quite a few
chances including Ryan Humphrey getting an in tight opportunity to which Charlie Robertson
made a contender for save of the year, diving across his crease and capturing the puck to deny
the Bulldogs what appeared a certain tying goal. With the Battalion power-play their high-octane
offense made no mistake as Liam Arnsby cleaned up a rebound for his third of the season, and
second point of the evening giving the Troops a 3-1 lead. Matvey Petrov and Dalyn Wakely
added two empty net goals for the visitors and the game ended by a score of 5-1 for North Bay
with Robertson making 35 saves on 36 Bulldogs shots earning the win.
The Bulldogs are back in action this Tuesday travelling to Peterborough for a 7:05 matchup
against the Petes and Thursday in Barrie for a 7:30 matchup against the Colts.
For more information on Hamilton Bulldogs 2022-23 Season Ticket packages call 905-529-
8500 or visit hamiltonbulldogs.com.
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