The Hamilton Bulldogs are the worst team  in the American Hockey League and Friday night in Rochester they looked it.   After scoring the game’s first goal, they gave up four in a row as the Americans came back to win 5-2.

Brian Flynn registered a goal and assist in the game for the Buffalo Sabres farm club.  T.J. Brenan, Brayden McNab, Mark Mancari, and Nick Tarnasky scored the others.

Gabriel Dumont and Jason Desantis scored for the Bulldogs.   Dumont leads the Bulldogs with 12 goals.  Nine of them have come in the last fourteen games.

Joey Tenute, playing in his first game with the Bulldogs, drew assists on both goals.  The 29 year old Tenute signed a Professional Tryout Contract with the Bulldogs earlier in the week.  He had been playing in Europe the last four years, most recently with Klagenfurt Austria and Tampere Finland.

Once again the Bulldogs were limited to fewer than 20 shots on goal; in this case they were outshot 28-19.

Rochester has won five of six meetings against Hamilton this season.

The Bulldogs now head for the west coast where they’ll play the Abbotsford Heat Tuesday and Wednesday.  A number of Bulldogs regulars such as Dumont, Brendan Gallagher, Mike Blunden and defenceman Frederic St. Denis will probably be called up to the Canadiens training camp and will miss the rest of the Bulldogs road trip.

UPDATE – Habs training camp invitees: From Hamilton – Brendan Gallagher, Gabriel Dumont, Jarred Tinordi, Mike Commodore.   Alex Galchenyuk from Sarnia Sting-OHL.

Hamilton Bulldogs 2 at Rochester Americans 5 
Friday, January 11, 2013 – Blue Cross Arena

Hamilton 1 0 1 – 2
Rochester 2 2 1 – 5

1st Period-

1, Hamilton, DeSantis 3 (Beaulieu, Tenute), 2:12 (PP).

2, Rochester, Flynn 12 (Girgensons, Porter), 3:06 (PP).

3, Rochester, Brennan 13 (Biega, Adam), 16:09.

Penalties-Biega Rch (high-sticking), 0:24; Lefebvre Ham (hooking), 2:46; Tenute Ham (hooking), 9:45.

2nd Period-

4, Rochester, Mancari 10 (Girgensons, Porter), 0:55.

5, Rochester, Tarnasky 7 (Adam, Flynn), 8:58. Penalties-No Penalties

3rd Period-

6, Hamilton, Dumont 12 (Tenute, Commodore), 0:11.

7, Rochester, McNabb 3 (Varone, Rankin), 6:21.

Penalties-Blunden Ham (roughing, roughing, misconduct – unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:09; Gallagher Ham (fighting, misconduct – unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:09; Tinordi Ham (roughing, roughing), 2:09; Biega Rch (fighting, misconduct – unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:09; Brennan Rch (roughing, misconduct – unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:09; Finley Rch (roughing), 2:09; Porter Rch (roughing), 2:09; Girgensons Rch (roughing), 4:00; Stortini Ham (tripping), 4:20; Rankin Rch (high-sticking), 6:43; Adam Rch (hooking), 16:34.

Shots on Goal-Hamilton 5-8-6-19. Rochester 7-14-7-28.
Power Play Opportunities-Hamilton 1 / 5; Rochester 1 / 4.
Goalies-Hamilton, Mayer 8-8-3 (28 shots-23 saves). Rochester, Leggio 17-11-1 (19 shots-17 saves).
A-7,743
Referees-David Banfield (77), Jean Hebert (43).
Linesmen-Fraser McIntyre (94), Jeff Walker (28).

Hamilton Bulldogs 2012-13 Individual Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SHG	SOG	SH%
40	Gabriel Dumont	36	12	10	22	6	43	3	1	76	15.8
17	Brendan Gallagher	36	10	10	20	0	61	4	0	117	8.5
14	Mike Blunden	36	7	7	14	1	64	2	0	66	10.6
8	Nathan Beaulieu	35	2	11	13	-10	35	0	0	82	2.4
37	Patrick Holland	36	5	6	11	-10	2	0	0	59	8.5
58	Jason DeSantis (total)	32	3	8	11	-8	22	1	0	36	8.3
	SA	28	2	7	9	-7	22	0	0	30	6.7
	HAM	4	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	6	16.7
32	Frederic St-Denis	35	3	8	11	4	12	0	0	50	6.0
18	Michael Bournival	34	2	9	11	-3	16	1	0	65	3.1
28	Aaron Palushaj	21	7	3	10	-9	18	2	1	64	10.9
23	Joonas Nattinen	24	5	4	9	6	8	0	0	32	15.6
10	Stefan Chaput	20	2	7	9	-6	17	0	0	27	7.4
13	Steve Quailer	35	4	4	8	-2	23	2	0	49	8.2
4	Brendon Nash (X)	26	1	7	8	5	39	0	0	23	4.3
44	Morgan Ellis	32	3	4	7	-8	35	0	0	26	11.5
47	Darryl Boyce (X)	22	1	6	7	-5	27	0	0	24	4.2
57	Blake Geoffrion	10	4	2	6	-2	9	0	0	29	13.8
20	Louis Leblanc	24	3	2	5	-2	17	0	0	59	5.1
5	Jarred Tinordi	36	1	4	5	-6	39	0	0	34	2.9
67	Alexander Avtsin	8	2	1	3	-2	2	0	0	13	15.4
3	Antoine Corbin	20	1	2	3	-9	16	0	0	27	3.7
16	Olivier Fortier	12	1	1	2	-2	6	0	0	24	4.2
11	Joey Tenute	1	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	0.0
6	Joe Stejskal	4	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
22	Mike Commodore	15	0	2	2	-3	26	0	0	12	0.0
15	Kyle Hagel	29	0	2	2	-7	79	0	0	35	0.0
49	Philippe Lefebvre	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	8	0.0
2	Greg Pateryn	7	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	10	0.0
29	Robert Mayer	21	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0.0
12	Zack Stortini	34	0	1	1	-11	128	0	0	18	0.0
31	Scott Darling (X)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
19	Daultan Leveille	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
26	Cody Wild (X)	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
39	Peter Delmas (X)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
11	Alain Berger (X)	9	0	0	0	-6	4	0	0	10	0.0
30	Cedrick Desjardins	15	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0
	BENCH	36	1				4			1
	TOTALS	36	78	121	198	-87	746	15	2	1054	0.073

 

#	Goalies	GP	Mins	W	L	SL	SO	GA	GAA	SVS	SV%
31	Scott Darling (X)	1	24:32	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	1.000
29	Robert Mayer	21	1122:01	8	8	3	0	56	2.99	492	0.898
30	Cedrick Desjardins	15	851:28	5	10	0	2	44	3.10	389	0.898
39	Peter Delmas (X)	3	171:44	0	2	0	0	10	3.49	64	0.865
	TOTALS	36	2184:05	13	20	3	2	112	3.08	953	0.895