The Hamilton Bulldogs, led by two goals and an assist from Ben Maxwell defeated the Rochest Americans 5-3 Friday night. The game was played before 4,111 fans in Rochester.

David Desharnais,the Bulldogs top scorer recorded a goal and an assist. Desharnais had gone two games without a point after logging points in each of his first 13 games of the season.  He has 6 goals and 14 assists after 16 Bulldogs games. 

Also with a goal and two assists were Russian rookie Alexander Avtsin and defenseman Mathieu Carle. Left winger Max Pacioretty logged two assists.

Aaron Palushaj had an assist in the game.  He has scoed in 10 of his first 11 games this season for a total of 3 goals and 12 assists. 

Currently the Bulldogs are in second place in the AHL’s Northern Division, one point behind Abbotsford, B.C.  with a 10-3-3 record.  Hamilton holds four games in hand over Abbotsford. 

After playing 11 of their first 15 games at home, this was the first of a six game road trip.  The Bulldogs will meet the Toronto Marlies for back-to-back games on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 21st at 1:00 p.m. Both games at the Ricoh Coliseum. Sunday’s game will be broadcast live on CBC.

Hamilton Bulldogs 5 at Rochester Americans 3 –
 

 

1st Period-

1, Rochester, Thomas 7 (Ellerby, Markstrom), 5:31.

2, Hamilton, Avtsin 2 (Desharnais, Palushaj), 19:08 (PP).

Penalties-Wyman Ham (holding), 14:44; Fenton Rch (interference), 17:09; Del Monte Rch (tripping), 18:00; White Ham (interference), 19:10.

2nd Period-

3, Hamilton, Carle 5 (Desharnais, Maxwell), 5:00 (PP).

4, Hamilton, Desharnais 6 (Pacioretty), 11:51.

5, Hamilton, Fortier 1 (Nash, Pacioretty), 12:22.

6, Hamilton, Maxwell 4 (Avtsin, Carle), 17:58 (PP).

Penalties-Carle Ham (holding), 1:31; Selleck Rch (interference), 4:03; Fortier Ham (roughing), 5:49; Timmins Rch (roughing), 5:49; Bonneau Ham (fighting), 14:15; Selleck Rch (fighting), 14:15; Nash Ham (fighting), 15:12; Clackson Rch (fighting), 15:12; McArdle Rch (roughing, roughing), 15:12; Caruso Rch (delay of game), 16:20.

3rd Period-

7, Rochester, Baier 1   11:18.

8, Rochester, McArdle 6 (Timmins, Callahan), 17:46.

Penalties-Dumont Ham (fighting), 0:02; Jenks Rch (fighting), 0:02; Bonneau Ham (fighting), 7:33; Selleck Rch (fighting), 7:33; Desharnais Ham (tripping), 19:21.

Shots on Goal-Hamilton 9-15-5-29. Rochester 9-4-12-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Hamilton 3 / 6; Rochester 0 / 4.
Goalies-Hamilton, Sanford 5-1-0 (25 shots-22 saves). Rochester, Markstrom 6-8-0 (29 shots-24 saves).
A-4,111
Referees-Terry Koharski (10).
Linesmen-Jeff Walker (28), Fraser McIntyre (94).

# Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH%
51 David Desharnais 16 6 14 20 8 8 1 1 40 0.150
23 Max Pacioretty 16 4 12 16 2 12 2 0 73 0.055
28 Aaron Palushaj 11 3 12 15 5 6 0 0 21 0.143
7 Yannick Weber (X) 15 8 4 12 -5 10 4 0 51 0.157
19 Ben Maxwell 16 4 8 12 -5 12 3 0 43 0.093
4 Brendon Nash 15 2 6 8 6 15 2 0 16 0.125
72 Mathieu Carle 16 5 2 7 8 12 1 0 21 0.238
25 Ryan White 16 2 5 7 -4 26 1 0 37 0.054
32 Frederic St. Denis 16 0 7 7 2 4 0 0 20 0.000
20 Ryan Russell 16 3 3 6 5 12 0 0 35 0.086
26 Alexander Avtsin 8 2 4 6 2 0 1 0 11 0.182
10 J.T. Wyman 16 2 4 6 -3 10 1 0 29 0.069
12 Andrew Conboy 12 3 2 5 1 25 0 0 16 0.188
22 Andreas Engqvist 16 2 3 5 1 8 0 0 24 0.083
15 Kyle Klubertanz 12 2 2 4 -1 2 0 0 14 0.143
40 Gabriel Dumont 11 1 1 2 -2 9 0 0 21 0.048
5 Alex Henry 16 0 2 2 -8 36 0 0 10 0.000
14 Olivier Fortier 11 1 0 1 -2 7 0 0 5 0.200
85 Neil Petruic 6 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 6 0.000
18 Dany Masse (X) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.000
45 Peter Delmas (X) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1 Curtis Sanford 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.000
35 Robert Mayer 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
24 Ian Schultz 10 0 0 0 -1 9 0 0 8 0.000
44 Jimmy Bonneau 16 0 0 0 -3 41 0 0 10 0.000
  BENCH 16 2       6     2  
  TOTALS 16 52 92 142 7 278 16 1 513 0.098
# Goalies GP Mins W L SL SO GA GAA SVS SV%
1 Curtis Sanford 6 364 5 1 0 0 10 1.65 135 0.931
45 Peter Delmas (X) 2 125 1 0 1 0 4 1.92 56 0.933
35 Robert Mayer 8 492 4 3 1 0 27 3.29 175 0.866
  TOTALS 16 981 10 4 2 0 41 2.51 366 0.899