The Hamilton Bulldogs were defeated by the Lake Erie Monsters 3-0 on Saturday night. The ‘Dogs could not beat Lake Erie starting goaltender John Grahame as he stopped all 30 of Hamilton’s shots to lead his team to the victory. It was the first time the Bulldogs have been shutout this season.

Scoring Summary:
1st Period:
1. LE – Ryan Stoa – 11 (Ben Walter, Patrick Rissmiller) – 8:37 (PP)

2nd Period:
2. LE – Mike Carman – 7 (Justin Mercier) – 4:47 (SH)
3. LE – Matthew Ford – 11 (Julien Talbot, Kevin Montgomery) – 18:40

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Scoring:
Lake Erie: 1-2-0—3
Hamilton: 0-0-0—0

Shots:
Lake Erie:11-8-8—27
Hamilton: 5-12-13—30

Goaltending:
Lake Erie: John Grahame (30 shots, 30 saves)
Hamilton: Robert Mayer (27 shots, 24 saves)

Power Play:
Lake Erie: 1-for-5
Hamilton: 0-for-7

Attendance: 4,305

Three Stars:
1. LE – John Grahame (30 shots, 30 saves)
2. LE – Ryan Stoa (1 goal, 6 shots)
3. LE – Mike Carman (1 assist, +1, 2 shots)

# Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH%
51 David Desharnais (X) 35 10 35 45 14 24 1 3 70 14.3
23 Max Pacioretty (X) 27 17 15 32 4 20 7 0 132 12.9
19 Ben Maxwell 27 6 17 23 0 22 5 0 77 7.8
28 Aaron Palushaj 27 5 16 21 5 10 1 0 57 8.8
4 Brendon Nash 35 2 15 17 9 37 2 0 36 5.6
10 J.T. Wyman 36 5 9 14 1 18 1 0 69 7.2
7 Yannick Weber (X) 15 8 4 12 -5 10 4 0 51 15.7
12 Andrew Conboy 30 8 4 12 5 46 0 0 50 16.0
72 Mathieu Carle 28 6 6 12 10 18 1 0 51 11.8
23 Brett Festerling (total) 33 3 9 12 -10 41 2 0 48 6.3
  SYR 32 3 9 12 -10 41 2 0 48 6.3
  HAM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
15 Kyle Klubertanz 32 4 7 11 -2 22 0 0 46 8.7
17 Dustin Boyd 8 10 0 10 1 2 6 0 32 31.3
22 Andreas Engqvist 35 4 6 10 1 10 1 0 66 6.1
32 Frederic St. Denis 35 0 10 10 3 8 0 0 52 0.0
40 Gabriel Dumont 31 2 7 9 -3 35 0 0 69 2.9
26 Alexander Avtsin 22 4 4 8 -1 6 1 0 35 11.4
20 Ryan Russell 35 4 4 8 5 25 0 0 63 6.3
14 Olivier Fortier 31 5 2 7 -5 11 3 0 40 12.5
25 Ryan White 22 2 5 7 -4 45 1 0 46 4.3
5 Alex Henry 36 0 6 6 0 61 0 0 20 0.0
85 Neil Petruic 20 0 2 2 3 21 0 0 14 0.0
16 David Urquhart 13 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 8 0.0
18 Dany Masse (X) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0
45 Peter Delmas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
61 Hunter Bishop 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0.0
35 Robert Mayer 16 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0
1 Curtis Sanford 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0
24 Ian Schultz 22 0 0 0 -4 21 0 0 21 0.0
44 Jimmy Bonneau 36 0 0 0 -6 89 0 0 15 0.0
  BENCH 36 3       10     3  
  TOTALS 36 105 175 277 31 585 34 3 1132 0.090
# Goalies GP Mins W L SL SO GA GAA SVS SV%
1 Curtis Sanford 20 1111 12 5 1 2 32 1.73 493 0.939
45 Peter Delmas 2 125 1 0 1 0 4 1.92 56 0.933
35 Robert Mayer 16 954 7 7 2 0 49 3.08 387 0.888
  TOTALS 36 2190 20 12 4 2 85 2.33 936 0.917