The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Adirondack Phantoms 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday night. Trailing 3-1 with five minutes remaining in regulation time Hamilton got goals 1:27 apart from Kyle Klubertanz and Hunter Bishop to tie the game and send it to overtime and eventually the shootout.

In the shootout Aaron Palushaj and Dustin Boyd scored for the Bulldogs while Robert Mayer stopped all four Adirondak attempts,

Currently streaking – Defenseman Brendon Nash 2g 5ass last seven games.  Ben Maxwell 3g 3ass last three games.  In the eight games since he missed seven with an upper boyd injury (believed to be a shoulder) Alexander Avtsin has 6 assists..  Aaron Palushaj 2g 2ass last three games And the Bulldogs matched a season high with their fifth straight win, duplicating a streak from Oct. 27 to Nov. 5. Hamilton is now three points up on second-place Manitoba in the North Division race.

Scoring Summary:
1st Period:
1. HAM – Ben Maxwell – 9 (Alexander Avtsin) – 12:06

2nd Period:
2. ADK – Stefan Legein – 4 (Kevin Marshall) – 5:40
3. ADK – J.P. Testwuide – 1 (Cullen Eddy) – 11:12
4. ADK – Eric Wellwood – 10 (Mike Testwuide, Jonathon Kalinski) – 13:10

3rd Period:
5. HAM – Kyle Klubertanz – 6 (Ben Maxwell) – 13:39
6. HAM – Hunter Bishop – 2 (Gabriel Dumont, Frederic St. Denis) – 15:06

Overtime:
No Scoring

Shootout:

HAM – Aaron Palushaj – Goal                              ADK – Michael Ryan – No Goal
HAM – Hunter Bishop – No Goal                          ADK – Greg Moore – No Goal
HAM – Alexander Avtsin – No Goal                      ADK – Denis Hamel – No Goal
HAM – Dustin Boyd – Goal                                  ADK – Luke Pither – No Goal

Scoring:
Adirondack: 0-3-0-0-0—3
Hamilton: 1-0-2-0-1—4

Shots:
Adirondack: 6-7-9-2-0—24
Hamilton: 14-2-10-3-1—30

Goaltending:
Adirondack: Johan Backlund (29 shots, 26 saves)
Hamilton: Robert Mayer (24 shots, 21 saves)

Power Play:
Adirondack: 0-for-0
Hamilton: 0-for-0

Attendance: 3,877

Three Stars:
1. HAM – Aaron Palushaj (-1, 1 shot, shootout winner)
2. ADK – Eric Wellwood (1 goal, +1, 3 shots)
3. ADK – J.P. Testwuide (1 goal, +1, 1 shot)