The Hamilton Bulldogs got another fine performance from goaltender Drew MacIntyre in a 4-1 win over the Lake Erie Monsters in Cleveland Friday night.

It was Hamilton’s fourth win in a row and it allowed them to leap over Lake Erie into second place in the AHL’s North Division.  The Bulldogs have points in their last six outings.

Dany Masse, Olivier Fortier, Dustin Boyd and J.T. Wyman scored for the Bulldogs.  Alexander Avtsin had two assists.

MacIntyre, who joined the Bulldogs in the trade that also brought Nigel Dawes to the Canadiens organization in return for Ben Maxwell,  has allowed just one goal in each of his last five games stopping 142 of 147 shots for a .967 save percentage.  He is now 8-5-2 in Hamilton.  Overall, MacIntyre is 7-5-2 with a .936 save percentage and a 1.99 goals against average in 14 Bulldogs games.

Dawes recorded an assist and now has 11 goals and 8 assist in thirteen games.  He is 4 and 4 his last four games.  Also riding four-game hot streaks are Aaron Palushaj with two goals and 4 assists and Dustin Boyd with two goals and three assists.
The Bulldogs will return to Copps Coliseum for their final home game of the 2010-2011 season when they the Manitoba Moose at 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

Hamilton 1 1 2 – 4
Lake Erie 0 1 0 – 1

1st Period-

1, Hamilton, Masse 3 (Bonneau, Avtsin), 14:19.

Penalties-Palushaj Ham (interference), 2:21; Mercier Le (roughing), 3:16; Wyman Ham (boarding), 4:44; St. Denis Ham (tripping), 10:01.

2nd Period-

2, Hamilton, Fortier 9 (Nash, Avtsin), 5:51.

3, Lake Erie, Walter 21 (Van der Gulik, Brouillette), 15:25.

Penalties-Conboy Ham (fighting), 0:11; Oleksy Le (fighting), 0:11; Henry Ham (cross-checking), 11:23; Talbot Le (elbowing), 16:03; Carle Ham (high-sticking), 17:02; Chouinard Le (interference), 18:15.

3rd Period-

4, Hamilton, Boyd 18 (Dawes, Palushaj), 3:49 (PP).

5, Hamilton, Wyman 18   19:19 (EN).

Penalties-Generous Le (tripping), 2:37; Grahame Le (delay of game), 6:46.

Shots on Goal-Hamilton 6-2-9-17. Lake Erie 11-8-9-28.
Power Play Opportunities-Hamilton 1 / 5; Lake Erie 0 / 5.
Goalies-Hamilton, MacIntyre 19-10-3 (28 shots-27 saves). Lake Erie, Grahame 18-10-2 (16 shots-13 saves).
A-12,407
Referees-Shaun Davis (31).
Linesmen-David Kumler (10), Ray King (55).

 

# Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH%
19 Nigel Dawes (total) 61 38 25 63 11 19 9 1 190 20.0
CHI 47 27 17 44 2 17 8 1 145 18.6
HAM 14 11 8 19 9 2 1 0 45 24.4
28 Aaron Palushaj 63 19 32 51 18 38 5 0 144 13.2
51 David Desharnais (X) 35 10 35 45 14 24 1 3 70 14.3
19 Ben Maxwell (X) 47 11 29 40 -2 32 7 0 146 7.5
10 J.T. Wyman 75 18 18 36 4 34 2 1 149 12.1
23 Max Pacioretty (X) 27 17 15 32 4 20 7 0 132 12.9
72 Mathieu Carle 67 11 18 29 18 44 4 0 116 9.5
4 Brendon Nash 70 5 24 29 18 51 3 0 82 6.1
15 Kyle Klubertanz 71 9 19 28 5 44 2 0 118 7.6
17 Dustin Boyd 42 18 8 26 7 20 7 1 133 13.5
22 Andreas Engqvist 68 10 15 25 8 18 3 0 133 7.5
12 Andrew Conboy 59 12 10 22 3 109 1 0 98 12.2
20 Ryan Russell 60 10 11 21 17 48 0 0 111 9.0
32 Frederic St. Denis 71 4 17 21 17 28 2 0 99 4.0
26 Alexander Avtsin 57 5 15 20 2 22 1 0 88 5.7
14 Olivier Fortier 63 9 10 19 0 20 5 0 91 9.9
40 Gabriel Dumont 60 5 13 18 -4 79 0 0 122 4.1
5 Alex Henry 75 1 13 14 6 96 0 0 38 2.6
7 Yannick Weber (X) 15 8 4 12 -5 10 4 0 51 15.7
25 Ryan White (X) 33 3 9 12 -5 77 1 0 61 4.9
61 Hunter Bishop 34 4 4 8 7 10 0 0 55 7.3
18 Dany Masse 31 3 5 8 1 16 0 0 35 8.6
16 David Urquhart 23 0 5 5 1 8 0 0 12 0.0
3 Brett Festerling 16 0 4 4 0 15 0 0 16 0.0
24 Ian Schultz 43 2 1 3 -6 47 0 0 53 3.8
85 Neil Petruic 48 1 2 3 3 45 0 0 37 2.7
44 Jimmy Bonneau 72 1 2 3 -9 169 0 0 29 3.4
31 Drew MacIntyre (total) 36 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
CHI 20 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
HAM 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1 Curtis Sanford 40 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.0
29 Sebastien Bisaillon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
45 Peter Delmas (X) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
21 Paul Zanette 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
54 Joe Stejskal 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0
35 Robert Mayer 21 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.0
BENCH 75 5 12 5
TOTALS 75 212 347 554 130 1146 56 5 2270 0.091

 

# Goalies GP Mins W L SL SO GA GAA SVS SV%
45 Peter Delmas (X) 2 125 1 0 1 0 4 1.92 56 0.933
1 Curtis Sanford 40 2273 22 13 2 5 73 1.93 963 0.930
31 Drew MacIntyre (total) 36 2072 19 10 3 1 86 2.49 981 0.919
CHI 20 1135 12 5 1 0 55 2.91 529 0.906
HAM 16 937 7 5 2 1 31 1.99 452 0.936
35 Robert Mayer 21 1215 9 10 2 0 62 3.06 501 0.890
TOTALS 75 4550 39 28 7 6 170 2.24 1972 0.921