After losing three straight one-goal decisions, he Hamilton Bulldogs erupted for seven straight goals period and went on to an 8-1 win over the Houston Aeros in game four of the AHL Western Conference final.  The Aeros still lead the series three games to one with another game scheduled for Copps Coliseum in Hamilton on Friday.  If necessary, the final two games of the series will be played in Houston.

The line of Dustin Boyd, Nigel Dawes and Aaron Palushaj accounted for five of the goals. Boyd led the attack with two goals and two assists.  Dawes scored his team-leading 11^th and 12^th playoff goals and Palushaj had a goal and two assists.  Also scoring for Hamilton were Ryan Russell (shorthanded), Gabriel Dumont and J.T. Wyman.

The Bulldogs outshot Houston 40-15.  Drew MacIntyre, making his 38^th consecutive start in the Bulldogs net.  In seventeen playoff game, he has a 1.78 goals against average and a .933 save percentage.  He is the leading goaltender among those remaining in the playoffs and second in both GAA and save percentage overall.

 

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 – Copps Coliseum

Houston 1 0 0 – 1
Hamilton 3 3 2 – 8

1st Period-

1, Hamilton, Russell 6   1:03 (SH).

2, Houston, Wellman 3 (Spurgeon, Scandella), 2:25 (PP).

3, Hamilton, Palushaj 5 (Klubertanz), 15:09.

4, Hamilton, Dumont 6 (White), 19:34.

Penalties-Dawes Ham (high-sticking), 0:55; Boyd Ham (boarding), 4:10; Henry Ham (charging), 7:33; Almond Hou (slashing), 10:11; White Ham (misconduct – unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:34.

2nd Period-

5, Hamilton, Wyman 3 (White, Engqvist), 13:05.

6, Hamilton, Boyd 2 (Henry), 13:36.

7, Hamilton, Dawes 11 (Boyd, Klubertanz), 14:53.

Penalties-Gillies Hou (major – boarding), 4:02; White Ham (delay of game), 10:56; DiSalvatore Hou (elbowing), 17:47; Falk Hou (fighting), 19:10; White Ham (instigating, fighting, misconduct), 19:10.

3rd Period-

8, Hamilton, Boyd 3 (Palushaj, Carle), 11:48.

9, Hamilton, Dawes 12 (Palushaj, Boyd), 18:59 (PP).

Penalties-Kassian Hou (roughing), 15:32; Conboy Ham (roughing), 15:32; Spurgeon Hou (roughing), 17:11; Bagnall Hou (roughing), 18:06.

Shots on Goal-Houston 6-5-4-15. Hamilton 14-11-15-40.
Power Play Opportunities-Houston 1 / 5; Hamilton 1 / 5.
Goalies-Houston, Hackett 11-3-0 (22 shots-17 saves); Tordjman 0-0-0 (18 shots-15 saves). Hamilton, MacIntyre 8-8-0 (15 shots-14 saves).
A-2,859
Referees-Terry Koharski (10), Marcus Vinnerborg (45).
Linesmen-Mike Hamilton (60), Jesse Wilmot (19).

 

Bulldogs Individual Playoff Statistics

#	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SHG	SOG	SH%
19	Nigel Dawes	17	12	6	18	4	8	6	0	61	19.7
28	Aaron Palushaj	16	5	11	16	3	14	3	0	47	10.6
17	Dustin Boyd	17	3	9	12	2	10	0	0	49	6.1
15	Kyle Klubertanz	17	0	10	10	1	18	0	0	23	0.0
40	Gabriel Dumont	17	6	2	8	1	6	1	0	41	14.6
20	Ryan Russell	17	6	2	8	5	0	0	1	41	14.6
72	Mathieu Carle	16	2	6	8	6	6	1	0	23	8.7
10	J.T. Wyman	17	3	4	7	8	6	0	1	37	8.1
22	Andreas Engqvist	17	2	5	7	9	0	0	0	26	7.7
32	Frederic St. Denis	17	1	6	7	10	6	1	0	37	2.7
25	Ryan White	10	2	4	6	6	35	1	0	23	8.7
44	Jimmy Bonneau	15	1	2	3	0	16	0	0	6	16.7
4	Brendon Nash	16	0	3	3	2	12	0	0	15	0.0
12	Andrew Conboy	17	0	3	3	0	32	0	0	40	0.0
5	Alex Henry	17	0	3	3	1	32	0	0	21	0.0
24	Ian Schultz	15	2	0	2	-4	15	0	0	10	20.0
18	Dany Masse	17	0	2	2	-5	6	0	0	10	0.0
14	Olivier Fortier	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
54	Joe Stejskal	4	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	3	33.3
21	Paul Zanette	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
26	Alexander Avtsin	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0.0
85	Neil Petruic	16	0	1	1	3	8	0	0	13	0.0
31	Drew MacIntyre	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
	BENCH	17	0				2			0
	TOTALS	17	48	80	128	52	236	14	2	539	0.089

 

#	Goalies	GP	Mins	W	L	SL	SO	GA	GAA	SVS	SV%
31	Drew MacIntyre	17	1081	9	8	0	1	32	1.78	443	0.933
	TOTALS	17	1081	9	8	0	1	32	1.78	443	0.933