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November 1st

The Hamilton Bulldogs open up the month of November with a road game against Laval Rocket. The battle of the Quebec parent clubs. Kyle Gajewski will get the start in goal

Hamilton Bulldogs (4-5-2) @ Laval Rocket (5-5-2)

Julian Talbot (5) (Swift, Holden) PP 1-0 03:03
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (6) (Williams) PP 2-0 18:19
Julian Talbot (6) (Vandermeer, Holden) PP 3-0 24:38
Gary Williams (5) (Hennes, Stamler) 4-3 55:17

5-4 OTL

Gajewski 23 of 28 saves; Modig 2 of 2 saves

November 2nd

Cory Morgan was reassigned back to Hamilton

November 4th

Hamilton Bulldogs (4-5-3) @ Utica Comets (7-2-1)

Wes Mason (1) (Morgan, Talbot) PP 1-0 02:56
Bretton Stamler (2) (Swift) PP 2-2 20:41
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (7) (Manson, Mason) 3-4 57:49

Final: 4-3 L

Wes Mason 1st star 1g 1a; Mattias Modig 43 of 47 saves

November 5th

Hamilton Bulldogs return home to take on the Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Lehigh Valley Phantoms (4-8-2) @ (4-6-3)

Julian Talbot (7) (Morgan, Holden) PP 1-0 08:15
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (8) (Starling, Stamler) PP 2-0 18:41
Mark Lee (5) (Hennes) 3-0 21:08
Bretton Stamler (3) (Lee, Swift) PP 4-0 32:41
Wes Mason (2) (Talbot, Morgan) EN 5-3

Final: 5-3 W

Gajewski 26 of 29 saves; Modig 1 of 1 saves

November 6th

Quebec has reassigned Cory Murphy to the Hamilton Bulldogs. The 31 yr old defenseman had 1g 2a 3pts -2 9 PIM 15 SOG 6.7 Sh % and 6.71 AvR in 14 games. Finally got my cannon on the PP

The Quebec NHL squad also reassigned Brandan Buckley. In 11 games with Quebec he had 0g 1a 1pt -5 16 PIM 1 SOG 0.00 Sh % for a 6.18 AvR.

With 2 Vet dman sent down Hamilton has reassigned Chad Starling to Cincinnati. In 14gp he 1g 7a 8pts -13 16 PIM 7 SOG 14.3 Sh % 6.14 AVR

November 8th

Cory Murphy has cleared waivers and will be making his debut today for the Bulldogs against the Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse Crunch (2-13-0) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (5-6-3)

Wes Mason (3) (Morgan, Lee) 1-0 07:17
Wes Mason (4) (Vandermeer, Murphy) PP 2-0 18:17

Final: 2-1 W

Gajewski 22 of 23 saves

1st Star: Wes Mason (Hamilton) 2g
2nd Star: N. Milley (Syracuse) 1a
3rd star: Adam Henrich (Syracuse) 1g

Stats:
Shots: SYR 23 – HAM 28
Shots Blocked: SYR 21 – HAM 12
PP: SYR 0 for 1 – HAM 1 for 6
PIM: SYR 27 – HAM 7
Hits: SYR 44 – HAM 12
FO Won: SYR 44.4 % - HAM 55.6 %

After the game Brendan Buckley has cleared waivers

November 12th

Quebec has placed on Waivers Steve Gainey in the intentions of reassigning him to

We are back in Lehigh Valley to take on the Phantoms

Hamilton Bulldogs (6-6-3) @ Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Talbot (8) (Swift, Stamler) 1-0 03:52
Lee (6) (Holden, Bickley) PP 2-0 19:41
Talbot (9) (Vandermeer, Mason) PP 3-3 39:47
Hennes (4) (Williams, Murphy) 4-3

Final: 7-4 L

Gajewski 22 of 28 saves

November 13th

We continue our road trip as we take on the Bruins in Providence. Mattias Modig will get the start in goal.

Hamilton Bulldogs (6-7-3) @ Providence Bruins (12-5-1)

Mason (5) (Talbot, Morgan) PP 1-0 27:33
Williams (6) (Picard-Hooper, Manson) 2-4 52:26

Final: 5-2 L

Due to 5 Pro limit we have reassigned Joe Vandermeer to Cincinnati. In 11 games with the Bulldogs he has 0g 5a 5pts -20 0 PIM 14 SOG 5.91 AvR

November 14th

Steve Gainey has cleared waivers and will appear in our next game

November 16th

We have returned home to play our long time arch rivals of the AHL Rochester Americans (Buffalo AHL). Steve Gainey will be making his Bulldogs debut and Kyle Gajewski will be making his return in goal.

Rochester Americans (7-11-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (6-8-3)

Talbot (10) (Mason) 1-0 04:06
Morgan (5) (Mason, Murphy) PP 2-1 11:00
Swift (5) (Williams) 3-2 13:10
Picard-Hooper (9) (Hennes, Swift) 4-3 37:05
Lee (7) (Hennes, Manson) 5-3 44:07

Final: 5-3 W
Gajewski 20 of 23 saves

November 18th

Brett Maxwell is going to be returning next week on the 25th of November and will miss the next 4 games

Today the Hamilton Bulldogs are on the road against Hartford Wolf Pack. Kyle Gawejski will get the start in goal.

Hamilton Bulldogs (7-8-3) @ Hartford Wolf Pack (15-4-0)

Murphy (1) (Talbot, Mason) PP 1-1 21:44
Holden (2) (Picard-Hooper) PP 2-1 23:32
Picard-Hooper (10) (Lee) 3-2 36:07
Lee (8) (Buckley) 4-4 44:52

Hamilton:
Murphy: Miss
Talbot: Miss
Morgan: Miss

0 for 3

Hartford:
Pikkarainen: Goal
Lampman: Miss

Final: 5-4 SOL

Gawejski 41 of 45 saves

November 19th

We head home to take on the Ottawa Senators AHL team the Belleville Senators

Belleville Senators (7-9-1)) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (7-8-4)

Swift (6) (Holden, Lee) 1-0 09:48
Williams (7) (Gainey, Stamler) 2-0 15:14
Morgan (6) (Holden, Hennes) 3-0 15:46
Williams (8) (Swift, Gainey) 4-1 41:10

Final: 4-3 W

Gajewski 23 of 26 saves

Syracuse Crunch has fired former Hamilton Bulldogs scout Steve Konowalchuk as HC. As HC of the Crunch Konowalchuk had a record of 2-17-1

Hamilton Bulldogs have released Chad Starling from Contract

November 22nd

Hamilton is on the road in Bridgeport to take on the Sound Tigers

Hamilton Bulldogs @ Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Williams (9) (Gainey, Buckley) 1-2 32:30
Lee (9) (Muephy, Maxwell) 2-2 34:56
Swift (7) (unassisted) 3-2 37:19

Final: 5-3 L

Gajewski 29 of 33 saves

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton have fired their HC Hunter Boehm. During the tenure he had a record of 41-51-3

Ty Hennes suffered a twisted knee and will be out of action for 2 weeks

November 24th

The Hamilton Bulldogs finish out their road trip with a road game in Syracuse against the Crunch

Hamilton Bulldogs @ Syracuse Crunch

Williams (10) (Gainey, Swift) 1-2 18:18
Maxwell (8) (Picard-Hooper, D'Avino 2-2 28:41
Talbot (11) (Morgan, Lee) 3-3 42:58

Shootout:

Hamilton:
Murphy: Miss
Talbot: Goal
Morgan: Goal

2 for 3

Syracure:
Hrdel: Goal
Kvapil: Miss
Tarnasky: Miss

1 for 3

Final: 4-3 SOW

Mattias Modig 21 of 24 saves

Brendan Buckley will be out of action for 3 months after suffering a torn ACL

November 26th

AHL Player of the Week: Texas's BJ Crombeen 2gp 1g 5a 6pts

Hamilton Bulldogs are at home to take on the Colorado Eagles. Kyle Gajewski makes his return in goal and Ray Schultz makes his deubt

Colorado Eagles (11-12-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (9-9-4)

Morgan (7) (Murphy, Talbot) 1-0 06:25
Picard-Hooper (11) (Lee, Murphy) PP 2-1 10:12

Final: 4-2 L

Gajewski 29 of 33 saves

Quebec has reassigned Mathieu Biron another Vet down to our club after the game. It's 48 hour wait before he can dress for us

November 28th

The Hamilton Bulldogs plays baby Sharks as San Jose Barracuda

San Jose Barracuda (10-9-5) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (9-10-4)

Gainey (1) (Morgan, Mason) 1-0 02:46
Holden (3) (Swift, Lee) PP 2-0 16:21
Lee (10) (D'Avino) 3-1 31:39
Swift (8) (Gainey, Manson) EN 4-1 58:52

Final: 4-1 W

Gajewski made 22 of 23 saves

November 30th

We finish the month of November off with a road game against our QEW Archi Rivals Toronto Marlies.

Ray Schultz will be a healthy scratch as Mahtieu Biron makes his Bulldogs debut

Hamilton Bulldogs (10-10-4) @ Toronto Marlies (12-7-3)

Talbot (11) (Morgan, Mason) 1-0 2:18
Morgan (8) (C. Murphy, Talbot) 2-0 08:29
Picard-Hooper (12) (Holden, Swift) 3-0 14:30
Gainey (2) (Williams, Murphy) 4-0 20:47
Biron (1) (Morgan, Talbot) PP 5-0 30:57
Gainey (3) (Williams, Murphy) 6-0 32:50
Lee (11) (Picard-Hooper) PP 7-1 59:12

Final: 7-1 W

Gajewski 20 of 21 saves

Month of November in Review

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2007-08 Tables
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Standings

Pos Team GP W L L O-SL Pct GF GA Pts
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1st Providence 27 20 5 5 5 0.778 115 76 42
2nd Utica 23 15 7 7 7 0.674 67 61 31
3rd Hartford 26 19 7 7 7 0.731 103 76 38
4th Bridgeport 26 17 7 7 7 0.692 105 76 36
5th Springfield 24 13 8 8 8 0.604 78 77 29
6th Laval 25 13 9 9 9 0.580 73 64 29
7th Hershey 22 12 6 6 6 0.636 72 69 28
8th Toronto 23 12 8 8 8 0.587 72 73 27
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9th Charlotte 23 12 9 9 9 0.565 80 69 26
10th Hamilton 25 11 10 10 10 0.520 93 101 26
11th Lehigh 27 11 13 13 13 0.463 78 86 25
12th Belleville 23 10 12 12 12 0.457 66 61 21
13th Rochester 25 9 14 14 14 0.400 63 84 20
14th Binghamton 24 7 12 12 12 0.396 68 93 19
15th Syracuse 25 5 19 19 19 0.220 60 104 11
16th Wilkes-Barre-Scranton 27 4 21 21 21 0.185 54 121 10


Standings

Pos Team GP W L L O-SL Pct GF GA Pts
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1st Cleveland 26 21 4 4 4 0.827 95 62 43
2nd San Diego 27 19 5 5 5 0.759 105 63 41
3rd Rockford 26 18 4 4 4 0.769 124 76 40
4th Ontario 26 16 8 8 8 0.654 101 85 34
5th Tucson 26 16 8 8 8 0.654 94 78 34
6th Grand Rapids 26 15 8 8 8 0.635 102 99 33
7th San Antonio 28 14 11 11 11 0.554 94 88 31
8th Texas 25 14 9 9 9 0.600 83 80 30
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9th Milwaukee 24 13 10 10 10 0.563 88 75 27
10th San Jose 26 11 10 10 10 0.519 78 84 27
11th Stockton 27 13 14 14 14 0.481 72 83 26
12th Colorado 28 12 14 14 14 0.464 88 100 26
13th Bakersfield 27 10 12 12 12 0.463 79 94 25
14th Chicago 22 10 10 10 10 0.500 65 71 22
15th Manitoba 25 7 16 16 16 0.320 64 111 16
16th Iowa 26 6 19 19 19 0.250 58 97 13



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2007-08 Goals
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Pos Player Team GP G
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1st Gabe Gauthier Ontario 26 19
2nd Jeff Hoggan Providence 27 19
3rd Tony Salmelainen Rockford 25 17
4th Carl Soderberg San Antonio 28 17
5th Martins Karsums Providence 24 17
6th Luciano Aquino Bridgeport 26 16
7th Matt Murley Colorado 28 15
8th Brandon Yip Colorado 28 15
9th Mark Hartigan Cleveland 19 15
10th Viktor Aleksandrov San Antonio 28 15
11th Kenndal McArdle Springfield 24 15
12th Martin St. Pierre Rockford 24 14
13th Stephen Werner Hershey 22 14
14th Troy Bodie Bakersfield 27 14
15th Bjorn Melin San Diego 27 14
16th Curtis Glencross San Diego 27 14
17th John Lammers Texas 25 14
18th Peter Regin Belleville 23 14
19th Hugh Jessiman Hartford 25 14
20th Mark Mancari Rochester 22 14
21st Paul Brown Milwaukee 19 14
22nd Petr Kalus Providence 24 13
23rd Patrick Fischer Tucson 26 13
24th Petr Vrana Binghamton 24 13
25th David Van Der Gulik Stockton 27 13
26th Patrick Dwyer Charlotte 23 13
27th Michael Blunden Rockford 26 13
28th Steve Downie Lehigh 27 13
29th Ryan O'Marra Bridgeport 26 12
30th Martin Kariya Rockford 26 12



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2007-08 Assists
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Pos Player Team GP A
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1st Yanick Lehoux Tucson 26 23
2nd John Vigilante Milwaukee 24 22
3rd Bryce Lampman Hartford 26 22
4th Jeremy Colliton Bridgeport 26 21
5th Jesse Joensuu Bridgeport 26 21
6th Ryan O'Marra Bridgeport 26 20
7th Tyler Redenbach Providence 27 20
8th Doug Lynch San Antonio 27 20
9th Peter Harrold Ontario 26 20
10th Matt Murley Colorado 28 19
11th Ryan Oulahen Grand Rapids 26 19
12th Chris Collins Providence 27 19
13th David Desharnais Milwaukee 24 19
14th Martin St. Pierre Rockford 24 18
15th Derick Brassard Cleveland 25 18
16th Jaroslav Mrazek Bridgeport 26 18
17th Dustin Kohn Bridgeport 26 18
18th Brett Skinner San Diego 27 18
19th Janis Sprukts Springfield 24 17
20th Pascal Pelletier Providence 27 17
21st Trevor Lewis Ontario 26 17
22nd James Van Riemsdyk Lehigh 26 17
23rd James Wisniewski Rockford 26 17
24th Ryan Potulny Lehigh 27 17
25th Jeremy Swanson Springfield 24 17
26th Filip Novak Cleveland 26 17
27th Brian Salcido San Diego 27 17
28th Tony Salmelainen Rockford 25 16
29th Brandon Yip Colorado 28 16
30th Martin Kariya Rockford 26 16



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2007-08 Points
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Pos Player Team GP P
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1st Gabe Gauthier Ontario 26 34
2nd Matt Murley Colorado 28 34
3rd Tony Salmelainen Rockford 25 33
4th Martin St. Pierre Rockford 24 32
5th Ryan O'Marra Bridgeport 26 32
6th Carl Soderberg San Antonio 28 31
7th Brandon Yip Colorado 28 31
8th Jeremy Colliton Bridgeport 26 30
9th John Vigilante Milwaukee 24 30
10th Luciano Aquino Bridgeport 26 29
11th Stephen Werner Hershey 22 29
12th Jesse Joensuu Bridgeport 26 29
13th Bjorn Melin San Diego 27 28
14th Troy Bodie Bakersfield 27 28
15th Martin Kariya Rockford 26 28
16th Alexandre Picard Blue Jackets 25 28
17th Janis Sprukts Springfield 24 28
18th Tyler Redenbach Providence 27 28
19th Jeff Hoggan Providence 27 27
20th Martins Karsums Providence 24 27
21st Mark Hartigan Cleveland 19 27
22nd Viktor Aleksandrov San Antonio 28 27
23rd John Lammers Texas 25 27
24th Peter Regin Belleville 23 27
25th Curtis Glencross San Diego 27 27
26th Petr Kalus Providence 24 27
27th Patrick Fischer Tucson 26 27
28th Michal Birner San Antonio 28 27
29th Derick Brassard Cleveland 25 27
30th Chris Collins Providence 27 27



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2007-08 Average Rating
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Pos Player Team GP Av R
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1st Greg Moore Hartford 6 8.33
2nd Tony Salmelainen Rockford 25 8.24
3rd Ryan Shannon Ducks 7 8.14
4th Daniel Widing Milwaukee 15 8.07
5th Bryan Bickell Rockford 23 8.04
6th Lauri Tukonen Kings 13 8.00
7th Enver Lisin Coyotes 8 8.00
8th Mike Brown Utica 12 7.92
9th John Vigilante Milwaukee 24 7.92
10th Jaroslav Halak Canadiens 10 7.90
11th Curtis Glencross San Diego 27 7.85
12th Nick Tarnasky Syracuse 6 7.83
13th Bjorn Melin San Diego 27 7.81
14th Martin Kariya Rockford 26 7.81
15th Bryce Lampman Hartford 26 7.81
16th Luke Fritshaw Rockford 5 7.80
17th Michael Leighton San Diego 19 7.79
18th Troy Bodie Bakersfield 27 7.78
19th Luciano Aquino Bridgeport 26 7.77
20th Don MacLean Coyotes 8 7.75
21st Mark Hartigan Cleveland 19 7.74
22nd Martins Karsums Providence 24 7.71
23rd Noah Clarke Ontario 26 7.69
24th Justin Keller Syracuse 12 7.67
25th Derrick Walser Hurricanes 9 7.67
26th Petr Kalus Providence 24 7.67
27th Jarkko Immonen Hartford 15 7.67
28th Rob Globke Springfield 24 7.67
29th Jesse Joensuu Bridgeport 26 7.65
30th Jesse Schultz Utica 23 7.65



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2007-08 First Star
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Pos Player Team GP FS
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1st Tony Salmelainen Rockford 25 6
2nd Jesse Joensuu Bridgeport 26 5
3rd Derick Brassard Cleveland 25 4
4th Jeremy Colliton Bridgeport 26 4
5th B.J. Crombeen Texas 25 4
6th Alexandre Giroux Hershey 22 4
7th Mark Hartigan Cleveland 19 4
8th Jeff Hoggan Providence 27 4
9th Michael Lambert Laval 25 4
10th Jesse Schultz Utica 23 4
11th Brandon Yip Colorado 28 4
12th Petr Kalus Providence 24 4
13th Bjorn Melin San Diego 27 4
14th Noah Clarke Ontario 26 4
15th Gabe Gauthier Ontario 26 4
16th Paul Brown Milwaukee 19 3
17th Derek Dorsett Cleveland 26 3
18th Darren Helm Grand Rapids 23 3
19th Kris Hogg Charlotte 23 3
20th Martin Houle Lehigh 20 3
21st Martin Kariya Rockford 26 3
22nd John Lammers Texas 25 3
23rd Kenndal McArdle Springfield 24 3
24th Alexandre Picard Blue Jackets 25 3
25th Grant Stevenson San Jose 26 3
26th Shawn Thornton San Diego 27 3
27th Stephen Valiquette Hartford 21 3
28th Craig Weller Hartford 24 3
29th Petteri Wirtanen San Diego 27 3
30th Andrei Taratukhin Stockton 26 3