21-4 Win In Home Opener
It was Halton Hills Minor Lacrosse Family Fun Night as the Jr. B Bulldogs kicked off the home portion of their 2015 schedule with a 21-4 win over the Orillia Kings on Saturday night at Alcott Arena.
The ‘Dogs generated a high volume of shots in the early going, but were unable to get the ball to drop, scoring just twice in the first 19 minutes of the first period. With the score 2-1, the ‘Dogs scored a pair of goals in the final 49 seconds of the period, just 23 seconds apart to lead 4-1 after the first period.
Campbell Parker scored just 21 seconds into the second period and Halton Hills was off to the races. In total, the home side scored 11 times in the second period while surrendering just 3 goals in the frame. Jesse Oliver scored with just a second left in the period to cap the offensive outburst and give Halton Hills a 15-4 lead heading to the final 20 minutes.
The third period was more of the same. The ‘Dogs blanked Orillia in the third period and held the Kings off the scoresheet for 22:21 overall when things were said and done. Another 6 Bulldog tallies gave the Halton Hills fans even more to cheer about as their beloved Doggies came out on top.
Connor Brown played his first game with the ‘Dogs since 2013 and picked up right where he left off. Brown figured in on each of the first six Halton Hills goals and finished the night with a game-high 7 goals and 6 assists for 13 points.
A big thank you goes out to Halton Hills Minor Lacrosse President Blaine McCauley, executive members Barb Clare, Lisa Dobis and their countless number of volunteers for putting in the time to make HHMLA Family Fun Night a huge success. Another thank you to all the sponsors for donating prizes for the raffles.
The Halton Hills Bulldogs have a busy week coming up with a pair of midweek road games on the agenda. Tuesday night, the ‘Dogs will travel to Newmarket to face the Saints at 8pm at Ray Twinney Arena. On Wednesday night, the Bulldogs will face the Tomahawks of Mississauga at Port Credit Arena. The two teams will do it all again on Saturday, May 9th as the Tomahawks will be the Bulldogs next home opponent to wrap up an active week on the OJBLL schedule.
Fans wishing to watch Saturday night’s win over Orillia can do so on TVCOGECO Sunday afternoon at 3pm and again Sunday evening at 10:30pm. The game will also replay several times this week, check tvcogeco.com for more information be sure to follow them on Twitter at @TVCHalton.
NOTES: The ‘Dogs were 6 for 8 on the powerplay and held Orillia to no goals on 10 powerplay chances. Halton Hills did however surrender one shorthanded goal… The alumni were out in full force once again and former ‘Dogs goaltender Dustin Hanzelka even suited up in full gear to take shots from Halton Hills Minor Lacrosse players during the first intermission… Bulldog Cory Highfield was named to the America East All-Rookie Team last week after a great freshman season at UMass-Lowell. Both he and Adam Charalambides (Rutgers) are expected back from school in a few weeks.