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The Halton Hills Jr B Bulldogs couldn't have had a more successful opening to the 2010 exhibition season.  Three wins all against Western Conference teams, including the Six Nations Rebels.

The first game of the day at 10am saw the Dogs matchup against the Sarnia Pacers.  The two teams battled hard in the early going as Jordan Dance scored the only goal of the first period giving the Dogs a 1-0 edge through one period.

The Dogs would eventually build a 4-0 lead before Sarnia scored their first goal.  The Dogs scoring was rounded out by a beautiful shot from Tyler Ferriera on the powerplay.   Halton Hills wins the opener 5-1.  Ryan Kelly played the full 45 minutes for the win.

After one game playing together, it was evident there was more chemistry on offence in the second game of the day at 2pm against Hamilton.  This game was all Dogs from the opening face-off.

Dustin Hanzelka was perfect between the pipes for the Dogs not allowing a single goal in the Dogs 8-0 shutout of the Hamilton Bengals.

After a lengthy 5 hour break, the Dogs were back on the floor.  The opponent was the Six Nations Rebels.  The Rebels of course were the team that ended the Dogs Founders Cup dream in 2008 in the Ontario Finals and this was the first meeting since that great series 2 years ago.

Shane Scott opened the scoring with a power play strike less than five minutes into the first period.  Moments later, Patrick Miles won a foot race for the ball while the Dogs were short a man.  Miles beat made a quick fake and then buried on top of the crease to give the Dogs a 2-0 lead.  Six Nations would get on the board before the end of the period to make it 2-1 at the end of one period.  The Rebels held the edge in shots 12-7.

The Rebels tied the score 2-2 in the early part of the second period and were now building a decisive edge in shots on goal.  Dustin Hanzelka stopped 17 of the 19 shots he faced through 22:30 of work.  Ryan Kelly came in at the midway point of the game to finish out the contest.

The Dogs received a 6 minute check from behind penalty and a 3 minute high sticking penalty with 5 minutes left in the second period.  To put this in perspective, the Dogs could be short for 9 of the final 20 minutes of the game.  Each period was 15 minutes of running time, for that reason a minor penalty was 3 minutes, double minor 6 minutes and a major was 7 minutes.

The Dogs penalty kill and the goaltending of Ryan Kelly were superb over that stretch and set the table to give the Dogs a chance to pull the game out late.

Late in the third period, Shayne Snider buried a shot from 25 feet out.  From there the Dogs relied on goaltender Ryan Kelly along with some well managed possessions down the stretch to hold on for a 3-2 win. 

Kelly stopped all 16 shots he faced as the Dogs were outshot 35-15 for the game.

The Dogs have cancelled their Sunday workout at Rink City.  The Dogs will resume training camp on Thursday, April 1 at 8pm at Georgetown's Memorial Arena.

Saturday, September 10 the Dogs will participate in the annual Spartan tournament in St. Catharines.  After that, the Dogs will head to Orangeville to face the Northmen on Thursday, April 15 at 8pm.

Thanks to all those who followed on Twitter Saturday in Six Nations.  Here's a look at a couple of the quick vids that were posted on Twitvid.

Shane Scott PP goal vs Hamilton - http://twitvid.com/5B861

Jake Harding PP goal vs Sarnia - http://twitvid.com/4933C