Brantford Bulldogs entered a delayed Game 4 at the Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens in North Bay on Wednesday evening with an opportunity to record their second straight sweep of the 2026 OHL Playoffs, holding a commanding 3-0 series following Ben Danford’s double overtime heroics in Game 3.
The Bulldogs received the services of defenseman Vladimir Dravecky back into the lineup while David Egorov made his first start of the 2026 OHL post-season in the potential eliminator. Egorov was good early for the Bulldogs stopping a pair of from Parker Vaughan & Ryder Carey at close range to give the Bulldogs a boost. The Bulldogs responded at 7:11 with Luca Testa off the right wing wall feeding on for Adam Benak who sent Gabriel Frasca down the middle of the ice to notch his 2nd of the post-season and give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Just 20-seconds later, Owen Protz tossed the puck low for Jake O’Brien curling around the back of the North Bay net and with a quick glance over his shoulder fed a perfect pass to the top of the slot for Adam Jiricek to gather and rocket in his 5th of the post season at 7:31 for a 2-0 lead. Continuing on the front foot the Bulldogs tripled the lead at 13:44 with a great fourth line possession shift that led to Adam Jiricek feeding Parker Holmes who hammer a shot off the underside of the front crossbar that bounced in the crease, off Mike McIvor and over the goal line for his 1st OHL playoff goal and a 3-0 Bulldogs lead. Before the frame was out the Battalion pulled one back with Owen Protz throwing a green light hit on Evgeny Dubrovtsev but the puck rolled onto Ryder Carey who beat Egorov glove side from the outside of the left circle for his 2nd of the playoffs cutting the lead to 3-1 at 17:08.
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Story by Reed Duthie
