The Bulldogs Hall of Fame saw its creation on Friday at TD Civic Centre in a night to honour & celebrate former owner Michael Andlauer and his incredible contributions from the past two-plus decades as the inaugural inductee. With speakers for the ceremony including OHL Commissioner Bryan Crawford, Bulldogs owner & governor Stu Hyman, former Bulldogs General Manager & current Belleville Senators General Manager Matt Turek & former Bulldogs President & General Manager & current Ottawa Senators President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Steve Staios speaking, with video messages from every former Bulldogs captain and 2007 Calder Cup Champion Carey Price, and past Bulldogs staff alumni including former Bulldogs Head Coach & current Toronto Marlies Head Coach John Gruden & former Bulldogs Assistant Coach & current Edmonton Oilers Development Coach Andreas Karlssson returning, the ceremony set the stage for a great night in Brantford.
Looking to spoil the party in the Bulldogs inaugural Hall of Fame Game, the Oshawa Generals got off to a quick start. After Artem Frolov’s shot attempt bounced off the kickplate on the end wall and shot back to the front of David Egorov’s net, Onni Kalto arrived to bat in his 13th of the season at 1:48 to take the 1-0 advantage. The Bulldogs didn’t take long to respond with Caleb Malhotra winning an offensive zone draw to Cooper Dennis who carried the puck out high and delivered it to Zack Sandhu off the right point to launch a rocket through Matthew Humphries for his 2nd of the season tying the game 1-1 at 5:29. Matthew Humphries was called upon several times in the opening frame to keep the game knotted including denying a Marek Vanacker one-timer at the side of the Generals net to keep the proceedings level to the 1st intermission.
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Story by Reed Duthie
