The Bulldogs closed out their weekend at the TD Civic Centre on Sunday afternoon, welcoming the Niagara IceDogs to town while also celebrating the Bulldogs hockey moms.
The IceDogs were the first to find the scoresheet at 2:57, taking a 1-0 lead. Breaking out of their zone, Blake Barnes found Haoxi Wang, who had Jacob Monks alongside him but elected to take the shot himself, sneaking it past Ryerson Leenders for his fifth of the season. The Bulldogs wasted little time responding, evening the score at 5:24. Charlie Paquette connected with Zack Sandhu, who rifled a shot top shelf for his third of the season. Brantford looked to grab their first lead shortly after when Ben Danford teed up a drive from the blue line with Gabriel Frasca stationed out front, but his tip attempt was denied by IceDogs netminder Charlie Robertson. Going the other way, the visitors headed to the man advantage where Ryerson Edgar fired a drive, but Leenders came up with the stop. Caleb Malhotra was sent to the box, giving the IceDogs a 4-on-3 power-play opportunity for 1:14. Riley Patterson fired a drive from the left circle with Hayden Reid stationed out front looking for the tip, but Ryerson Leenders kicked it aside to keep the game even. After 20 minutes, both teams headed down the tunnel tied 1-1, with the IceDogs holding a 13-7 advantage on the shot clock.
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Story by Mikayla Grimes
