The Brantford Bulldogs returned to the TD Civic Centre on Wednesday night for a matchup against the Brampton Steelheads.
The Steelheads generated an early opportunity as Julian DeMiglio tried to walk in, but Ryerson Leenders flashed the glove to make the save. Brantford answered quickly, with Cooper Dennis pushing the pace the other way in search of the game’s opening goal, only to be denied by Steelheads netminder Luke Johnson. Brantford’s persistence paid off at 7:28 when they opened the scoring. Jett Luchanko connected with Zackary Sandhu down low, and Sandhu hammered home his first goal of the season, and first as a Bulldog, to give the home side a 1-0 lead. Brampton earned the game’s first power-play opportunity and looked to respond. Kieran Witkowski attempted to cut in on Leenders, but the Bulldogs goaltender kicked out the blocker to keep the Steelheads off the board. The man advantage was cut short, leading to 4-on-4 action, and Brantford capitalized. At 14:37, Caleb Malhotra found Adam Jiricek on the doorstep, and the defenceman jammed home his 14th of the season to double the Bulldogs’ lead to 2-0, which they took down the tunnel after 20.
For the rest of the full game recap, check out the Bulldogs Web site.
Story by Mikayla Grimes
