With injuries to centremen Scott Gomez and Tomas Plekanec there will be three or four Hamilton Bulldogs forwards who will get special attention when the Canadiens open their  training camp on Saturday.   Among them, Gabriel  Dumont, who is also a centre, is going to get much more than  a second look from the coaching staff.

40-Gabriel Dumont – Hamilton Bulldogs

Dumont scored the game winning goal with forty-eight seconds remaining as the Bulldogs edged the Toronto Marlies 2-1 Tuesday night at Copps Coliseum. It was Dumont’s  team-leading eleventh goal of his AHL season.   He  also leads the team in points with 21.

Dumont has six goals and three assists his last four home games.

Patrick Holland also scored for Hamilton.

Robert Mayer, making a third consecutive start, faced 24 shots to  get credit for the win.  He has four wins and two shootout losses in his last six starts.

The Bulldogs have now taken five of a possible six points over the last three games; two wins and a shootout loss.

Nazem Kadri scored for the Marlies.

(Box Score & Team Statistics Below)

The Bulldogs’ next game is against the Americans in  Rochester at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, January 11.

Notes -

……Scratches -  Greg Pateryn (elbow fracture);  Olivier Fortier (lower body), Joonas Nattinen, Aaron Palushaj (shoulder), Blake Geoffrion (skull fracture)  Joonas Nattinen,(undisclosed)   Healthy - Alexander Avtsin., Antoine Corbin, Joe Stejskal, Joey Tenute,

……Dumont’s scoring breakthrough started December 29th when he completed his first-career hat trick and added two assists for a career-high five points in a 6-3 win over St. John’s.   He was the first member of the Bulldogs to score more than three points in a game this season.

….. Centre Daultan Leveille made his AHL debut, one day after being recalled from the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. A 22-year-old St. Catharines native, Leveille had four goals and three assists for seven points in 25 games with the Nailers

……The Bulldogs are 3-4-1 this season against Toronto, all three wins have been at home.

……The Bulldogs signed Joey Tenute, a centre, to a Professional Tryout earlier Tuesday

Toronto Marlies 1 at Hamilton Bulldogs 2 
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 – Copps Coliseum

Toronto 0 1 0 – 1
Hamilton 0 1 1 – 2

1st Period-

No Scoring.

Penalties-Acton Tor (goaltender interference), 2:22; Hagel Ham (roughing, roughing), 2:22; Ellis Ham (hooking), 4:51; Quailer Ham (interference), 13:31.

2nd Period-

1, Toronto, Kadri 8 (D’Amigo), 9:18.

2, Hamilton, Holland 5 (Blunden, DeSantis), 19:59.

Penalties-Ranger Tor (tripping), 0:49; Deschamps Tor (high-sticking), 3:55; Ellis Ham (cross-checking), 11:27; Commodore Ham (elbowing), 12:36; Deschamps Tor (roughing), 17:56.

3rd Period-

3, Hamilton, Dumont 11   19:12.

Penalties-served by Stortini Ham (bench minor – too many men), 8:51; Scott Tor (roughing), 12:27; Hagel Ham (holding), 15:39.

Shots on Goal-Toronto 8-10-6-24. Hamilton 14-11-13-38.
Power Play Opportunities-Toronto 0 / 7; Hamilton 0 / 4.
Goalies-Toronto, Rynnas 5-2-1 (38 shots-36 saves). Hamilton, Mayer 8-7-3 (24 shots-23 saves).
A-4,538
Referees-Trent Knorr (44), Kendrick Nicholson (48).
Linesmen-Kevin Hastings (61), Jesse Wilmot (19).

Hamilton Bulldogs 2012-13 Individual Stats

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