MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -Austin, TX – The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Texas Stars 2-1 in a shootout on Saturday night. With the win, the ‘Dogs extended their point streak to eight games and remain the only team in the AHL that has yet to suffer a regulation loss.

Mathieu Darche opened the game’s scoring at 13:04 of the first frame. Mathieu Carle fired a shot that was saved by Texas starting goaltender Matt Climie. Darche batted the puck out of mid-air and into the back of the net.ADVERTISEMENT

The Stars tied the game 1-1 at 17:41 while on a 5-on-3 power play. Garrett Stafford received the puck from Mathieu Beaudoin before blasting a shot from the point. The puck sailed past Hamilton starting goaltender Curtis Sanford and into the net. 

Neither team could score in the extra period, which sent the game into a shootout. Tom Pyatt and Mathieu Darche scored for Hamilton while Sanford stopped four of five shooters to lead the 'Dogs to victory. 

The Bulldogs end their three-game road trip in Houston when they battle the Aeros on Tuesday, October 27th at 8:05 p.m. EST. Fans can listen to every ‘Dogs game on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, TALK 820. Fans can also listen or watch at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com by clicking on the ‘AHL Live’ or ‘TALK 820’ icons on the Bulldogs website.

Tickets for all Hamilton Bulldogs home games (with the exception of the November 6th and February 21st games at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec) are available at the Copps Coliseum Box Office, any Ticketmaster Outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.ca or through charge-by-phone at 905-527-7666.  For more information on ‘Dogs season tickets, flex packs, mini packs and group tickets call 905-529-8500 or visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.

Scoring Summary:

1st Period:
1. HAM – Mathieu Darche – 5 (Mathieu Carle, Ben Maxwell) – 13:04

2nd Period:
2. TEX – Garrett Stafford – 2 (Mathieu Beaudoin, Aaron Gagnon) – 17:41 (PP)

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Overtime:
No Scoring

Shootout:

Hamilton                Texas
Brock Trotter – No Goal         Ivan Vishnevskiy – Goal
Matheiu Darche – Goal           Greg Rallo – No Goal
Tom Pyatt – Goal                Aaron Gagnon – No Goal
Mike Glumac – No Goal           Andrew Hutchinson – No Goal
Ben Maxwell – No Goal           Sergei Korostin – No Goal      

Scoring:
Hamilton: 1-0-0-0-1--2
Texas: 0-1-0-0-0--1

Shots:
Hamilton: 17-6–11-4-1– 38
Texas: 4-11-7-3-0 – 25 

Goaltending:
Hamilton: Curtis Sanford (25 shots, 24 saves)
Texas: Matt Climie (38 shots, 37 saves)

Power Play:
Hamilton: 0-for-5
Texas: 1-for-4

Attendance: 4,466

Three Stars:
1. HAM- Tom Pyatt (1 shot, shootout winner)
2. TEX- Garrett Stafford (1 goal, -1, 5 shots)
3. TEX- Francis Wathier (4 shots)

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