On Monday Febuary 20th, The Belleville Bulls were feeling good and looking to give the 3276 fans that bought tickets something to Cheer about. The Erie Otters they weren't to worried about ruining the Bulls Family Day Party and that's want they did.
This is a game that Bulls Fans thought the Toro's should be able to win. Belleville started Malcolm Subban for the 7th game in a row. Erie would turn to Ramis Sadikov a 6'4" Russian goaltender and we all know how that usually turns out for the Bulls.
In the 1st Belleville was feeding off the large crowd at the yardman and testing Sadikov. But it didn't take long for the Otters to take the wind out of the sails of the Belleville Bulls at 8:09 import Sondre Olden scored his 8th from Nathan Glass and Nick Betz. Erie wasn't done Conner Brown scored 46 seconds later from Dane Fox and Jimmy McDowell. Not ready to stop , hitting the iron while its hot if you will, Kris Grant scored his 1st of the season at 9:25 from Brown. The !st period ended with the Otters scoring three goals in 1 minute and 16 seconds. Belleville was out shot 20-13 in the frame. Belleville played a good period minus that one minute 16 second stretch when Erie scored their 3 goals.
In the 2nd frame the only NHL drafted player on the Otters roster was at it again. Sondre Olden a Leafs prospect netted his 2nd of the night from Mitchell Eisenberg to give the Otters a 4-0 lead. Belleville out shot Erie 12-9, but really had nothing happening in the period.
The third had very little for the Yardman faithful to cheer about , one bright spot was when Jake Worrad beat Sadikov for his 4th to break the goose egg from rookie Alex Carnevale and Stephen Silas. but that was it for the Bulls. Erie wins 4-1 , Bulls would out shoot the Otters 42-33 in the game. The PP was 0/3 and the PK was 3/3.
3 Starts 1- Otters Ramis Sadikov 2- Otters Sondre Olden 3- Otters Conner Brown.
This is a game the Bulls needed to win and could not. All the credit goes to the Erie Otters they looked like and were the better team. The Victory was just Erie's 4th on the road and 9th over all. Belleville had played Vs the Western Conference this year going 12-6 before this game. But now the questions are back. Lets hope they get some answers by next weekend because it wont get any easier, They are in Brampton on Friday, home to London on Saturday and on the road Sunday in Peterborough. All three will be tough games.
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