Belleville Leaps in to 7th.
A visit from our old friends the Kingston Frontenacs is just what the Belleville Bulls needed to start a very important week. Every game will have playoff implications including this one. With a win the Bulls would leap in to sole possession of 7th place in the tight Eastern Conference. There was even playoff implications for the Frontenacs. After I said that, all I can hear in my head is Jim Mora saying "Playoffs ?, Playoffs ? you want to talk about playoffs ?". But with a lose in regulation the Fronts would be eliminated from playoff contention.
Kingston would start OA Import Igor Bobkov and Belleville would answer with Malcolm Subban for the 11th straight game. Scratches for the Bulls would be Jordan Subban with a lower body injury, who should return Friday night barring any set backs, Mack Lemmon , and Alex Carnevale, who for has been suspended indefinitely by the OHL for a hit on London Knights rookie Bo Horvat. Now I'm not sure what tape the powers that be are watching, all that I've seen is the hit itself, and the view from TV Cogeco, and in my opinion there was nothing wrong with that hit. Maybe I missed it, but when did clean open ice hits become suspendable ?
This game would also see the return of Carter Sandlak to the Belleville line-up, after missing 33 games with an ankle injury.
The 1st period started just the way Coach Burnett said it had to for the Bulls to be successful. They got to Igor Bobkov early. Less then a minute in at 0:48 Brendan Gaunce scored his 26th from Austen Brassard and Jason Shaw. The 1st period ended with the Bulls leading the Fronts 1-0 and out shooting Kingston 16-14. It was a good period for both teams.
The 2nd started good for Belleville as well when at 3:26 OA Adam Payrel hit Joesph Cramarossa with a pass and he netted his 13th to give the Bulls a 2-0 lead. The Visiting team would score their lone goal at 5:48 on the PP, when Trevor Mobeck tipped home a Micheal Moffat point shot for his 8th, Ryan Kujawinski had the other helper on the goal. With the Bulls leading 2-1 Jordan Mayer gave Belleville a 3-1 lead over his home town team when he scored his 16th 4 on 4 at 8:25 from Jake Worrad and Shaw. Bulls would finish their scoring at 9:52 when Brendan Gaunce with his 2nd of the night and 27th on the season from Worrad giving Belleville a 4-1 lead. In the 2nd the Bulls would out shot the Fronts 10-9.
There was no scoring in the third. Kingston would out shot Belleville 10-8 in the frame. Top prospect Malcolm Subban looked strong and held the lead at 4-1. The 3rd period was just what the Bulls needed, all of the Toro's penalties were in the first 30 minutes and they played very strong and discipline the rest of the way. Belleville was rolling four lines, making no mistakes and playing the type of game you should when you have a three goal lead. Belleville out shot the Fronts 34-33 in the game. Bulls PP was 0/2 and the PK was 4/5. Attendance: 2132
3 Stars: 1- Bulls Brendan Gaunce 2- Bulls Jason Shaw 3- Bulls Jake Worrad
Gaunce had 2 goals, and has scored in back 2 back games, Jason Shaw had two helpers and always plays well against the team that cut him in training camp. Jake Worrad had two helpers on the night as well and has really come in to his own in the last 4 games.
Belleville will travel to Mississauga on Friday night for a game Vs the St. Michael's Majors.
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