In sports teams turn to their leaders when everything is on the line. Last night Vs the Peterborough Petes the Belleville Bulls turned to their leader. And he came through, pushing the hometown Bulls to a 6-5 victory over the visiting Petes.
With the victory the Bulls jump to 6th place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The loss keeps the Petes in 9th. Its really tight and the Bulls can't afford to lose to many.
- 6th - Belleville Bulls 65 Games Remaining - 5
- 7th - Oshawa Generals 64 Games Remaining - 5
- 8th - Mississauga St. Michaels Majors 63 Games Remaining - 6
- 9th - Peterborough Petes 59 Games Remaining - 4
The Bulls would start Malcolm Subban for the 15th straight game. Malcolm gave up 5 goals for the 2nd straight game, In this game he was better then he was in the Niagara game, one of the Petes goals was on a PP, an other was on a two on none. Tonight he wasn't the best we have seen him, but he made the stops when he had to. At the other end for Peterborough it was Mike Morrison . Bulls out shot the Petes 40-37
Belleville would give the 2166 fans at the game something to cheer about at 9:49 when Captain Luke Judson scored his 16th from Jordan Mayer and Micheal Curtis to put the Bulls up 1-0. Andrew Yogan tied it for the Petes at 12:05 with his 34th from Lino Martschini and Stephen Pierog. Mr Yogan wasn't done there he netted his 35th and 2nd of the night at on a nice individual effort at 16:16 on the PP. It looked like Belleville might end the 1st down 2-1, but there was Luke Judson to pull his team out of the hole and tie the game. The Captain scored his 17th from Brady Austen and Mayer at 19:40 and the Bulls and Petes were tied 2-2 after 20 minutes. Belleville was out shot 12-11 in the frame.
The 2nd would start at 00:34 when Belleville took the lead 3-2 on a Joesph Cramarossa goal, his 14th from Daniil Zharkov and Judson. Just like the 1st Belleville gave up the lead shortly after taking the lead, allowing Nick Ritchie to tie the game with his 15th from Martschini and Jonathan Jasper. All night long Judson was carrying this team, and he was rewarded for all his hard work when he scored a nice goal from Mayer and Curtis in close at 13:42. The goal was Judson's 3rd of the night and 18 on the year, more importantly it put Judson's club up 4-3. Peterborough had some guys stepping up as well. And before the 2nd was over Ritchie scored his 2nd in game from Yogan at 19:18 tying the game 4-4. Both Yogan and Ritchie had real strong games for the Petes. Richie's 2nd goal and his16th on the season was his 6th Vs the Bulls this year. The Petes out shot the Bulls by one , 13-12,
The 3rd was the best period in the game. As it seen Peterborough jump out to the lead at 3:17 when Martschini, who also had a big game for the Petes, hammered home his 20th from
Alan Quine and Yogan. The Petes lead of 5-4 would last till 11:39 when Zharkov lite the lamp with his 22 on the PP from Stephen Silas. Belleville took the lead for good when Mayer bagged the game winner at 12:43 his 17th from Austen and Judson.
Belleville hands Peterborough a 6-5 loss. Bulls had the edge in shots 40-37 out shooting the Petes 17-12 in the final period. Bulls PK went 1/2 and the PP was 1/7.
3Stars: 1- Bulls Luke Judson 2- Bulls Jordan Mayer 3- Petes Andrew Yogan
Luke Judson had a career night when his team needed him, he scored 3 goals and had 2 assist for 5 points. He wasn't going to let his Bulls lose this one, he set the bar and others followed. Bulls OA Jordan Mayer had his best game as a member of the Belleville Bulls scoring the Game winner and adding 3 helpers for 4 points. Petes Andrew Yogan looked dangerous on every shift.
Bulls head on the road for the weekend. It starts Friday night in Sudbury
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