by Phil Phillips
On Wednesday night the Belleville
Bulls needed to pull out of a slump, and the Mississauga St. Michael's
Majors were in town with different plans. Coming in the Bulls were 0-4
on home ice in the New Year and were yet to score a goal in the 3rd
period at home. The Bulls had lost 7 of their last 8, and had just 3 wins in their last 14. They needed a win real bad, only one point separated the two teams in the
tight Eastern Conference, were before last night only 15 points separated 1st place Ottawa and 9th place Oshawa.
The 2158 at the Yardman, and ex Majors Joesph Cramarossa
and Jordan Mayer wanted to show former Bulls player, assistant coach
and Head Coach James Boyd, now the GM/Coach in Mississauga what he has
been missing. It wouldn't be easy with Both goalies Malcolm Subban and John Chartrand
on the self. For the first time I can remember the Bulls went with two
16 year old goalies. Charlie Graham would get the start and be backed up
by the Bulls 15th Rd pick, the 6'6" 185lbs Braydon Banitsiotis. The Majors would start Brandon Maxwell.
The
1st started like a lot of games for the Bulls as of late, with them
getting no shots till almost the midway point. And letting the other
team walk right in and test Graham. After a wasted PP by the Bulls, at
9:32 shortly after the Bulls registered their first shot, Jamie Wise
walked right past the Bulls D and netted his 16th from Partanen and DeMelo to give the Majors the lead 1-0. Not to be beat about 3 minutes later at 12:05 , Cramaroosa beat Maxwell for his 9th from Dylan Corson and Luke Judson. But before the 1st ended Riley Brace got a bounce and netted his 22nd from Kuptsov, DeMelo. To give the Majors the lead 2-1 to end the period. After 20 minutes where the Bulls looked tired ? dead ? out of it ? I don't know but not to good. Charlie Graham was easily the Best Bull even after giving up two goals. The Bulls got out shot 17-7 and really just stood around sometimes.
The 2nd would start really good, when Mike Curtis lit the lamp for his 10th from Adam Payrel
and Garrett Hooey at 2:26, to tie the game 2-2. They had 7 shots before
the 10 minute mark, the same amount they had for the whole first
period. But then the wheels fall off and Belleville started looking like the Bulls from the 1st. With Daniil Zharkov off for slashing. Alex Cord scored the Game Winner and his 1st of the year on the PP. Soon after Cord scored Zharkov tangled with Spenser Cobbold, in a clear miss match,
but good for him for showing some life and trying to spark a club that needed one. The 2nd ended with The Bulls out shooting St,Mike 15-12 in the period., But trailing 3-2.
The Bulls came out hard in the 3rd and they dominated,
by skating, and going to the net, but could not beat Maxwell(1st Star),
he was really good in the 3rd. As the Bulls out shot the Majors 14-4 in
the period and 36-33 in the game. The PP was 0/1 and so was the PK.
When it was all said in done the Bulls lost to the Majors 3-2. With the
lose The Bulls drop to 8th and the Majors jump to 7th. So the Bulls are 0-5 at home in 2012 , yet to score a 3rd period goal in that time.
The Bulls have lost 8 of their last 9 and have won just 3 of the last 15. Belleville
is a better team then this , as we all seen early in the year, and they
better be because the always tough Kitchener Rangers lead by former
Bull Tyler Randell are in Belleville Saturday Night.
January 18th - Mississauga Majors vs. Belleville Bulls Game Review
In The O... The Radio Show, Thursday, January 19, 2012
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