Chiefs 4 Dogs 2

The Dogs dropped their 2nd straight tonight in a hard fought affair at the Langley Event Centre, 4-2 to the Chiefs.


The game was scoreless through one period, and 1-0 Chiefs after two. The Bulldogs were unlucky not to score when it was still 0-0 in the second, with Tyler Berkholtz and Casey Bailey both hitting the post just minutes apart.


The Dogs were victimized by a bad penalty call in the third as Kyle Weber pasted Josh Hansen with a huge check. The referee would call interference from the opposite corner of the ice, with replays showing Hansen clearly touching the puck. Of course the officials don't have the benefit of replay - making positioning and actually being able to see the play imperative. More and more clean hits are being called penalties nowadays aren't they?

The call would be a game changer, with the Chiefs scoring on said power play to go up 2-0. With seven minutes to go it was 3-0 Langley on a point shot that hit traffic in front and went in.


As they have done all season, the Dogs refused to quit, making it 3-1 on a power play goal with just over three minutes to play as Marley Keca drove the net and poked in a loose puck. Frank Riddle would be incorrectly credited with the goal, while Ryan Renz would be credited with the assist - while he of course wasn't in the game, or for that matter even the building. Yet that would be how the official credited the goals.

18 seconds later it was 3-2 Dogs as Casey Bailey tipped in a Brandon Adams shot from the corner (with Ryan Renz again given the assist from ice level) as it was a brand new game.


The Dogs would have to gamble for the equalizer and they would get burned in doing so as the Chiefs connected on a 2 on 1 to kill the comeback to skate to the 4-2 win as the Dogs valiant comeback attempt fell short.


Next up for the Dogs is the Exhibition Game with the Malmo Redhawks on January 2nd- game time is 5pm. Tickets are available starting at 10am on game day.


Hammer


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