February 24, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL) Hamilton Bulldogs UTICA, N.Y. - Hamilton Bulldogs forward Daniel Carr scored his team-leading 16th goal of the season, but the 'Dogs (26-21-7-0) went on to fall 5-2 to the Utica Comets (32-15-5-1) at Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, N.Y. on Tuesday evening. <\/p>\n
After a scoreless first period, Utica buried three to Hamilton's one in the middle frame to take a two-goal lead into the third period. <\/p>\n
Utica defenceman Travis Ehrhardt opened the scoring with a slap shot from the point at 1:58 of the second period, assisted by defenceman John Negrin and forward Dustin Jeffrey. <\/p>\n
The Comets took a 2-0 lead at 8:13 of the second stanza when forward Nicklas Jensen buried a cross-crease pass from forward Alexandre Grenier. <\/p>\n
Less than two minutes later, Hamilton defenceman Morgan Ellis fed forward Daniel Carr and Carr promptly ripped a wrist shot high for his team-leading 16th goal of the season to cut the deficit to 2-1. <\/p>\n
Utica forward Will Acton completed the second-period scoring outburst at 15:44, with assists from forwards Brandon DeFazio and Darren Archibald. <\/p>\n
With seven minutes to go in the third period, Acton notched his second goal of the night from the edge of the crease to give the Comets at 4-1 lead. DeFazio had the only assist. <\/p>\n
At 16:59 of the final frame, 'Dogs forward Drayson Bowman deked to his backhand and, while falling, slid home his 10th goal of the season to make it a 4-2 game. Forwards T.J. Hensick and Eric Tangradi had assists. <\/p>\n
DeFazio added an empty netter with 1:49 to play to seal it for Utica, 5-2. Defenceman Andrey Pedan had an assist. <\/p>\n
Mike Condon made 32 saves on 36 shots for the Bulldogs in the loss, while Joacim Eriksson stopped 30 of 32 shots faced for the Comets in the win. <\/p>\n
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