Kingston Frontenacs GameDay January 20, 2019

COLLINSON CUSTOM BUILDING presents KINGSTON FRONTENACS GAMEDAY REPORT BULLDOGS MAKE FINAL STOP OF THE SEASON FRONTS LOOK TO EVEN SERIES IN FINAL MEETING BETWEEN DIVISION RIVALS T he battle of the black and gold has been a tight one this season. Heading into the final meeting of the season the Bulldogs lead the season series 3-2. The teams have split the first two Bulldogs visits this season with Hamilton winning on November 9 and <strong>Kingston</strong> returning the favour on November 18. It was less than a week ago that these two rivals met last. The <strong>Frontenacs</strong> had a solid effort in Hamilton on <strong>January</strong> 12th, but Zachary Roy held them off the score sheet for his first career shutout. <strong>Kingston</strong> held Hamilton off the scoreboard until past the midway point of the game before Liam Van Loon broke the scoreless tie. They would go on to get goals from Strome, Landry and Morrison to seal a 4-0 victory. The <strong>Frontenacs</strong> returned home the following night and put in a gutsy effort against the North Bay Battalion taking a 2-1 victory on the back of Brendan Bonello’s 56 save performance. They then enjoyed 4 days off before hosting the Oshawa Generals on Friday night. Today’s game is the third game of a four game homestand for the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>. Since the Bulldogs moved to Hamilton from Belleville, there hasn’t been much separation between <strong>Kingston</strong> and Hamilton. They have met in the playoffs each of the previous two seasons with each team winning a series. In regular season contests the Bulldogs have the smallest of advantages with 12 wins to <strong>Kingston</strong>’s 11. The <strong>Frontenacs</strong> success rate at home has been slightly better than on the road against the Bulldogs. <strong>Kingston</strong> is 6-3-2-0 on home ice while allowing 2.63 goals against per game compared to 5-6-0-1 in Hamilton allowing 3.91 goals on average. KF BILLY KIMMERLY OFFICIAL GAMEDAY MAGAZINE, VOLUME 46, ISSUE 24 5