Congratulations!

Michael Casale from the '93 Minor Midget Team was recently drafted at the 2009 OHL Priority Selection Draft held on Saturday May 2nd, 2009. Michael was selected by Niagara Icedogs. We wish Michael the best of luck in Niagara.

Congratulations!

Tyler Gaudet has been selected as an alternate player to attend the final Team Ontario Provincial Camp. Congratulations to Tyler on being the only Jr. Bulldogs player to advance this far. This final camp will take place on June 25th - June 28th, 2009 in the city of Ottawa.

5 players advance to the Under 17 OMHA Final Camp in Guelph. Best of luck to Michael Casale,
Marcus Del Conte, Tyler Gaudet, Matthew Vanderzanden and Cameron Wielhouwer. Click here to view the Roster.

10 players from our '93 Minor Midgets were originally invited to the 2009 Under 17 Team Regional Camp. Click here to view the Camp Schedule.

Players invited to the Grimsby Regional Camp were Michael Casale, Bradley Col, Marcus Del Conte, Tyler Gaudet, Matthew Paonessa, Kyle Phibbs, Mark Rogers, Derek Searle, Matthew Vanderzanden and Cameron Wielhouwer. Click here to view the Roster.

NOVICE TEAM WIN OMHA GOLD MEDAL!

The Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs are proud to announce that Jr. Bulldogs '00 Novice AAA team have brought home the Gold following their thrilling 1-0 win in the OMHA Championship Final against the Clarington Toros.

The final game capped a weekend of outstanding team play with all 17 players contributing to their success.

On Friday the Novice team opened the Tournament with a 4 - 0 win against their league rivals the Welland Tigers.  That was followed by a closely contested 3 - 2 loss to the Clarington Toros.  Needing two Saturday wins to guarantee a spot in the Gold Medal game, the Jr. Bulldogs responded with a 5 - 2 win over Ajax-Pickering and a 4 - 3 win over York-Simcoe Express.

At the Medal presentation the OMHA representative called upon the Jr. Bulldogs Captain and Assistants to accept the trophy.  Coach Chris Hruska announced, "We do not have Captains and Assistants on our team......all 17 of these boys are leaders", upon which the entire team came up to recieve the trophy with pride in their accomplishment.

'96 Peewee's win back to back Tournaments!

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Myles Falaska, Cam Jude and Tyler Gray were picked to represent the Midget Jr. Bulldogs for the STA All-Stars in the SCTA All-Star game against the CTA All-Stars on December 20th, 2008. From that game "All Three Bulldogs" were chosen to help represent the SCTA All-Stars in the SCTA vs. ETA All-Star game on January 24th, 2009 in Burlington.

Great news boys on a job well done! Congrats and good luck on all your hockey goals.

Coach Paul

Congratulations, Once Again to the '99 Minor Atoms!

The Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs '99 Minor Atoms won the 39th Annual Brantford Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament over the 2008 Christmas break on December 27-29, 2008.

In round robin action, the Jr. Bulldogs played some great hockey! Going 3-0 in the round robin and outscoring their opponents 18-2 was just the beginning for the boys. The bulldogs earned a birth into the semi finals by finishing 1st overall in the division.

Round Robin Results:
Win 10-1 vs West Seneca Wings
Win 1-0 vs Brantford 99ers
Win 7-1 vs Columbus Blue Jackets

In semi-final action, the Bulldogs were on a mission. Facing West Seneca for the second time in the tournament and playing with heart, intensity and desire, the Jr. Bulldogs earned their place in Monday's Championship final by eliminating the Wings 5-0.

The finals were to be a real Challenge. Facing the home town Brantford 99ers in their barn for the Championship game and the "rematch" from  a very physical round robin 1-0 win was sure to be a great game. The two teams played each other hard and the score remained 0-0 after a hard fought period of end to end action. All the scoring took place in the second period with Hamilton striking first at 7:54 of the 2nd period. But Brantford wasn't about to lay down & quit. Two minutes after the Bulldogs had taken the lead, the 99ers caught the bulldogs flat in their own end and scored the equalizer at 5:31 of the 2nd period.  It looked to be a very even match at that point and could be anyones game, perhaps overtime would decide the outcome? The Bulldogs, however, were not finished yet. Another two minutes after Brantford had tied the game, the dogs went back to work. Battling hard for the puck behind the Brantford net, their hard work was eventually rewarded and the Bulldogs scored again with 3:54 to go in the 2nd period.  Going into the 3rd period with a 2-1 lead, the Bulldogs played their best defence allowing a total of 7 shots against all game with no shots against in the 3rd period at all. The Brantford goalie kept his team close as the Bulldogs swarmed the Brantford goal on many occasions only to be denied. As the clock counted down, the Bulldogs kept their cool and the puck from the 99ers to retain the lead and win the Championship game.

This was the 99 Jr. Bulldogs 2nd tournament Championship win this year. This one was very special to the boys as they got to meet Walter Gretzky, the father of the Great One himself. They all had their pictures taken with him and got their Championship winning "Team Canada" hockey sticks signed by Walter.

Congratulations to all of our '99 Minor Atom players for an outstanding weekend of hockey.

The Minor Atoms would like to thank all our sponsors, friends and families for supporting us.

Gord de Pass, Head Coach, Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs Minor Atom AAA 99's

Congratulations to the '99 Minor Atoms!

The Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs '99 Minor Atoms won the 37th Annual Guelph Power Play Tournament on the November 28-30th, 2008 weekend.

In round robin action, the Jr. Bulldogs played some of their best hockey this year! Going 3-0 in the round robin and outscoring their opponents 12-3 was just the beginning for the boys. The bulldogs earned a birth into the semi finals by finishing 1st overall in the division.

Round Robin Results:
Win 3-1 vs Oshawa Generals
Win 5-0 vs North York Rangers
Win 4-2 vs Clarington Toros

In semi-final action, the Bulldogs were on fire. Facing the Oshawa for the second time in the tournament and playing with heart, intensity and desire, the Jr. Bulldogs earned their place in Sunday's Championship final by eliminating the Oshawa Generals 7-1

The finals were to be a different story. Facing the Clarington Toros in Sundays Championship game and the "rematch" from earlier round robin play was sure to be a good game. The two teams played each other hard and the score remained 0-0 after 2 hard fought periods of end to end action. Both teams playing great hockey and making no mistakes. Clarington took an early penalty in the 3rd period and the Bulldogs were able to finally beat Clarington's goalie.  It looked to be a 1-0 final for the Bulldogs until the Bulldogs took a penalty with 2:59 to go in the game. Clarington wasn't done yet and they capitalized on the Bulldogs mistake scoring a power play goal to tie the game with 2:20 to go in the 3rd. The next 2:00 was the most exciting hockey the Jr. Bulldogs have played this season. Neither team wanting to make a mistake and neither team wanting to go to sudden death overtime.  With 17 seconds left on the clock, the Bulldogs had a face off deep in Clarington's end. After a 30 second timeout and a team regroup, the Jr. Bulldogs went to the face off hungry for the win. There was a mad scramble in the Clarington end, the clock was counting down..........The Jr. Bulldogs SCORE with 1.7 seconds left on the clock to win the Championship final in regulation time and capture the Guelph Power Play Tournament.

Congratulations to all of our '99 Minor Atom players for an outstanding weekend of hockey.

The Minor Atom would like to thank all our sponsors, friends and families for supporting us.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE '94 BANTAMS!

The Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs '94 Bantam team won the Windsor Border City Cup with a miraculous effort this past 2008 Thanksgiving weekend. 

In the semi-finals against league rival Guelph, the Jr. Bulldogs found themselves down 3-0 with under two minutes left in the third period.  With 1:38 left in the game, Luke Sinclair got the first Bulldog goal to start the miracle comeback.  Then, with the goalie pulled, the team pulled to within one goal with only 28.5 seconds left on a goal by Will Marlow.  People began pouring into the rink to watch the last of this amazing game and our Bantams didn't disappoint as Joey Sullivan banged in the tying goal with only 4.2 seconds remaining.  Three goals in 1 minute, 33 seconds!!!!

After that incredible comeback, there would be no denying our Jr. Bulldogs as Cole McKnight completed this remarkable effort with the game winning goal just under six minutes into the first overtime period.  From there, the boys stayed focused for the final and defeated Windsor 4-2 to capture the Border City Cup!

Results:
Win 10-0 vs Sun County Panthers
Win 3-2 vs Indianapolis Racers
Win 6-0 vs Waterloo Wolves
Win 5-1 vs Markham Waxers
Win 4-3 vs Guelph Jr. Storm (OT) - Semi-Finals
Win 4-2 vs Windsor Jr. Spitfires - Championship

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE '95 MINOR BANTAMS!

The Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs '95 Minor Bantam team won the Ajax-Pickering Early Bird Tournament on Sunday September 14th, 2008.  Congratulations to the players and coaching staff on their undefeated journey in bringing home the Championship.

Jr. Bulldogs 2 - Central Ontario Wolves 0
Jr. Bulldogs 4 - Rochester (Michigan) 2
Jr. Bulldogs 3 - Vaughan Kings 2
Jr. Bulldogs 3 - Markham Waxers 2
Jr. Bulldogs 3 - Oshawa Generals 1 (Semi Finals)

Jr. Bulldogs 3 - Ajax Pickering Raiders 1 (Finals)