Clinton Radars fall to Kincardine Bulldogs in their lone weekend game

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

After a two-win weekend that included a thrilling 8-7 shootout victory over the Fergus Whalers, the Clinton Radars found themselves solely in the loss column this past weekend, dropping their lone game to the Kincardine Bulldogs by a score of 6-3.

 

This loss in Clinton came despite the Radars scoring the first two goals of the game. Denver Mason first found the back of the net just under two minutes into the first, assisted by Sawyer Olmstead and Evan Denunzio, followed by a Kaeden MacDonald goal on the power play at 14:10 of the first, assisted by Teegan Middleton and Kingston Powell.

 

The Bulldogs battled back with two goals of their own to end the first period tied at two. 

 

Bryce Martin scored on the power play with 4:15 left in the first, assisted by Zasha Ortman and Ayden Hakkers, followed by a Tayjon Street goal with 3:15 left in the first, assisted by Bryce Martin and Brandon Bishop.

 

The teams again traded goals to open the second period. Erick Gulutzen scored on the power play for Clinton just over three-and-a-half minutes into the period, assisted by Teegan Middleton and Sawyer Olmstead, followed by a Lelan Weber goal for Kincardine, assisted by Nathan Garrett and Jackson Hayward-Nelson just before the halfway point of the period.

 

The Bulldogs then scored three unanswered goals to win the game and put it out of reach for the Radars.

 

Caeleb Bowler scored with 3:21 left in the second, assisted by Ayden Hakkers and Tyler Kelly, followed by a Zasha Ortman goal at the 18-minute mark, assisted by Connor Hagerty and Ty McQuillin.

 

Tayjon Street then scored his second goal of the game with 1:04 left in the third period to put the game away, assisted by Jared Houghton and Brandon Bishop.

 

Jack Dalrymple lost the game for the Radars, stopping 32 of the 38 shots he faced, while Blake Beitz won the game for Kincardine, stopping 29 of 32 shots for the Bulldogs.

 

The Radars have two games scheduled this weekend. First, the Radars will host the Wingham Ironmen tonight - Friday, Nov. 13 - in Clinton and then on Sunday, Nov. 15, the team will be in Fergus for a 3 p.m. matinee with the Whalers.

 

Despite the loss, the Radars are still in third place in the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s North Pollock Division with 23 points and a record of 10 wins, six losses, two overtime losses and one shootout loss.

 

The Fergus Whalers are still in first place with 34 points with a near-perfect record of 16 wins and one overtime loss, followed by the Hanover Barons in second place with 27 points with 13 wins, four losses and one tie.

 

After the Radars in third place, the Mitchell Hawks follow in fourth with a record of 10 wins, nine losses and one overtime loss and 22 points. The Walkerton Capitals are in fifth place with 18 points and a record of eight wins, nine wins and two overtime losses.

 

In sixth place are the Mount Forest Patriots with 15 points and a record of six wins, seven losses and two overtime losses, followed by Wingham Ironmen in seventh place with a record of six wins, 11 losses, one overtime loss and one shootout loss and 14 points and the last-place Kincardine Bulldogs with a record of five wins and 13 losses and just 10 points.