History Of The Hamilton Bulldogs

The Bulldogs history starts on May 9th, 1996. The official date when the Cape Breton Oilers moved to Hamilton, Ontario.

The organization held a "Name The Team" Contest and the most selected name was "Bulldogs" and we had a name!

Our coach was then named, and it was Lorne Molleken, who coached the previous season in Cape Breton. He hired Ric Nattress and Mike Fedorko as his first assistants. Fedorko has since left the team for a head coaching job in Italy.

Our first season was definately a success. The regular season we receive 69 points, and squeaked into the playoffs. We made it all the way to the Calder Cup Finals, but then lost to the Hershey Bears.

So as a new season is set to begin, we're going for more!

TEAM RECORDS
Most Points: 69 (1996-97)
Most Wins: 28 (1996-97)
Most Losses: 43 (1996-97)
Most Ties: 9 (1996-97)
Most Overtime Losses: 4 (1996-97)
Most Goals For: 220 (1996-97)
Most Goals Against: 276 (1996-97)

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Most Points: Ralph Intranuovo 76 (1996-97)
Most Goals: Ralph Intranuovo 36 (1996-97)
Most Assists: Ralph Intranuovo 40 (1996-97)
Most Penalty Minutes: Dennis Bonvie 522 (1996-97)*
Most Power Play Goals: Georges Laraque 6 (1996-97)
Most Game Winning Goals: Jason Bosnignore 5 (1996-97)
*denotes league record

GOALTENDERS
Most Appearances: Peter Skudra 32 (1996-97)
Most Minutes Played: Peter Skudra 1615:37 (1996-97)
Most Wins: Steve Passmore 12 (1996-97)
Most Losses: Peter Skudra 16 (1996-97)
Most Ties: Joaquin Gage 4 (1996-97)
Most Shutouts: Steve Passmore 1 (1996-97)
Lowest GAA (25 game min.): Steve Passmore 2.68 (1996-97)

AHL ALL-STAR APPEARANCES
1996-97 - Greg De Vries and Ralph Intranuovo

1996-97 INFORMATION
Follow This Link For Final Bulldog Stats
Follow This Link For Final Bulldog Attendance
Follow This Link For The Schedule And Boxscores

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