#19 Ben McClellan 2 Goals, 1 Assist including the Winner. First Star Of The Game

It couldn’t have been scripted any better for the Dryden Ice Dogs, in what was their last regular season game of the 2009/2010 regular season match up against the Fort William Northstars.  With the first period being scoreless, the two teams would head into the second period tied at zero.

The Northstars would get the lead early in the second.  Ben McClellan, in what could agrueably have been his best game of the year, would even things up at 14:48 with the assists goin to Chad Liley and Kyle Heck.  Less than 2 minutes later, 16:44 to be exact, BJ McClellan would get Dryden the lead, with the helpers coming from Ben McClellan and Andrew Hanson.  Dryden would find themselves heading into the 3rd period, with a 2-1 lead.

The Northstars would tie things up in the third, while on the powerplay.  That would be the lone goal in the 3rd, sending the final game of the League’s Season into Overtime.  And what an overtime it was, with Dryden finding themselves on the powerplay after the Northstar player would find himself serving 2 minutes for elbowing.  But before Dryden could capitalize, the Northstars would be awarded a penalty shot, only to be shutdown by Dryden’s netminder, Curtis Barker.  Moments later, Ben McClellan would light the lamp sending the Ice Dogs to victory.  Kyle Heck and Chad Liley would get the helpers on the winner.

So as the regular season wraps up, the Dryden Ice Dogs defeat the Fort William Northstars, 3-2 in overtime.  Curtis Barker would get the win between the pipes for Dryden, as he stopped 32 of 34 shots, giving him second star of the game.  With a 3 point night ( 2 goals and 1 assist ) including the winning Goal, Ben McClellan gets First Star of the game, while Chad Liley would get the Third Star of the game!

On a day that was a VERY VICTORIOUS day for Canada at the 2010 Olympics, it wasn’t the case at the Dryden Memorial Arena Friday night.  The Dryden Ice Dogs lost to the Fort William Northstars 8-0 in the second last game of the regular season.  With 2 in the first, 4 in the second and 2 more in the third, the Fort William Northstars would walk away with the first of 2 games in Dryden.  Nothing would go right for the Ice Dogs in last night’s game, being outshot 31 to 17.

With no hockey on the schedule tonight in the Olympics, the Ice Dogs are hoping to pack the pound, as they look to rebound against the Fort William Northstars tonight at the Dryden Memorial Arena.  GAMETIME tonight is a LATE GAME with the puckdrop at 8:30PM (CST).

Tonight’s game is the LAST GAME of the LEAGUES schedule before playoffs.  Despite the loss last night, the standings are set going into the playoffs with the Fort William Northstars in top spot, and the Dryden Ice Dogs in second spot heading into the playoffs.  In other S.I.J.H.L action, the Sioux Lookout Flyers defeated the Fort Frances Lakers to clinch 3rd place in the standings, as they edged the K&A Wolverines by 2 pts for 3rd place.

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Once again, it comes down to a BATTLE for the last 2 regular season games for the Dryden Ice Dogs, as they play host to the League Leading, Fort William Northstars Friday and Saturday night.  As the First and Second Place is set, with the Northstars locking up first place, and the Ice Dogs locking up 2nd place, it will still be a BARN BURNER at the Dryden Memorial Arena this weekend.  Friday’s match is set for 7:30PM (CST) and Saturday’s Match is set for 8:30PM (CST).  Fans can rest assure that Friday, Sears in Dryden will once again have the TV set up to watch the Semi Final Game between Canada and Slovakia.

The Ice Dogs are urging all participants of this weekend’s Novice “A” Tournament to come on out, and enjoy the action, offering $3 tickets for tournament participants that wear their TEAM JERSEY to the game.

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Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 6:46:13 AM (www.ckdr.net)
The Dryden Ice Dogs completed the season sweep of the Fort Frances Lakers Wednesday night with a 5-3 victory on home ice.
The Dogs defeated the Lakers with a balanced attack and 5-different goal scorers.
Kyle Heck, Tanner Harms, Kevin Burton, Brendan Church and BJ McLellan all found the back of the net.
Curtis Barker picked up the victory making 29-saves.

The Dryden Ice Dogs skated to a 3-0 win over the Fort Frances in the last regular season match up.  Chad Liley added two, while Brenden Church added a single.  Josh Baker would stop 17 shots to get the shutout.  The Ice Dogs will now host the Fort Frances Lakers at home tonight, February 24, 2010, at the Dryden Memorial Arena.  Gametime is 7:30PM (CST)  For those who want to come out and support the Dryden Ice Dogs, but don’t want to miss any of the Olympic Action tonight, there will be a 52″ Screen TV at the arena, so you don’t have to miss any of the Team Canada Hockey tonight as they play Russia.