It's a rematch of the Season 1 championship series! Will the Victorias claim their third Creighton Cup in four years, or will the Bulldogs win their first? If Game 1 was any indication, Bulldogs fans, don't plan that parade just yet.
Less than a minute into the first period, Vics captain Hobey Baker got behind the Bulldogs defense and rifled a shot past Paddy Moran. Two minutes later, the Vics were on a power play and Marty Walsh popped one into the back of the net. The game had hardly begun and Moran had already allowed two goals on two shots. The Bulldogs managed to stop the bleeding and push back a bit, but the period ended 2-0 in favor of the Victorias.
After a scoreless second in which the teams were on mostly equal footing, the Vics elevated their play and put the game out of reach in the third. Billy McGimsie tallied on the power play to make it 3-0, and Frank Rankin scored a garbage goal two minutes before the final buzzer put the Dogs out of their misery. In the end, the Vics notched goals on two out of three power-play attempts, meaning that the Bulldogs are a woeful 33% on the penalty kill over two playoff games thus far. Gord Roberts has been a no-show, with costly penalties and nary a goal. And what about the Vics' stars? High-flying defenseman Cyclone Taylor assisted on all four of his team's goals, which set a record for assists and points in a playoff game. And most impressively of all, Bowse Hutton achieved the first-ever shutout in postseason history.
The Bulldogs will be on home ice for Game 2, and they'll have winger Tom Hooper back in the lineup. They need to treat this game as a must-win if they have any hope of getting back into this series.
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