Bulldogs top Greyhounds 5-4 to advance to Memorial Cup
Team is advancing to the tournament for the first time in its 3-year history
Nicholas Caamano scored the eventual winner into an empty net as the Hamilton Bulldogs pulled out a 5-4 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on Sunday in Game 6 of the Ontario Hockey League final.
The Bulldogs led 4-3 when Caamano scored at 18:02 of the third period but Jordan Sambrook scored to bring the Greyhounds back within one, but it wasn't enough and Hamilton clinched a 4-2 series win.
Hamilton captured its first J. Ross Robertson Cup since 1976 and booked a ticket to the Memorial Cup.
Brandon Saigeon, MacKenzie Entwistle, Riley Stillman and Robert Thomas also scored for the Bulldogs.
MEMORIAL CUP, HERE WE COME. <a href="https://t.co/qtP3lPyV5D">pic.twitter.com/qtP3lPyV5D</a>
—@BulldogsOHLThomas, who put up 32 points in 21 playoff games, was named the OHL playoffs MVP.
Cole MacKay, Boris Katchouk, and Barrett Hayton also had goals for the Greyhounds.
Kaden Fulcher turned away 40 shots for Hamilton. Matthew Villalta made 32 saves for Sault Ste. Marie.
WATCH THIS: Champion comeback!<br><br>Trio of third period goals by Stillman (5), Thomas (12), and Caamano (10) helped <a href="https://twitter.com/BulldogsOHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BulldogsOHL</a> win their first <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHLChampionship?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OHLChampionship</a> title in Game 6 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SSMvsHAM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SSMvsHAM</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sportsnet</a> 360. <a href="https://t.co/DdTtEtQRS7">pic.twitter.com/DdTtEtQRS7</a>
—@OHLHockeyThe Bulldogs are advancing to the Canada's major junior hockey championship for the first time since the team sold its AHL franchise to the Montreal Canadians and bought the Belleville Bulls in 2015.
The team will be joined by Acadie-Bathurst Titan, who won the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League championship and the Swift Current Broncos, who triumphed in the Western
Hockey League's final.
The Regina Pats are the hosts of the four-team tournament.