Hamilton clinches division

[M. Beaux-Eaux]

This thread belongs I-know-where, and will end up there, but I thought some good news would be welcome.

Hamilton won the Sam Pollock Trophy as champions of the North Division when Syracuse dropped a 4-1 decision to Rochester...

- www.canoe.ca/AHL/04CalderCup/2004/04/09/415320.html

A first round bye for the 'Dogs.

Kudos to GM André Savard, Coach Doug Jarvis and the cast of talented youngsters on a very solid season.

Good luck in the playoffs.

[rhabdo]

Perezhogin, Plekanec, and Higgins finished with a bang. Even Hossa and Hainsey started to pile up points and +/-, and they did it without Balej at the end. Jolly good, as the Brits say.

[NWTHabsFan]

With one game left to go, Perezhogin is now 4th in rookie scoring, and is only 2 points back of the leader. Higgins is tied for 5th and is only 4 points back. Both youngsters have had a great rookie debut on a very successful season to date for Hamilton.

Congrats on the division title and here's hoping they have a great Calder Cup run

[blaise]

Hamilton was clobbered 6-3 by Manitoba in the last game of the season, with Damphouse and Michaud in goal. Yann Danis must play in the playoffs. Plekanec had 2 goals, 1 of them shorthanded. Is he ready or is he ready? Next season for sure.

[NWTHabsFan]

Damphousse only played the first period and only let one goal in. Michaud played the last two and gave up a bucket full of goals. I'm guessing that pretty well locks up Damphousse and Danis as Jarvis' go-to guys for the playoffs.

Dogs first game in post-season is at home on Tues April 20th.

[oldhabsfan]

In the last game, Plekanec had 8 shots (the 2 goals were not accidental), Hossa had 4 shots, +2, Perezhogin had 4 shots, even - in a 6-3 loss.

I'm feeling very optimistic about Plekanec and Perezhogin, and I think there just might be some hope for Hossa.