BRANTFORD – The Brantford Blast eeked out a 1-0 win over the Hamilton Steelhawks at the Mountain Arena in Hamilton Friday night. It was a battle of the goaltenders all night long with 74 shots taken in total and only one of them scored.
Brantford’s Brett Leggat stopped all 40 shots for the shutout win while Hamilton’s Colin Dunne stopped 33 of the 34 shot directed at him.
It was a close checking affair with lots of goalmouth action and great defensive plays with sparkling goaltending.
The only goal and game winner came at 4:30 of the second period when Joel Prpic scored for Brantford, shorthanded, from Derek Medeiros and Jacob Ledyard.
This coming Friday, Dec. 15th, the Stoney Creek Generals invade the Brantford and District Civic Centre for a 7:30 p.m. start. Saturday they take the show on the road to Whitby to face the Dunlops in a 6:30 p.m. start.