Bruins Fall To Hamilton Again (1/12/25)

So much for the Boston Bruins momentum after making trades and winning a game. The new look Bruins still can't beat the Hamilton Tigers as Hamilton rallied from a two goal deficit to win going away. The Bruins jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Lionel Hitchman and George Redding, but Hamilton tied the game in the second period on goals by Alex McKinnon and Billy Burch. In the third period the Tigers put the game away with goals from Mickey Roach & another by Burch. The Bruins lack off offense is starting to rear its ugly head as the Tigers had won it 4-2 at the Boston Arena.

                                                            "You can't beat me" - Burch

The first period belonged to the Bruins although they couldn't take advantage of a penalty to Jesse Spring. Still, halfway through the period Bernie Morris set up Lionel Hitchman for his first goal as a Boston Bruin. Five minutes later, Jimmy Herbert dished a pass to George Redding who scored to make it 2-0 with 5 minutes left in the period. Doc Stewart held the fort and the Bruins led 2-0 going into the break.

                                                           First Bruins goal for Hitchman

The switch was flipped as Hamilton dominated the Bruins the rest of the way. Just 1:21 into the second period Red Green dished a pass to Alex McKinnon who scored to cut the lead just like that. With 8:40 left in the period Billy Burch walked in alone and scored to tie the game. That's how the score ended with the game tied 2-2 going into the third.

Halfway through the third period Hamilton took the lead when Jesse Spring found Mickey Roach in front for the go-ahead goal. With 4:32 left in the game, Roach dished it to Burch who scored his 13th goal of the season for the dagger. That was it as the Tigers had won the game 4-2.

Penalties:

Jimmy Herbert - 2 minutes

Herb Mitchell - 2 minutes

Reaction:

Its become quite obvious that coach Art Ross sacrificed offense for defense and now they're stuck without a sniper. Other teams have guys like Burch, Babe Dye and Cy Denneny but the Bruins have Jimmy Herbert and that's about it. Trading Smokey Harris and losing Carson Cooper to injury hurt the Bruins offensively and they're not going to be able to recover from this. They can fix it in the off-season but for now the Bruins are going to have to win games on pure defense. Benson and Hitchman help and Doc Stewart is an upgrade over Hec Fowler but they're going to need more offense. They had the lead in this one but four straight unanswered goals by Hamilton proved to be the dagger. Its a shame that Boston lost 12 of their first 14 games because even a .500 record would have them closer to the playoffs then completely hopeless. All Ross can do is try to win as many games as he can from here on in. The Bruins try to bounce back in five days against the Ottawa Senators. Let's see if the Bruins can win in the Ottawa Auditorium.