Call it double your pleasure for the Mohawk badminton team at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association West Regional Championships at Seneca College, Feb. 5-6.

The Mountaineers qualified two doubles teams for the OCAA championships in Windsor on Feb. 19-20. Ashley Payne and Kathleen Manson placed second in ladies doubles, while the tandem of Chris Hong and Mohammed Nazimuddin finished third, earning their berth in men’s doubles.
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It was a super Sunday for Mohawk’s volleyball teams in Ontario Colleges Athletic Association action in North Bay on Feb. 7.

Both squads knocked off Nipissing University.
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The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Toronto Marlies 2-1 on Saturday night at Ricoh Coliseum. The ‘Dogs only allowed 12 shots in the game, which sets a new franchise record for fewest shots allowed in a game. The previous record of 13 was set eight years ago to the day against the Hershey Bears.

The Marlies opened the scoring at 1:45 of the first period with a power-play marker. Brendan Mikkelson received the puck from Jonas Frogren before blasting a shot on net. Andre Deveaux redirected the shot past Hamilton starting goaltender Curtis Sanford.
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Rochester, NY – The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Rochester Americans 5-2 at Blue Cross Arena on Friday night. Tom Pyatt recorded a hat-trick to extend the ‘Dogs winning streak to six games, their longest winning streak since the 2002-2003 season.

The Bulldogs opened the game’s scoring at 11:29 of the first period while on the power play. P.K. Subban blasted a shot from the point that was stopped by Rochester starting goaltender Tyler Plante. The goaltender could not contain the rebound, which Pyatt grabbed and fired into the back of the net. Hamilton took a 2-0 lead at 18:20. Ryan Russell received the puck from Pyatt before dishing a pass to J.T. Wyman, who was positioned in the middle of the ice. Wyman blasted a one-time shot that sailed past Plante and into the net.
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The newly created Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame has announced the official public nomination process for the 2010 inaugural inductee class.

The hall’s mission is to strive to celebrate and promote athletes, teams, coaches, officials and builders who have achieved the highest standards of excellence while representing Hamilton, Ontario, and Canada, and to recognize those whose contributions have been exemplary in the promotion of sport, and current athletes who are achieving significant standards.
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