The Sydney Ice Dogs will have to get their act together before travelling to Melbourne and Adelaide next weekend after a disappointing performance in a 3-1 loss against Canberra last Sunday night.

Off the mark the Dogs came out firing as Scott Stephenson put away his first goal at home off a set-up from Import Jamie Galbraith. The Dogs might have headed into the locker room with a one goal lead, but the Knights came back out into the second period with 2 goals.

Ice Dogs top defenseman Andrew White dropped the gloves with Canberra’s Captian Mark Rummakainen in hopes of building some momentum as the two went punch for punch before ref’s intervened.

As the players went hit for hit both goaltender’s Jimmy Herbert (Ice Dogs) and Ryan Lowe (Knights Import) traded save for save. Herbert managed to stop two breakaways and even a 2 on 1, but it would be Lowe who would steal the show and shut out several close attempts from the Sydney attack up to the dying seconds.
The Knights third and final goal was an empty net goal scored with 0.2 seconds left in the game as Sydney had pulled their goalie in exchange for an extra attacker which in the end backfired.

The pups will be on what is regarded as one of the toughest road trips in the league facing Melbourne next Saturday before taking on the Adelaide Adrenaline on the Sunday.

Ice Dogs Defenseman David Dunwoodie doing his best to dodge the Knights defenders