December 19, 2012
The Bulldogs finish their four-game road trip with a tilt against the Peoria Rivermen. Hamilton staged a two-goal comeback in the third period to force overtime, but finally weren’t able to pull out the win, dropping the match 4-3 in a shootout.
Scoring Summary:
1st Period:
1. HAM – Stefan Chaput – 1 – (Nathan Beaulieu) – 12:04
2. PEO – Derek Nesbitt – 9 – (T.J. Hensick, Adam Cracknell) – 17:16 (PP)
2nd Period:
No Scoring
3rd period:
3. PEO – Scott Ford – 1 – (Mark Cundari, Jaden Schwartz) – 1:36
4. PEO – Derek Nesbitt – 10 – (Mark Cundari, Scott Ford) – 3:38
5. HAM – Brendan Gallagher – 8 – (Patrick Holland, Frederic St-Denis) – 4:53
6. HAM – Stefan Chaput – 2 – (Michael Bournival, Jarred Tinordi) – 10:52
Overtime:
No Scoring
Shootout:
| Peoria | Hamilton |
| Phil McRae - No Goal | Stefan Chaput - No Goal |
| Derek Nesbitt - Goal | Brendan Gallagher - Goal |
| Jaden Schwartz - No Goal | Gabriel Dumont - No Goal |
| T.J. Hensick - Goal | Michael Bournival - No Goal |
| Adam Cracknell - No Goal | Patrick Holland - No Goal |





