ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO. The Hamilton Bulldogs travelled to the Meridian Centre on Thursday night for the first half of a home and home against the Niagara IceDogs having won each of the last 16 meetings between the QEW rivals since the 2019-20 season. Tristan Malboeuf made the first big stop of the game early on denying Niagara’s Alex Assadourian on a breakaway with a tremendous positional stop. Chances were exchanged for the next few minutes of the opening frame. At the 7:33 mark, Andrew LeBlanc skated the puck over the blueline and attempted to split the defense which led to…