It was touch and go for the Brantford Bulldogs on Friday night in Sarnia against the Sting.

Clinging to a one-goal lead in a third period where they were outshot badly, Brantford held on and deposited a late empty-net goal to score a 3-1 win.

The Bulldogs remain undefeated in regulation, improving to 9-0-1-1. The Sting fall to 4-5-2-0.

Brantford’s Sam McCue opened the scoring in the first period when he potted his seventh of the season. Adam Jiricek then got his third of the season in the second, on a power play, to make it 2-0 for the visitors.

In the third, Ben Pickell scored for the Sting to make it a one-goal game before Cooper Dennis got his fifth of the year into an empty net.

Owen Protz picked up a pair of assists for the Bulldogs with one each to Jake O’Brien, Caleb Malhotra,

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