It took just one game with a full lineup to figure out who was going to replace the points lost when the Brantford Bulldogs lost their entire first line from last season.

The answer? Everyone.

With three of Brantford’s four lines recording at least one point, the Bulldogs (2-0-1-0) scored a 7-2 win against the Sudbury Wolves (0-4-1-0) on Saturday at the TD Civic Centre.

“You know, it’s a morale boost when guys start coming back,” said Brantford coach Jay McKee. “We could feel the room was excited and ready to go.”

With everyone now back from NHL camps minus Adam Jiricek, who is still with the St. Louis Blues, McKee was able to pencil in a first draft of his planned lines.

Prior to having all the team’s players back, McKee was buying ink in bulk as he was filling out a different lineup

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