Category: AHL, American Hockey League, Toronto Marlies, hockey

MARLIES 7, BELLEVILLE 6 (OT) “A lot of good things for a team to build confidence to find a way to get back into a game. Joseph Woll was unbelievable tonight. We kind of hung him out to dry early in the game, especially in the first period. He made some really good saves. It’s not like the goals were weak goals, we just were giving up too much. We finally found our game. Joe continued to battle for us and give us confidence to come back in it, and the offence came. The guys started to play the right way and do the things that needed to find those goals.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (26-19-3-2 – 57 Points) vs. BELLEVILLE SENATORS (32-16-3-1 – 68 Points)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020

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BELLEVILLE41106
TORONTO12317

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SCORING SUMMARY

Belleville: J. Szwarz (14) (A. Formenton, J. Murray), J. Norris (26) (M. Klimchuk, J. Murray), J. Aspirot (2) (E. Brannstrom, J. Szwarz), V. Abramov (17) (Unassisted), J. LaBate (7) (J. Murray, P. Kelly), J. Szwarz (15) (A. Formenton)
Goaltender: F. Gustavsson (21/28)

Toronto: S. Pooley (7) (J. Duszak, T. Gaudet), M. Marchment (13) PP (J. Duszak, K. Agostino), M. Hollowell (2) (M. Read, G. Wilson), M. Hollowell (3) (H. Elynuik, S. Pooley), M. Read (9) (M. Hollowell, S. Pooley), A. Brooks (9) (J. Duszak, T. MacMaster), E. Korshkov (14) (J. Duszak, T. MacMaster)
Goaltender: J. Woll (30/36)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Scott Pooley put the Marlies on the board at 15:17 of the first period. He later added the secondary assists on Hollowell and Read’s third period goals. This is Pooley’s first career AHL three-point game. Pooley has nine points (7 goals, 2 assists) through 21 games this season.
  • Mason Marchment scored on the power play at 9:55 of the second period. He has eight goals in his last five games. Marchment has 18 points (13 goals, 5 assists) through 24 games.
  • Mac Hollowell scored at 18:20 of the second period and 1:51 of the third period. He added the primary assist on Read’s third period goal. This is his first career AHL three-point game.
  • Joseph Duszak recorded four primary assists including on Korshkov’s game-winner in overtime. This is Duszak’s first AHL career four-point game. Duszak has ten points (1 goal, 9 assists) in his last six games.
  • Matt Read scored at 17:26 of the third period and earlierpicked up the primary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal. He has goals (4) in four consecutive games. Read has 19 points (9 goals, 10 assists) in 37 games this season.
  • Adam Brooks scored the game-tying goal at 19:43 of the third period. Brooks has 20 points (9 goals, 11 assists) through 29 games this season.
  • Egor Korshkov scored at 1:01 of overtime. He has scored the game-winning goal in consecutive games. Korshkov has 21 points (14 goals, 7 assists) in 35 games with the Marlies
  • Tyler Gaudet registered the secondary assist on Pooley’s first period goal.
  • Kenny Agostino had the secondary assist on Marchment’s second period power play goal. He has points (1-4-5) in four consecutive games. Agostino has 39 points (22 goals, 17 assists) in 42 games this season.
  • Garret Wilson recorded the secondary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal. Wilson has 16 points (8 goals, 8 assists) in 42 games this season.
  • Hudson Elynuik registered the primary assist on Hollowell’s third period goal.
  • Tanner MacMaster picked up the secondary assists on Brooks’ third period goal and Korshkov’s overtime goal. MacMaster has points (3-7-10) in his last 11 games.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 30 of 36 shots he faced. Woll is now 9-11-2-1 on the season with a .887 save percentage and a 3.65 goals against average. Woll was selected as first star of the game.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto is 11-0-0-1 when scoring five or more goals.
  • The Marlies are now 3-3 in overtime games. Pontus Aberg and Kenny Agostino have scored Toronto’s two other overtime winning goals.
  • Toronto was 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play. This is the fourth consecutive game Toronto has not allowed a goal on the penalty kill (17/17).
  • Belleville had a 36-28 edge in shots in all situations. Joseph Duszak and Mason Marchment led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 12-11-2-1 against North Division opponents and 5-4-0-0 against the Belleville Senators. Toronto has outscored Belleville 38-32 through nine games.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (22)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  K. Agostino (39)
  • PPG: K. Agostino,N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (124)
  • +/-:  P. Aberg (+11)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (69)

HOME SWEET HOME

  • Toronto’s home record is 17-8-0-0 (34 points) this season. Toronto’s longest home point streak reached 18 points from Oct. 5 to Nov. 24 (9-0-0-0).
  • The Marlies have outscored their opponents 92-68. Kenny Agostino leads the Marlies in goals (14) and Jeremy Bracco in assists (18) at home.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (8-3-0-0) and Joseph Woll (6-5-0-0) have combined to make 590 saves. Michael Hutchinson also started three games (3-0-0-0) at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Marlies are 8-11-1-0 when trailing after the first period and 4-15-2-1 when trailing after the second period.
  • Toronto is 18-10-1-2 when outshot by their opponents.
  • The Marlies are 10-5-2-2 in Saturday games and are 4-3-0-0 in February.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Kenny Agostino has points (1-4-5) in four consecutive games.
  • Adam Brooks has points (1-2-3) in three consecutive games.
  • Egor Korshkov has goals (3) in three consecutive games.
  • Mason Marchment has points (8-1-9) in five consecutive games.
  • Matt Read has points (4-2-6) in four consecutive games.
  • Garrett Wilson has assists (3) in three consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.
  • Nic Petan (shoulder) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. He left Toronto’s game against Rochester on Feb. 8 and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • February 14: Returned forward Pontus Aberg on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • February 14: Returned goaltender Michael Hutchinson on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • February 10: Recalled forward Pontus Aberg from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 10: Returned goaltender Parker Gahagen on loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 7: Reassigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) from Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 7: Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from loan by Toronto (NHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
A lot of good things for a team to build confidence to find a way to get back into a game. Joseph Woll was unbelievable tonight. We kind of hung him out to dry early in the game, especially in the first period. He made some really good saves. It’s not like the goals were weak goals, we just were giving up too much. We finally found our game. Joe continued to battle for us and give us confidence to come back in it, and the offence came. The guys started to play the right way and do the things that needed to find those goals.

On the first period timeout with Toronto down 4-0:
It didn’t feel like I needed to yell too much. I think they knew themselves that the effort wasn’t there. The execution of the game plan that we had followed the day before that brought us success was not being executed. So just a reminder of a few points of what we needed to do to get back to playing our game. And I could sense that they were all disappointed in how they started and they started to turn it on from there.

On Joseph Duszak, Mac Hollowell and Scott Pooley’s performance tonight:
Great. Any time you can get depth guys that come up in the organization have huge impacts for you in a game is great signs of the development process here within this organization. Really happy for their success tonight in helping our team.

On Adam Brooks’ tying goal and leaving in overtime due to injury:
Huge goal…Everybody loves him. You can tell that all his teammates are rooting for him every day. He’s such a good person. He brings a lot of positive life and energy in the room with everybody so it’s good to see everybody else’s reaction and how excited they were for him and that goal. In terms of injury, it’s too early for me to know or have gotten a report on what’s going on.

On what has led to Mason Marchment’s recent success:
Get to the net. He’s really good at net-front presence and just getting around the paint and being difficult and strong and big to play down there and plays with a little bit of an edge. He does a good job getting teams off their game so he gets to the net and guys are more focused on him than actually playing the game and it gives him more time and space to make plays.

GARRETT WILSON (1 ASSIST)

On what Toronto did differently in the final two periods:
We just played with a little more urgency. We knew we had to take a couple risks to get some offence going and it paid off for us and Woll made some huge saves for us back at the final line of defence there. We fed off it and we were able to get one on the power play. PK was great, so it was just a nice team win there.

On Egor Korshkov’s overtime goal:
Yeah, I think he only scores highlight reels. It’d be nice to see him get a garbage one here every once in a while and make us feel a little bit better. He’s a skilled player, big body, and he’s a hell of a player.

 NEXT GAME:

February 17 vs Binghamton – 3:00 p.m. ET (Scotiabank Arena)
February 19 vs Binghamton – 11:00 a.m. ET
February 22 at Laval – 3:00 p.m. ET
February 26 vs Cleveland – 11:00 a.m. ET
February 28 at Utica – 7:00 p.m. ET

MARLIES 4, BELLEVILLE 2: “It’s really big, it’s really important. It’s a really big month for us. Thought the team was building a lot of confidence prior to these three games. They saw a lot of the good stuff they were doing and like we’ve talked a lot about, not getting the results. Really happy for them now to be getting the results and start reaping the rewards of the hard work of the last five, six weeks.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (25-19-3-2 – 55 Points) vs. BELLEVILLE SENATORS (32-15-3-1 – 68 Points).

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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TORONTO121–4
BELLEVILLE110–2

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SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: M. Marchment (12) (K. Agostino), K. Agostino (22) PP (M. Marchment, A. Brooks), E. Korshkov (13) (K. Rubins, M. Read), M. Read (8) (G. Wilson, K. Rubins)
Goaltender: K. Kaskisuo (26/28)

Belleville: J. Dougherty (4) (V. Abramov, J. Szwarz), V. Abramov (16) (J. Murray)
Goaltender: J. Daccord (29/33)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Mason Marchment put the Marlies on the board at 19:13 of the first period and later added the primary assist on Agostino’s second period goal. He has seven goals in his last four games. Marchment has 17 points (12 goals, 5 assists) through 23 games.
  • Kenny Agostino scored on the power play at 9:22 of the second period and earlierhad the lone assist on Marchment’s first period goal. He has points (1-3-4) in three consecutive games. Agostino has 38 points (22 goals, 16 assists) in 41 games this season.
  • Egor Korshkov scored at 18:17 of the first period. This was his first career AHL game-winning goal. Korshkov has 20 points (13 goals, 7 assists) in 34 games with the Marlies.
  • Matt Read scored at 8:46 of the third period and earlier added the secondary assist on Korshkov’s second period goal. He has goals (3) in three consecutive games. Read has 17 points (8 goals, 9 assists) in 36 games this season.
  • Adam Brooks recorded the secondary assist on Marchment’s first period goal. Brooks has 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) through 27 games this season.
  • Kristians Rubins registered the primary assist on Korshkov’s second period goal and the secondary assist on Read’s third period goal. He has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games. Rubins has 12 points (2 goals, 10 assists) through 37 games this season.
  • Garret Wilson had the primary assist on Read’s third period goal. This was his 200th career AHL point. Wilson has 15 points (8 goals, 7 assists) in 41 games this season.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced. Kaskisuo is now 14-8-2-1 on the season with a .909 save percentage and a 2.73 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 6-for-6 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. This is the third consecutive game Toronto has not allowed a goal on the penalty kill (15/15).
  • Toronto had a 33-28 edge in shots in all situations. Adam Brooks led the Marlies with seven shots on goal for the second consecutive game.
  • The Marlies are 13-11-2-1 against North Division opponents and 4-4-0-0 against the Belleville Senators. Toronto has outscored Belleville 31-26 through eight games.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (22)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  P. Aberg, K. Agostino (38)
  • PPG: K. Agostino,N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (123)
  • +/-:  P. Aberg (+11)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (69)

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Marlies are 7-7-0-0 when tied after the first period and 17-1-1-0 when leading after the second period.
  • Toronto is 7-8-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 6-5-0-0 in Friday games and are 3-3-0-0 in February.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Kenny Agostino has points (1-3-4) in three consecutive games.
  • Adam Brooks has assists (2) in consecutive games.
  • Mason Marchment has points (7-1-8) in four consecutive games.
  • Matt Read has points (3-1-4) in three consecutive games.
  • Kristians Rubins has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games.
  • Garrett Wilson has assists (2) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.
  • Nic Petan (shoulder) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. He left Toronto’s game against Rochester on Feb. 8 and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • February 14: Returned forward Pontus Aberg on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • February 14: Returned goaltender Michael Hutchinson on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • February 10: Recalled forward Pontus Aberg from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 10: Returned goaltender Parker Gahagen on loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 7: Reassigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) from Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 7: Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from loan by Toronto (NHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
It was probably one of the best performances for our team sticking to the game plan and being disciplined within it. Kas did a heck of a job in the first period, keeping us in the game and letting the team find it and build their confidence. Then the second period, we had three, four, five shifts in a row where we were in the o-zone, we wore the team down a bit and started to build momentum.

On building the team’s confidence with recent success:
It’s really big, it’s really important. It’s a really big month for us. Thought the team was building a lot of confidence prior to these three games. They saw a lot of the good stuff they were doing and like we’ve talked a lot about, not getting the results. Really happy for them now to be getting the results and start reaping the rewards of the hard work of the last five, six weeks.

On how the team kept momentum with 11 penalties called during the game:
Yeah, it’s really hard, even another reason to be proud of the group for staying in it, staying with it and not allowing the back-and-forth penalty calls to throw them off their game or lose momentum when we had it.

On a strong third period effort:
Well those are lessons learned from the losses we’ve had in the past. They’re starting to figure out what is needed and what it takes, a full 60 minutes and how to manage a game with a lead in the third period and they’re starting to execute.

NEXT GAME:

February 15 vs Belleville – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 17 vs Binghamton – 3:00 p.m. ET (Scotiabank Arena)
February 19 vs Binghamton – 11:00 a.m. ET
February 22 at Laval – 3:00 p.m. ET
February 26 vs Cleveland – 11:00 a.m. ET

MARLIES 5, LAVAL 2: “The team is starting to see the results of the work and labour they’ve been putting in for the last few weeks. Things have been coming along and they found another way to play for sixty minutes. Our D corps was great tonight. Really solid, really good gaps, played well from the middle of the rink, we didn’t give up a ton. More importantly in the D zone we were really strong closing out and stalling them out not allowing them to go low to high using their point shots, which is a big part of their game.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (24-20-3-2 – 53 Points) vs. LAVAL ROCKET (23-20-5-2 – 53 Points)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020

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LAVAL101–2
TORONTO302–5

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SCORING SUMMARY

Laval: C. Fleury (1) (J. Kotkaniemi, C. Hudon), M. Peca (4) (Unassisted)
Goaltender: K. Kinkaid (21/25)

Toronto: M. Marchment (11) (T. Kivihalme, A. Brooks), E. Korshkov (12) (J. Duszak, K. Agostino), K. Rubins (2) (G. Estephan, P. Aberg), M. Read (7) SH (M. Kapla), P. Aberg (16) EN (T. MacMaster)
Goaltender: K. Kaskisuo (25/27)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Mason Marchment opened the scoring at 49 seconds into the first period. This is the second consecutive game Marchment has scored in the first minute of the game. He has six goals through his last three games. Marchment has 15 points (11 goals, 4 assists) through 22 games.
  • Egor Korshkov scored Toronto’s second goal at 5:56 of the first period. Korshkov has 19 points (12 goals, 7 assists) in 33 games with the Marlies.
  • Kristians Rubins scored Toronto’s third goal at 11:32 of the first period. This was Rubins’ first game-winning goal. Rubins has 10 points (2 goals, 8 assists) through 36 games this season.
  • Matt Read scored Toronto’s fourth goal shorthanded at 2:49 of the third period. He has goals (2) in consecutive games. Read has 15 points (7 goals, 8 assists) in 35 games this season.
  • Pontus Aberg scored Toronto’s fifth goal in the empty net at 19:00 of the third period and earlier recorded the secondary assist on Rubins’ first period goal. This is Aberg’s 12th multi-point game of the season.
  • Teemu Kivihalme registered the primary assist on Marchment’s first period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Kivihalme has 14 points (3 goals, 11 assists) through 43 games this season.
  • Adam Brooks recorded the secondary assist on Marchment’s first period goal. Brooks has 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) through 27 games this season.
  • Joseph Duszak picked up the primary assist on Korshkov’s first period goal. Duszak has seven points (2 goals, 5 assists) through 11 games with the Marlies and has points (1-5-6) in four consecutive games.
  • Kenny Agostino had the secondary assist on Korshkov’s first period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Agostino has 36 points (21 goals, 15 assists) in 40 games this season.
  • Giorgio Estephan collected the primary assist on Rubins’ first period goal. Estephan has one assist through four games with the Marlies.
  • Michael Kapla picked up the lone assist on Read’s shorthanded goal in the third period. Kapla has two assists through four games with the Marlies.
  • Tanner MacMaster had the lone assist on Aberg’s empty net goal. MacMaster has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in his last seven games.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 25 of 27 shots he faced. Kaskisuo is now 13-8-2-1 on the season with a .909 save percentage and a 2.76 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 6-for-6 on the penalty kill and 0-for-4 on the power play. This is second consecutive game Toronto has not allowed a goal on the penalty kill.
  • Laval had a 27-26 edge in shots in all situations. Pontus Aberg and Teemu Kivihalme led the Marlies with three shots on goal for the second consecutive game.
  • The Marlies are 12-11-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-1-0-1 against the Laval Rocket.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (21)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  P. Aberg (38)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (123)
  • +/-:  P. Aberg (+11)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (69)

HOME SWEET HOME

  • Toronto’s home record is 16-8-0-0 (32 points) this season. Toronto’s longest home point streak reached 18 points from Oct. 5 to Nov. 24 (9-0-0-0).
  • The Marlies have outscored their opponents 85-62. Kenny Agostino leads the Marlies in goals (14) and Jeremy Bracco in assists (18) at home.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (8-3-0-0) and Joseph Woll (5-5-0-0) have combined to make 560 saves. Michael Hutchinson also started three games (3-0-0-0) at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 18-5-2-2 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 11-2-2-2 when leading after the first period and 16-1-1-0 when leading after the second period.
  • Toronto is 17-10-1-2 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 7-2-1-0 in Sunday games and are 2-3-0-0 in February.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Kenny Agostino has assists (2) in consecutive games.
  • Joseph Duszak has points (1-5-6) in four consecutive games.
  • Teemu Kivihalme has assists (2) in consecutive games.
  • Mason Marchment has goals (6) in three consecutive games.
  • Matt Read has goals (2) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for today’s game against Laval. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for today’s game against Laval.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for today’s game against Laval. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.
  • Nic Petan (shoulder) did not dress for today’s game against Laval. He left Toronto’s game against Rochester on Feb. 8 and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • February 7: Reassigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) from Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 7: Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 5: Returned goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Parker Gahagen from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 3: Recalled forward Giorgio Estephan from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team grabbing four of six points this weekend:
We’re very happy. The team is starting to see the results of the work and labour they’ve been putting in for the last few weeks. Things have been coming along and they found another way to play for sixty minutes. Our D corps was great tonight. Really solid, really good gaps, played well from the middle of the rink, we didn’t give up a ton. More importantly in the D zone we were really strong closing out and stalling them out not allowing them to go low to high using their point shots, which is a big part of their game.

On wins from their goaltenders:
We’re going to need both of those guys to be on their game to have a good push here for the rest of the season. Kas came in, played a heck of a game, kept us in it. Looked really confident, looked really calm in net and when you have a goalie showing those signs it gives confidence to the team to play well.

MASON MARCHMENT (1 GOAL)

On scoring six goals in three games:
Couple of lucky shots, couple of good shots and a couple of good passes from my linemates. Petey was finding me all weekend and even Brooksy and Kivi at the end there. It was just a good weekend overall.

On the team’s goaltending:
Yeah, they really stepped up this weekend. We trust them back there and we have full faith that they’re going to shut the door when we need them to. It was a full team effort I feel and it was just good to see.

MATT READ (1 GOAL)

On how the team played in this weekend’s three-in-three:
I think all three games were a step in the right direction. Last month kind of got away from us and I think all three games we played, I wouldn’t say the full sixty every game but we certainly made strides and found our confidence and I don’t think there are too many teams that can play with us when we play such a full game and team game out there.

NEXT GAME:

February 14 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 15 vs Belleville – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 17 vs Binghamton – 3:00 p.m. ET (Scotiabank Arena)
February 19 vs Binghamton – 11:00 a.m. ET
February 22 at Laval – 3:00 p.m. ET

MARLIES 4, ROCHESTER 0: “You could tell the energy in the locker room. The guys were excited to play tonight, they can feel the momentum they’re starting to gain in games. Even though the results haven’t been there, they’re very proud of the work they’ve put in. The start was great. It was a good opportunity for us to come out and gain some momentum.” — GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (23-20-3-2 – 51 Points) vs. ROCHESTER AMERICANS (27-15-2-4 – 60 Points)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020

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ROCHESTER000–0
TORONTO112–4

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SCORING SUMMARY

Rochester: No goals
Goaltender: A. Hammond (21/23)

Toronto: M. Marchment (9) (N. Petan, T. Kivihalme), M. Marchment (10) PP (K. Agostino, J. Duszak), M. Read (6) EN (G. Wilson), J. Duszak (2) EN (T. Gaudet, K. Gravel)
Goaltender: J. Woll (38/38)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Mason Marchment opened the scoring at 52 seconds in the first period and on the power play at 19:21 of the second period. He has five goals through his last two games and is the first Marlie to score five consecutive goals. Marchment has 14 points (10 goals, 4 assists) through 21 games.
  • Matt Read scored on the empty net at 16:02 of the third period. Read has 14 points (6 goals, 8 assists) in 34 games this season.
  • Joseph Duszak scored on the empty net at 19:06 of the third period and earlierhad the secondary assist on Marchment’s second period goal. Duszak has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) through 10 games with the Marlies and has points (1-4-5) in three consecutive games.
  • Nic Petan recorded the primary assist on Marchment’s first period goal. He has four assists through two games. Petan has 30 points (10 goals, 20 assists) in 22 games with the Marlies.
  • Teemu Kivihalme registered the secondary assist on Marchment’s first period goal. Kivihalme has 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists) through 42 games this season.
  • Kenny Agostino picked up the primary assist on Marchment’s second period goal. He was selected as third star. Agostino has 35 points (21 goals, 14 assists) in 39 games this season.
  • Garrett Wilson had the lone assist on Read’s third period goal. Wilson has 14 points (8 goals, 6 assists) in 40 games.
  • Tyler Gaudet recorded the primary assist on Duszak’s third period goal.
  • Kevin Gravel registered the secondary assist on Duszak’s third period goal. This is Gravel’s first point with the Marlies and his first game since November 9 due to illness.
  • Joseph Woll stopped all 38 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season. Woll is now 8-11-2-1 on the season with a .890 save percentage and a 3.53 goals against average. Woll was selected as first star of the game.

OF NOTE…

  • Kenny Agostino was awarded a penalty shot at 12:24 of the second period which was stopped by Rochester. Toronto was awarded a penalty shot in consecutive games (Baptiste, Feb. 7 at Belleville).
  • Toronto was 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play.
  • Rochester had a 38-25 edge in shots in all situations. Mason Marchment led the Marlies with seven shots on goal for the second consecutive game.
  • The Marlies are 11-11-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-1-0-0 against the Rochester Americans.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (21)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  P. Aberg (36)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (120)
  • +/-:  B. Harpur (+10)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (69)

HOME SWEET HOME

  • Toronto’s home record is 15-8-0-0 (30 points) this season. Toronto’s longest home point streak reached 18 points from Oct. 5 to Nov. 24 (9-0-0-0).
  • The Marlies have outscored their opponents 80-60. Kenny Agostino leads the Marlies in goals (14) and Jeremy Bracco in assists (18) at home.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (7-3-0-0) and Joseph Woll (5-5-0-0) have combined to make 535 saves. Michael Hutchinson also started three games (3-0-0-0) at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 17-5-2-2 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 10-2-2-2 when leading after the first period and 15-1-1-0 when leading after the second period.
  • Toronto is 16-10-1-2 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 9-5-2-2 in Saturday games and are 1-3-0-0 in February.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Joseph Duszak has points (1-4-5) in three consecutive games.
  • Mason Marchment has goals (5) in consecutive games.
  • Nic Petan has assists (4) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for tonight’s game against Rochester. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Rochester.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for tonight’s game against Rochester. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • February 7: Reassigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) from Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 7: Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 5: Returned goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Parker Gahagen from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 3: Recalled forward Giorgio Estephan from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s start with Marchment scoring 52 seconds into the game:
Yeah, that’s something that we had struggled with in the stretch here. You could tell the energy in the locker room. The guys were excited to play tonight, they can feel the momentum they’re starting to gain in games. Even though the results haven’t been there, they’re very proud of the work they’ve put in. The start was great. It was a good opportunity for us to come out and gain some momentum.

On what he likes about Nic Petan’s line with Kenny Agostino and Mason Marchment:
Just their compete level. They seemed to build some chemistry. Marchment builds a lot of time and space for guys. He gets under the skin of the opponent and that opens up time and space for Kenny and Petey to make plays and I think there’s a good combination of skill there.

On the shutout helping Joseph Woll’s confidence going forward:
Huge. He came up big tonight. You could just tell his body language was really calm, he was assertive, he was tracking the puck really well. It was a solid game for him.

On Adam Brooks not dressing and Nic Petan leaving the game:
We’ll see. No real status or timeline on either of them. Nothing major but we definitely miss those guys if they’re not in our lineup, they’re big players. But we’ll see in the future.

On Kevin Gravel’s play today (first game since Nov. 9):
I was really surprised. That was my first opportunity to even watch him play in a game. It’s been a long road, we’re really proud of the work he’s put in. He’s a great person. For the team to get a win, for him to play the way he did, to get the minutes he did, is a really fun story to see and we’re really proud of him.

KEVIN GRAVEL (1 ASSIST)

On his first game since Nov. 9:
It was good. It was good to get back out there. It was another game of the year for a lot of guys but for me, it kind of meant a little more. Kind of in an unknown position there for a while in terms of health so you don’t really know what’s going to happen. It felt good to be out there and then to contribute to the team and be back on the ice to play a game again.

On not playing through a difficult stretch of games for the Marlies:
Yeah it’s hard to watch. Obviously you want to be there for the guys and you want to be able to work through that with them and help the guys out. You’re close as a team and you go through the good times together and you go through the bad times together. You can ask anyone, they don’t like watching, whether it’s one game or three months. It’s always tough to be on the sidelines. It was good to get back, it was good to be on the ice again.

On Joseph Woll’s performance:
It was really good, really good. Especially the first period there, they had close to I think 20 shots on goal in the first. Kind of bought us a little bit of time there and let us get a chance to get our feet underneath us. We got the lead there and he made a couple of ten-bell saves for us on the PP and the PK as well. He was great for us. It’s good to be able to shut the door for him and get him that shutout and have his back there too.

JOSEPH WOLL (SECOND CAREER SHUTOUT, 38 SAVES)

On the significance of today’s shutout:
I think it was big for me but I think it was really huge for the team. I think we’ve been on a little bit of a downward spiral lately so I think a big win like that against a good team is something we can really build on.

On how he has stayed focused through difficult games:
I think the biggest thing is keeping with your routine. I think it’s easy to start changing a lot of things when you’re going through some adversity but for me and for the team it’s just been come in every day and keep getting better and sticking with it.

On Mason Marchment:
He’s been awesome. He’s one of those players that you love to have on your team and probably hate to play against so he can do it all really. He’s scoring a lot of big goals for us, he’s creating some havoc around the net. I love to see it.

NEXT GAME:

February 9 vs Laval – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 14 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 15 vs Belleville – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 17 vs Binghamton – 3:00 p.m. ET (Scotiabank Arena)
February 19 vs Binghamton – 11:00 a.m. ET

BELLEVILLE 7, MARLIES 4: “I’d say today’s the most frustrating loss we’ve had, not that they’re not all frustrating but I mean Agostino, Petan, Marchment, from power play to 5-on-5, those guys gained a lot of momentum for themselves and for the team, they had a huge impact on this game. I thought Duszak came in and had a really good game for us. Hollowell, Kivihalme – there were some good efforts today, some guys stepped up for the team. There were again moments of the game we controlled. At this point, it’s really frustrating, it’s difficult. We need to start seeing results.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (22-20-3-2 – 49 Points) vs. BELLEVILLE SENATORS (31-14-3-1 – 66 Points)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020

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TORONTO130–4
BELLEVILLE124–7

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: P. Aberg (15) (T. MacMaster, K. Rubins), M. Marchment (6) PP (N. Petan, J. Duszak), M. Marchment (7) (N. Petan), M. Marchment (8) PP (N. Petan, J. Duszak)
Goaltender: K. Kaskisuo (22/27), J. Woll (2/3)

Belleville: J. Szwarz (13) PP (J. Norris, E. Brannstrom), M. Carcone (12) (J. Murray, A. Formenton), J. Norris (25) (J. Murray), E. Brannstrom (2) (M. Lajoie), M. Klimchuk (11) (J. Aspirot, J. Daccord), J. Beaudin (3) SH (A. Formenton, J. Dougherty), P. Kelly (8) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: J. Daccord (36/40)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Pontus Aberg opened the scoring at 4:30 of the first period. Aberg has six points (4 goals, 2 assists) in six games against Belleville this season.
  • Mason Marchment scored his second hat trick of the season with goals at 1:03, 4:27 and 18:14 of the second period. Marchment picked up his first two power play goals of the season.
  • Tanner MacMaster recorded the primary assist on Aberg’s first period goal. MacMaster has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) in his last five games.
  • Kristians Rubins registered the secondary assist on Aberg’s first period goal. Rubins has nine points (1 goal, 8 assists) through 34 games this season.
  • Nic Petan collected the primary assist on all three of Marchment’s second period goals. Petan has 12 points (3 goals, 9 assists) in five games this season against Belleville.
  • Joseph Duszak picked up the secondary assists on both of Marchment’s power play goals. Duszak has four point (1 goal, 3 assists) through nine games with the Marlies.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 22 of 27 shots he faced in 48:10 of action. Kaskisuo is now 12-8-2-1 on the season with a .908 save percentage and a 2.79 goals against average. Joseph Woll stopped 2 of 3 shots in relief of Kaskisuo. He is now has a .884 Save Percentage and a 3.71 Goals Against Average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 2-for-5 on the power play. This is the 10th time Toronto has recorded more than one power play goal in a game this season.
  • Toronto had a 40-31 edge in shots in all situations. Mason Marchment led the Marlies with seven shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 10-11-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-4-0-0 against the Belleville Senators.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (21)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  P. Aberg (36)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (120)
  • +/-:  B. Harpur (+10)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (69)

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 16-5-2-2 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 6-7-0-0 when tied after the first period and 14-1-1-0 when leading after the second period.
  • Toronto is 7-8-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 5-5-0-0 in Friday games and are 0-3-0-0 in February.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • No current point streaks

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • February 7: Reassigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) from Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 7: Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 5: Returned goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Parker Gahagen from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 3: Recalled forward Giorgio Estephan from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On solid individual efforts despite loss:
I’d say today’s the most frustrating loss we’ve had, not that they’re not all frustrating but I mean Agostino, Petan, Marchment, from power play to 5-on-5, those guys gained a lot of momentum for themselves and for the team, they had a huge impact on this game. I thought Duszak came in and had a really good game for us. Hollowell, Kivihalme – there were some good efforts today, some guys stepped up for the team. There were again moments of the game we controlled. At this point, it’s really frustrating, it’s difficult. We need to start seeing results.

On quality chances increasing for Toronto as the game developed:
They did for us today. First period was a little slow. It was an even score after one. I knew we had better as a team and they came out and responded in the second period. I thought we out chanced them to 2-to-1 in that period and carried into the third then things just started to fall apart for us. There’s no excuses, we’ve got to start finding a way to get wins.

On whether this game is a learning experience or should be thrown away ahead of tomorrow’s game:
Every game’s a learning experience. Every game at some point we have to put behind us. We’ve got to chisel away at getting better. I do think if we look at our segment of games, last six, seven games, there has been better hockey played. We’ll continue to trend, we’ll continue to get better and we’ve got to find a way to go on a run.

NEXT GAME:

February 8 vs Rochester – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 9 vs Laval – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 14 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 15 vs Belleville – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 17 vs Binghamton – 3:00 p.m. ET (Scotiabank Arena)

BELLEVILLE 3, MARLIES 1: “Five-on-five, I was really happy with how we played against one of the top teams in the League, which I think we are as well. We went toe-to-toe with them. Special teams let us down tonight.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (22-19-3-2 – 49 Points) vs. BELLEVILLE SENATORS (30-14-3-1 – 64 Points)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020

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BELLEVILLE120–3
TORONTO100–1

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Belleville: R. Balcers (12) (V. Abramov, L. Brown), J. Szwarz (12) SH (J. Dougherty), R. Balcers (13) PP (J. Norris, M. Lajoie)
Goaltender: J. Daccord (25/26)

Toronto: E. Korshkov (11) (J. Schmaltz, T. Gaudet)
Goaltender: J. Woll (23/26)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Egor Korshkov scored at 5:28 of the first period. Korshkov has 18 points (11 goals, 7 assists) through 30 games this season.
  • Jordan Schmaltz recorded the primary assist on Korshkov’s first period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Schmaltz has 13 points (2 goals, 11 assists) through 33 games this season.
  • Tyler Gaudet registered the secondary assist on Korshkov’s first period goal. Gaudet has 14 points (2 goals, 12 assists) in 42 games with the Marlies.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 23 of 26 shots he faced. Woll is now 7-11-2-1 on the season with a .885 Save Percentage and a 3.68 Goals Against Average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 1-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-5 on the power play.
  • Toronto and Belleville were even in shots with 26 in all situations. Kenny Agostino, Nick Baptiste and Nic Petan led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 10-10-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-3-0-0 against the Belleville Senators.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (21)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  P. Aberg (35)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (115)
  • +/-:  B. Harpur (+10)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (69)

HOME SWEET HOME

  • Toronto’s home record is 14-8-0-0 (28 points) this season. Toronto’s longest home point streak reached 18 points from Oct. 5 to Nov. 24 (9-0-0-0).
  • The Marlies have outscored their opponents 76-60. Kenny Agostino leads the Marlies in goals (14) and Jeremy Bracco in assists (18) at home.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (7-3-0-0) and Joseph Woll (4-5-0-0) have combined to make 497 saves. Michael Hutchinson also started three games (3-0-0-0) at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 16-4-2-2 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 6-6-0-0 when tied after the first period and 3-15-2-1 when trailing after the second period.
  • Toronto is 0-1-0-0 when even in shots with their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 0-2-0-0 in Tuesday games and are 0-2-0-0 in February.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Jordan Schmaltz has assists (0-2-2) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for tonight’s game against Belleville. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Parker Gahagen from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • February 4: Recalled goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • February 3: Recalled forward Giorgio Estephan from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
Five-on-five, I was really happy with how we played against one of the top teams in the League, which I think we are as well. We went toe-to-toe with them. Special teams let us down tonight.

On the team’s placement in the overall standings:
That’s focusing on results, which are important. If we’re still looking back at the last four games before tonight, like I had mentioned in previous interviews, we’re starting to build a lot more consistency in our 5-on-5 play. I had mentioned prior as well that special teams had plagued us a little bit, tonight was a part of that again. There’s still positives to build on. It doesn’t happen overnight, we’re going to keep going.

On why Jeremy Bracco did not play tonight:
Away for personal reasons.

FORWARD GARRETT WILSON

On tonight’s game:
I thought 5-on-5 we were generating a lot of chances, a lot of looks. We didn’t capitalize on enough of them. Special teams, we’ve got to be better. It’s losing us hockey games not capitalizing on the power play, not shutting down the PK and we’ve got to find a way to get that going so we can start climbing the standings.

On not capitalizing on two consecutive power plays in the second period:
It’s huge. It’s a turning point. We had a five minute power play there and then a four right after. We just weren’t executing and we had a couple different looks there on the unit so we’ve just got to get back to the drawing board here. We know we’ve still got a good opportunity here this month so we’ve got to start winning some hockey games and doing our job and hopefully climb the standings as fast as we can.

On the message to the team as a leader in the room:
You’ve got to forget about this one. It’s behind us now, and just look for the next game. We know it’s not going to be easy. Teams come in and they’re ready to play us. Toronto’s been known to be a good team for the last five, ten years and teams get up for those games so we’ve got to find a way to bring our A-game and start winning some hockey games.


NEXT GAME:

February 7 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 8 vs Rochester – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 9 vs Laval – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 14 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 15 vs Belleville – 4:00 p.m. ET

CHARLOTTE 4, MARLIES 3: “This team is still fighting to find that consistent play and we had to have known and we talked about the response they were going to have after yesterday and the first period was a little lethargic. But some games in the past after getting down the team had a hard time coming back and generating. Today is a good sign of them moving in the right direction and they competed, they found their way back into the game and they gave themselves a chance to win.” GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (22-18-3-2 – 49 Points) vs. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS (25-17-3-0 – 53 Points)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020

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CHARLOTTE220–4
TORONTO012–3

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Charlotte: O. Kaski (8) PP (J. Bean, M. Geekie), C. Bishop (4) (T. Broadhurst, G. Forsling), M. Geekie (15) (J. Kuokkanen, J. Bean), J. Gauthier (22) SH (Unassisted)
Goaltender: A. Nedeljkovic (31/34)

Toronto: T. Liljegren (5) PP (A. Brooks, J. Bracco), H. Elynuik (3) (B. Harpur, T. Liljegren), G. Wilson (8) (J. Schmaltz, T. MacMaster)
Goaltender: J. Woll (6/8), K. Kaskisuo (17/19)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Timothy Liljegren scored on the power play at 14:09 of the second period to put the Marlies on the board. He added the secondary assist on Elynuik’s third period goal. Liljegren has 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists) in his last 13 games.
  • Hudson Elynuik scored at 5:52 of the third period. Elynuik has eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) through 37 games this season.
  • Garrett Wilson scored at 9:08 of the third period. This was his 400th career AHL game. Wilson has 13 points (8 goals, 5 assists) through 38 games this season.
  • Adam Brooks recorded the primary assist on Liljegren’s second period power play goal. Brooks has 17 points (8 goals, 9 assists) in 24 games with the Marlies.
  • Jeremy Bracco registered the secondary assist on Liljegren’s second period power play goal. Bracco is fifth in the League in assists (30).
  • Ben Harpur collected the primary assist on Elynuik’s third period goal. He has three points (1-2-3) in three consecutive games. Harpur has 11 points (1 goal, 10 assists) through 31 games this season.
  • Jordan Schmaltz picked up the primary assist on Wilson’s third period goal. Schmaltz has 12 points (2 goals, 10 assists) through 32 games this season.
  • Tanner MacMaster had the secondary assist on Wilson’s third period goal. MacMaster has recorded four points (2 goals, 2 assists) through three straight games.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 6 of 8 shots he faced in 19:19 of action. Woll is now has a .885 save percentage and a 3.71 goals against average. Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 17 of 19 shots in relief of Woll. He is now 12-7-2-1 on the season and has a .912 Save Percentage and a 2.67 Goals Against Average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-7 on the power play.
  • Toronto had a 34-27 edge in shots in all situations. Jordan Schmaltz led the Marlies with five shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 2-3-0-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish their regular season series 1-2-0-1 against the Charlotte Checkers.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (21)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  P. Aberg (35)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (115)
  • +/-:  B. Harpur (+10)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (69)

HOME SWEET HOME

  • Toronto’s home record is 14-7-0-0 (28 points) this season. Toronto’s longest home point streak reached 18 points from Oct. 5 to Nov. 24 (9-0-0-0).
  • The Marlies have outscored their opponents 75-56. Kenny Agostino leads the Marlies in goals (14) and Jeremy Bracco in assists (18) at home.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (7-3-0-0) and Joseph Woll (4-4-0-0) have combined to make 474 saves. Michael Hutchinson also started three games (3-0-0-0) at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Marlies are 7-11-1-0 when trailing after the first period and 3-14-2-1 when trailing after the second period.
  • Toronto is 7-7-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 8-5-2-2 in Saturday games and are 0-1-0-0 in February.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Ben Harpur has points (1-2-3) in three consecutive games.
  • Tanner MacMaster has points (2-2-4) in three consecutive games.
  • Timothy Liljegren has points (1-2-3) in two consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for tonight’s game against Charlotte. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Charlotte.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for tonight’s game against Charlotte. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 31: Returned defenceman Kevin Gravel on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 31: Recalled defenceman Kevin Gravel from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • January 30: Released forward Giovanni Fiore from PTO

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On Toronto’s third period:
Yeah, we saw the ceiling of what our team was. We controlled the period. There wasn’t a lot of opportunity or time or space for them to make plays. A lot of good signs. Not the start we want, got better as the game went on. We started to find that the third period was what we want to see consistently. This team is still fighting to find that consistent play and we had to have known and we talked about the response they were going to have after yesterday and the first period was a little lethargic. But some games in the past after getting down the team had a hard time coming back and generating. Today is a good sign of them moving in the right direction and they competed, they found their way back into the game and they gave themselves a chance to win.

On Kasimir Kaskisuo replacing Joseph Woll:
Just didn’t really like how the couple goals went in. Kaskisuo gave us a great game yesterday. We’re trying to build some momentum for the team and wanted to put him in there to stabilize things for our group.

On Timothy Liljegren (1 goal, 1 assist):
He might have been our best player on the ice tonight. He generates a lot. His skating and his ability to get pucks back transitions the game. He’s an elite player who’s starting to find his way and he has been for some time but tonight he definitely showcased that.

NEXT GAME

February 4 vs Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 7 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 8 vs Rochester – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 9 vs Laval – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 14 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET


MARLIES 6, CHARLOTTE 2: “The break was good to us. You could tell the energy and the excitement for the players to be back on the ice. Got a little mental refresher and really, a lot of how we played tonight I thought we played like in Cleveland as well, we just didn’t get the results. In our staff’s mind, we put together three good games. Hopefully we can continue to find that consistency.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (22-17-3-2 – 49 Points) vs. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS (24-17-3-0 – 51 Points)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020

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CHARLOTTE110–2
TORONTO141–6

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Charlotte: M. Geekie (14) (T. Broadhurst, G. Forsling), M. McCormick (13) PP (D. Gust, C. Priskie)
Goaltender: A. Forsberg (13/16), A. Nedeljkovic (8/11)

Toronto: N. Petan (10) (Unassisted), M. Hollowell (1) (N. Petan, B. Harpur), S. Pooley (5) (T. Kivihalme, T. Liljegren), S. Pooley (6) (Unassisted), T. MacMaster (10) PP (M. Read, T. Kivihalme), E. Korshkov (10) (T. MacMaster)
Goaltender: K. Kaskisuo (31/33)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Nic Petan scored unassisted at 7:56 of the first period to put the Marlies on the board and added the primary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal. He has points (2-3-5) in three consecutive games. Petan has 26 points (10 goals, 16 assists) in 18 games this season.
  • Mac Hollowell scored at 1:19 of the second period. This was his first career AHL goal. Hollowell has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games for the first time this season.
  • Scott Pooley scored at 2:30 and 2:49 of the second period. This is his second two-goal game of the season. Pooley has six goals in 16 games this season.
  • Tanner MacMaster scored on the power play at 18:05 of the second period and later added the lone assist on Korshkov’s third period goal. MacMaster has recorded three points (2 goals, 1 assist) through two straight games.
  • Egor Korshkov scored at 5:00 of the third period. Korshkov has 17 points (10 goals 7 assists) through 28 games.
  • Ben Harpur recorded the secondary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal. Harpur has 10 points (1 goal, 9 assists) through 30 games this season.
  • Teemu Kivihalme registered the primary assist on Pooley’s first goal of the second period and the secondary assist on MacMaster’s second period power play goal. This is Kivihalme’s second multi-point game of the season.
  • Timothy Liljegren collected the secondary assist on Pooley’s first goal of the second period. Liljegren has 15 points (2 goals, 13 assists) in his last 12 games. Liljegren is eighth in assists (23) amongst AHL defencemen.
  • Matt Read had the primary assist on MacMaster’s second period power play goal. Read has 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) through 31 games this season.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 31 of 33 shots he faced. He is now 12-6-1-1 on the season with a .912 save percentage and a 2.65 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto’s two fastest goals of the season were both scored by Scott Pooley in the second period (19 seconds).
  • Toronto was 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play.
  • Charlotte had a 33-27 edge in shots in all situations. Egor Korshkov led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 2-2-0-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and are 1-1-01 against the Charlotte Checkers.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (21)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (29)
  • Points:  P. Aberg (35)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (113)
  • +/-:  B. Harpur (+11)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (67)

HOME SWEET HOME

  • Toronto’s home record is 14-6-0-0 (28 points) this season. Toronto’s longest home point streak reached 18 points from Oct. 5 to Nov. 24 (9-0-0-0).
  • The Marlies have outscored their opponents 72-52. Kenny Agostino leads the Marlies in goals (14) and Jeremy Bracco in assists (17) at home.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (7-2-0-0) and Joseph Woll (4-4-0-0) have combined to make 451 saves. Michael Hutchinson also started three games (3-0-0-0) at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Marlies are 6-5-0-0 when tied after the first period and 14-0-1-0 when leading after the second period.
  • Toronto is 15-10-1-2 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 5-4-0-0 in Friday games and are 3-7-1-1 in January. This is Toronto’s first home game played on Friday.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Ben Harpur has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
  • Mac Hollowell has points (1-2-3) consecutive games.
  • Tanner MacMaster has points (2-1-3) in consecutive games.
  • Nic Petan has points (2-3-5) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Kenny Agostino (illness) did not dress for tonight’s game against Charlotte.
  • Rich Clune (high ankle sprain) did not dress for tonight’s game against Charlotte. He left Toronto’s game against Charlotte on January 19 and did not return.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Charlotte.
  • Jesper Lindgren (high ankle sprain)did not dress for tonight’s game against Charlotte. Heleft Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 31: Returned defenceman Kevin Gravel on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 31: Recalled defenceman Kevin Gravel from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • January 30: Released forward Giovanni Fiore from PTO
  • January 26: Returned forward Tyler Gaudet on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 26: Recalled forward Tyler Gaudet from loan to Toronto (NHL).
  • January 25: Returned defenceman Jake Muzzin from conditioning loan to Toronto (NHL).
  • January 25: Returned forward Trevor Moore from conditioning loan to Toronto (NHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team being down a goal and pushing back for the win:
For sure the response after going down by a goal. The break was good to us. You could tell the energy and the excitement for the players to be back on the ice. Got a little mental refresher and really, a lot of how we played tonight I thought we played like in Cleveland as well, we just didn’t get the results. In our staff’s mind, we put together three good games. Hopefully we can continue to find that consistency.

On Egor Korshkov (1 goal):
Big size, a lot of skill. He’s an interesting, fun player to watch. He just sheds people off as they approach him. He’s great protecting the puck and possessing. Nice little play he made down low for his goal. He brings an element to our team and some depth.

On Mac Hollowell (first career AHL goal):
He’s a very skilled player. We’ve seen a lot of it. It hasn’t resulted in a goal such as that. He’s such a good skater, he positions himself offensively and defensively really well through the middle of the rink, uses his stick to his advantage, which he’ll have to with a little bit undersized defenceman but he makes up for it with his ability to skate and position himself off of defenders.

FORWARD SCOTT POOLEY (2 GOALS)

On tonight’s win against Charlotte:
I think we just did a lot of the little details right that were kind of hurting us. It was nice to get home after the long road trip and after the break and be able to get back into our routine and I think that helped a lot. We were happy to put a full 60 on the ice and obviously we got the result we wanted.

On what the coaching staff’s message was going into tonight’s game:
Just keep it simple really. Coming back from break, hands might be a little rusty, guys get their legs back under them and stuff. But like I said in games prior, we liked the process, we liked the way we played and we just didn’t get the results we wanted, so we wanted to put a full 60 on the ice and we knew we’d get the result and I think we showed that tonight.

On whether confidence or experience has led to increased scoring:
Yeah, I think obviously confidence is huge for any player so to get the first one and be able to play a little more loose and have the confidence to shoot the puck. There’s lucky bounces and I was a lucky recipient, just put it on net and it went in so, there’s no secret to it or anything but I’ll take it.

NEXT GAME:

February 1 vs Charlotte – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 4 vs Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 7 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 8 vs Rochester – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 9 vs Laval – 4:00 p.m. ET

MARLIES 4 AT CLEVELAND 5 (OT) POSTGAME NOTES: “There was a lot of improvement. You can definitely look at our past and what the record has been as of late and fall back on that. But if you just look at this one game, the team put in a great effort. I thought the team really competed hard, much better in our D-zone, our fifty-fifty battles, our O-zone looked great tonight, got a lot of interior shots something’s that we’ve been missing in the past.” — GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (21-17-3-2 – 47 Points) vs. CLEVELAND MONSTERS (20-20-2-2 – 44 Points)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020

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TORONTO30104
CLEVELAND20215

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SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: B. Harpur (1) (P. Aberg, D. Archibald), N. Petan (9) (K. Rubins, P. Aberg), T. MacMaster (9) (G. Wilson, M. Hollowell), K. Agostino (21) (P. Aberg, M. Hollowell).
Goaltender: J. Woll (19/24).

Cleveland: D. Barach (5) (A. Peeke, M. Fortier), K. Sherwood (6) (M. Dano, R. MacInnis), T. Fix-Wolansky (5) PP (P. Bittner, S. Matteau), K. Sherwood (7) (C. Thurkauf, A. Peeke), S. Matteau (10) (A. Clendening, D. Simpson).
Goaltender: V. Vehvilainen (7/10), M. Kivlenieks (29/30).

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Ben Harpur opened the scoring at 14:25 of the first period. This is his first goal for the Marlies this season. Harpur has eight points (1 goal, 8 assists) through 29 games this season.
  • Nic Petan scored at 14:53 of the first period. He has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games. Petan has 24 points (9 goals, 15 assists) in 17 games this season.
  • Tanner MacMaster scored at 15:25 of the first period. MacMaster has 18 points (9 goals, 9 assists) through 37 games this season.
  • Kenny Agostino scored at 15:39 of the third period. Agostino has nine points (5 goals, 4 assists) in his last 10 games. Agostino is tied for fifth in the League in goals scored (21).
  • Pontus Aberg recorded the primary assist on Harpur’s goal in the first period, the secondary assist on Petan’s goal in the first period and the primary assist on Agostino’s third period goal. Aberg has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in five games against Cleveland this season. This is his 11th multi-point game of the season.
  • Darren Archibald registered the secondary assist on Harpur’s first period goal. Archibald has 12 points (7 goals, 5 assists) through 28 games this season.
  • Kristians Rubins collected the primary assist on Petan’s first period goal. Rubins has eight points (1 goal, 7 assists) through 30 games this season.
  • Garrett Wilson picked up the primary assist on MacMaster’s first period goal. Wilson has 12 points (7 goals, 5 assists) through 36 games this season.
  • Mac Hollowell had the secondary assists on MacMaster’s first period goal and Agostino’s third period goal. Hollowell has four assists through 15 games this season.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 19 of 24 shots he faced. Woll is now 7-10-2-1 on the season with a .886 Save Percentage and a 3.67 Goals Against Average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto scored three goals in 60 seconds in the first period. Toronto previously recorded three goals in 59 seconds against the Laval Rocket on December 27, 2019.
  • Toronto was 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-5 on the power play.
  • Toronto had a 40-24 edge in shots in all situations. Matt Read led the Marlies with six shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 10-9-3-1 against North Division opponents and are 2-2-1-0 against the Cleveland Monsters.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (21)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (29)
  • Points:  P. Aberg (35)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (110)
  • +/-:  B. Harpur (+8)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (60)

ON THE ROAD

  • Toronto’s away record is 8-11-3-2 (21 points) this season. Toronto’s longest road point streak reached nine points from Oct. 11 to Nov. 2 (3-0-2-1).
  • The Marlies have been outscored 91-75. Pontus Aberg leads the Marlies in goals (10) and Timothy Liljegren in assists (14) on the road.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (5-4-1-1) and Joseph Woll (3-6-2-1) have combined to make 704 saves.

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 16-3-2-2 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 9-2-2-2 when leading after the first period and 13-0-1-0 when leading after the second period.
  • Toronto is 7-6-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 8-4-2-2 in Saturday games and are 2-7-1-1 in January.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Nic Petan has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Kevin Gravel (illness) did not dress for today’s game against Cleveland.
  • Egor Korshkov (lower leg laceration) did not dress for today’s game against Cleveland.
  • Jesper Lindgren did not dress for today’s game against Cleveland. He left Toronto’s game against Cleveland on January 24 in the third period and did not return.
  • Mason Marchment left today’s game against Cleveland in the first period and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 25: Returned defenceman Jake Muzzin from conditioning loan to Toronto (NHL).
  • January 25: Returned forward Trevor Moore from conditioning loan to Toronto (NHL).
  • January 23: Returned forward Colt Conrad on loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 23: Assigned defenceman Jake Muzzin to conditioning loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 20: Reassigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 18: Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 18: Returned forward Adam Brooks on loan from Toronto (NHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On what improvements he saw from Toronto:
There was a lot of improvement. You can definitely look at our past and what the record has been as of late and fall back on that. But if you just look at this one game, the team put in a great effort. I thought the team really competed hard, much better in our d-zone, our fifty-fifty battles, our o-zone looked great tonight, got a lot of interior shots something’s that we’ve been missing in the past. The players really executed a lot that we asked of them today.

On Matt Read (6 shots):
He probably had four or five grade A chances. He really showed up in the game, helped our team find some momentum, some energy and he was one of the guys that really got interior and helped threaten.

On Pontus Aberg (3 assists):
He’s a big part of our team, he’s a top-six forward. He has a ton of ability and talent. When he brings it consistently with his effort and his compete and what he did tonight, he’s a heck of a hockey player.

On the AHL All-Star break:
I think every team in this league needs a break. It’s a long season. We’ve been through a lot lately, battling some consistency stuff. This break will be good for us. We’ll come back from it fresh. We’ll get back to our routine and back to building details and habits that we want to build and we’ll find positives out of tonight and what the team did.

NEXT GAME:

January 31 vs Charlotte – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 1 vs Charlotte – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 4 vs Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 7 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 8 vs Rochester – 4:00 p.m. ET

MARLIES 2 AT CLEVELAND 5. POSTGAME NOTES: “You get the timing back within a game like this. It’s a high level of hockey here still. There’s lots of skill on this team and lots of skill in the league, and you accomplish that by coming and playing here.” — JAKE MUZZIN.

TORONTO MARLIES (21-17-2-2 – 46 Points) vs. CLEVELAND MONSTERS (19-20-2-2 – 42 Points).

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020

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TORONTO101–2
CLEVELAND212–5

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: T. Moore (1) (T. Liljegren, N. Petan), J. Bracco (4) PP (N. Petan, T. Liljegren)
Goaltender: K. Kaskisuo (28/31)

Cleveland: D. Simpson (7) (C. Thurskauf, T. Fix-Wolanksy), D. Simpson (8) (Unassisted), T. Fix-Wolanksy (4) PP (K. Stenlund), P. Bittner (5) EN (D. Simpson, R. MacInnis), D. Barach (4) EN (S. Matteau)
Goaltender: M. Kivlenieks (35/37)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Trevor Moore put the Marlies on the board at 3:54 of the first period. This was Moore’s first goal for the Marlies in two games this season.
  • Jeremy Bracco scored on the power play at 18:16 of the third period. This was Bracco’s first power play goal. He has 13 assists on the power play this season.
  • Timothy Liljegren recorded the primary assist on Moore’s first period goal and the secondary assist on Bracco’s third period goal. Liljegren has 12 points (2 goals, 10 assists) in his last 10 games and has recorded a point (1-9-10) in eight consecutive games. This is Liljegren’s sixth multi-point game of the season.
  • Nic Petan registered the secondary assist on Moore’s first period goal and the primary assist on Bracco’s third period goal. Petan has 23 points (8 goals, 15 assists) in 16 games this season.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 28 of 31 shots he faced. He is now 11-6-1-1 on the season with a .911 save percentage and a 2.69 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play.
  • Toronto had a 37-33 edge in shots in all situations. Timothy Liljegren, Scott Pooley and Garrett Wilson led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 10-9-2-1 against North Division opponents and are 2-2-0-0 against the Cleveland Monsters.
  • Toronto is on their annual Boat Show road trip, returning to Coca-Cola Coliseum on January 31. Before the All-Star Break (January 26 to January 29), Toronto will face the Texas Stars, the San Antonio Rampage, the Charlotte Checkers and the Cleveland Monsters, each in two game series.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (20)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (29)
  • Points:  K. Agostino (33)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (105)
  • +/-:  B. Harpur, J. Lindgren, G. Wilson (+6)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (60)

ON THE ROAD

  • Toronto’s away record is 8-11-2-2 (20 points) this season. Toronto’s longest road point streak reached nine points from Oct. 11 to Nov. 2 (3-0-2-1).
  • The Marlies have been outscored 86-71. Pontus Aberg leads the Marlies in goals (10) and Timothy Liljegren in assists (14) on the road.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (5-4-1-1) and Joseph Woll (3-6-1-1) have combined to make 685 saves.

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Marlies are 7-10-1-0 when trailing after the first period and 3-13-2-1 when trailing after the second period.
  • Toronto is 7-6-1-0 when outshooting their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 4-4-0-0 in Friday games and are 2-7-0-1 in January.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Timothy Liljegren has points (1-9-10) in eight consecutive games.
  • Mason Marchment has points (3-2-6) in three consecutive games.
  • Trevor Moore has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Kevin Gravel (illness) did not dress for tonight’s game against Cleveland.
  • Egor Korshkov (lower leg laceration) did not dress for tonight’s game against Cleveland.
  • Jesper Lindgren left tonight’s game against Cleveland in the third period and did not return.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 23: Returned forward Colt Conrad on loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 23: Assigned defenceman Jake Muzzin to conditioning loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 20: Reassigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 18: Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 18: Returned forward Adam Brooks on loan from Toronto (NHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On whether he saw improvements in Toronto’s play tonight despite the loss:
I think for a lot of people you could say that results are needed, we’ve been working together through a lot as a group. There was a lot of good stuff in today’s game. Again we’ve been talking about the starts of our games, again today was not good enough. We lost the game in the first five, ten minutes. We’ll keep reiterating that but we can’t expect to come out that slow. The lack of intensity in the D-zone is a problem, it got better as the game went on but we’ve got to be able to manufacture that from the start.

On the lack of intensity in the defensive zone:
It’s a mindset. As soon as there’s a fifty-fifty puck, we’ve got to close, we’ve got to separate somebody. We can’t get beat off the walls and back to our net, we’re not protecting our net, we’re not boxing out, we’re not getting sticks and when there is a chance for us to be strong and win a battle along the wall, we’ve got to come up with those pucks. We just haven’t built a mindset in our D-zone to do that yet.

On whether defensive zone issues have impacted Toronto’s penalty kill:
Yes and no. It’s a little bit different. The concept’s the same. As soon as the pucks out of their hands and they’re not under full control, we’ve got to be able to close and outnumber somebody and win a battle and then exit. So in that sense, yes. There were moments in the game still where we do that but it’s not consistent enough. I thought the second half of the ice towards their net, we did a lot of good stuff. Some better o-zone than we’ve seen in the last games and we threatened the net a lot better.

DEFENCEMAN JAKE MUZZIN

“You get the timing back within a game like this. It’s a high level of hockey here still. There’s lots of skill on this team and lots of skill in the league, and you accomplish that by coming and playing here.”

NEXT GAME:

January 25 at Cleveland – 1:00 p.m. ET
January 31 vs Charlotte – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 1 vs Charlotte – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 4 vs Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 7 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET

CHARLOTTE 7, MARLIES 3: “Loss for words right now. I think pretty frustrated, I think the whole group’s frustrated. We all haven’t been good enough. It’s going to take a group effort to climb our way out of this. Can we? Yes. Will we? Yes. Today’s another frustrating day. We’re going to find a way to right the ship.” — GREG MOORE

TORONTO MARLIES (21-16-2-2 – 46 Points) vs. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS (24-14-3-0 – 51 Points)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2020

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TORONTO030–3
CHARLOTTE142–7

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SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Schmaltz (2) (J. Bracco, C. Conrad), H. Elynuik (3) (J. Duszak), K. Agostino (20) PP (Marchment, J. Bracco)
Goaltender: J. Woll (24/31)

Charlotte: M. Geekie (11) PP (J. Bean, A. Nedeljkovic), D. Gust (7) (R. McKeown, J. Bean), J. Gauthier (19) (M. McCormick), E. Luostarinen (7) (Unassisted), S. Lorentz (14) PP (F. Claesson, C. Priskie), M. Geekie (12) (F. Claesson, J. Pritchard), S. Lorentz (15) (M. Geekie, R. McKeown)
Goaltender: A. Nedeljkovic (14/17)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Jordan Schmaltz put the Marlies on the board at 11:15 of the second period. Schmaltz has 11 points (2 goals, 9 assists) through 29 games this season.
  • Hudson Elynuik scored at 12:14 of the second period. Elynuik has seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) through 34 games this season.
  • Kenny Agostino scored on the power play at 12:14 of the second period. Agostino has 13 points (9 goals, 4 assists) in his last 15 games. Agostino is tied for fifth overall in the AHL in goals (20). He is the first Marlie to reach the 20-goal mark for the third time in his AHL career.
  • Jeremy Bracco recorded the primary assist on Schmaltz’s goal and the secondary assist on Agostino’s power play goal, both in the second period. Bracco is fourth overall in the AHL in assists (29).
  • Colt Conrad registered the secondary assist on Schmaltz’s second period goal. This was his first point in his first game with the Marlies this season. Conrad has 25 points (5 goals, 20 assists) through 24 games with Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • Joseph Duszak picked up the lone assist on Elynuik’s second period goal. Duszak has two points (1 goal, 1 assist) through eight games this season.
  • Mason Marchment collected the primary assist on Agostino’s second period power play goal. He has eight points (6 goals, 2 assists) through nine career games against Charlotte. He has nine points (5 goals, 4 assists) in 14 games this season.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 24 of 31 shots he faced. Woll is now 7-10-1-1 on the season with a .890 Save Percentage and a 3.60 Goals Against Average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 1-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play.
  • Charlotte had a 31-17 edge in shots in all situations. Kenny Agostino, Hudson Elynuik and Mason Marchment led the Marlies with three shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 1-2-0-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and are 0-1-0-1 against the Charlotte Checkers.
  • Toronto is on their annual Boat Show road trip, returning to Coca-Cola Coliseum on January 31. Before the All-Star Break (January 26 to January 29), Toronto will face the Texas Stars, the San Antonio Rampage, the Charlotte Checkers and the Cleveland Monsters, each in two game series.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (20)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (29)
  • Points:  K. Agostino (33)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (103)
  • +/-:  J. Lindgren, G. Wilson (+7)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (60)

ON THE ROAD

  • Toronto’s away record is 8-10-2-2 (20 points) this season. Toronto’s longest road point streak reached nine points from Oct. 11 to Nov. 2 (3-0-2-1).
  • The Marlies have been outscored 81-69. Pontus Aberg leads the Marlies in goals (10) and Nic Petan in assists (11) on the road.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (5-3-1-1) and Joseph Woll (3-6-1-1) have combined to make 657 saves.

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Marlies are 7-9-1-0 when trailing after the first period and 3-12-2-1 when trailing after the second period.
  • Toronto is 14-10-1-2 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 6-2-1-0 in Sunday games and are 2-6-0-1 in January.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Mason Marchment has points (3-2-6) in three consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Kevin Gravel (illness) did not dress for tonight’s game against Texas.
  • Ben Harpur (concussion)did not dress for tonight’s game against Texas.
  • Egor Korshkov (lower leg laceration) did not dress for tonight’s game against Texas.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 18: Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 18: Returned forward Adam Brooks on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 17: Assigned forward Trevor Moore from Toronto (NHL) on a conditioning loan.
  • January 14: Ressigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) from Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 14: Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • January 14: Returned forward Mason Marchment on loan from Toronto (NHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:
Loss for words right now. I think pretty frustrated, I think the whole group’s frustrated. We all haven’t been good enough. It’s going to take a group effort to climb our way out of this. Can we? Yes. Will we? Yes. Today’s another frustrating day. We’re going to find a way to right the ship.

On where he sees breakdowns in Toronto’s play:
D-zone, we definitely have to be a little bit tighter. We’re still allowing too much inside and getting to our goaltender. We’ve got to be able to close out on the D-zone when it’s a fifty-fifty puck and win our battles. There’s just an intensity in the game of hockey it needs to have and for the team to have throughout the entire bench. We had it for the second period today. Again, first period was not what we wanted in terms of talking about it and our slow start yesterday but just a little bit more heart, a little bit more possession, a little bit more our style and doing the things that we preach here and we’re having a hard time finding that consistency.

NEXT GAME:

January 24 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m. ET
January 25 at Cleveland – 1:00 p.m. ET
January 31 vs Charlotte – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 1 vs Charlotte – 4:00 p.m. ET
February 4 vs Belleville – 7:00 p.m. ET

CHARLOTTE 4, MARLIES 3 (SO) “(Mason Marchment with three goals) brought a lot of good energy, he loves the game, even on the bench, he’s so positive and brings a good energy. His play tonight was a whole other level that I hadn’t seen out of him and it’s really good to have guys that go up and then come back down to give them that confidence at this level and he’s showing that he can play really well at this level.” — GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (21-15-2-2 – 46 Points) vs. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS (23-14-3-0 – 49 Points)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020

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GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: M. Marchment (3) SH (Unassisted), M. Marchment (4) (T. Moore, T. Kivihalme), M. Marchment (5) (M. Kapla, J. Lindgren)
Goaltender: K. Kaskisuo (34/37)

Charlotte: M. Geekie (10) PP (J. Kuokkanen, J. Bean), J. Kuokkanen (9) PP (O. Kaski, J. Gauthier), J. Bean (7) (J. Kuokkanen)
Goaltender: A. Forsberg (21/24)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Mason Marchment recorded his first career AHL hat trick with a shorthanded goal at 6:32 of the first period and goals at 3:22 and 5:47 of the third period. Marchment’s first period goal was his second career AHL shorthanded goal. He has seven points (6 goals, 1 assists) through eight career games against Charlotte. He has eight points (5 goals, 3 assists) in 13 games this season.
  • Trevor Moore recorded the primary assist on Marchment’s second goal of the game. Moore has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) through 22 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.
  • Teemu Kivihalme registered the secondary assist on Marchment’s second goal of the game. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Kivihalme has 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) in 34 games this season.
  • Michael Kapla collected the primary assist on Marchment’s third goal of the game. This was Kapla’s first point for the Marlies in two games this season.
  • Jesper Lindgren had the secondary assist on Marchment’s third goal of the game. Lindgren has nine points (1 goal, 8 assists) through 28 games this season.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 34 of 37 shots he faced. He is now 11-5-1-1 on the season with a .911 save percentage and a 2.67 goals against average. He turned away a penalty shot at 15:31 of the second period taken by Janne Kuokkanen. This is his third successful save on a penalty shot this season.

IN THE SHOOTOUT

·        Kenny Agostino – Stopped (2019-20: 1/3)

·        Mason Marchment – Stopped (2019-20: 0/1)

·        Trevor Moore – Stopped (2019-20: 0/1)

·        Jeremy Bracco – Stopped (2019-20: 0/2)

·        Nic Petan – Stopped (2019-20: 0/2)

·        Kasimir Kaskisuo – 4/5(2019-20: 4/5)

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto last recorded a hat trick on the road on January 27, 2017 (A. Johnsson at Syracuse).
  • Toronto has faced four penalty shots this season, with three (Oct. 5 vs Belleville, Dec. 15 vs Rockford, Jan. 18 at Charlotte) against Kasimir Kaskisuo and one (Dec. 8 vs San Antonio) against Joseph Woll. Toronto has stopped all four attempts.
  • Toronto was 3-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-5 on the power play.
  • Charlotte had a 38-24 edge in shots in all situations. Mason Marchment led the Marlies with seven shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 10-6-0-1 against Central Division opponents and are 0-0-0-1 against the Charlotte Checkers.
  • Toronto is on their annual Boat Show road trip, returning to Coca-Cola Coliseum on January 31. Before the All-Star Break (January 26 to January 29), Toronto will face the Texas Stars, the San Antonio Rampage, the Charlotte Checkers and the Cleveland Monsters, each in two game series.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (19)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (27)
  • Points:  P. Aberg, K. Agostino (32)
  • PPG: N. Petan (6)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (103)
  • +/-:  J. Lindgren (+10)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (60)

ON THE ROAD

  • Toronto’s away record is 8-9-2-2 (20 points) this season. Toronto’s longest road point streak reached nine points from Oct. 11 to Nov. 2 (3-0-2-1).
  • The Marlies have been outscored 74-66. Pontus Aberg leads the Marlies in goals (10) and Nic Petan in assists (11) on the road.
  • Goaltenders Kasimir Kaskisuo (5-3-1-1) and Joseph Woll (3-5-1-1) have combined to make 626 saves.

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 16-3-1-2 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 9-2-1-2 when leading after the first period and 3-11-2-1 when trailing after the second period.
  • Toronto is 14-9-1-2 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 8-4-1-2 in Saturday games and are 2-5-0-1 in January.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Teemu Kivihalme has assists (2) in consecutive games.
  • Jesper Lindgren has assists (2) in consecutive games.
  • Mason Marchment has points (3-1-4) in consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Kevin Gravel (illness) did not dress for tonight’s game against Texas.
  • Ben Harpur (concussion)did not dress for tonight’s game against Texas.
  • Egor Korshkov (lower leg laceration) did not dress for tonight’s game against Texas.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 17: Assigned forward Trevor Moore from Toronto (NHL) on a conditioning loan.
  • January 14: Ressigned defenceman Joseph Duszak by Toronto (NHL) from Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 14: Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • January 14: Returned forward Mason Marchment on loan from Toronto (NHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team’s response five-on-five:
I thought, really well. We had a good process during the game. The bench stayed with it, there was some adversity through the first and second periods. We found our game in the third period, we really showed how we can play.

On special teams:
I thought early on, the first couple of power plays, we just had a hard time getting through the middle of the rink. They did a good job getting up ice, disrupting our flow. Then we settled, started getting some entries and the in-zone, they did a good job of keeping us perimeter. We’ve got to find a way to get interior but you know, it was a little bit of a special teams game today. I was really happy five-on-five with how we executed and the looks that we got, really liked our o-zone and the movement that we got inside on the goalie a few times. We really gave ourselves a chance to win tonight.

On Kasimir Kaskisuo (34 saves):
He had a great game, gave us a chance to win this hockey game. He looked really solid, really calm, exactly what we need.

On Mason Marchment (3 goals):
He brought a lot of good energy, he loves the game, even on the bench, he’s so positive and brings a good energy. His play tonight was a whole other level that I hadn’t seen out of him and it’s really good to have guys that go up and then come back down to give them that confidence at this level and he’s showing that he can play really well at this level.

On Trevor Moore (1 assist):
Shows the character of the person that he is. I’m sure he’s been working really hard to get back. It’s the times when no one’s watching and you’re by yourself on the ice and going through your protocol to return to play, he was successful in today’s game because he’s such a hard worker and disciplined in that area.

NEXT GAME:

January 19 at Charlotte – 1:00 p.m. ET
January 24 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m. ET
January 25 at Cleveland – 1:00 p.m. ET
January 31 vs Charlotte – 7:00 p.m. ET
February 1 vs Charlotte – 4:00 p.m. ET