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MARLIES 6, WB/SCRANTON 1

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON (27-25-4-4 – 62 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (29-22-3-1 – 62 Points)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
WB/SCRANTON	0	1	0	–	1
TORONTO	1	3	2	–	6

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: D. O’Connor (9) PP (J. Rikola)
Goaltender: L. Domingue (28/34) L

Toronto: J. Ho-Sang (13) (N. Robertson, K. Rubīns), J. Kopacka (N. Robertson, M. Hollowell), N. Robertson (5) PP (A. Suomela, J. Ho-Sang), B. McMann (16) (B. Seney), J. Ho-Sang (14) PP (N. Robertson), B. McMann (17) PP (B. Seney, J. Duszak)
Goaltender: K. Petruzzelli (32/33) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Josh Ho-Sang scored at 18:29 of the first period and on the power play at 3:01 of the third period. He also had the secondary assist on Robertson’s second’s period goal. His second goal of the game was his sixth power play goal. He has 26 points (14 goals, 12 assists) in 33 games this season.
Jack Kopacka scored the game-winning goal at 6:30 of the second period. This was his first career game-winning goal. He set a new season-high in points (9-7-16).
Nick Robertson scored on the power play at 14:11 of the second period. He also recorded the primary assists on Ho-Sang’s first period goal, Kopacka’s second period goal and the lone assist on Ho-Sang’s third period power play goal. This is his first career AHL four-point game. He has 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) in 12 games this season.
Bobby McMann scored at 15:42 of the second period and on the power play at 12:49 of the third period. This was his second two-goal game of the season.
Kristiāns Rubīns had the secondary assist on Ho-Sang’s first period goal. He has 10 points (1 goal, 9 assists) in 44 games with the Marlies this season.
Mac Hollowell registered the secondary assist on Kopacka’s second period goal. He has 20 points (5 goals, 15 assists) in 35 games this season.
Antti Suomela picked up the primary assist on Robertson’s second period goal. He has 26 points (14 goals, 12 assists) in 37 games this season.
Brett Seney had the lone assist on McMann’s second period goal and the primary assist on McMann’s third period power play goal. He has points (2-5-7) through his last six games. Seney has 46 points (16 goals, 30 assists) in 46 games this season, setting a new season-high for points.
Joseph Duszak recorded the secondary assist on McMann’s third period power play goal. This was his 20^th power play assist. He has 43 points (7 goals, 36 assists) in 45 games this season.
Keith Petruzzelli stopped 32 of 33 shots he faced. This was his third win in his third career AHL start. Through his three starts, he has stopped 94 of 100 shots. Petruzzelli has a 0.940 save percentage and 1.96 goals against average.

OF NOTE

Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 3-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 22-10-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 14-7-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill. This was Toronto’s second game this season recording three power play goals.
Toronto had a 34-33 edge in shots in all situations. Josh Ho-Sang and Bobby McMann led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 10-4-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
The Marlies are 7-6-1-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish the regular season 1-2-1-0 against the Penguins. Toronto was outscored by WB/Scranton 14-10 through four games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            22-7-1-1
Leading after 1                         15-4-2-1
Leading after 2                        22-4-2-1
At home                                   15-12-2-1
March                                      5-7-0-0
Wednesday                              5-6-0-1

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players

Goals               21 (J. Anderson)
Assists            36 (J. Duszak)
Points              46 (B. Seney)
PPG                 7 (J. Anderson)
Shots               132 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +14 (B. Seney)
PIMS                89 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the back-to-back games:
[Yesterday] five-on-five in the first period it felt pretty even. The power play goal being the first goal maybe didn’t indicate how the five-on-five game was playing out. Today was kind of similar in the first period as it was a bit of a slow start for both teams. Towards the end of the first we had three maybe a fourth shift in a row where we finally had the ice tilted and got to our game, found our energy, found our legs, that carried over into the second and then throughout the rest of the game. The process today of building our momentum and finding it was better.

RICH CLUNE

On bouncing back from last night’s loss:

Yesterday we were very disappointed in ourselves as a collective team and the only way to get out of that is to get back to basics and work hard and pull off a team win like we did today. We’re happy with that. We got a tough schedule coming up this weekend, we’re going to have to do that a couple times. It was good to get back on the right foot.

BOBBY McMANN (2 GOALS)

On the success of the power play:

I think everybody keeping it simple and knowing their job and doing their job really well. Everybody’s not caring who’s scoring the goals or who’s getting the points or whatever, we just want to put the puck in the back of the net and make a difference in the game. I think that’s translated into a lot of success for us.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 25 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
March 30 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
April 1 at Manitoba – 7:00 p.m. (MT)

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 5, MARLIES 1

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON (27-24-4-4 – 62 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (28-22-3-1 – 60 Points)

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
WB/SCRANTON	0	4	1	–	5
TORONTO	1	0	0	–	1

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: K. Bjorkqvist (6) (W. Reilly, S. Poulin), A. Angello (7) (J. Bellerive, P. Joseph), J. Devane (2) (M. Bartowski, W. Reilly), K. Olson (9) (M. Reinke, P. Joseph), M. Chaput (6) (Unassisted)
Goaltender: L. Domingue (30/31) W

Toronto: J. Anderson (21) PP (J. Duszak, B. Seney)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (29/34) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Joey Anderson scored at 14:07 of the first period on the power play. This was his seventh power play goal. He has 35 points (21 goals, 14 assists) in 45 games this season, setting a career season-high for points.
Joseph Duszak recorded the primary assist on Anderson’s first period power play goal. This was his 19^th power play assist. He has 42 points (7 goals, 35 assists) in 44 games this season.
Brett Seney had the secondary assist on Anderson’s first period power play goal. He has points (2-3-5) through his last five games. Seney has 44 points (16 goals, 28 assists) in 45 games this season, matching a season-high for points.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 29 of 34 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

Toronto went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 21-10-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 15-12-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
WB/Scranton had a 34-31 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson and Alex Steeves led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 19-17-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 6-6-1-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and are 0-2-1-0 against the Penguins. Toronto has been outscored by WB/Scranton 13-4 through three games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            21-7-1-1
Leading after 1                         14-4-2-1
Trailing after 2                         2-15-1-0
At home                                   14-12-2-1
March                                      4-7-0-0
Tuesday                                   0-2-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players

Goals               21 (J. Anderson)
Assists            35 (J. Duszak)
Points              44 (B. Seney)
PPG                 7 (J. Anderson)
Shots               130 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                89 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

ASSISTANT COACH A.J. MacLEAN

On tonight’s game:
We just got a little bit distracted. Distracted in our game plan, distracted in what we came to do. … They stuck to their plan I would imagine. In watching them, they’re a very hard working, competitive team. They get to the net, they shoot it, they attack. It just looked like they stuck with their plan and it got away from us for a short amount of time and that in turn was the game.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 23 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 25 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
March 30 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)

MARLIES 4, CHICAGO 2

CHICAGO WOLVES (36-11-5-5 – 82 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (28-21-3-1 – 60 Points)

SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
CHICAGO	0	1	1	–	2
TORONTO	0	3	1	–	4

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Chicago: D. Colton (6) (M. Lajoie, M. Letunov), S. Noesen (34) PP (J. Leivo, J. Keane)
Goaltender: J. LaFontaine (21/25) L

Toronto: B. McMann (14) PP (J. Anderson, J. Duszak), A. Suomela (C. Douglas), B. McMann (15) (Unassisted), N. Robertson (4) (J. Blandisi, A. Steeves)
Goaltender: K. Petruzzelli (32/34) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Bobby McMann scored at 8:51 on the power play and the game-winning goal at 11:55, both in the second period. This was his first career AHL multigoal game and his second game-winning goal of the season. He matched a career-high six shots on net.
Antti Suomela scored at 9:42 of the second period. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.Suomela has 24 points (14 goals, 11 assists) in 35 games this season.
Nick Robertson scored at 11:19 of the third period. He has nine points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 10 games this season.
Joey Anderson recorded the primary assist on McMann’s power play goal in the second period. He has 34 points (20 goals, 14 assists) 44 games this season, matching his season-high for points.
Joseph Duszak had the secondary assist on McMann’s power play goal in the second period. This was his 19^th power play assist. He has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) through his last five games.
Curtis Douglas registered the lone assist on Suomela’s second period goal. He has 27 points (8 goals, 19 assists) in 49 games this season.
Joseph Blandisi picked up the primary assist on Robertson’s third period goal. He has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) through his last three games.
Alex Steeves recorded the secondary assist on Robertson’s third period goal. He has assists (3) in consecutive games.
Keith Petruzzelli stopped 32 of 34 shots he faced. This was his second career AHL start. He has stopped 62 shots through his two wins with the Marlies.

OF NOTE

Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-1 on the power play. Toronto is 21-9-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 13-10-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Chicago had a 34-25 edge in shots in all situations. Bobby McMann led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 19-16-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 6-2-0-0 against Central Division opponents and finished the season series 3-1-0-0 against the Wolves. Toronto outscored Chicago 13-8 through four games.

RECORD WHEN

Not scoring first                      7-15-2-0
Tied after 1                              8-4-0-0
Leading after 2                         21-4-2-1
At home                                   14-11-2-1
March                                      4-6-0-0
Sunday                                    5-4-1-0

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players

Goals               20 (J. Anderson)
Assists            35 (J. Duszak)
Points              43 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               124 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +14 (B. Seney)
PIMS                89 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s win:
It feels good. The few times we’ve played these guys, our team has really stepped up for the challenge and we got back to some of the recipe we found yesterday. Stay out of the penalty box and we gave ourselves a chance to win the longer we played five-on-five.

On Keith Petruzzelli’s play:
It was great. He battled. [The] toe save he made on that rebound was a big one for us. He was positioned, he was calm and comfortable. He gave our team confidence to be calm and comfortable in front of him.

On Bobby McMann’s progression through the season:
He’s done a really good job. He works really hard. His puck play has really, really improved. His awareness of what’s around him. He has a great shot and I think he relied on that early on… He’s constructing some good sequences in between some of the plays with his line mates, so he’s really improved in that area.

KEITH PETRUZZELLI

On Alex Biega and the team’s defensive play:
It was great tonight. The boys made my job easy. Keeping stuff to the outside, blocking huge shots. Biega takes a stick to the face on the penalty kill and just keeps going, keeps working. It’s guys like that that just lead the way and it’s good to see.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 22 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 23 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 25 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)

CHICAGO 4, MARLIES 2 (March 19)

CHICAGO WOLVES (36-10-5-5 – 82 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (27-21-3-1 – 58 Points)

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
CHICAGO	2	0	2	–	4
TORONTO	2	0	0	–	2

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Chicago: C. Smith (19) PP (S. Noesen, A. Poturalski), R. Suzuki (6) (D. Gust, J. Sellgren), J. Leivo (14) PP (C. Smith, A. Poturalski), S. Noesen (33) EN, SH (A. Poturalski)
Goaltender: A. Lyon (20/22) W

Toronto: S. Der-Arguchintsev (13) (A. Steeves, A. Suomela), B. Seney (16) PP (A. Steeves, J. Duszak)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (27/30) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Semyon Der-Arguchintsev opened the scoring 32 seconds into the first period. He has goals (2) in consecutive games. He has 28 points (13 goals, 15 assists) in 45 games this season.
Brett Seney scored on the power play at 7:29 of the first period. He has points (2-2-4) in three straight games. Seney leads all Marlies in points (11-14-25) at home.
Alex Steeves recorded the primary assists on Der-Arguchintsev and Seney’s first period goals. This is his 12^th multipoint game of the season.
Antti Suomela registered the secondary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s first period goal. He has 24 points (13 goals, 11 assists) in 34 games this season.
Joseph Duszak had the secondary assist on Seney’s first period goal. He has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) through his last four games.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 27 of 30 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

Toronto went 4-for-6 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 20-9-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 12-10-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Chicago had a 31-22 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 18-16-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 5-2-0-0 against Central Division opponents and are 2-1-0-0 against the Wolves. Toronto has outscored Chicago 9-6 through three games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            21-6-1-1
Tied after 1                              7-4-0-0
Tied after 2                              5-3-0-0
At home                                   13-11-2-1
March                                      3-6-0-0
Saturday                                  9-6-2-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               20 (J. Anderson)
Assists            34 (J. Duszak)
Points              43 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               123 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +15 (B. Seney)
PIMS                89 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On what needs to change for tomorrow’s game:
Stay out of the penalty box against a top power play unit. I mean for the most part we played some good hockey. I thought the first period was a good start for us going toe-to-toe with them. Second period, penalties and turnovers through the middle of the rink kind of fueled their momentum and gave them some space to make plays and go back towards our net. We got back to it in the third period, came out hard, got back to our game plan. So, it’s just those little blips, those little five, 10, 15-minute segments that we just got to stay on it and execute what we want to execute.

ALEX STEEVES (2 ASSISTS)

On today’s game:

We had a good start. They’re a really good team. Not really a good idea to put them on the power play, we gave them a lot of opportunities there. I thought it was a good hard battle. It felt like a playoff game and they came out on top. I think we just kind of stick to our recipe and play the right way I think we’ll have a really good chance to get them back tomorrow.

On Michael Hutchinson’s play:

Hutchy was a stud tonight. He gave us a chance to pull our goalie at the end there. That one save he made was one of the better saves I’ve seen all year. He’s a gamer and he really balled out for us tonight and gave us a chance to win and which is all you can really ask from your goalie.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 20 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 22 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 23 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 25 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.

MARLIES 3, HERSHEY 0

HERSHEY BEARS (29-22-4-3 – 65 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (27-20-3-1 – 58 Points)

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
HERSHEY	0	0	0	–	0
TORONTO	0	2	1	–	3

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Hershey: No goals
Goaltender: Z. Fucale (25/27) L

Toronto: J. Blandisi (8) (B. Seney), S. Der-Arguchintsev (12) PP (M. Hollowell, M. Abramov), B. Seney (15) EN (J. Blandisi)
Goaltender: J. Woll (21/21) W, M. Hutchinson (20/20)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Joseph Blandisi opened the scoring 11 seconds into the second period and later added the lone assist on Seney’s empty-net goal. This was his fourth game-winning goal of the season. He has 19 points (8 goals, 11 assists) in 25 games with the Marlies this season.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev scored on the power play at 18:42 of the second period. This was his fourth power play goal of the season. He has 27 points (12 goals, 15 assists) in 44 games this season.
Brett Seney scored on the empty net at 18:28 of the third period and earlierhad the lone assist on Blandisi’s second period goal. He leads all Marlies in points (10-14-24) at home.
Mac Hollowell recorded the primary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s second period power play goal. He has 19 points (5 goals, 14 assists) in 33 games this season.
Mikhail Abramov registered the secondary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s second period power play goal. He has 23 points (4 goals, 19 assists) in 50 games this season.
Joseph Woll stopped all 21 shots he faced in 30:05 of action before leaving the game due to injury. Michael Hutchinson stopped all 20 shots he faced in relief of Woll.

OF NOTE

The Marlies are 6-0 on St. Patrick’s Day.
This is Toronto’s second shutout of the season.
Toronto went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 20-9-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 15-10-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Hershey had a 41-28 2edge in shots in all situations. Antti Suomela led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 18-15-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 6-5-1-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish the season 2-0-0-0 against the Bears. Toronto outscored Hershey 7-3 through two games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            21-5-1-1
Tied after 1                              7-3-0-0
Leading after 2                         20-4-2-1
At home                                   13-10-2-1
March                                      3-5-0-0
Thursday                                 2-0-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               20 (J. Anderson)
Assists            33 (J. Duszak)
Points              42 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               123 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +15 (B. Seney)
PIMS                89 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the taking today’s win into the weekend:
Just recognizing the feeling that we had playing as a team and what our process was. They came out really hard to start the game. It took a little bit for us to get our momentum going. We had a few days there without games but our team did a really good job of sticking to the process, finding our way through it. [And in] that second period all the things we’ve talked about building momentum and taking it from there.

On St. Patrick’s Day game:
Great crowd. Our team really were lifted by the noise and the support that our fanbase gave us. On a special day like today with all the uniforms. [Equipment staff] Wil Burns and Steph Klein are unbelievable. They put in the most hours of anybody. They are two of the hardest workers we have in the organization and the amount of detail and effort that they put into making this day special for the players and staff was really, really impressive.

On Joseph Woll leaving the game due to injury:

Shoulder. He’ll get more evaluation done today. Unknown right now on prognosis.

On Michael Hutchinson entering the game:
Always challenging for a goalie to come in unexpectedly like that. Last game, he played great. Today in an even tougher spot, he came in and made some big saves for us and kept things settled, giving us a chance to win this game.

JOSPEH BLANDISI (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)

On today’s game:
We had a tough stretch there a little bit so, it really brought the guys together, found ways to win and these last two wins have been character as you see the games start to get closer to playoffs and the hockey is looking like that. These tight games are big ones for us to win and are definitely big down the stretch for point wise.

On Michael Hutchinson:

It’s a veteran goaltender. He’s a rock back there. Even if he’s not playing, he’s good for us in practice, he’s good for us as a leadership role guy and he helps talk to the young goalies too. Part of their success has to do with them and the way he mentors them. You see it with Källy who’s up top now, Joe Woll’s playing amazing and Hutchy’s able to save their bacon whenever they need him. It’s just a great trio that we have of goaltenders and we’re excited to use them all down the stretch.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 19 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 20 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 22 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 23 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 25 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.

MARLIES 3, SYRACUSE 2 (SO)

TORONTO MARLIES (26-20-3-1 – 56 Points) vs.
SYRACUSE CRUNCH (24-21-6-2– 56 Points)

SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	SO	FINAL
TORONTO	0	1	1	0	2-2	3
SYRACUSE	0	1	1	0	0-2	2

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Anderson (20) SH (A. Biega, K. Rubīns), J. Duszak (7) (J. Anderson, C. Krys)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (35/37) W

Syracuse: R. Elie (14) (O. Somppi), D. Walcott (5) (F. Claesson, A. Green)
Goaltender: H. Alnefelt (14/15), M. Lagace (10/11) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Joey Anderson opened the scoring at 27 seconds into the second period and later added the primary assist on Duszak’s third period goal. This was his fifth shorthanded goal of the season which leads the AHL.
Joseph Duszak scored at 12:18 of the third period He has points (2-1-3) in consecutive games. Duszak has 40 points (7 goals, 33 assists) in 40 games.
Alex Biega recorded the primary assist on Anderson’s second period goal. He has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 28 games this season with the Marlies.
Kristiāns Rubīns registered the secondary assist on Anderson’s second period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Rubīns has nine points (1 goal, 8 assists) in 39 games this season.
Chad Krys had the secondary assist on Duszak’s third period goal.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 35 of 37 shots he faced. He did not allow a goal in the shootout.

IN THE SHOOTOUT

Mikhail Abramov – Goal (2021-22: 2/3)
Joey Anderson – Goal (2021-22: 2/2)

OF NOTE

This was Toronto’s third shootout of the season (2-1). Mikhail Abramov has recorded both of Toronto’s game-winning shootout goals.
Joey Anderson’s second period shorthanded goal was his fifth of the season which ties the single season record set by Alex Foster in 2007-08. He has seven shorthanded goals in his two seasons with the Marlies which is tied for the second most in franchise history.
Toronto went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 7-11-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 14-10-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Syracuse had a 37-27 edge in shots in all situations. Joseph Duszak led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 17-15-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 16-12-2-1 against North Division opponents and are 1-1-0-0 against the Crunch. Syracuse has outscored Toronto 6-5 through two games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            20-5-1-1
Tied after 1                              6-3-0-0
Tied after 2                              5-2-0-0
On the road                             14-10-1-0
March                                      2-5-0-0
Saturday                                  10-5-2-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               20 (J. Anderson)
Assists            33 (J. Duszak)
Points              40 (J. Duszak, B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               120 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                84 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

The whole effort, everything that the team brought today was impressive. Really proud of the group. These last three games we’ve put together, last game we didn’t get the result we wanted but they extended the way they played today. It was just a gutsy effort. It was fun to watch them dig one out.

On Michael Hutchinson:
That’s a tough spot for a goalie to be out that many games, he comes in and plays phenomenal. Made some huge saves for us, gave us a chance to win the game here in a tough building.

JOEY ANDERSON (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)

On rebounding from last night’s loss:

It was great. I thought last night we put forth a really great effort, didn’t get the result we wanted but we kept that going tonight. Guys were all pulling on the rope together and it was just a really good 60 minutes and a little more than that tonight. We had every guy pulling on the rope tonight and doing the little things we needed to do to win and Hutchy steps in after not playing for a while and was awesome for us and it was great to see that. It was a really good night for the guys to get this win.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 17 vs. Hershey – 1:30 p.m.
March 19 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 20 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 22 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 23 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.

UTICA 3, MARLIES 2

TORONTO MARLIES (25-20-3-1 – 54 Points) vs.
UTICA COMETS (34-11-6-0 – 74 Points)

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	1	1	0	–	2
UTICA	0	1	2	–	3

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto:  C. Douglas (8) (J. Duszak, K. Rubīns), J. Duszak (6) (R. Clune, A. Suomela)
Goaltender: J. Woll (26/29) L

Utica: A. Greer (17) (N. Okhotiuk, R. Russo), N. Foote (11) (F. Gauthier), F. Gauthier (5) SH (A. Greer, R. Russo)
Goaltender: A. Schmid (23/25) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Curtis Douglas opened the scoring at 9:18 of the first period. He has six points (3 goals, 3 assists) in his last four games.
Joseph Duszak scored at 13:38 of the second period and earlierrecorded the primary assist on Douglas’ first period goal. This was his 11^th multipoint game this season. He has 39 points (6 goals, 33 assists) in 39 games.
Kristiāns Rubīns registered the secondary assist on Douglas’ first period goal. He has eight points (1 goal, 7 assists) in 38 games this season.
Rich Clune had the primary assist on Duszak’s second period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in his last four games.
Antti Suomela picked up the secondary assist on Duszak’s second period goal. He has 23 points (13 goals, 10 assists) in 31 games this season.
Joseph Woll stopped 26 of 29 shots he faced

OF NOTE

Toronto went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play. Toronto is 6-11-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 13-10-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Utica had a 29-25 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 16-15-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 15-12-2-1 against North Division opponents and finish the season 2-2-0-0 against the Comets. Toronto outscored Utica 16-11 through four games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            19-5-1-1
Leading after 1                         14-3-2-1
Leading after 2                         19-4-2-1
On the road                             13-10-1-0
March                                      1-5-0-0
Friday                                      4-4-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               19 (J. Anderson)
Assists            33 (J. Duszak)
Points              40 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               120 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                84 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

Today was a good response for our group in how we played, what our objective was in the game. There was a real consistent effort in the game today from everybody. Joe Woll was great in net today, made some huge saves early, let us find our legs and get into this game. Really tough building to play in and obviously a top opponent in the league. We managed things a lot better. I liked our process today.

On playing with a depleted lineup:

We feel on any given night we can beat whoever we’re playing, if we’re playing the right way. Today was one of those nights that we didn’t get the results we wanted but really proud of the team in how we competed and how we found our way through a really challenging game in a tough barn.

On Joseph Woll:

He looked really confident today, made a lot of saves look easy. One of his strengths is his athleticism and he had to reach for a few to bail us out.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 12 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
March 17 vs. Hershey – 1:30 p.m.
March 19 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 20 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 22 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.

ABBOTSFORD 3, MARLIES 0

ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS (25-18-3-1 – 54 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (25-19-3-1 – 54 Points)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
ABBOTSFORD	1	0	2	–	3
TORONTO	0	0	0	–	0

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Abbotsford: N. Juulsen (3) PP (S. Dries, N. Petan), J. Lukosevicius (7) PP (P. DiGiuseppe, D. Stephens), V. Arseneau (6) PP (N. Petan, W. Lockwood)
Goaltender: S. Martin (21/21) W

Toronto: No goals
Goaltender: E. Källgren (27/30) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Erik Källgren stopped 27 of 30 shots he faced

OF NOTE

The Marlies are 23-14-3-1 in games with a start-time before noon.
Toronto went 3-for-6 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 6-10-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 12-10-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Abbotsford had a 30-21 edge in shots in all situations. Joseph Blandisi and Curtis Douglas led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto is 16-14-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 0-2-0-0 against Pacific Division opponents and are 0-2-0-0 against the Canucks.

RECORD WHEN

Not scoring first                      6-15-2-0
Trailing after 1                         6-14-1-0
Trailing after 2                         2-14-1-0
At home                                   12-10-2-1
March                                      1-4-0-0
Wednesday                              4-6-0-1

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               19 (J. Anderson)
Assists            32 (J. Duszak)
Points              40 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               120 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                84 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

When we’re playing on our toes and we’re playing with pace and all five guys on the ice are playing with a purpose and a plan, we’re typically not taking penalties. When we’re reaching, when we’re falling behind, our structure is not in place, it puts us in tough spots. I mean you can always argue the bounces, when refs may be calling things that you don’t think are penalties and it goes back and forth for all teams throughout the whole season. We’re hitting a rough patch here, but we just got to stay off the refs, we’ve got to take care of ourselves, take ownership of our play and make sure we stay out of the box.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 11 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.
March 12 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
March 17 vs. Hershey – 1:30 p.m.
March 19 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
March 20 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.

PROVIDENCE 3, MARLIES 1

PROVIDENCE BRUINS (28-14-3-3 – 62 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (25-18-3-1 – 54 Points)

TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
PROVIDENCE	0	0	3	–	3
TORONTO	0	1	0	–	1

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Providence: Z. Senyshyn (17) (J. Studnicka), J. Studnicka (10) (Unassisted), O. Steen (14) EN (J. Koppanen, C. Hughes)
Goaltender: K. Keyser (14/15) W

Toronto: C. Douglas (7) (C. Dahlström, R. Clune)
Goaltender: J. Woll (27/29) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Curtis Douglas scored at 4:31 of the second period. He has points (2-3-5) in consecutive games.
Carl Dahlström recorded the primary assist on Douglas’ second period goal. He has 13 assists in 36 games with the Marlies this season.
Rich Clune picked up the secondary assist on Douglas’ second period goal. He has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games.
Joseph Woll stopped 27 of 29 shots he faced

OF NOTE

Toronto went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play. Toronto is 6-9-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 13-9-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Providence had a 30-15 edge in shots in all situations. Curtis Douglas and Bobby McMann led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto is 16-13-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 5-5-1-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish the regular season 0-2-0 against the Bruins. Toronto was outscored 8-2 through two games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            19-4-1-1
Tied after 1                              5-3-0-0
Leading after 2                         19-3-2-1
At home                                   12-9-2-1
March                                      1-3-0-0
Tuesday                                   0-1-0-0

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

We expect more from ourselves, that we can beat any team on any given night. The result is frustrating. It was a back-and-forth game. It’s starting to feel like the end of the season where points are on the line, playoff positions are on the line. Playoff hockey is starting to come and you could tell this was one of those games where every play was a big play.

On Alex Steeves not returning to the game:
We kept him off for precautionary reasons. No real diagnosis right now.

On Joseph Woll:

He looked really solid. He stabilized things back there for us at times. Really good game for him.

ALEX BIEGA

On today’s game:

It was a tight game. It’s just how the Bruins play and they play. They play a north-south game for the most part. They played a steady game where they didn’t give too much up. I thought it was a close game. There were a couple of errors we made at the end. You can call it fatigue, you can call it just mental errors but at the same time in tight checking games like that, we just have to understand as we continue to creep down into the playoffs that we have tighten things up defensively and I think that was relevant obviously in the third period.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 9 vs. Abbotsford – 11:00 a.m.
March 11 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.
March 12 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
March 17 vs. Hershey – 1:30 p.m.
March 19 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.

MARLIES 8, CLEVELAND 5

TORONTO MARLIES (25-17-3-1 – 54 Points) vs.
CLEVELAND MONSTERS (19-22-6-4 – 48 Points)

SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	4	2	2	–	8
CLEVELAND	3	0	2	–	5

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Kopacka (7) (C. Douglas, C. Krys), J. Kopacka (8) (C. Douglas, R. Clune), A. Suomela (12) PP (J. Ho-Sang, Z. O’Brien), C. Douglas (6) (T. Kivihalme, B. McMann), A. Steeves (17) PP (J. Anderson, B. Seney), R. Clune (2) (C. Douglas, M. Hellickson), B. McMann (13) PP (J. Duszak, A. Steeves), A. Suomela (13) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (31/36) W

Cleveland: C. Meyer (12) (J. Christiansen), S. Harrington (3) (T. Mullin, C. Cassels), T. Mullin (3) SH (C. Cassels), T. Sikura (7) (R. Payne, C. Clayton), T. Sikura (8) (C. Cassels)
Goaltender: C. Johnson (25/32) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Jack Kopacka scored at 25 seconds and 2:47 of the first period. He has points (2-1-3) in consecutive games. This is the first game Kopacka has recorded more than one goal in a single period. He has 15 points (8 goals, 7 assists) in 37 games this season.
Antti Suomela scored on the power play at 4:38 of the first period and on the empty net at 17:36 of the third period. This was his second power play goal of the season, matching a season-high. Suomela has 22 points (13 goals, 9 assists) 28 games this season.
Curtis Douglas scored at 17:08 of the first period. He also added the primary assists on both of Kopacka’s first period goals and Clune’s second period goal. This is his first career four-point game. Douglas has points (2-7-9) in four of his last seven games.
Alex Steeves scored on the power play at 3:42 of the second period and later added the secondary assist on McMann’s third period goal. He is fourth overall amongst rookies in goals (17). Steeves has 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) on the power play this season.
Rich Clune scored at 17:25 of the second period and earlier added the secondary assist on Kopacka’s second goal of the first period. This was Clune’s second goal of the season.
Bobby McMann scored on the power play at 13:41 of the third period. He has 21 points (13 goals, 8 assists) in 37 games this season.
Chad Krys recorded the secondary assist on Kopacka’s first goal of the first period. This was his fourth assist in 17 games with the Marlies.
Josh Ho-Sang registered the primary assist on Suomela’s first period goal. He has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games.
Zach O’Brien collected the secondary assist on Suomela’s first period goal. This was his first AHL point this season.
Teemu Kivihalme recorded the primary assist on Douglas’ first period goal. This was his first point in six games this season.
Joey Anderson had the primary assist on Steeves’ second period power play goal.
Brett Seney picked up the secondary assist on Steeves’ second period power play goal. He set a season-high in assists (26). Seney has 40 points (14 goals, 26 assists) in 41 games with the Marlies this season.
Matthew Hellickson registered the secondary assist on Clune’s second period goal.
Joseph Duszak had the primary assist on McMann’s third period power play goal. He has points (3-9-12) in 10 of his last 11 games.
Erik Källgren stopped 31 of 36 shots he faced

OF NOTE

This is the most goals Toronto has scored in a single game this season. The Marlies last scored eight goals in a game on November 16, 2019 against Texas.
The last Marlies player that recorded four points (4 assists) in a single game was Joseph Duszak on Feb. 15, 2020 against Belleville.
Toronto went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and 3-for-4 on the power play. This is Toronto’s eighth game this season recording more than one power play goal. Toronto is 19-9-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 13-8-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Cleveland had a 36-33 edge in shots in all situations. Antti Suomela led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 16-12-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 15-11-2-1 against North Division opponents and finish the regular season 3-2-1-0 against the Monsters. Toronto was outscored 26-23 through six games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            19-3-1-1
Leading after 1                        14-2-2-1
Leading after 2                         19-2-2-1
On the road                             13-9-2-1
March                                      1-2-0-0
Sunday                                    4-4-1-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               19 (J. Anderson)
Assists            32 (J. Duszak)
Points              40 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               118 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                84 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On starting Toronto’s fourth line:

The last couple of games they have been our best line. Clune, Douglas and Kopacka, who’s been on and off that line, but for the most part the three of them have consistently competed hard and done things the way that we have asked of the group in the last couple of games, so we gave them that rope today.

On the power play:
Those were timely goals in the game. Special teams are really important and they stepped up in a big way today to either build momentum when needed or keep pulling away when we needed to.

On the successful four-minute penalty kill in the third period:

Again, timely. Four minutes in the third period when a team could gain momentum back on us. I thought our forecheck did a really good job of denying them entries at the blue line and then we were able to get some timely clears when they set up in the d-zone.

On Curtis Douglas (1 goal, 3 assists):

He’s been impressive. From day one, he’s grown a lot in terms of how he’s playing and how he’s adapting to this level, this league. A true testament to a good athlete is how quickly they can add and apply things that’s given to him and he’s done that ten-fold this year and part of our success lately as a team is with the points that he’s giving but is his competitiveness, his penalty killing, his face off responsibility. There’s a lot of things he’s doing really well.

CURTIS DOUGLAS (1 GOAL, 3 ASSISTS)

On today’s win:
It speaks to the character of the group. It’s not easy for a 7:00 p.m. game and then a noon start the next morning. I think everyone came in a little a tired but we found a way and everyone was in it and everyone was vocal. I think it really helps in a game like that to be able to move your feet and really helps when you have your teammates rooting for you. We definitely had that today and it showed.

On his four-point performance:
Those don’t happen often. You just have to take it. I don’t really know what to say. I don’t want to say luck but it sort of felt like everything that I touched was getting a bounce and it was nice. I don’t think I’ve had a ton of recently. It was nice to get a couple of bounces today.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 8 vs. Providence – 3:00 p.m.
March 9 vs. Abbotsford – 11:00 a.m.
March 11 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.
March 12 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
March 17 vs. Hershey – 1:30 p.m.

CLEVELAND 4, MARLIES 2

TORONTO MARLIES (24-17-3-1 – 52 Points) vs.
CLEVELAND MONSTERS (19-21-6-4 – 48 Points)

SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	1	1	0	–	2
CLEVELAND	0	1	3	–	4

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Ho-Sang (12) (M. Abramov, J. Kopacka), S. Der-Arguchintsev (11) (J. Ho-Sang)
Goaltender: J. Woll (33/37) L

Cleveland: J. Christiansen (7) (R. Payne, K. Stenlund), R. Payne (4) (T. Schemitsch, T. Sikura), D. Simpson (4) (T. Angle, T. Sikura), R. Payne (5) (J. Christiansen, K. Stenlund)
Goaltender: J. Greaves (25/27) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Josh Ho-Sang opened the scoring at 2:26 of the first period and later added the lone assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s second period goal. He has 22 points (12 goals, 10 assists) in 29 games this season.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev scored at 15:30 of the second period. He has 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists) in 41 games this season.
Mikhail Abramov recorded the primary assist on Ho-Sang’s first period goal. He has 22 points (4 goals, 18 assists) in 44 games this season.
Jack Kopacka registered the secondary assist on Ho-Sang’s first period goal. He has 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) in 36 games this season.
Joseph Woll stopped 33 of 37 shots he faced

OF NOTE

Toronto went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 6-8-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 12-8-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Cleveland had a 37-27 edge in shots in all situations. Joseph Duszak led the Marlies with seven shots on goal and set a career-high in a single game. Toronto is 15-12-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 14-11-2-1 against North Division opponents and 2-2-1-0 against the Monsters. Toronto has been outscored 21-15 through five games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            18-3-1-1
Leading after 1                        13-2-2-1
Leading after 2                         18-2-2-1
On the road                             12-9-2-1
March                                      0-2-0-0
Saturday                                  8-5-2-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               19 (J. Anderson)
Assists            31 (J. Duszak)
Points              39 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson)
Shots               115 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +14 (B. Seney)
PIMS                84 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On trends in the team’s recent losses:

I would say it’s even longer then that in terms of inconsistent play. It appears to be fighting some positive energy, momentum. We’ve got to find a way to turn things around and find some of the pushback and the game play that we found about a month ago.

On Joseph Woll’s performance:
He played really well for us. We needed to be way better in front of him. We were pretty fortunate for the score to be what it was going into the third period. We’ve got to value more of how we defend in front of our goalies. They’ve been playing well all year and there’s still too much work for them.

JOSEPH DUSZAK

On the team’s recent play:
In February, we were sticking up for each other. Even in the last couple of games, we were sticking up for each other, being hard to play against. I feel teams now are just coming in and they see the Marlies on the schedule and they know it’s going to be an easy game because we’re just not working, we’re not competing. We just don’t have that mentality that we’re going to go out and kind of the (screw) you mentality and we just don’t have it.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 6 at Cleveland – 12:00 p.m.
March 8 vs. Providence – 3:00 p.m.
March 9 vs. Abbotsford – 11:00 a.m.
March 11 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.
March 12 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.

ROCHESTER 5, MARLIES 3

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (26-19-3-2 – 57 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (24-15-3-1 – 52 Points)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
ROCHESTER	1	3	1	–	5
TORONTO	0	1	2	–	3

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Rochester: A. Ruotsalainen (7) (B. Murray, L. Weissbach), B. Murray (13) PP (J. Peterka, A. Ruotsalainen), A. Ruotsalainen (8) (B. Murray, K. Weissbach), N. Pastujov (1) PP (M. Eliot, R. Scarfo), E. Prow (8) PP (L. Weissbach, B. Murray)
Goaltender: U. Luukkonen (33/36) W

Toronto: J. Kopacka (6) (B. McMann), A. Suomela (11) (B. Menell, J. Duszak), J. Anderson (19) (J. Duszak, S. Der-Arguchintsev)
Goaltender: J. Woll (27/32) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Jack Kopacka put the Marlies on the board at 9:19 of the second period. He has 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists) in 34 games this season.
Antti Suomela scored at 6:03 of the third period. He has 20 points (11 goals, 9 assists) in 26 games with the Marlies. Suomela has matched a career-high in points (20).
Joey Anderson scored at 16:35 of the second period. He has points (2-2-4) in consecutive games.
Bobby McMann recorded the primary assist on Kopacka’s second period goal. He has 18 points (11 goals, 7 assists) in 34 games this season.
Brennan Menell registered the primary assist on Suomela’s third period goal.
Joseph Duszak picked up the secondary assist on Suomela’s goal and the primary assist on Anderson’s goal, both in the third period. He has points (2-7-9) in his last eight games.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev had the secondary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games. He has 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) in 39 games this season.
Joseph Woll stopped 27 of 32 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

Toronto went 4-for-7 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 6-6-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 12-8-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had a 36-32 edge in shots in all situations. Brett Seney led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 9-4-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
The Marlies are 14-10-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-2-0-0 against the Americans. Toronto has outscored Rochester 19-15 through five games.

RECORD WHEN

Not scoring first                      6-14-2-0
Trailing after 1                         6-12-1-0
Trailing after 2                         2-12-1-0
At home                                   12-7-2-1
February                                  5-3-1-0
Sunday                                    3-4-1-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               19 (J. Anderson)
Assists            30 (J. Duszak)
Points              39 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson)
Shots               109 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +15 (B. Seney)
PIMS                79 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

Definitely not the result that we wanted. On any given night, it is a really tough league. It’s a tough division that we’re playing in so, credit to them for a big push after yesterday’s game. I thought we came out pretty good in the first period. I know we didn’t get the first one but our energy was in a good place, we were generating some chances.

On the message to the team following physical moments:
Just to keep sticking together, keep fighting through the adversity. It’s more about staying positive with them and trying to calm the tension. You want them to get emotional and get into the game but also find their confidence and their puck play and structure and not let the moments of the game derail everything about what we’re trying to do.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 2 vs. Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m.
March 5 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
March 6 at Cleveland – 12:00 p.m.
March 8 vs. Providence – 3:00 p.m.
March 9 vs. Abbotsford – 11:00 a.m.