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MARLIES 4, ROCHESTER 0

TORONTO MARLIES (24-14-3-1 – 52 Points) vs.
ROCHESTER AMERICANS (25-19-3-2 – 55 Points)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

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

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: B. Seney (14) (J. Anderson, F. Král), A. Steeves (16) PP (J. Duszak, J. Anderson), S. Der-Arguchintsev (10) (Unassisted), J. Anderson (18) EN, SH (A. Suomela, K. Rubīns)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (22/22) W

Rochester: No goals
Goaltender: A. Dell (36/39) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Brett Seney opened the scoring at 3:32 of the first period. This was his fourth goal against Rochester this season.He has points (1-3-4) in three consecutive games. Seney has 39 points (14 goals, 25 assists) in 37 games with the Marlies, with 19 points (9 goals, 10 assists) collected in the first period.
Alex Steeves scored on the power play at 5:19 of the third period. He has points (3-4-7) in four consecutive games. Steeves had a career-high eight shots on goal.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev scored unassisted at 11:31 of the third period. He has 24 points (10 goals, 14 assists) in 38 games this season.
Joey Anderson scored shorthanded on the empty net at 18:35 of the third period. He earlier recorded the primary assist on Seney’s first period goal and the secondary assist on Steeves’ third period goal. In his last seven games, he has 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists). This was his fifth three-point game of the season.
Filip Král registered the secondary assist on Seney’s first period goal. He has 19 points (3 goals, 16 assists) in 39 games with the Marlies this season.
Joseph Duszak picked up the primary assist on Steeves’ third period power play goal. He has points (2-5-7) in his last seven games.
Antti Suomela had the primary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. He has 19 points (10 goals, 9 assists) in 25 games with the Marlies.
Kristiāns Rubīns recorded the secondary assist on Anderson’s third period goal.
Erik Källgren stopped all 22 shots he faced. This was his first career AHL shutout.

OF NOTE

This was Toronto’s first shutout of the season.
Toronto has recorded four or more goals in 26 games (21-2-2-1) this season.
Toronto went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and 1-for-6 on the power play. Toronto is 18-9-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 12-7-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had a 40-22 edge in shots in all situations. Alex Steeves led the Marlies with eight shots on goal. Toronto is 9-3-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
The Marlies are 14-9-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-1-0-0 against the Americans. Toronto has outscored Rochester 16-10 through four games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            18-1-1-1
Leading after 1                        13-1-2-1
Leading after 2                         18-1-2-1
On the road                             12-8-1-0
February                                  5-2-1-0
Saturday                                  8-4-2-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               18 (J. Anderson)
Assists            28 (J. Duszak)
Points              39 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson)
Shots               106 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +12 (B. Seney)
PIMS                57 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

It was a good 60-minute effort. Good energy, good start. We built momentum, got stronger as the game went on in terms of managing the puck and not giving them turnovers in transition towards our net.

On Källgren’s shutout:
He was great today. That’s back-to-back games in this barn where he’s done a really good job shutting the door. I don’t know if the shutout has been on the mind for anyone. I’m sure for him as any goalie is looking to get their first and even to this point, he probably deserves a shutout prior to this one. There were a couple of games here and there where we had some leads and we didn’t shut the door the way we should in the third period. He’s been really patient, he’s been working really hard. The consistency and the calmness in which he plays gives our team a lot of confidence.

JOEY ANDERSON (1 GOAL, 2 ASSISTS)

On today’s game:
Today was an awesome effort by everyone. Right out of the gate, we were physical. (Källgren) played great in the back end. We were simple with the puck. Like I said, I think this is the most physical game we’ve played and it’s just awesome that guys stepped up today. There wasn’t a guy out there that wasn’t carrying his weight. It was a complete 60-minutes from us today. It was really awesome for us to be able to help (Källgren) get that shutout today. It’s something we can build off of as a group.

ERIK KÄLLGREN (FIRST CAREER AHL SHUTOUT)

On his first shutout and whether he had thought about it this season:

You think about it. I think about it. You want to get the one. I’m not going to lie to you. We’ve been close a couple times before but of course we get the win and that’s the most important thing but to get that shutout is nice.

On the team’s performance in front of him:
We were very solid defensively. A couple of guys made some really big plays defensively. That obviously helps a lot. I think they had 11 shots for the last two periods. That definitely helps me. This is a team win and you can’t get a shutout without the team.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 27 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
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.

LAVAL 6, MARLIES 4

LAVAL ROCKET (22-15-3-0 – 47 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (23-14-3-1 – 50 Points)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
LAVAL	3	0	3	–	6
TORONTO	2	0	2	–	4

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Laval: T. Dello (3) (S. Niku), R. Harvey-Pinard (8) (J. Dea, J. Ylonen), X. Ouellet (5) (Unassisted), A. Fortin (4) (S. St. Amant, T. Paquette-Bisson), J. Teasdale (3) (R. Harvey-Pindard), R. Harvey-Pinard (9) SH, EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: C. Primeau (30/34) W

Toronto: K. Clifford (3) (A. Steeves), J. Kopacka (5) (C. Douglas, A. Biega), A. Steeves (15) PP (B. Seney, J. Duszak), M. Hollowell (4) (A. Steeves, N. Robertson)
Goaltender: J. Woll (30/35) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Kyle Clifford put the Marlies on the board at 12:46 of the first period. He has goals (2) in consecutive games.
Jack Kopacka scored at 14:41 of the first period. He has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games. Kopacka has 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 32 games with the Marlies.
Alex Steeves scored on the power play at 2:52 of the third period. He also registered the lone assist on Clifford’s first period goal and the primary assist on Hollowell’s third period goal. He has points (2-4-6) in three consecutive games. This was his first career three-point game.
Mac Hollowell scored at 12:40 of the third period. He has points (2-3-5) in five of his last six games.
Curtis Douglas recorded the primary assist on Clifford’s first period goal. He has assists (3) in consecutive games. Douglas has 18 points (4 goals, 14 assists) in 38 games this season.
Alex Biega had the secondary assist on Kopacka’s first period goal. This was his 100^th career AHL assist.
Brett Seney had the primary assist on Steeves’ third period power play goal. He has assists (3) in consecutive games. Seney has 38 points (13 goals, 25 assists) in 36 games with the Marlies.
Joseph Duszak picked up the secondary assist on Steeves’ third period power play goal. He has points (2-4-6) in his last six games.
Nick Robertson recorded the secondary assist on Hollowell’s third period goal. He has eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) in nine games this season.
Joseph Woll stopped 30 of 35 shots he faced. This was his first game since January 15 against Hershey.

OF NOTE

Toronto has recorded four more goals in 25 games (20-2-2-1) this season.
Toronto went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 17-9-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 11-7-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Laval had a 36-34 edge in shots in all situations. Brett Seney and Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 15-10-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 13-9-2-1 against North Division opponents and 1-3-0-1 against the Rocket. Toronto has been outscored by Laval 24-16 through five games.

RECORD WHEN

Not scoring first                      6-13-2-0
Trailing after 1                         6-11-1-0
Trailing after 2                         2-11-1-0
At home                                   12-6-2-1
February                                  4-2-1-0
Wednesday                              4-4-0-1

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               17 (J. Anderson)
Assists            27 (J. Duszak)
Points              38 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson)
Shots               99 (B. Seney)
+/-                    +12 (B. Seney)
PIMS                57 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the final Laval goal:

Coming back in the d-zone, we just need a better sorts and structure. In chaos moments like that, the energy or feel of the game is heightened. The experience and maturity of staying calm, seeing the game clearly, knowing our responsibilities. We just needed a better job of coming back and finding our spots there.

On Alex Steeves:

He’s done a great job (adjusting to professional hockey). Sometimes it’s not easy to be a first-year pro, especially from college when you’re playing two games on the weekends. He’s feeling the length of a pro season, the amount of games that we play. We have a big month coming up with a lot of games. Just the day-to-day management of your routine, your habits and taking care of your body, the recovery process. He’s handled it well, not just himself but a lot of our guys. Through January we had a big stretch of games, whether it was the COVID break or different things happening, we got through that tough stretch and now we’re in a little bit of a better place.

On Joseph Woll’s first game returning from injury:

Good. It was a tough one. They did a really good job at setting up the o-zone and just relying on point shots. It’s never easy for a goalie. I think most coaches in the game of hockey say get to the eyes of the goalie and be the screen. They made it really hard on us today, but he fought through a lot and made some good saves.

ALEX STEEVES (1 GOAL, 2 ASSISTS)

On Laval’s final goal:

We just got the shot blocked as we’re trying to get pucks to the net. Before the timeout, we got a really good look, a look that we wanted and the goalie made a really nice save and that’s kind of how it goes. The goalie makes a big save at a big time and we weren’t able to tie it up, so definitely frustrated but we had some good looks at the end. It’s tough being on the power play with the net empty. It’s kind of a high risk, high reward and they had a great block and they were able to get it in. It’s frustrating but I think we were getting some chances there and we just got the short end of the stick.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 26 at Rochester – 2:35 p.m.
February 27 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
March 2 vs. Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m.
March 5 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
March 6 at Cleveland – 12:00 p.m.

MARLIES 6, LAVAL 2

LAVAL ROCKET (21-15-3-0 – 45 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (23-13-3-1 – 50 Points)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
LAVAL	0	1	1	–	2
TORONTO	4	1	1	–	6

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Laval: R. Harvey-Pinard (7) PP (Unassisted), L. Belpedio (7) (C. Hillis, R. Harvey-Pinard)
Goaltender: M. McNiven (4/16) L, C. Primeau (19/21)

Toronto: J. Anderson (16) PP (B. McMann, A. Steeves), J. Anderson (17) SH (B. Seney), A. Suomela (10) (B. Seney, J. Anderson), J. Blandisi (7) (J. Kopacka, C. Douglas), J. Duszak (4) (J. Blandisi, J. Kopacka), K. Clifford (2) (A. Steeves, C. Douglas)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (25/27) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Joey Anderson opened the scoring on the power play at 5:36 of the first period and added a shorthanded goal at 7:43 of the first period. He also had the secondary assist on Suomela’s first period goal. This was his third shorthanded goal of the season and his fifth as a Marlie which places him tied for fifth in franchise history. With his first goal of the game, he set a career-high (17) this season
Antti Suomela scored at 18:48 of the first period. He has nine points (5 goals, 4 assists) in seven of his last eight games.
Joseph Blandisi scored at 19:47 of the first period and later added the primary assist on Duszak’s second period goal. This was his fifth multipoint game in 17 games this season.
Joseph Duszak scored at 2:46 of the second period. He has 30 points (4 goals, 26 assists) in 30 games this season.
Kyle Clifford scored at 9:00 of the third period. This is his second goal with the Marlies.
Bobby McMann recorded the primary assist on Anderson’s power play goal in the first period. He has 17 points (11 goals, 6 assists) in 31 games this season.
Alex Steeves registered the secondary assist on Anderson’s power play goal in the first period and the primary assist on Clifford’s third period goal. He has 27 points (14 goals, 13 assists) in 29 games with the Marlies.
Brett Seney had the primary assists on Anderson’s shorthanded goal and Suomela’s goal, both in the first period. This was his 11^th multipoint game in 35 games this season.
Jack Kopacka picked up the primary assist on Blandisi’s first period goal and the secondary assist on Duszak’s second period goal. He has 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in 31 games with the Marlies.
Curtis Douglas recorded the secondary assists on Blandisi’ first period goal and Clifford’s third period goal. He has 17 points (4 goals, 13 assists) in 37 games this season.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 25 of 27 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

Toronto has recorded four more goals in 24 games (20-1-2-1) this season.
The Marlies are 15-15-1-0 at Scotiabank Arena.
Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 17-8-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 12-7-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had a 37-27 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 8-3-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
The Marlies are 13-8-2-1 against North Division opponents and 1-2-0-1 against the Rocket. Toronto has been outscored by Laval 18-12 through four games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            17-1-1-1
Leading after 1                         12-1-2-1
Leading after 2                         17-1-2-1
At home                                   12-5-2-1
February                                  4-1-1-0
Monday                                    4-0-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               17 (J. Anderson)
Assists            26 (J. Duszak)
Points              37 (B. Seney)
PPG                 6 (J. Anderson)
Shots               94 (B. Seney)
+/-                    +16 (B. Seney)
PIMS                57 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

This is a team that’s played us hard this year. Wanting to do well against a top opponent, a rival opponent in our division, a game where we get our fans back and feel their support, that gave us a big lift of energy today, and then in a special building as well.

On special teams:

They did a really good job. Establishing the shot there, it’s hard to get pucks down inside and Joey Anderson did a great job, as he always does, in that area of the rink, and penalty kill did a great job, obviously that short-handed goal. Special teams made a difference today.

On Michael Hutchinson:

I thought he did a really good job, and exactly what you said calm, gave the team confidence in front of him. At times there were a little bit of stretches where there weren’t a lot of shots and that can be a tough time for goalies to stay in it and stay engaged and he was ready for every opportunity.

JOEY ANDERSON (2 GOALS, 1 ASSIST)

On today’s game:

We know that they’re a team that’s never going to go away and they came out in that third period really hot and made a push and I think we responded well for the most part, especially after that timeout we settled down and got back to the things that had been giving us success. It’s just about finding that for as much of a 60 as we can and tonight, we did a lot of good things for a long portion of that game.

On his line with Brett Seney and Antti Suomela:

You guys can see, we all think the game very similar. We enjoy playing with each other too. That’s the thing you can see it out there when one of us scores, we’re just genuinely excited for each other. It just makes coming to the rink that much better and like I said, the style of play is very similar, everyone works hard, we’re in the right spots. Reading off each other is really nice and easy and Antti has fit right in there really well with us.

JOSEPH BLANDISI (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)

On his line with Curtis Douglas and Jack Kopacka:

Our line was great all-night creating chances. The puck squirted out and it was a great net drive by Dougie. Jack threw it off the pads and it kicked out to me and I was able to pull it and find the corner which was good.

On Michael Hutchinson’s performance:
It’s every day with him. He comes in ready to work every day. He’s dialled in. His details are amazing and just having that calm presence back there, same with (Källgren), Woll. All the guys we have are calm back there and it gives the team an extra oomph when you need it. When they’re a rock, they can keep pucks out of the net and build momentum for the team.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 23 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.
February 26 at Rochester – 2:35 p.m.
February 27 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
March 2 vs. Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m.
March 5 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.

BELLEVILLE 5, MARLIES 4 (OT)

BELLEVILLE SENATORS (21-19-0-0 – 42 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (22-13-3-1 – 48 Points)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
BELLEVILLE	2	2	0	1	5
TORONTO	0	2	2	0	4

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Belleville: M. Kastelic (8) (L. Shaw, C. Reinhardt), L. Shaw (5) (M. Kastelic, C. Williams), A. Agozzino (13) (J. Lucchini), M. Del Zotto (7) (R. Jarventie, L. Thomson), E. Sokolov (14) (A. Agozzino, L. Thomson)
Goaltender: K. Mandolese (36/40) W

Toronto: N. Roberson (3) (K. Rubīns, B. Menell), A. Suomela (9) (Unassisted), S. Der-Arguchintsev (9) (N. Robertson, M. Hellickson), A. Steeves (14) (M. Hollowell, M. Abramov)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (21/26) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Nick Robertson put the Marlies on the board at 1:48 of the second period and later added the primary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s third period goal. He has seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) in seven games this season.
Antti Suomela scored unassisted at 9:59 of the second period. He has eight points (4 goals, 4 assists) in six of his last seven games. This was Suomela’s 100^th career AHL game.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev scored at 1:06 of the third period. He goals (2) in consecutive games and has seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) through his last six games.
Alex Steeves scored at 9:35 of the third period. He has 25 points (14 goals, 11 assists) in 28 games with the Marlies.
Kristiāns Rubīns recorded the primary assist on Robertson’s second period goal. He had a career-high six shots on net. Rubīns has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 29 games this season.
Brennan Menell had the secondary assist on Robertson’s second period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in 13 games this season.
Matthew Hellickson registered the secondary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s third period goal. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 22 games this season.
Mac Hollowell recorded the primary assist on Steeves’ third period goal. He has points (1-3-4) in four straight games.
Mikhail Abramov picked up the secondary assist on Steeves’ third period goal.
Erik Källgren stopped 21 of 26 shots he faced. This was his fourth overtime game of the season and first loss.

OF NOTE

This was Toronto’s ninth overtime game of the season (6-3).
Toronto went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 6-5-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 11-6-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had a 40-26 edge in shots in all situations. Kristiāns Rubīns and Brett Seney led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 7-3-1-0 when shooting their opponents.
The Marlies are 12-8-2-1 against North Division opponents and 6-2-1-0 against the Senators. Toronto’s last game against Belleville was on Feb. 18 in a 4-3 road loss. Toronto has outscored Belleville 36-22 through nine games.

RECORD WHEN

Not scoring first                      6-12-2-0
Trailing after 1                         6-10-1-0
Trailing after 2                         2-10-1-0
At home                                   11-5-2-1
February                                  3-1-1-0
Saturday                                  7-4-2-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               15 (J. Anderson)
Assists            26 (J. Duszak)
Points              34 (B. Seney)
PPG                 5 (J. Anderson)
Shots               92 (B. Seney)
+/-                    +14 (B. Seney)
PIMS                57 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

If we’re looking at the two games, there were two slow starts and two losses. The starts were a strength of ours for awhile there. We’ll have to reset and discuss it as a group. If you look at the six periods, I thought we had four really good periods of the six. The first two periods of the games were our crux.

On taking one point out of the game:
I had talked to them after yesterday’s game. We’re proud of the character to fight back, to find their game in the second period and to push for 40 minutes, get back to playing the way we know we can play. There’s definitely something to that and not just packing it in after a bad start and not coming back into it. It’s a competitive group. We’ll have to make sure that come into the next game with a better start and find our game earlier than we have.

MAC HOLLOWELL (1 ASSIST)

On today’s game:
It’s always good to come back from a 2-0 deficit. At the end of the day, we had to last game and we had to tonight. It’s the second half of the season now, we’ve got to start getting better starts.

On the compete level:
The compete level and urgency was just really low in the first. It seemed like we were still just warming up out there. We didn’t really get our legs going until the second period.

On Kyle Clifford:
Just being in the locker room with a guy like that who’s won a Stanley Cup, who’s been throughout the NHL for so long. Just when he’s out there, when he’s speaking in the room, we’re listening that’s for sure.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 21 vs. Laval – 3:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
February 23 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.
February 26 at Rochester – 2:35 p.m.
February 27 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
March 2 vs. Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m.

MARLIES 6, UTICA 2

UTICA COMETS (28-9-5-0 – 61 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (22-12-2-1 – 47 Points)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
UTICA	0	1	1	–	2
TORONTO	2	2	2	–	6

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Utica: F. Zetterlund (18) PP (R. Russo, J. Gambardella), A. Holtz (17) (C. De Leo, M. Vukojevic)
Goaltender: A. Schmid (25/31) L

Toronto: N. Ritchie (1) PP (J. Anderson, B. Seney), A. Steeves (13) (J. Anderson, B. Seney), J. Blandisi (5) (N. Robertson, J. Duszak), J. Kopacka (4) (B. McMann), J. Blandisi (6) (C. Dahlström), B. McMann (11) (M. Hollowell, B. Seney)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (32/34) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Nick Ritchie opened the scoring on the power play at 12:34 of the first period in his first game with the Marlies.
Alex Steeves scored on the power play at 17:53 of the first period. This was Steeves’ third power play goal of the season. He has 24 points (13 goals, 11 assists) in 26 games this season.
Joseph Blandisi scored at 3:12 of the second period and 8:14 of the third period. He has points (4-6-10) in six of his last seven games.
Jack Kopacka scored at 4:23 of the second period. He has eight points (4 goals, 4 assists) in 28 games this season.
Bobby McMann scored at 14:58 of the third period and earlier had the lone assist on Kopacka’s second period goal. He has 16 points (11 goals, 5 assists) in 28 games this season.
Joey Anderson recorded the primary assists on Ritchie and Steeves’ first period goals. He has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games.
Brett Seney collected the secondary assists on Ritchie and Steeves’ first period goals and McMann’s third period goal. He has nine points (1 goal, 8 assists) through his last six games. This was his fifth three-point game of the season.
Nick Robertson registered the primary assist on Blandisi’s second period goal. He has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) in five games.
Joseph Duszak picked up the secondary assist on Blandisi’s second period goal. He is tied for second overall amongst defencemen in assists (26).
Mac Hollowell recorded the primary assist on McMann’s third period goal. He has points (1-2-3) in his last three games played. Hollowell has 14 points (3 goals, 11 assists) in 23 games this season.
Erik Källgren stopped 32 of 34 shots he faced. This was his fourth consecutive win. He is 13-6-0 on the season with a 0.913 save percentage.

OF NOTE

The Marlies are on a six-game point streak (5-0-1-0) and have outscored their opponents 26-13.
This was Greg Moore’s 50^th win as head coach of the Marlies.
This is the second game this season Toronto has recorded six goals, both against Utica.
Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 2-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 15-7-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 10-6-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill. Toronto has recorded two power play goals in seven games this season.
Utica had a 34-31 edge in shots in all situations. Nick Robertson and Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 15-8-2-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 12-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 2-1-0-0 against the Comets. Toronto’s last game against Utica was on Jan. 5 in a 6-4 home win. Toronto has outscored Utica 14-11 through three games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            16-1-1-1
Leading after                           11-1-2-1
Leading after 2                        16-1-2-1
At home                                   11-5-1-1
February                                  3-0-0-0
Wednesday                              4-3-0-1

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               14 (J. Anderson)
Assists            26 (J. Duszak)
Points              34 (B. Seney)
PPG                 5 (J. Anderson)
Shots               87 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On Toronto’s power play (2 goals):

Power play looked sharp, along with the overall team game in terms of our puck play, looked really clean. You could tell that they were anticipating where to go with the puck before they got it and the mindset of everybody using each other and using all five guys on the ice.

On Joseph Blandisi:

He’s been really good. He’s been scoring a lot lately, he’s really, really competitive. He works really hard, does a lot of little things well defensively, makes it hard on other guys and the other team. He closes quickly, plays inside of contact and finishes his hits. He brings a lot of energy, not only physically but verbally on our bench.

On Nick Ritchie:
He played great. Obviously, a goal there to get us started. He was a presence for us on the power play. Good strong wall plays on breakouts. For a big guy he moves really well, sees the ice really well and has really subtle hands to make small area plays and make his teammates better.

JACK KOPACKA (1 GOAL)

On Toronto’s forecheck:
It’s a big part of our game plan. We have a lot of skilled players on our team, a lot of guys with a lot of speed and we can get behind their D and work the cycle game. We’ve got big bodies as well as skilled players that can make plays out of the corners and we’re having a lot of success.

On the team’s attitude:
We’re going good right now, but you got to keep it going. I think we have a lot to prove to ourselves going into trying to make a playoff push. It’s going to be exciting.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 18 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 19 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
February 21 vs. Laval – 3:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
February 23 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.
February 26 at Rochester – 3:05 p.m.

MARLIES 5, ROCHESTER 2

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (22-15-2-1 – 47 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (21-12-2-1 – 45 Points)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022

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

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Rochester: B. Murray (8) PP (E. Prow, L. Weissbach), P. Tischke (1) (A. Ruotsalainen, P. Krebs)
Goaltender: M. Robson (26/30) L

Toronto: A. Biega (1) (S. Der-Arguchintsev), M. Hollowell (3) (S. Der-Arguchintsev, K. Rubīns), N. Robertson (1) (S. Der-Arguchintsev, A. Suomela), J. Anderson (14) PP (B. McMann, J. Duszak), N. Robertson (2) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (30/32) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Alex Biega opened the scoring at 6:47 of the first period. This was his first goal of the season. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 16 games with the Marlies.
Mac Hollowell scored at 10:42 of the second period. He has points (1-1-2) in his last two games played. Hollowell has 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists) in 22 games this season.
Nick Robertson scored the game-winning goal at 16:52 of the second period and later added an empty-net goal at 17:42 of the third period. The game-winning goal was his first of the season. He has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in four games.
Joey Anderson scored on the power play at 13:23 of the third period. This was his fifth power play goal of the season.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev had the lone assist on Biega’s first period goal and later added the primary assists on Hollowell and Robertson’s second period goals. He has points (2-3-5) in his last three games. This was his first three-point game with the Marlies.
Kristiāns Rubīns recorded the secondary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 27 games with the Marlies this season.
Antti Suomela picked up the secondary assist on Robertson’s second period goal. He has points (3-1-4) in four consecutive games. Suomela has 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) in 19 games this season.
Bobby McMann collected the primary assist on Anderson’s third period power play goal. He has 14 points (10 goals, 4 assists) in 27 games this season.
Joseph Duszak registered the secondary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. This was his 14^th power play assist.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 30 of 32 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

The Marlies are on a five-game point streak (4-0-1-0) heading into the AHL All-Star break.
Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 14-7-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 9-6-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Rochester had a 32-31 edge in shots in all situations. Mac Hollowell and Nick Robertson led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 14-8-2-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 11-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 2-1-0-0 against the Americans. Toronto’s last game against Rochester was on Nov. 5 in a 4-1 road win. Toronto has outscored Rochester 12-10 through three games.

AT THE HALFWAY MARK

Toronto is 21-12-2-1 (45 points) midway through the season and have outscored their opponents 120-119. The club is 2^nd in the North Division and tied for 10^th overall in the league.
Toronto collected their most wins in a single month in January (8-3-1-0) which included a season-high six-game winning streak.
The Marlies have recorded five or more goals in 11 games (9-0-1-1).
Four goaltenders – Erik Källgren, Michael Hutchinson, Keith Petruzzelli and Joseph Woll – have picked up wins for the Marlies. Källgren leads all Marlies goaltenders in wins (12), save percentage (0.912) and goals against average (2.82).

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            15-1-1-1
Tied after 1                              5-2-0-0
Leading after 2                        15-1-2-1
At home                                   10-5-1-1
February                                  2-0-0-0
Saturday                                  7-4-1-0
3 goal game                             5-2-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               14 (J. Anderson)
Assists            25 (J. Duszak)
Points              31 (B. Seney)
PPG                 5 (J. Anderson)
Shots               82 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +12 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team’s four game winning streak heading into the break:

The team has put in a lot of work since the beginning of the season. I would say the last month or so in terms of our process, the starts to games, the maturity we’re starting to build in playing with leads or even coming back in games late in the third. There’s a lot of pieces right now that are coming together. We’re putting in the work and we’re getting the results.

On Michael Hutchinson:

He did great. He competed really hard, kept us in there in the first period. I felt as a team we built and got better slowly as the game went on. Second period was much better than the first. Hutch had some real timely saves to give our team confidence.

On Nick Robertson:
To be able to return after being out for so long and have such an impact this quickly is because of how hard he works off the ice and on the ice. He took his return to play very seriously. He was ready when the challenge came to return and we’re seeing the fruits of that labour.

MICHAEL HUTCHINSON

On today’s game:
It was kind of a strange start to the game. I felt like we were controlling a lot of in-zone time in their end, but the shot clock didn’t really reflect that. We had some good scoring chances there, we just missed the net. Then they had a few shots on their power play and after that they were really funneling pucks to the net and really crashing the net for rebounds. The shots add up pretty quick that way but it’s fun playing those games as a goalie because you’re always involved in the game and you’re into it early.

On Mac Hollowell’s performance:

It was awesome, I thought he played unbelievable all night tonight. Right from the get-go he was talking to me on our puck protections and exchanges behind the net. He was very vocal out there which was nice to see, especially a guy who was in and out of the lineup right now, and then the third period, everyone is talking about the fight, but he blocked one almost with his face on a seam pass. That’s a huge block right there in a tight game. He was doing all the little things tonight as well as being able to contribute on the scoresheet and have a good fight which is always nice to see when both guys come away unscathed, but it was good momentum for us.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 16 vs. Utica – 7:00 p.m.
February 18 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 19 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
February 21 vs. Laval – 3:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
February 23 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.

MARLIES 4, GRAND RAPIDS 3

TORONTO MARLIES (20-12-2-1 – 43 Points) vs.
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS (15-16-5-2 – 37 Points)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	0	2	2	–	4
GRAND RAPIDS	1	2	0	–	3

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: A. Steeves (12) PP (B. Seney, J. Duszak), F. Král (3) (C. Douglas, J. Blandisi), S. Der-Arguchintsev (7) PP (J. Blandisi, M. Abrmaov), A. Suomela (8) (A. Steeves, F. Král)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (21/24) W

Grand Rapids: J. Martin (2) (T. Hirose, W. Newpower), R. Murphy (7) (B. Lashoff, T. Spezia), B. McKenzie (2) (M. Berry)
Goaltender: C. Pickard (28/32) L

ON THE SCORESHEET

Alex Steeves put the Marlies on the board 27 seconds into the second period and later added the primary assist on Suomela’s third period goal.This was his second power play goal.He has 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) in 24 games this season.
Filip Král scored at 1:22 of the second period and later added the secondary assist on Suomela’s third period goal. He has 17 points (3 goals, 14 assists) in 33 games this season.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev scored on the power play at 6:18 of the third period.
Antti Suomela scored the game-winning goal at 15:33 of the third period. He has goals (3) in three consecutive games. Suomela has 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists) in 18 games this season.
Brett Seney recorded the primary assist on Steeves’ second period goal. He has points (1-4-5) in three consecutive games.
Joseph Duszak registered the secondary assist on Steeves’ second period goal. This was his 13^th power play assist.
Curtis Douglas picked up the primary assist on Král’s second period goal. He has 15 points (4 goals, 11 assists) in 33 games this season.
Joseph Blandisi had the secondary assist on Král’s second period goal and the primary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s third period goal. He has points (2-6-8) in five consecutive games. Blandisi has 13 points (4 goals, 9 assists) in 13 games with the Marlies this season.
Mikhail Abramov recorded the secondary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s third period goal. He has 19 points (4 goals, 15 assists) through 35 games this season.
Erik Källgren stopped 21 of 24 shots he faced. He is 12-6-0 with a 0.912 save percentage. Källgren has won three consecutive games, making 76 saves.

OF NOTE

Toronto finished their eight-game road trip 5-2-1-0. The road trip included four overtime games (3-1).
Toronto went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 2-for-6 on the power play. This is the sixth game where Toronto has recorded two power play goals. Toronto is 13-7-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 12-6-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had a 32-24 edge in shots in all situations. Joseph Duszak and Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 7-3-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
The Marlies are 5-1-0-0 against Central Division opponents and 2-0-0-0 against the Griffins.

RECORD WHEN

Opponent scores first             6-11-1-0
Trailing after 1                         6-9-0-0
Trailing after 2                         2-9-0-0
On the road                             11-7-1-0
February                                  1-0-0-0
Wednesday                              3-3-1-0
1 goal game                             9-2-2-1

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               13 (J. Anderson, B. Seney)
Assists            24 (J. Duszak)
Points              31 (B. Seney)
PPG                 4 (J. Anderson)
Shots               81 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +12 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

As of late when we found ourselves down whether it’s the second or third period, the group’s starting to find confidence in their ability to come back and what it takes to win and find their game in those moments. It’s good to see. We have some guys who have stepped up in big way.

NICK ROBERTSON

On his first game since returning from injury:

It was a lot of fun. I’ve been away for a long time and it was the first injury I’ve had where I was off for three months. Today, I just had no expectations. Really just tried to play well and get the rust off and go from there.

ALEX STEEVES (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)

On tonight’s game:
It’s just a greasy road win. They feel amazing. It makes the bus ride home much more of a good time. Special teams were huge. Goaltending was huge. You get those two, you do it on the road and you give yourself a chance which is what we got tonight.

On special teams:
We talk with our special teams coaches and when you know you’re doing good things you just have to refocus in a different way and get a little extra effort. It’s huge for both units to get in on it tonight on the man advantage and the huge 5-on-3 penalty kill, a couple of huge blocks and big saves, those are momentum builders on the road and when you get that you give yourself a chance.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 5 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
February 16 vs. Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 18 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 19 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
February 21 vs. Laval – 3:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)

MARLIES 5, BELLEVILLE 1

TORONTO MARLIES (19-12-2-1 – 41 Points) vs.
BELLEVILLE SENATORS (15-17-0-0 – 30 Points)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2022

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

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Blandisi (3) (Unassisted), J. Blandisi (4) (M. Hollowell, A. Steeves), B. McMann (10) (M. Abramov), A. Suomela (7) (B. Seney, C. Krys), R. Chyzowski (5) EN (J. Blandisi)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (31/32)

Belleville: M. Wedman (6) (M. Hoelscher, C. Wilkie)
Goaltender: M. Sogaard (29/33)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Joseph Blandisi opened the scoring unassisted at 15:34 of the first period and added his second goal of the period at 18:28. He later added the lone assist on Chyzowski’s empty net goal. He has points (2-4-6) in four consecutive games. Blandisi has 11 points (4 goals, 7 assists) in 12 games with the Marlies this season. His second goal of the game was his 200^th career professional point.
Bobby McMann scored at 1:49 of the second period. He has 13 points (10 goals, 3 assists) in 25 games this season.
Antti Suomela scored at 9:10 of the third period. He has goals (2) in consecutive games. Suomela has 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 17 games this season.
Ryan Chyzowski scored on the empty net at 18:46 of the third period. He has five goals in 17 games this season.
Mac Hollowell recorded the primary assist on Blandisi’s second goal of the first period. He has set a career-high in assists (10). He has 12 points (2 goals, 10 assists) in 21 games this season.
Alex Steeves picked up the secondary assist on Blandisi’s second goal of the first period. He has 21 points (11 goals, 10 assists) in 23 games this season.
Mikhail Abramov had the lone assist on McMann’s second period goal. He has 18 points (4 goals, 14 assists) through 34 games this season.
Brett Seney recorded the primary assist on Suomela’s third period goal. He has points (1-3-4) in consecutive games.
Chad Krys registered the secondary assist on Suomela’s third period goal.
Erik Källgren stopped 31 of 32 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

This was Rich Clune’s 700^th career professional game (139 NHL games, 561 AHL games). He’s appeared in 223 games for the Marlies and 19 games with the Maple Leafs.
Toronto went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-6 on the power play. Toronto is 7-5-1-1 when not scoring on the power play and 11-6-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had 34-32 edge in shots in all situations. Bobby McMann led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 6-3-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
The Marlies are 10-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 6-1-0-0 against the Senators. Toronto has outscored Belleville 29-13. Toronto has held Belleville to two or less goals in each of their seven games this season.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            14-1-1-1
Leading after 1                        10-1-2-1
Leading after 2                         14-1-2-1
On the Road                            10-7-1-0
January                                   8-3-1-0
Friday                                      4-2-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               13 (J. Anderson, B. Seney)
Assists            23 (J. Duszak)
Points              30 (B. Seney)
PPG                 4 (J. Anderson)
Shots               74 (B. Seney)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

We had to weather a storm at the start. They usually come out strong in their building. They also haven’t played a game in awhile so, they had a lot of energy. They’ve been sitting resting. Källgren did a really good job of holding us in and letting us get our legs. We got through some special teams and then those two quick goals turned things for us. We started to find our game and the team did a really good job of building and keeping the momentum as the game went on.

On Rich Clune’s 700^th career professional game:

It’s special. I also played against him back in the day. For anyone to string along a career for this long regardless of level, regardless of anything. The determination, the discipline, the consistency that he’s fought through on the ice and off the ice. He’s just a really impressive person. I feel fortunate to be able to know him, to be able to work with him. I know our team values him big time with the things that he brings to the group. I’m just really proud and happy for him.

JOSEPH BLANDISI (2 GOALS, 1 ASSIST)

On his second goal and 200^th career professional point:

Just a good passing play. Lots of good line mates to play with on this team. You find that open ice and some guy will find you. I told Mac that that pass impressed me. I didn’t think he’d have seen me there. It was a pretty good gift from him.

On keeping the lead in the final 40 minutes:
Just staying relentless with it. We’ve got great leadership in our dressing room. Even after that first 20, we weren’t too happy with it. We know how to calm the guys down and give our best effort for the next 40.

RICH CLUNE (700^th CAREER PROFESSIONAL GAME)

On his milestone:

Any game that I can get into is a gift. I’m just really grateful to do it here with Toronto and especially this team, this year. It’s a lot of fun. I’m grateful. It’s been a hell of a ride. I love it.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 2 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m.
February 3 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
February 5 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
February 16 vs. Belleville – 11:00 a.m.
February 18 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.

MARLIES 4, GRAND RAPIDS 3 (OT)

TORONTO MARLIES (18-12-2-1 – 39 Points) vs.
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS (15-12-5-2 – 37 Points)

MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	1	1	1	1	4
GRAND RAPIDS	1	0	2	0	3

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: A. Suomela (6) (B. Seney, J. Anderson), S. Der-Arguchintsev (6) (J. Blandisi), B. Seney (13) (J. Duszak, A. Suomela)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (24/27)

Grand Rapids: J. McIsaac (3) (T. Elson, G. Smith), D. Yan (7) (D.Renouf, L. Witwoski), T. Elson (12) PP (T. Hirose, J. McIsaac)
Goaltender: C. Pickard (24/28)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Antti Suomela opened the scoring 23 seconds into the first period. Suomela has 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in 16 games this season.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev scored unassisted at 19:10 of the second period. Der-Arguchintsev has 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) in 30 games this season.
Brett Seney scored at 18:05 of the third period. He recorded the primary assist on Suomela’s first period goal and the lone assist on Duszak’s overtime goal. He has 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists) in his last nine games.
Joseph Duszak scored the game-winning goal 38 seconds into overtime. This was his first game-winning goal of the season. Duszak has 25 points (2 goals, 23 assists) in 24 games this season.
Joey Anderson registered the secondary assist on Suomela’s first period goal. He has seven points (5 goals, 2 assists) over his last four games.
Joseph Blandisi had the lone assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s second period goal. He has assists (3) in three consecutive games. Blandisi has eight points (2 goals, 6 assists) in 11 games with the Marlies this season.
Erik Källgren stopped 24 of 27 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

The Marlies are 6-2 in overtime games this season. Four of Toronto’s last six games have gone to overtime (3-1).
Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 6-5-1-1 when not scoring on the power play and 8-6-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had 28-27 edge in shots in all situations. Brett Seney led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 5-3-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
The Marlies are 4-1-0-0 against Central Division opponents and 1-0-0-0 against the Griffins.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            13-1-1-1
Tied after 1                              4-2-0-0
Leading after 2                         13-1-2-1
On the Road                            9-7-1-0
January                                   7-3-1-0
Monday                                    3-0-0-0
1 Goal Game                            9-2-2-1

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               13 (J. Anderson, B. Seney)
Assists            23 (J. Duszak)
Points              29 (B. Seney)
PPG                 5 (J. Ho-Sang)
Shots               74 (B. Seney)
+/-                    +12 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

Really tough game. End of the road trip like this, you can tell the guys were starting to feel it. What I really loved was the confidence in the third period after they scored, the voices on the bench, the energy on the bench was different then it had been all year. There was a lot of belief in the group to find our way back into it.

JOSEPH DUSZAK (GAME-WINNING GOAL)

On the game-winning goal:

Just a great play by (Seney). Skated the whole zone and then just turned up and I just happened to be wide open and luckily it went in the net.

On the team’s attitude through the game:

We have a really good group of guys that like to stick together, play together. Everyone throughout the lineup knew the game wasn’t over. Lately we’ve been slipping with those leads like in Wilkes-Barre, we lost that two-goal lead. I thought it was good for our confidence to come back and get the tie and the win. We were 2-2-1 going into this game so, it’s good to finish off the road trip above .500.

BRETT SENEY (1 GOAL, 2 ASSISTS)

On the team’s attitude through the game:

That was one thing last game, we had the lead going into the third and we squandered it. That was one thing that it didn’t matter what the score was, we just wanted to go out there and work hard and play every shift like it’s 0-0. We got down there, but we didn’t give up. Every line was doing it tonight. We were setting each other up. We gave ourselves a chance to win and we won.

On the end of the road trip:

It’s always good to go 3-2-1, always good to be above .500. It’s been a long road trip. The bus ride is a little shorter when you get a win to finish it. It’s definitely a good one for the guys.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

January 28 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 2 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m.
February 3 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
February 5 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
February 16 vs. Belleville – 11:00 a.m.

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 3, MARLIES 2 (OT)

TORONTO MARLIES (17-12-2-1 – 37 Points) vs.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS (13-16-1-3 – 30 Points)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	2	0	0	0	2
W-B/SCRANTON	0	0	2	1	3

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Kopacka (3) (B. Seney, J. Blandisi), M. Abramov (4) (F. Král, J. Kopacka)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (31/34) L

W-B/Scranton: V. Puustinen (13) (F. Robert, F. Hallander), A. Nylander (13) (V. Puustinen, J. Rikola), A. Nylander (14) PP (J. Riikola, V. Puustinen)
Goaltender: A. D’Orio (22/24)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Jack Kopacka opened the scoring at 9:46 of the first period and later added the secondary assist on Abramov’s goal. This is Kopacka’s second multi-point game of the season.
Mikhail Abramov scored at 15:44 of the first period. He has 17 points (4 goals, 13 assists) in 32 games this season.
Brett Seney recorded the primary assist on Kopacka’s first period goal. He has 10 points (2 goals, 8 assists) in his last eight games.
Joseph Blandisi registered the secondary assist on Kopacka’s first period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Blandisi has seven points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 10 games with the Marlies this season.
Filip Král had the primary assist on Abramov’s first period goal. He is tied for fifth in assists (13) amongst all rookie defencemen.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 31 of 34 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

The Marlies are 5-2 in overtime games this season.
Toronto went 1-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 5-5-1-1 when not scoring on the power play and 7-6-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton had 34-24 edge in shots in all situations. Joseph Blandisi led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 13-8-2-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 5-4-1-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and 0-1-1-0 against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Toronto is on a 10-game, 4,958 kilometre road trip and will face off against seven teams – Belleville Senators, Cleveland Monsters, Grand Rapids Griffins, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hershey Bears, Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. It will be Toronto’s first meeting of the season with four opponents (HER, HFD, GR, WBS). The Marlies return to Coca-Cola Coliseum on Feb. 5.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            12-1-1-1
Leading after 1                        9-1-2-1
Leading after 2                         12-1-2-1
On the Road                            8-7-1-0
January                                   6-3-1-0
Saturday                                  3-2-1-0
1 Goal Game                            7-2-2-1

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               12 (B. Seney)
Assists            22 (J. Duszak)
Points              26 (B. Seney)
PPG                 5 (J. Ho-Sang)
Shots               73 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +10 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

I thought throughout the entire game the effort was better. It was a good response from yesterday’s game. This team that we’re playing is really hard working. They don’t make it easy to gain inches of the ice and gain zones. It was a good start. Overall, a more consistent 60 minutes which is what we’ve been looking for. During that stretch of games where we had more success in the win column, this is more of what we looked like and how we were playing. It’s definitely not the result we want, especially having the lead but in terms of the effort and how we played, it was in a much better place.

On Michael Hutchinson:

He did a great job, especially against a team that’s a volume shooting team. He definitely kept us in there, gave us a chance to win the game. It’s really, really hard with the dynamic now of taxi squads and the COVID season to expect these guys to come in, not having played that long and also knowing tat they’d do anything for the organization given the position that they are in. Good on him for coming in today and putting in a good effort.

JOSEPH BLANDISI (1 ASSIST)

On tonight’s game:

We were upset coming into this one tonight. I think we came out pretty hard but it’s one of those games that we got to find a way to hold the lead. It’s on the veteran guys on the ice at the end of the game – myself included I’ve got to get the block there.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

January 24 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m.
January 28 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
January 29 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 2 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m.
February 3 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 5, MARLIES 1

TORONTO MARLIES (17-12-1-1 – 36 Points) vs.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS (12-16-1-3 – 28 Points)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	0	1	0	–	1
W-B/SCRANTON	1	2	2	–	5

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: A. Suomela (5) PP (J. Blandisi, J. Duszak)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (25/30) L

W-B/Scranton: A. Nylander (11) (S. Poulin), V. Puustinen (12) PP (J. Riikola, A. Nylander), F. Hallander (4) (F. Robert, P. Joseph), K. Bjorkqvist (3) (A. Angelio, J. Gruden), A. Nylander (12) PP (S. Poulin, V. Puustinen)
Goaltender: A. D’Orio (21/22) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Antti Suomela scored on the power play with 10 seconds left in the second period. This was Suomela’s first power play goal of the season. He has nine points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 14 games this season with the Marlies.
Joseph Blandisi recorded the primary assist on Suomela’s second period goal. He has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in nine games with the Marlies this season.
Joseph Duszak picked up the secondary assist on Suomela’s second period goal. This was Duszak’s 12^th power play assist of the season. He leads all defencemen in assists (22) in 22 games.
Erik Källgren stopped 25 of 30 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

This was Greg Moore’s 100^th game behind the Toronto Marlies bench. He is tied for fourth overall in wins (45).
Toronto went 2-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 12-7-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 7-6-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton had 30-22 edge in shots in all situations. Joseph Duszak and Jack Kopacka led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto is 13-8-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 5-4-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and 0-1-0-0 against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Toronto is on a 10-game, 4,958 kilometre road trip and will face off against seven teams – Belleville Senators, Cleveland Monsters, Grand Rapids Griffins, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hershey Bears, Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. It will be Toronto’s first meeting of the season with four opponents (HER, HFD, GR, WBS). The Marlies return to Coca-Cola Coliseum on Feb. 5.

RECORD WHEN

Trailing after 1                         5-9-0-0
Trailing after 2                         1-9-0-0
On the Road                            8-7-0-0
January                                   6-3-0-0
Friday                                      3-2-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               12 (B. Seney)
Assists            22 (J. Duszak)
Points              25 (B. Seney)
PPG                 5 (J. Ho-Sang)
Shots               73 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +10 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

They just outcompeted us today. We just need to work harder in the d-zone. We were gliding around a little bit. We have a better effort. The group knows that. We’ll come tomorrow. I know the team will respond and match their intensity and doing a better job of setting up our o-zone and get pucks on the inside.

BRETT SENEY

On tonight’s game:
It was frustrating. Especially in this league, special teams are so important. We needed to capitalize on that early 5-on-3 and that gave them some momentum and they capitalized on their chances. There’s no moral victories and I liked the way we fought back in the end, guys were sticking up for each other and getting in there. We showed passion that way but at the end of the day, the main thing is wins. So, we have to get after it tomorrow.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

January 22 at WB/Scranton – 6:05 p.m.
January 24 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m.
January 28 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
January 29 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 2 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m.

HARTFORD 5, MARLIES 2

The Toronto Marlies six-game winning streak came to a halt on Wednesday night, as they fell 5-2 to the Hartford Wolf Pack. The Marlies are now 5-3-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and 0-1-0-0 against the Hartford Wolf Pack.

In the first period, the Marlies outshot the Wolf Pack 12-8, but it was the home side who scored the only goal of the period, thanks to leading scorer, Jonny Brodzinski.

In the second, Ryan Chyzowski snuck one past Keith Kinkaid early in the frame to tie the game at 1. But, just 40 seconds later, Hartford took the lead back thanks to Austin Rueschhoff. Later in the period, Bobby McMann tied the game with his ninth of the season.

But, that would be all for the Marlies offensively in this one. Rueschhoff, Alex Whelan, and Anthony Greco all tallied goals for the home side in the third period, en route to a 5-2 victory.

The Marlies will be looking to get back in the win column on Friday when they head to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for two straight games. Puck drop is at 7:05pm.

Game Notes:

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: R. Chyzowski (4) (C. Douglas), B. McMann (9) (F. Kràl, C. Dahlström)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (25/29)

Hartford: J. Brodzinski (11) (T. Gettinger), A. Rueschhoff (8) (P. Khodorenko, A. Bitetto), A. Rueschhoff (9) (J. Richards), A. Whelan (5) (A. Bitetto, M. O’Leary), A. Greco (8) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: K. Kinkaid (28/30)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Ryan Chyzowski put the Marlies on the board at 3:18 of the second period. He has four goals in 13 games with the Marlies this season.
Bobby McMann scored at 11:27 of the second period. He has recorded a goal (3) in three consecutive games.
Curtis Douglas had the lone assist on Chyzowski’s second period goal. He has 14 points (4 goals, 10 assists) in 28 games this season.
Filip Kràl recorded the primary assist on McMann’s second period goal. He has points (2-10-12) in nine of his last 11 games.
Carl Dahlström picked up the secondary assist on McMann’s second period goal. He has 10 assists through 27 games this season.
Erik Källgren stopped 25 of 29 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

Toronto went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play. Toronto is 5-5-0-1 when not scoring on the power play and 10-6-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto and Hartford both had 30 shots in all situations. Brett Seney led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
The Marlies are 5-3-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and 0-1-0-0 against the Hartford Wolf Pack.
Toronto is on a 10-game, 4,958 kilometre road trip and will face off against seven teams – Belleville Senators, Cleveland Monsters, Grand Rapids Griffins, Hartford Wolf Pack, Hershey Bears, Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. It will be Toronto’s first meeting of the season with four opponents (HER, HFD, GR, WBS). The Marlies return to Coca-Cola Coliseum on Feb. 5.

RECORD WHEN

Trailing after 1                         5-8-0-0
Tied after 2                              4-2-0-0
On the Road                            8-6-0-0
January                                   6-2-0-0
Wednesday                              2-3-0-1
3 Goal Game                            4-2-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

Goals               13 (J. Anderson)
Assists            21 (J. Duszak)
Points              25 (B. Seney)
PPG                 5 (J. Ho-Sang)
Shots               71 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +10 (B. Seney)
PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

They’re a highly skilled team. You could tell the pace of play was fast. You could tell there was a lot of skill on both sides with our team and their team. I felt it was pretty evenly matched throughout the game. If you look at outside of the empty net goal, the goals all came off of turnovers. That’s not to say we did a lot of good things with the puck but some puck decisions or mistakes we made with the puck ultimately resulted in grade A scoring chances which they capitalized on. The team had push, had effort right from the start. It didn’t feel like at any point the team wasn’t into it or that the compete and the process wasn’t there. Källgren still made some big saves for us. It was a weird game. Felt like we were in it for the most part with them but the puck play and the turnovers hurt us.

On the line of Joseph Blandisi, Ryan Chyzowski and Jack Kopacka:

It was excellent. Kopacka’s really turned on the last three, four games. He’s starting to use his tools – his power and his stride and just using his pace to drive the play up the rink and winning 50-50 pucks, setting up the o-zone for the team. Blandisi is abrasive, plays inside of contact, gets inside the net. They’re doing a lot of good things. Chyzowski has added a lot to our team the last couple of games in terms of his energy, his compete and his passion for playing the game. It’s been nice these last few games where we have these lines that step up in really big roles that build momentum for our group at the right times. Clune, Dougie are another couple of guys who have done that in the past couple of games who have done that for us. Guys are taking turns stepping up. That line definitely did it for us tonight.

BOBBY McMANN (1 GOAL)

On tonight’s game:
We said it from the start, they’ve got some skill. Right from the backend to their forwards. They’ve got some good players and I think we matched that quite well actually. I was happy with our group effort. We were playing with some passion. We’ve been finding that lately and really playing as a team and this one just didn’t go our way.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

January 21 at WB/Scranton – 7:05 p.m.
January 22 at WB/Scranton – 6:05 p.m.
January 24 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m.
January 28 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
January 29 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.

Game Preview:

The Toronto Marlies head to Hartford on Wednesday for a battle with the Wolf Pack. The Marlies are looking for their seventh straight win.

This is the first of two meetings between the two teams this season. The last meeting between these two teams came back on February 13th, 2019, where the Wolf Pack edged the Marlies 3-2.

The Marlies are coming off of a 4-3 OT win vs. Lehigh Valley on Sunday, while the Wolf Pack took home a 4-0 win vs. Laval on Saturday. Toronto is 7-3-0-0 in their last 10, while Hartford is 4-4-1-1.

Some players to watch on the Marlies side include Joey Anderson who picked up his second hat trick of the season in Sunday’s game, and has points (5-1-6) in his last two games with the Marlies. Brett Seney tallied four points in Sunday’s victory. He and Anderson are currently tied for the team lead in goals with 13. On the Hartford side, Jonny Brodzinski leads the team with 24 points.

Puck drops at 7:00 PM EST on AHLTV. Fans can also follow along on Twitter (@TorontoMarlies) for game updates.