The American Hockey League announced today that Toronto Marlies defenceman Filip Král has been selected as the AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 16.
Král, 22, has recorded two goals and four assists in Toronto’s last four games, including his first goal of the season on January 12. He had three assists against Springfield on January 10 in the first period, matching a franchise record for most assists in a single period. He is on a five-game point streak (2-5-7) extending from January 5. Král has 14 points (2 goals, 12 assists) in 27 games with the Marlies this season. The Blansko, Czech Republic native was drafted 149th overall in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Toronto Marlies are the primary development program for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Since 2005, 132 players have appeared in regular season games at both the NHL and AHL levels. The current Maple Leafs roster features nine players who have dressed for both the Maple Leafs and Marlies – Kyle Clifford, Travis Dermott, Pierre Engvall, Justin Holl, Timothy Liljegren, Jake Muzzin, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly and Rasmus Sandin.
Toronto: J. Anderson (11) PP (J. Duszak, B. Seney), J. Anderson (12) (A. Suomela, B. Seney), B. Seney (13) (C. Dahlström, F. Král), J. Anderson (13) PP (B. Seney, A. Steeves) Goaltender: E. Källgren (22/25) W
Lehigh Valley:B. Saulnier (2) (M. Millman, G. Rubtsov), W. Allison (2) (C. O’Reilly), A. Kile (1) (I. Ratcliffe, C. Gerard) Goaltender:G. Metcalf (23/27) L
ON THE SCORESHEET
Joey Anderson scored a hat trick, with two goals in the first period (12:13 and 18:12) and the overtime winner at 1:06 of extra time. This was his second career hat trick and second this season. He has points (5-1-6) in his last two games with the Marlies.
Brett Seney scored the game-tying goal at 17:59 of the third period. Hehad the secondary assists on both of Anderson’s first period goals and the primary assist on Anderson’s overtime goal. He has points (2-6-8) in his last three games with the Marlies.
Joseph Duszak recorded the primary assist on Anderson’s first period goal. This was his 10th power play assist. He has 21 points (1 goal, 20 assists) in 20 games this season. Duszak leads all defencemen in assists (20).
Antti Suomela registered the primary assist on Anderson’s second goal of the first period. He has eight points (4 goals, 4 assists) in 12 games with the Marlies.
Carl Dahlström picked up the primary assist on Seney’s third period goal.
Filip Kràl recorded the secondary assist on Seney’s third period goal.He has points (2-5-7) through five consecutive games. Kràl has 14 points (2 goals, 12 assists) in 27 games with the Marlies.
Alex Steeves had the secondary assist on Anderson’s overtime goal. He has points (4-2-6) in his last five games.
Erik Källgren stopped 22 of 25 shots he faced.
OF NOTE
This was Toronto’s fifth overtime win of the season and their sixth consecutive win.
Toronto went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 2-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 12-6-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 10-5-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill. Toronto has recorded two power play goals in a single game five times this season.
Toronto had a 27-25 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 4-3-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
The Marlies are 5-2-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish their season series 2-0-0-0 against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
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 12-1-0-1 Leading after 1 9-1-1-1 Tied after 2 4-1-0-0 On the Road 8-5-0-0 January 6-1-0-0 Sunday 3-3-1-0 1 Goal Game 7-2-1-1
There was definitely a response from our group after the hit on Ho-Sang in a positive way. The emotional charge where you don’t want to see one of your own members of your group go down like that. Just the pure will and determination to have a response, to find some offence, to find a way to win the game for Ho-Sang was really good to see from the group.
On Joey Anderson and Brett Seney: Their energy and their take-charge mentality of the direction they want the game to go in, to push and drive the team to go in a certain way. They led by example on the ice. With the goal that Anderson had and Seney coming up big with a puck to the net that went off Chyzowski, they added a lot to our game today. Can’t say enough about the way they conduct themselves and how they lead this group.
JOEY ANDERSON (2nd CAREER HAT TRICK)
On coming back to the Marlies:
It’s great. I was excited to see all the guys today. It was a fun game. We battled some adversity and it was one of those games where we’re going to come together as a group from it. It was good to be around all of the guys.
On Toronto’s response in the third period: A bad hit we thought on (Ho-Sang), no call and then they come back and score right away. Guys were frustrated. We did it clean though. Guys weren’t taking dumb penalties after that. We just kept trying to piece away at it. We found a goal in regulation and got it to overtime and were able to capitalize on the power play to finish the deal.
BRETT SENEY (1 GOAL, 3 ASSISTS)
On Toronto’s response in the third period: Obviously what happened with Josh (Ho-Sang), we didn’t appreciate. We thought it was a play that could have been a call. We decided the best way to get back at them was to put the puck in the net and get back in the game. Obviously, it wasn’t the response we originally wanted with them scoring but I thought our group dug deep up and down the lineup to get into overtime there and then finish the job.
On Joey Anderson:
I love playing with the guy. He’s one of my good buddies off the ice. I can’t say enough good things about him. It’s always great to see him get rewarded.
On the overtime winner on the power play:
We’ve got to give a lot of credit to our PP coach, Snacks (AJ MacLean), who drew up a play for us and Steeves and Duszak executed there at the top and Joe’s there to put in the garbage.
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 19 at Hartford – 7:00 p.m. 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.
Toronto: F. Kràl (2) (M. Abramov), A. Steeves (10) (C. Krys, C. Douglas), J. Ho-Sang (11) PP (M. Abramov, M. Hollowell), A. Steeves (11) (M. Abramov, J. Ho-Sang) Goaltender: J. Woll (26/28), E. Källgren (15/16) W
Hershey:A. Jonsson-Fjallby (10) SH (L. Johansen, B. Pinho), G. Pilon (12) PP (A. Jonsson-Fjallby, C. Franson), T. Geisser (2) (J. Snivley, G. Pilon) Goaltender:Z. Fucale (18/22) L
ON THESCORESHEET
Filip Kràl put the Marlies on the board at 5:21 of the second period.He has points (2-4-6) through four consecutive games. Kràl has 13 points (2 goals, 11 assists) in 26 games with the Marlies.
Alex Steeves scored at 14:10 of the second period and at 1:21 of overtime for the game-winning goal. He has points (4-1-5) in his last four games. Steeves is tied for third overall in goals (11) amongst AHL rookies.
Josh Ho-Sang scored on the power play 50 seconds into the third period and later added the secondary assist on Steeves’ game-winning goal. He has 18 points (10 goals, 8 assists) in 25 games this season.
Mikhail Abramov had the lone assist on Kràl’s second period goal and the primary assists on Ho-Sang’s third period goal and Steeves’ overtime goal. He has points (2-6-8) in his last six games.
Chad Krys recorded the primary assist on Steeves’ second period goal.
Curtis Douglas registered the secondary assist on Steeves’ second period goal. He has 13 points (4 goals, 9 assists) in 26 games this season.
Mac Hollowell picked up the secondary assist on Ho-Sang’s third period goal. He has nine points (1 goal, 8 assists) in his last eight games.
Joseph Woll stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced in 34:10 of action before leaving the game due to injury. Erik Källgren stopped 15 of 16 shots he faced in relief of Woll.
OFNOTE
This was Toronto’s fourth overtime win of the season.
Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 11-6-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 7-5-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Hershey had a 44-22 edge in shots in all situations. Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 13-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 4-2-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and 1-0-0-0 against the Hershey Bears. Toronto visited Hershey tonight for the first time since March 15, 2019 (5-4, OTW).
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 5-7-0-0 Tied after 2 3-1-0-0 On the Road 7-5-0-0 January 5-1-0-0 Saturday 6-4-0-0 1 Goal Game 6-2-1-1
This is an extremely hard building to play in. Notorious for coming out with strong starts. They have a good crowd. We didn’t come out with the start that we have recently in the last few games. On top of them coming out strong and us being flat, we may it hard on ourselves. The guys were saying the right things in the first intermission and responded in the second.
On Joseph Woll leaving the game in the second period: I think one of our defenceman accidentally collided into him into the side of his leg. He may have tweaked his knee a little bit. Well assess and have our doctors look at it and see what comes of it. It was a heck of a job for him up until that point. Really kept us in the game with how many shots there were and then for how hard it is for Källgren to come in cold off the bench and play the way he did and give us a chance to win the game is great.
ALEX STEEVES (2 GOALS)
On tonight’s game: We felt coming out of the first period only down one was kind of a moral victory for us. I don’t think it was our best period. We had a really good talk in the locker room that started with the players and I think that helped us gather some steam and have a better second period, score a power play goal which was huge and then the overtime goal is good to pick up the extra point in a tough barn.
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 16 at Lehigh Valley – 3:05 p.m. January 19 at Hartford – 7:00 p.m. 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.
Belleville: L. Thomson (4) (A. Agozzino, J. Lucchini), E. Sokolov (7) (M. Del Zotto) Goaltender: F. Gustavsson (27/30) L
Toronto:S. Der-Arguchintsev (5) PP (J. Blandisi, A. Suomela), F. Kràl (1) PP (S. Der-Arguchintsev, M. Hollowell), B. McMann (8) (J. Ho-Sang, M. Hollowell), A. Suomela (4) EN (Unassisted) Goaltender:E. Källgren (37/39) W
ON THE SCORESHEET
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev opened the scoring at 3:37 of the first period on the power play and later added the primary assist on Kràl’s second period goal. This was his first career AHL power play goal.
Filip Kràl scored on the power play at 5:23 of the second period.This was his first goal of the season. He has points (1-4-5) through three consecutive games.
Bobby McMann scored the game-winning goal at 4:25 of the third period. He has goals in (2) in consecutive games. McMann has 11 points (8 goals, 3 assists) in 20 games with the Marlies.
Antti Suomela scored on the empty net at 18:42 of the third period and earlier had the secondary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s first period goal. He has points (3-2-5) in consecutive games.
Joseph Blandisi recorded the primary assist on Der-Arguchintsev’s first period goal. He has points (2-3-5) in four consecutive games.
Mac Hollowell picked up the secondary assists on Kràl’s second period goal and McMann’s third period goal. He has eight points (1 goal, 7 assists) in his last seven games.
Josh Ho-Sang had the lone assist on McMann’s third period goal. He has 18 points (10 goals, 8 assists) in 25 games this season.
Erik Källgren stopped 37 of 39 shots he faced. He is 5-1-0 when making 30 or more saves in a game.
OF NOTE
The Marlies set a season high today with their fourth consecutive win.
Toronto went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 2-for-6 on the power play. This was Toronto’s fourth game this season recording two power play goals. Toronto is 10-6-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 9-5-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Belleville had a 39-31 edge in shots in all situations. Mikhail Abramov and Kristiāns Rubīns led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 12-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 9-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 5-1-0-0 against the Belleville Senators. Toronto has outscored Belleville 24-12.
Toronto heads out on a 10-game, facing off against seven teams – Belleville Senators (4-1-0), Cleveland Monsters (2-1-1), Grand Rapids Griffins, Hartford Whalers, Hershey Bears, Lehigh Valley Phantoms (1-0-0) 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 11-1-0-1 Leading after 1 8-1-1-1 Leading after 2 12-1-1-1 January 4-1-0-0 Wednesday 2-2-0-1 2 Goal Game 4-1-0-0
Penalty kill has been great this year, (John Snowden) has done a great job with that area of our game and power play was strong today. Special teams did a really great job on both sides of it to give us a chance to win this game along with Källgren and playing really well around our net. Within this league and how hard it is to win, you definitely need to lean on your special teams to execute and we got that today.
On progress through the second half of the season: Especially since this break, I think anybody coming off a break that they have been sitting so long, it took some time to get going, but we’re in that part of the season where the guys have started to figure out what works and what doesn’t work. They’re all starting to say the right things, leadership has done a great job of pushing the message of what’s needed from day to day, whether it’s in practice or in games. It’s a good sign when a group like this at this time of the year is starting to mature as quickly as they are. This isn’t leaking to the halfway point or further. We have high expectations that we keep growing and keep trending the way we are.
MAC HOLLOWELL (2 ASSISTS)
On today’s game:
A big focus in the second half of the season has just been our starts and trying to play more of a full 60 minutes right from the get-go and I think our start tonight was really good. Obviously, power play was clicking for us so that was huge but I just think overall our energy and commitment to just playing a team game, playing defensively is really good to see.
ANTTI SUOMELA (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)
On Erik Källgren:
He’s a great goalie. He gives us a chance to win every game and every day and that’s huge for us. It’s the same thing with Joseph Woll. We have really good goalies and we can trust them. I think we can still defend better so they don’t have to face 50 shots a game, but the goalies are huge for us.
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 15 at Hershey – 7:00 p.m. January 16 at Lehigh Valley – 3:05 p.m. January 19 at Hartford – 7:00 p.m. January 21 at WB/Scranton – 7:05 p.m. January 22 at WB/Scranton – 6:05 p.m.
Springfield: W. Bitten (5) PP (T. Cross, N. Alexander), D. Joshua (2) (M. MacEachern, A. Toropchenko), K. Washkurak (9) (Unassisted), H. McGing (8) (C. Rosen, S. Anas) Goaltender: C. Lindgren (1/4), J. Hofer (25/27) L
Toronto: A. Suomela (2) (C. Dahlström, F. Kràl), A. Steeves (9) (M. Abramov, F. Kràl), B. McMann (7) PP (J. Duszak, A. Steeves), A. Suomela (3) (C. Dahlström, F. Kràl), J. Blandisi (2) (F. Kràl, P. Gogolev) Goaltender:J. Woll (37/41) W
ON THE SCORESHEET
Antti Suomela scored at 1:40 and 11:55 of the first period. This is his second career multi-goal game.
Alex Steeves scored at 4:03 of the first period and later added the secondary assist on McMann’s power play goal. He has points (2-1-3) in consecutive games. Steeves has 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists) in 17 games this season.
Bobby McMann scored on the power play at 5:15 of the first period. This was his third power play goal of the season. He has 10 points (7 goals, 3 assists) in 19 games with the Marlies.
Joseph Blandisi scored at 19:47 of the first period. He has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in his last three games.
Filip Kràl recorded one primary and three secondary assists in the first period. He has 10 assists in his last seven games. He set a Marlies franchise record for most assists by a player in a single period.
Carl Dahlström registered the primary assists on both of Suomela’s first period goals. This is his third game recording more than one assist this season.
Mikhail Abramov had the primary assist on Steeves’ first period goal. He has points (2-3-5) in four consecutive games.
Joseph Duszak picked up the primary assist on McMann’s power play goal.
Pavel Gogolev collected the secondary assist on Blandisi’s first period goal. He has eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) in 19 games this season.
Joseph Woll stopped 37 of 41 shots he faced. He is 5-2-0 this season with a 0.909 save percentage and a 3.31 goals against average.
OF NOTE
Filip Kràl set a Marlies franchise record for most assists by a player (forward or defence) in a single period. He had one primary and three secondary assists in the first period of today’s game.
Toronto went 1-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 9-6-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 6-5-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Springfield had a 41-31 edge in shots in all situations. Antti Suomela led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 11-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 3-2-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and 2-0-0-0 against the Springfield Thunderbirds. Toronto does not have a loss against Springfield in franchise history.
RECORD WHEN
Scoring first 10-1-0-1 Leading after 1 7-1-1-1 Leading after 2 11-1-1-1 January 3-1-0-0 Monday 2-0-0-0 1 Goal Game 5-2-1-1
On how the Marlies have been putting together consecutive quick starts:
A lot of discussion. Leadership too has done a great job of talking with the group and just giving insights of how important it is in this league, how hard it is to win games if we don’t give ourselves a chance from the start, it makes it really challenging to come back and find your way back into it. It was a good start, good process. The guys were diligent about the game plan and how to score against these guys and went out and executed.
ALEX STEEVES (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)
On the first period: It was definitely something we talked about in the locker room before the game started that we really wanted to start fast and get on them. Obviously, that happened. It was one of those first periods that everything was kind of just going right for us. I think we were earning it. We got some really good plays, I think my line got pretty hot there and it’s good that our power play stepped up and got us a goal which is always really important to win the special teams battle, so it was just a really good first period.
On playing with the lead: It’s always important to reflect on how games transpire. Personally, at this point of the year I think we got to get over that hump. We’ve had some stretches, we’ve had leads this year so I think we’re kind of over the fact where we have to understand how to finish the game, we just got to do it. It was a good game for us to get the win, unbelievable first period, probably our best first period of the year in terms of production but at the same time, I think at some point we just got to step and be a little more assertive to finish games.
JOSEPH WOLL (37 SAVES)
On playing with the lead:
Honestly, I try to treat it exactly the same as if we were tied or down. I think that’s the best mindset I could have is to always try to play the same way regardless of the situation but seeing us come out like that and play like that in the first is pretty cool to watch. We have been talking a lot about our starts and you couldn’t really have a better start then that so it’s pretty nice.
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 12 vs. Belleville – 7:00 p.m. January 15 at Hershey – 7:00 p.m. January 16 at Lehigh Valley – 3:05 p.m. January 19 at Hartford – 7:00 p.m. January 21 at WB/Scranton – 7:05 p.m.
Utica: F. Zetterlund (9) (R. Walsh, A. Talvitie), C. De Leo (6) PP (A. Greer, R. Walsh), C. White (3) (R. Schmelzer), B. Flynn (5) (N. Okhotiuk, C. De Leo) Goaltender: M. Mitens(25/30) L
Toronto: A. Steeves (8) (C. Douglas, M. Hollowell), M. Hellickson (1) (M. Abramov, C. Krys), B. Seney (12) (F. Král), J. Anderson (9) (B. Seney, M. Hellickson), M. Abramov (3) (B. Seney, J. Anderson), J. Anderson (10), EN, SH (J. Blandisi, M. Hellickson) Goaltender:E. Källgren (32/36) W
ON THE SCORESHEET
Alex Steeves opened the scoring at 15:13 of the first period. He has 15 points (8 goals, 7 assists) in 16 games this season.
Matt Hellickson scored at 1:49 of the second period and later added the secondary assists on Anderson’s second and third period goals. This was Hellickson’s first professional goal.
Brett Seney scored at 5:25 of the second period and later added the primary assists on Anderson’s second period goal and Abramov’s third period goal.He has 22 points (12 goals, 10 assists) in 23 games this season with the Marlies.
Joey Anderson scored at 15:04 of the second period and added an empty net goal at 18:37 of the third period. He also had a secondary assist on Abramov’s third period goal. This was Anderson’s second shorthanded goal of the season and his third career three-point game.
Mikhail Abramov scored the game-winning goal at 9:01 of the third period and earlier added the primary assist on Hellickson’s second period goal. He has points (2-2-4) in his three consecutive games.
Curtis Douglas had the primary assist on Steeves’ first period goal. Douglas has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in his last four games.
Mac Hollowell recorded secondary assist on Steeves’ first period goal. He has points (1-5-6) in his five consecutive games.
Chad Krys picked up the secondary assist on Hellickson’s second period goal.
Filip Kràl had the lone assist on Seney’s second period goal. He has six assists in his last six games.
Joseph Blandisi registered the primary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. He has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in his last two games.
Erik Källgren stopped 32 of 36 shots he faced.
OF NOTE
Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-0 on the power play. Toronto is 5-4-0-1 when not scoring on the power play and 5-5-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Utica had a 36-31 edge in shots in all situations. Ryan Chyzowski, Carl Dahlström and Brett Seney led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto is 10-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 8-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 1-1-0-0 against the Utica Comets.
RECORD WHEN
Scoring first 9-1-0-1 Tied after 1 3-2-0-0 Leading after 2 10-1-1-1 January 2-1-0-0 Wednesday 1-2-0-1 2 Goal Game 3-1-0-0
It was a good start. We’ve mentioned it almost every time that last few games how important it is to get off to a strong start and not feel like you’re playing from behind. We’ve been changing up our routine on how we’ve been preparing whether it’s our staff, our players, mixing it up to get a new feel. It seems to be working so far and hopefully something we can build on.
On the line of Mikhail Abramov, Brett Seney and Joey Anderson: (Anderson and Seney) have played really well together before. Today obviously to see them all have success on the scoresheet is really good to see. As the year builds and you start putting lines back together that been better before, they’ll usually start building more chemistry the more time they have with one another. They’re the type of guys that when they’re on the bench they’re talking to each other a lot about a lot of details, ironing things out in different zones.
On the team’s performance: We feel that we have gotten better with every game since the break. We’re building in the right direction. Today was probably one of our most complete games in terms of effort, energy for 60 minutes, execution of the game plan that we set out against the opponent that we’re playing. It’s good. This is the time of year that we need to start seeing that consistency and today we saw that.
MATT HELLICKSON (1 GOAL, 2 ASSISTS)
On his first professional goal: It was awesome. It felt great to finally get the monkey off the back. I jumped on the ice and the puck was in the O-zone. I think it was Abramov who had it out of the corner and passed it up to Chad (Krys) and I’m a leftie so I was calling for it and thankfully Chad heard me and got the puck, took a look up at the net and saw some space and just tried to put it there and thankfully, it went in.
MAC HOLLOWELL (1 ASSIST)
On today’s game: We definitely got the start that we wanted to get again which is huge for our team moving forward. As the game went on, we had a lead there and we got just trying to defend it more than play which is what got us to the lead. We had to keep our foot on the gas pedal and keep moving forward.
On Utica’s play:
They come hard and they don’t stop. They’ve got a lot of skill on each line, all four lines forecheck, crash and bang in on our D. That was the biggest thing just getting back and getting first touch and getting pucks in our forwards’ hands.
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 10 vs. Springfield – 7:00 p.m. January 12 vs. Belleville – 7:00 p.m. January 15 at Hershey – 7:00 p.m. January 16 at Lehigh Valley – 3:05 p.m. January 19 at Hartford – 7:00 p.m.
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Belleville: P. Kelly (2) (C. Martenet), R. Chartier (4) (Z. Leslie, E. Sokolov) Goaltender: K. Mandolese (3/6), M. Sogaard (16/16)
Toronto: R. Chyzowski (2) (P. Gogolev, J. Blandisi), B. McMann (6) (J. Ho-Sang), M. Hollowell (2) (B. Seney, M. Abramov), J. Blandisi (1) EN, PP (C. Douglas, M. Hollowell) Goaltender:J. Woll (24/26)
ON THE SCORESHEET
Ryan Chyzwoski opened the scoring at 2:46 of the first period. He has two goals in seven games with the Marlies this season.
Bobby McMann scored at 6:36 of the first period. He has nine points (6 goals, 3 assists) in 17 games this season.
Mac Hollowell scored at 8:21 of the first period and later added the secondary assist on Blandisi’s third period goal. He has seven points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 11 games this season. This was his first career AHL game-winning goal.
Joseph Blandisi scored an empty net goal at 19:01 of the third period and earlierregistered the secondary assist on Chyzowski’s first period goal. This was Blandisi’s first goal and assist with the Marlies in his second game this season.
Pavel Gogolev recorded the primary assist on Chyzowski’s first period goal.
Josh Ho-Sang had the lone assist on McMann’s first period goal. This was his 100th career AHL assist.
Brett Seney picked up the primary assist on Hollowell’s first period goal. This was his 100th career AHL point. He has 19 points (11 goals, 8 assists) in 22 games this season with the Marlies.
Mikhail Abramov recorded the secondary assist on Hollowell’s first period goal. He has 10 points (2 goals, 8 assists) in 24 games this season.
Curtis Douglas had the secondary assist on Blandisi’s third period goal. Douglas has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in his last three games.
Joseph Woll stopped 24 of 26 shots he faced. He is 3-0-0 against Belleville this season, making 89 saves.
OF NOTE
Toronto went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 8-6-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 8-5-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill. This was Toronto’s fourth consecutive game recording a power play goal and their third consecutive game not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Belleville had a 26-23 edge in shots in all situations. Brett Seney led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 9-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 7-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 4-1-0-0 against the Belleville Senators. Toronto has outscored Belleville 20-10 this season.
Carl Dahlström and Josh Ho-Sang both appeared in their 200th career AHL game.
RECORD WHEN
Scoring first 8-1-0-1 Leading after 1 6-1-1-1 Leading after 2 9-1-1-1 January 1-1-0-0 Monday 1-0-0-0 2 Goal Game 2-1-0-0
Really happy for him. He’s one of those guys with an infectious personality. He’s always rooting and cheering on everyone regardless of his ice time or his opportunity. He’s the definition of a team player. So, it’s good to get him on the ice, get him some opportunities and he found some success early.
On Joseph Blandisi:
It’s been such a short window for us and our time with him, just his second game but you can tell the maturity he has and how he plays and how he manages situations. He’s a competitor, and you can tell he’s been a great addition.
JOSEPH BLANDISI (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)
On the locker room: Everybody is really close in the dressing room. I know it’s a family type of atmosphere in there. The coaches are hanging out with the players and you can barely decipher who’s who because everybody gets a long really well. The training staff and everybody is looking out for us. I just think with the family atmosphere, everybody wants to go to battle for each other and that’s a good recipe for success.
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 5 vs. Utica – 1:00 p.m. January 10 vs. Springfield – 7:00 p.m. January 12 vs. Belleville – 7:00 p.m. January 15 at Hershey – 7:00 p.m. January 16 at Lehigh Valley – 3:05 p.m.
Belleville: R. Jarventie (4) (M. Guenette, E. Sokolov), R. Chartier (3) (R. Jarventie, M. Guenette) Goaltender: K. Mandolese (24/25)
Toronto: M. Abramov (2) PP (F. Kràl, M. Hollowell) Goaltender:E. Källgren (27/29)
ON THE SCORESHEET
Mikhail Abramov put the Marlies on the board 6:30 of the third period on the power play. He has nine points (2 goals, 7 assists) in 23 games this season.
Filip Kràl recorded the primary assist on Abramov’s third period goal. He has assists (5) in four consecutive games.
Mac Hollowell picked up the secondary assist on Abramov’s third period goal. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 10 games this season.
Erik Källgren stopped 27 of 29 shots he faced. He is 5-4-0 this season with a 2.57 goals against average and a 0.923 save percentage.
OF NOTE
This is the second time in franchise history Toronto has played on New Year’s Day. The club faced off against St. John’s during the 2011-12 season, winning 3-1.
Toronto went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-6 on the power play. Toronto is 7-6-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 7-5-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the power play.
Belleville had a 29-25 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson and Brett Seney led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 8-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 6-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 3-1-0-0 against the Belleville Senators. Toronto has outscored Belleville 16-8 this season.
RECORD WHEN
Tied after 1 2-2-0-0 Trailing after 2 1-8-0-0 January 0-1-0-0 Saturday 5-5-0-0 1 Goal Game 4-2-1-1
In the first period, it felt like we got off to a much better start even then we did in the last game against them. We had a hard time getting to their net but I felt that for the most part, we were possessing the puck and controlling the game and things were in our favour. We definitely needed to find another level to find opportunities at the net and around the net. It was tight all the way down through and it was really good to see Abramov get a goal there. He’s a player who’s just been working so hard since the beginning of the year. He’s developed so much and added a lot to his game and rounding it out. In terms of the guys who hadn’t scored yet in this league, he had something like the highest expected goals for. He’s just been unlucky at times. It was good to see him finally get one. He deserves it.
On Erik Källgren’s performance:
It was great. He’s bailed us out of a lot of situations in this one contest, let alone past games. He should feel good about the work that he’s put in and not worry about (this game).
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 3 vs. Belleville – 3:00 p.m. January 5 vs. Utica – 7:00 p.m. January 10 vs. Springfield – 7:00 p.m. January 12 vs. Belleville – 7:00 p.m. January 15 at Hershey – 7:00 p.m.
Toronto: B. Seney (11) (Unassisted), J. Ho-Sang (10) PP (F. Kràl, A. Steeves), A. Suomela (1) (B. Seney, C. Dahlström), C. Douglas (4) (F. Kràl, C. Dahlström), K. Clifford (1) EN (A. Steeves, M. Hollowell) Goaltender: J. Woll (45/47)
Belleville: S. Sabourin (4) (M. Del Zotto), R. Chartier (2) (M. Guenette, C. Pare) Goaltender:T. Parks (24/28)
ON THE SCORESHEET
Brett Seney opened the scoring at 15:07 of the first period and later added the primary assist on Suomela’s third period goal. He has points (3-2-5) in his last four games with the Marlies.
Josh Ho-Sang scored 27 seconds into the second period on the power play. He has tied his career AHL season-high in goals (10).
Antti Suomela scored at 8:11 of the third period. This was his first goal with Toronto.
Curtis Douglas scored at 8:33 of the third period. He has 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in 20 games this season.
Filip Kràl recorded the primary assists on Ho-Sang’s second period goal and Douglas’ third period goal. He has assists (4) in three consecutive games.
Alex Steeves had the secondary assist on Ho-Sang’s second period goal and the primary assist on Clifford’s empty net goal. He has 14 points (7 goals, 7 assists) in 14 games with the Marlies.
Carl Dahlström registered the secondary assists on Suomela and Douglas’ third period goals. This is his second multi-assist game of the season.
Mac Hollowell picked up the secondary assist on Clifford’s third period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in nine games this season.
Joseph Woll stopped 45 of 47 shots he faced. He is 10-3-2 when making 30 or more saves with the Marlies.
OF NOTE
This is Toronto’s first game since December 15 due to league COVID-19 protocols.
Toronto went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 7-5-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 7-4-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the power play.
Belleville had a 47-29 edge in shots in all situations. Kyle Clifford led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 8-6-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 6-6-1-1 against North Division opponents and 3-0-0-0 against the Belleville Senators. Toronto has outscored Belleville 15-6 this season. The club’s last game against the Senators was on Oct. 30 (5-2 W).
RECORD WHEN Leading after 1 5-1-1-1` Leading after 2 6-1-1-1 December 2-4-0-0 Thursday 1-0-0-0 3 Goal Game 4-1-0-0
On tonight’s game: First, Joe Woll played phenomenal for us and gave us an opportunity to win this game. Heavily outshot in the first two periods and he shut the door. He looked very composed, in control the whole time. His ability to recover the pucks in and around the crease. In the third, we would found our game, we found our compete, our passion, our spirit for playing and doing the things that brought us success in wins prior to this Christmas break. The first period, there was compete there. I thought before the first TV timeout, it was good intention with how we were playing but then we started getting sloppy with our puck management, turning pucks over, made us spend a lot more time in our D zone. Their power play gave them a lot more momentum for them which kind of us put on our heels. Once we got through the second period and into the third, we finally found it and we found a way to find the back of the net. Good job by our guys to find a way.
FILIP KRÀL (2 ASSISTS)
On the challenge of returning after a long break: It’s always challenging but we had a couple of good practices to get ready for the game. The first period was kind of hard to get used to it but after that, everyone was used to it and it was fine.
On the team’s third period: We talked in the dressing room and talked through the first two periods and we didn’t play good. We knew we needed to be better. We just played our game in the last period.
On tonight’s game:
The first two periods, I don’t think we deserved to win but the third one was pretty good from us. We played good in the third. Obviously, it’s a good win for us to finish 2021 and be better in 2022.
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
January 1 vs. Belleville – 3:00 p.m. January 3 vs. Belleville – 3:00 p.m. January 5 vs. Utica – 7:00 p.m. January 7 at Laval – 7:00 p.m. January 8 at Laval – 3:00 p.m.
SYRACUSE CRUNCH (8-10-2-1 – 19 Points) vs. TORONTO MARLIES (10-9-1-1 – 22 Points) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2021 1 2 3 OT FINAL SYRACUSE 2 1 1 – 4 TORONTO 1 1 0 – 2
SCORING SUMMARY Syracuse: R. Elie (4) (R. Jones, A. Sustr), S. Element (2) (A. Sustr), C. Koepke (4) (O. Somppi), R. Elie (5) PP (S. Day, A. Barre-Boulet) Goaltender: M. Lagace (26/28) Toronto: B. McMann (5) PP (J. Anderson, F. Kràl), P. Gogolev (3) PP (B. Kapcheck, C. Douglas) Goaltender: E. Källgren (28/32) ON THE SCORESHEET
Bobby McMann put the Marlies on the board at 12:32 of the first period on the power play. He has goals (2) in consecutive games. McMann has eight points (5 goals, 3 assists) in 14 games this season.
Pavel Gogolev scored on the power play at 14:57 of the second period. This was his first power play goal of the season. Gogolev has six points (3 goals, 3 assists) in 14 games this season.
Joey Anderson picked up the primary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has 12 points (8 goals, 4 assists) in 17 games with the Marlies this season.
Filip Kràl recorded the secondary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
Brennan Kapcheck had the primary assist on Gogolev’s second period goal. This was Kapcheck’s first game with the Marlies this season. He has 10 points (1 goal, 9 assists) with the Growlers through 16 games.
Curtis Douglas registered the secondary assist on Gogolev’s second period goal. He has nine points (3 goals, 6 assists) in 19 games this season.
Erik Källgren stopped 28 of 32 shots he faced. OF NOTE
Toronto went 1-for-2 on the penalty kill and 2-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 6-5-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 4-5-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
This is Toronto’s third game recording more than one power play goal.
Syracuse had a 32-28 edge in shots in all situations. Bobby McMann led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 7-6-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 5-6-1-1 against North Division opponents and 0-1-0-0 against the Syracuse Crunch. RECORD WHEN Trailing after 1 4-7-0-0 Trailing after 2 1-7-0-0 December 1-4-0-0 Wednesday 0-2-0-1 MARLIES LEADERS Goals 9 (J. Ho-Sang) Assists 18 (J. Duszak) Points 19 (J. Duszak) PPG 3 (J. Ho-Sang) Shots 43 (J. Anderson) +/- +3 (J. Duszak) PIMS 50 (R. Clune) POSTGAME QUOTES HEAD COACH GREG MOORE On tonight’s game: I thought the chances were still pretty even for the most part throughout the game. The game could have gone either way. In the D zone we just needed a couple more blocks and shot lanes and boxing out the net front, but given the circumstances of the day and the guys kind of being thrown in the blender for the most part with the lineup and the lines, I thought everyone did an excellent job of finding their way today. On tonight’s lineup: Obviously a very different lineup. A lot of different lines put together. As the first period went along, we started to do a lot of good things. With the shot totals at the end of the first you could tell that we found our legs and found some rhythm within ourselves and got some opportunities towards the net in the first. BOBBY McMANN (1 GOAL) On tonight’s game: It was a bit of a tough start for us. That’s something that we’re working on and we’ve been battling with that this year. We just felt like we were behind the eight-ball from the get-go there and if we would have had a better start, I think we would have had a different outcome that’s for sure because I just felt like we were skating behind it and chasing it a little bit off the start and that’s not a way you want to start the game. TRANSACTIONS December 12: Recalled forward Brett Seney from loan by Toronto (NHL). December 12: Recalled defenceman Carl Dahlström from loan by Toronto (NHL). December 12: Returned defenceman Kristiāns Rubīns on loan from Toronto (NHL). December 11: Returned goaltender Joseph Woll on loan from Toronto (NHL). December 9: Forward Kurtis Gabriel recalled from loan by Toronto (NHL). December 9: Defenceman Chad Krys loaned from Toronto (NHL). UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time December 18 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m. December 19 at Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m. December 21 vs. WB/Scranton – 7:00 p.m. December 26 vs. Belleville – 3:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena) December 28 vs. Providence – 7:00 p.m.
Toronto: B. McMann (4) SH (F. Kràl, M. Abramov) Goaltender: J. Woll (36/41)
Providence: C. Hughes (2) (Z. Senyshyn), O. Steen (7) (N. Wolff, B. Berglund), J. Brazeau (3) PP (J. Studnicka, J. Froden), E. Tralmaks (2) (N. Wolff, J. Koppanen), O. Steen (8) (J. Studnicka) Goaltender:T. Grosenick (28/29)
ON THE SCORESHEET
Bobby McMann put the Marlies on the board at 9:12 of the second period. This was his first career AHL shorthanded goal. McMann has seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) in 13 games this season with the Marlies.
Filip Kràl recorded the primary assist on McMann’s second period goal.
Mikhail Abramov collected the secondary assist on McMann’s second period goal. He has assists (3) in two straight games.
Joseph Woll stopped 36 of 41 shots he faced.
ON THE ROAD
Toronto’s away record is 5-5-0-0 (10 points) this season.
The Marlies have been outscored 32-28. Joey Anderson leads the Marlies in goals (5) and Joseph Duszak leads in assists (9) on the road.
Toronto is 4-5-2 all-time against Providence and 1-3-2 on the road. Toronto’s last win in Providence was on Oct. 14, 2017 (3-2).
OF NOTE
Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 4-4-0-1 when not scoring on the power play and 4-4-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
This was Toronto’s fifth shorthanded goal of the season which is tied for first overall in the AHL.
Providence had a 41-29 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson led the Marlies with seven shots on goal. Toronto is 7-5-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 2-2-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and 0-1-0-0 against the Providence Bruins.
RECORD WHEN Trailing after 1 4-6-0-0 Trailing after 2 1-6-0-0 December 1-3-0-0 Sunday 2-3-1-0
First weekend back for Suomela and I thought as tough as it was to not play a game in seven months to then play three-in-three, he did a really good job getting us some really strong minutes, played really well today. We’ve leaned on a lot of guys to come in and fill in some spot. After the slow start in the first, we found our game, thought we deserved a little bit better outcome in the second and third in terms of finding some goals.
TRANSACTIONS
December 12: Recalled forward Brett Seney from loan by Toronto (NHL). December 12: Recalled defenceman Carl Dahlström from loan by Toronto (NHL). December 12: Returned defenceman Kristiāns Rubīns on loan from Toronto (NHL). December 11: Returned goaltender Joseph Woll on loan from Toronto (NHL). December 9: Forward Kurtis Gabriel recalled from loan by Toronto (NHL). December 9: Defenceman Chad Krys loaned from Toronto (NHL).
UPCOMING GAMES: *All times Eastern Standard Time
December 15 vs. Syracuse – 7:00 p.m. December 18 at Grand Rapids – 7:00 p.m. December 19 at Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m. December 21 vs. WB/Scranton – 7:00 p.m. December 26 vs. Belleville – 3:00 p.m. (ScotiaBank Arena)
The view from left field 