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

UTICA 5, MARLIES 2 (Saturday).

TORONTO MARLIES (5-4-0-0 – 10 Points) vs.
UTICA COMETS (6-0-0-0 – 12 Points)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2021
1 2 3 OT FINAL
TORONTO 1 1 0 – 2
UTICA 1 1 3 – 5

SCORING SUMMARY
Toronto: A. Steeves (4) (J. Ho-Sang, K. Semyonov), A. Steeves (5) (Unassisted),
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (24/27)
Utica: C. De Leo (2) PP (N. Schnarr, R. Russo), J. Gambardella (1) (A. Greer), N. Foote (1) PP (R. Walsh, J. Boqvist), G.
Clarke (1) EN (C. De Leo), J. Gambardella (2) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: A. Schmid (24/26)
ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Alex Steeves scored at 5:49 of the first period and unassisted 19 seconds into the second period. He has points (5-1-
    6) in his first four professional games. This is Steeves’ second multi-goal game of the season. He is tied for second
    overall in goals (5) amongst all rookies.
  • Josh Ho-Sang recorded the primary assist on Steeves’ first period goal. This was his first assist of the season. He
    has points (4-1-5) in four consecutive games.
  • Kirill Semyonov had the secondary assist on Steeves’ first period goal. He leads the Marlies in assists (8) and is tied
    for sixth overall.
  • Michael Hutchinson stopped 24 of 27 shots he faced in his first start with the Marlies this season.
    OF NOTE…
  • This is Toronto’s first game against the Utica Comets under their new affiliation with the New Jersey Devils.
  • Toronto went 3-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play.
  • Utica had a 29-26 edge in shots in all situations. Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 4-3-0-0 against North Division opponents and 0-1-0-0 against the Utica Comets.
    RECORD WHEN
    Tied after 1 2-1-0-0
    Tied after 2 1-1-0-0
    Not scoring on the power play 1-4-0-0
    Allowing a power play goal 2-3-0-0
    Outshot by opponent 2-3-0-0
    Saturday 2-2-0-0
    MARLIES LEADERS
    Goals 6 (J. Ho-Sang)
    Assists 8 (K. Semyonov)
    Points 9 (K. Semyonov)
    PPG 2 (J. Ho-Sang)
    Shots 22 (J. Anderson)
    +/-: +6 (K. Semyonov, A. Steeves)
    PIMS 36 (R. Clune)
    POSTGAME QUOTES
    HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
    On tonight’s game:
    This loss stings a bit. I thought our team played a really good game. I think we had three or four posts in the second
    period and another one in the third. The team did a lot of good stuff. We found our game today. We had a great start,
    which is something we’ve been struggling with the team being ready at the beginning of the game. We started to get into
    some penalty trouble at the end of the first which is something that we’ve discussed a lot. We’ve got to make sure we
    clean it up out of our game because when we’re playing top opponents who are undefeated, we can play with them, we
    can win hockey games but if we’re going to continue to take penalties especially the stick infractions, it just puts us behind
    a little. Overall the effort, the compete, our offensive and defensive structure, the energy and just the whole process of
    how the guys played today was the right way. It was just one of those games. Sometimes you do everything that you can
    and the bounces just don’t go in your favour but we should feel pretty proud of how we played today.
    ALEX BIEGA
    On tonight’s game:
    I think it was a good test for our group being in a high energy building like that. For the most part, we had a really solid
    game. A couple of bounces here and there could have gone the other way but for the most part, pretty happy with two
    points on the road and we just have to take what we have to get better at in this week in practice and execute next week.
    RECENT TRANSACTIONS
    November 6: Recalled goaltender Joseph Woll from loan by Toronto (NHL)
    November 4: Loaned defenceman Matthew Hellickson to Newfoundland (ECHL)
    November 4: Returned defenceman Kristiāns Rubīns on loan from Toronto (NHL)
    November 4: Recalled defenceman Kristiāns Rubīns from loan by Toronto (NHL)
    UPCOMING GAMES:
    *All times Eastern Standard Time
    November 13 at Chicago – 8:00 p.m.
    November 14 at Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
    November 17 vs Laval – 7:00 p.m.
    November 20 vs Lehigh Valley – 4:00 p.m.
    November 21 vs Cleveland – 4:00 p.m.

MARLIES 5, BELLEVILLE SENATORS 2 POSTGAME NOTES

BELLEVILLE SENATORS (2-5-0-0 – 4 Points) vs. TORONTO MARLIES (4-3-0-0 – 8 Points)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021

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BELLEVILLE011–2
TORONTO113–5

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Belleville: M. Kastelic (1) PP (E. Sokolov, P. Daoust), J. Lucchini (4) (E. Brannstrom, K. Sherwood
Goaltender: K. Mandolese (33/38)

Toronto: K. Rubīns (1) (M. Hollowell, K. Semyonov), A. Steeves (1) SH (M. Michaelis, F. Král), A. Steeves (2) PP (S. Der-Arguchintsev, J. Duszak), J. Ho-Sang (5) (B. Menell), B. McMann (1) (C. Douglas, R. Clune)
Goaltender: J. Woll (20/22)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Kristīans Rubīns opened the scoring at 5:44 of the first period. This was his first goal of the season. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
  • Alex Steeves scored shorthanded at 9:35 of the second period and the game-winning goal on the power play at 4:02 of the third period. The second period goal was his first professional goal. He has points (2-1-3) in consecutive games.
  • Josh Ho-Sang scored at 16:08 of the third period. He is tied for second overall in goals (5). He has goals (3) in consecutive games.
  • Bobby McMann scored at 16:31 of the third period. This was his first goal of the season.
  • Mac Hollowell recorded the primary assist on Rubīns’ first period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
  • Kirill Semyonov had the secondary assist on Rubīns’ first period goal. He leads the Marlies in assists (5) and is tied for ninth overall.
  • Marc Michaelis registered the lone assist on Steeves’ second period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
  • Filip Král picked up the secondary assist on Steeves’ second period goal.
  • Semyon Der-Arguchintsev recorded the primary assist on Steeves’ third period power play goal. He has four assists through six games this season.
  • Joseph Duszak had the secondary assist on Steeves’ third period power play goal. He has five assists through four games this season. Duszak is tied for second amongst all defencemen in assists (5).
  • Brennan Menell registered the lone assist on Ho-Sang’s third period goal. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
  • Curtis Douglas collected the primary assist on McMann’s third period goal. He has two assists through five games.
  • Rich Clune had the secondary assist on McMann’s third period goal.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 20 of 22 shots he faced. This was his 50th career AHL game. Woll is now 2-1-0 with a 3.38 goals against average and a 0.895 save percentage.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto went 4-for-5 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play. This is Toronto’s second consecutive game with a power play goal.
  • Toronto had a 38-22 edge in shots in all situations. Kristīans Rubīns and Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 3-2-0-0 against North Division opponents and 2-0-0-0 against the Belleville Senators.

RECORD WHEN

Scored first                                         4-0-0-0
Leading after 1                                    2-0-0-0
Leading after 2                                    3-0-0-0
Scored a power play goal                    3-0-0-0
Allowed a power play goal                  3-1-0-0
Outshot opponent                               3-1-0-0
Saturday                                              2-1-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS

Goals                           5 (J. Ho-Sang)
Assists                        5 (J. Duszak,K. Semyonov)
Points                          6 (K. Semyonov)
PPG                             2 (J. Ho-Sang)
Shots                           21 (J. Anderson)
+/-:                               +4 (A. Steeves)
PIMS                            36 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team’s structure:
They’re starting to buy into it. They’re starting to see how it works and much like most teams, you’ve got to rely on each other. All five guys on the ice have got to play their role and do their part to make sure that we’re protecting ourselves defensively but ultimately it helps us create more offence when we can get pucks back faster, transition quicker and use all five guys inside of that. What’s really been impressive with this group with the game in Laval with how challenging of a game that was and how much adversity we went through as a group, a lot of teams could have very easily just folded in, given up, started pointing the finger, brought negative energy or a poor me attitude coming into the weekend but we have a lot of good leadership, a lot of good guys in this room and for them to step up in these two games and have a response like we have in the way we played, it shows a lot of good signs with the group that we have.

On the key to consecutive wins:
The three games in four days, it’s not easy to play at this pace and in this league to sustain a high tempo and play as fast as we do in that many games in a short amount of time. Managing our shifts, managing our workload, being able to use our entire bench and trust everybody in all situations really helps us do that and that showed in these last two games.

On Alex Steeves’s contributions to the lineup:
He’s brought a lot to our team the last two games. Not only goal scoring obviously but all the little things that help win hockey games – his work ethic, competitiveness, his ability to make plays with the puck, game management items. He’s come in early here and led by example.

ALEX STEEVES (2 GOALS)

On the team’s success today:
Just playing the right way. Early on in the season, we weren’t always willing to create offence the right way. We have so much talent that when we put it behind them and let our offensive instincts take over, we’ve been rewarded with what we’ve been able to put up and how we’ve been able to defend.

On the team’s structure:

Our structure is all based off of being aggressive and wanting to get the puck back so, we can attack. You can’t attack and get the puck without playing an honest game and having a high F3 who’s working his butt off to get back. We have a lot to feel good about. We stayed disciplined, we stayed with the game plan and that’s why we won.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

October 29: Recalled forward Ryan Chyzowski from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL)
October 29: Recalled forward Bobby McMann from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL)
October 29: Loaned forward Alex Steeves from Toronto (NHL)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

November 5 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
November 6 at Utica – 7:30 p.m.
November 13 at Chicago – 8:00 p.m.
November 14 at Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
November 17 vs Laval – 7:00 p.m.

MARLIES 5, BELLEVILLE 2

TORONTO MARLIES (3-3-0-0 – 6 Points) vs.
BELLEVILLE SENATORS (2-4-0-0 – 4 Points)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

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TORONTO023–5
BELLEVILLE011–2

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: M. Hollowell (1) (K. Rubīns, P. Gogolev), J. Ho-Sang (3) PP (S. Der-Arguchintsev, J. Duszak), B. Menell (1)
(P. Gogolev), J. Ho-Sang (4) (A. Steeves), J. Anderson (3) (J. Duszak, M. Michaelis)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (26/28)

Belleville: A. Agozzino (3) (P. Kelly), A. Agozzino (4) (P. Kelly, P. Aberg)
Goaltender: K. Mandolese (30/35)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Mac Hollowell opened the scoring at 9:51 of the second period. This was Hollowell’s first point of the season through four games.
  • Josh Ho-Sang scored on the power play at 13:59 of the second period and scored at 8:28 of the third period. This was his second power play goal and his second multi-goal game this season.
  • Brennan Menell scored the game-winning goal at 5:08 of the third period. This was his first goal for the Marlies this season.
  • Joey Anderson scored at 8:49 of the third period. He has four points (3 goals, 1 assist) trough six games this season.
  • Kristīans Rubīns recorded the primary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal.
  • Pavel Gogolev registered the secondary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal and the lone assist on Menell’s third period goal.
  • Semyon Der-Arguchintsev picked up the primary assist on Ho-Sang’s second period power play goal. He has three assists through six games this season.
  • Joseph Duszak had the secondary assist on Ho-Sang’s second period power play goal and the primary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. He has four assists through three games this season. Duszak is tied for second amongst all defencemen in assists (4).
  • Alex Steeves recorded the lone assist on Ho-Sang’s third period goal. This was his first career professional point in his AHL debut.
  • Marc Michaelis had the secondary assist on Anderson’s third period goal.
  • Erik Källgren stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-7 on the power play. Josh Ho-Sang has both of Toronto’s power play goals this season.
  • Toronto had a 35-28 edge in shots in all situations. Josh Ho-Sang and Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 2-2-0-0 against North Division opponents and 1-0-0-0 against the Belleville Senators.

RECORD WHEN

Tied after 1                                          2-0-0-0
Leading after 2                                    2-0-0-0
Scored a power play goal                    2-0-0-0
Did not allow a power play goal          2-1-0-0
Outshot opponent                               2-1-0-0
Friday                                                  1-0-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS

Goals                           4 (J. Ho-Sang, B. Seney)
Assists                        4 (J. Duszak,K. Semyonov)
Points                          5 (K. Semyonov)
PPG                             2 (J. Ho-Sang)
Shots                           17 (J. Anderson)
+/-:                               +3 (B. Seney)
PIMS                            36 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On Alex Steeves’ AHL debut:
Great. He brought a ton of energy. We’ve been eager to see him in and he’s been chomping to get in the lineup and start playing with us. He has a really good shot, a really good scoring touch. His competitiveness and work ethic is some of the best we’ve seen. It’s been a little bit of a long road since his injury and the reason he can have such a big impact in the first game back is because of how much work he put in in his time off.

On the defence:
I thought all six of our D played really well tonight. They were smart with where they were positioning themselves around the rink, making sure we stayed above their speed and their guys that are trying to take off in behind us. Their puck play was simple, efficient and at the same time creative. D don’t have to be flashy. They just have to be really smart with their reads and we have really smart D who read the puck fast because of their skillset.

BRENNAN MENELL (GAME-WINNING GOAL)

On tonight’s game:
Commitment to structure. We got a little loose last game and also just having a better start. Going down early in the last game, we knew we had to change that. Staying out of the box too. I think we won the special teams game. That’s a huge component in why we won. We just knew that we had to have a bounce back game to get back in the win column.

ALEX STEEVES (1 ASSIST)

On his first game:
It was awesome. Admittedly, there were times where I was a little heavy of breath. Ultimately, I just wanted to help the team win today and am super excited we got a big win.

On the team’s win:
(Källgren) played really well in net which is always huge. There was a bigger commitment then I’ve seen most of the year of guys just willing to put it behind the defencemen and go get it, playing the right way to get offence and we were opportunistic at the right times.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

October 29: Recalled forward Ryan Chyzowski from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL)
October 29: Recalled forward Bobby McMann from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL)
October 29: Loaned forward Alex Steeves from Toronto (NHL)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

October 30 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
November 5 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
November 6 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.
November 13 at Chicago – 8:00 p.m.
November 14 at Chicago – 4:00 p.m.

MARLIES 3, CLEVELAND 2 (SO)

TORONTO MARLIES (2-2-0-0 – 4 Points) vs.
CLEVELAND MONSTERS (3-1-0-1 – 7 Points)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021

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CLEVELAND11002-52
TORONTO11001-53

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Cleveland: C. Fonstad (1) (J. Dunne), J. Dunne (1) PP (B. Gaunce, K. Stenlund)
Goaltender: J. Berube (38/40)

Toronto: M. Michaelis (1) (S. Der-Arguchintsev, J. McKenna), J. Anderson (2) (K. Semyonov, K. Rubins)
Goaltender: J. Woll (33/35)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Marc Michaelis opened the scoring at 12:16 of the first period. This was his first career AHL goal.
  • Joey Anderson scored Toronto’s second goal at 6:18 of the second period.He has points (1 goal, 1 assist) in consecutive games.
  • Semyon Der-Arguchintsev recorded the primary assist on Michaelis’ first period goal. This is his second assist through four games this season.
  • Jeremy McKenna registered the secondary assist on Michaelis’ first period goal. McKenna had 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) in 28 games last season with the Marlies.
  • Kirill Semyonov had the primary assist on Anderson’s second period goal. He has points (1 goal, 1 assist) in consecutive games.
  • Kristīans Rubīns collected the secondary assist on Anderson’s second period goal. This is Rubīns’ first point of the season. He recorded three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in 22 games last season.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 33 of 35 shots he faced in his first game of the season. He is now 1-0-0-0 with a 1.86 goals against average and a 0.943 save percentage. This is Woll’s third career shootout (2-1).

IN THE SHOOTOUT

  • Kirill Semyonov – Stopped (2021-22: 0/1)
  • Josh Ho-Sang – Goal (2021-22: 1/1)
  • Semyon Der-Arguchintsev – Stopped (2021-22: 0/1)
  • Brett Seney – Stopped (2021-22: 0/1)
  • Mikhail Abramov – Goal (2021-22: 1/1)

OF NOTE…

  • The Marlies are 56-64 in the shootout all time and 31-27 at home.
  • Toronto went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play.
  • Toronto had a 41-35 edge in shots in all situations. Joey Anderson led the Marlies with six shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 1-1-0-0 against North Division opponents and 1-0-0-0 against the Cleveland Monsters.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                                        1-0-0-0
Tied after 1                                          1-0-0-0
Tied after 2                                          1-0-0-0
Did not score a power play goal          1-2-0-0
Allowed a power play goal                  1-1-0-0
Outshoot opponent                             1-1-0-0
Sunday                                                1-1-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS

Goals                           4 (B. Seney)
Assists                        4 (K. Semyonov)
Points                          5 (K. Semyonov)
PPG                             1 (J. Ho-Sang)
Shots                           13 (B. Seney)
+/-:                               +2 (J. Anderson, B. Seney, N. Robertson)
PIMS                            10 (B. Seney)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:
The first period was more of what we were looking for as a staff for the group. The second period was really tough. We had some guys that don’t kill that sat there for a long time. It was hard for them to get into the flow of the game. Back in the third, again we got into a flow, back into a rhythm. We got to use the depth of our roster and gain some momentum.

On how Toronto held back the push from Cleveland:
By our team sticking to a plan of having good structure offensively and defensively. We looked more like a group of five guys on the ice who were pulling in the same direction. And just the competitiveness of the guys being hungry to win a hockey game. The process was right today. Good to see the guys get rewarded when they do things right.

On the line of Anderson, Semyonov and Seney:
They’ve really been driving a lot for us. First and foremost, their competitiveness, how hard they work consistency. Relentless puck pressure and their ability to take away time and space and get a puck back quick, get back to offence faster. And then you couple that with how much skill they have and they’re able to make plays on the inside. They’ve really been a driving force for us to start the season.

On Joseph Woll:
He was, no pun intended, a wall back there. Made some really good saves at big key moments of the game and then to shut the door in the shootout. It’s really good to see him back and doing well. He’s come a long way these last couple of years and his work is paying off.

JOSH HO-SANG

On Joseph Woll:
Woll was absolutely stellar. He’s been itching to get in the lineup. It was his first game of the year. Credit to him. He stood on his head. He made a couple of big saves. On certain plays, we hung him out to dry a little and he said, don’t worry guys, I got you. It’s nice to see that from Woller. He’s such a great guy, great energy in the room. That’s what you need from your goalie. He picks you up when you’re down and he stands up when you need him. Both our goalies are great at doing that and that’s our expectation of him this year.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

October 18: Recalled forward Jeremy McKenna from loan to Newfoundland (ECL)
October 18: Goaltender Joseph Woll loaned from Toronto (NHL)
October 17: Recalled goaltender Michael Hutchinson from loan by Toronto (NHL).
October 15: Signed goaltender Andrew D’Agostini to a PTO.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

October 27 at Laval – 7:30 p.m. 
October 29 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
October 30 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
November 5 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
November 6 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.

ROCHESTER 7, MARLIES 3

TORONTO MARLIES (1-2-0-0 – 2 Points) vs.
ROCHESTER AMERICANS (2-1-0-0 – 4 Points)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2021
1 2 3 OT FINAL
ROCHESTER 4 1 2 – 7
TORONTO 2 1 0 – 3

SCORING SUMMARY
Rochester: J. Quinn (3) (J. Peterka, J. Schuldt), B. Warren (1) (Unassisted), R. MacInnis (1) (M. Pekar, M. Mersch), J.
Quinn (4) (J. Peterka, B. Davidson), L. Weissbach (1) (M. Jankowski, J. Teves), M. Mersch (1) (M. Jankowski), L.
Weissbach (2) (M. Mersch, M. Jankowski)
Goaltender: A. Dell (27/30)
Toronto: B. Seney (3) (J. Anderson, F. Král), B. Seney (4) (J. Kopacka), K. Semyonov (1) (M. Hellickson, C. Douglas)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (3/7) L, A. D’Agostini (18/21)
ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Brett Seney scored at 5:28 and 18:25 of the first period. Seney has four goals through three games this season with
    the Marlies. He is tied for the AHL lead in goals.
  • Kirill Semyonov scored at 15:39 of the second period. This was his first career AHL goal. He collected three assists
    in Toronto’s home opener on Oct. 16 against Manitoba.
  • Joey Anderson recorded the primary assist on Seney’s first goal of the opening period. Anderson has two points
    (one goal, one assist) through three games.
  • Filip Král registered the secondary assist on Seney’s first goal of the opening period. This was Král’s first career AHL
    assist.
  • Jack Kopacka picked up the lone assist on Seney’s second goal of the first period.
  • Matt Hellickson collected the primary assist on Semyonov’s second period goal. This was his first career AHL point
    in his AHL debut.
  • Curtis Douglas recorded the secondary assist on Semyonov’s second period goal. This was his first career AHL
    point.
  • Erik Källgren stopped three of seven shots he faced in 13:06 of action. He is now 1-2-0-0 on the season with a 0.870
    save percentage and a 4.51 goals against average. Andrew D’Agostini stopped 18 of 21 shots he faced in relief of
    Källgren.
    OF NOTE…
  • Toronto went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and did not have a power play.
  • Toronto had a 30-28 edge in shots in all situations. Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, Filip Král and Brett Seney led the
    Marlies with four shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 0-1-0-0 against North Division opponents and 0-1-0-0 against the Rochester Americans.
    RECORD WHEN
    Trailing after 1 0-2-0-0
    Trailing after 2 0-2-0-0
    Did not score a power play goal 0-2-0-0
    Did not allow a power play goal 1-1-0-0
    Outshoot opponent 0-1-0-0
    Saturday 1-1-0-0
    MARLIES LEADERS
    Goals 4 (B. Seney)
    Assists 3 (K. Semyonov)
    Points 3 (K. Semyonov, B. Seney)
    PPG 1 (J. Ho-Sang)
    Shots 11 (B. Seney)
    +/-: +1 (Multiple players)
    PIMS 6 (C. Douglas, J. Duszak)
    POSTGAME QUOTES
    HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
    On today’s game:
    To start the game, some good life, some good jump. The guys did a good job sticking to the game plan early. We
    generated some good scoring chances; we had a lot of momentum going. A couple of unfortunate bounces. The real
    positive takeaway early in the game was even with the goals against, the bench stayed positive. Their process today was
    much better than it was even last weekend early on in the game and even in the second, we found a way to generate
    momentum, start fighting back. The early goal in the third, you can tell the bench deflated a little bit. It’s tough looking at
    these games. You look at the final result and it’s definitely not good enough and not a result that we want to have. If we’re
    comparing last weekend and how we came out for the first half of this game, there was much improved gameplay for our
    team. So, we’re going to stick to some of the positives here at the beginning. Tomorrow is another big opportunity for us,
    and you could tell this one stings. These two last losses were big, and we need to make sure that when we’re coming to
    play and we’re generating offence, there’s got to be more structure to our offence. It’s a little loose right now and we’re
    going to tighten it up and make sure that we’re putting ourselves in a good spot offensively and defensively, not just
    offensively.
    On Brett Seney’s performance through three games:
    Really impressive. His work ethic, the way he thinks the game. For someone his size even at this level, he doesn’t just
    rely on soft skill. He works hard, he helps get pucks back, he puck pressures. It’s just easy to read off of him. He’s just
    doing everything the right way and he gets rewarded for it, for playing the right way.
    RECENT TRANSACTIONS
  • October 18: Recalled forward Jeremy McKenna from loan to Newfoundland (ECL)
  • October 18: Goaltender Joseph Woll loaned from Toronto (NHL)
  • October 17: Recalled goaltender Michael Hutchinson from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • October 15: Signed goaltender Andrew D’Agostini to a PTO.
    UPCOMING GAMES:
    *All times Eastern Standard Time
    October 24 vs. Cleveland – 4:00 p.m.
    October 27 at Laval – 7:30 p.m.
    October 29 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
    October 30 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
    November 5 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.

Marlies open season on Saturday

TORONTO MARLIES ANNOUNCE 2021-22 OPENING DAY ROSTER

The Toronto Marlies announced today the hockey club’s 2021-22 opening day roster. The Marlies roster consists of 27 players: 15 forwards, 10 defencemen and two goaltenders. The full roster is below.

The Marlies roster has three veteran players, three exempt veterans and nine rookies. The average age of the group is 24.6 years old.

The Marlies begin their season against the Manitoba Moose at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 16 at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

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 Maple Leafs 2021 opening night roster featured eight players who have dressed for both the Maple Leafs and Marlies –Travis Dermott, Pierre Engvall, Justin Holl, Timothy Liljegren, Jake Muzzin, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly and Rasmus Sandin.

Marlies sign Douglas

TORONTO MARLIES SIGN FORWARD CURTIS DOUGLAS

The Toronto Marlies announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Curtis Douglas to a two-year AHL contract.

Douglas, 21, skated in 11 games with the Belleville Senators (AHL) this past season, recording one goal and three assists. He also appeared in 16 games with the Steel Wings Linz (AlpsHL) and registered 12 points (eight goals, four assists). The Oakville native split his OHL career between the Barrie Colts and the Windsor Spitfires, collecting 168 points (83 goals, 85 assists) through 247 career regular season games. With the Spitfires, he set career highs in goals (30) and assists (30) during the 2019-20 season. Douglas was originally drafted 106th overall in the fourth round of the 2018 NHL Draft by the Dallas Stars.

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 Toronto Maple Leafs roster in 2020-21 featured 17 players who have dressed for both the Maple Leafs and Marlies – Frederik Andersen, Adam Brooks, Travis Dermott, Pierre Engvall, Alex Galchenyuk, Justin Holl, Michael Hutchinson, Zach Hyman, Timothy Liljegren, Jake Muzzin, Stefan Noesen, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly, Nick Robertson, Calle Rosén, Scott Sabourin and Rasmus Sandin.

Marlies sigh defenceman

TORONTO MARLIES SIGN DEFENCEMAN BEN FINKELSTEIN

The Toronto Marlies announced Tuesday that they have signed defenceman Ben Finkelstein to a one-year AHL contract.

Finkelstein, 23, appeared in 35 games this past season with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL), registering 32 points (11 goals, 21 assists) while also picking up one goal and four assists in eight postseason games. The South Burlington, VT native split his NCAA career with St. Lawrence University and Boston College, skating in 113 games over four seasons and recording 66 points (14 goals, 52 assists). In 2019-20, he captured the NCAA (Hockey East) Regular Season Championship with Boston College and was selected to the NCAA (Hockey East) Second All-Star Team. Finkelstein appeared in 23 games for the Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) in 2017-18, collecting eight goals and 26 assists. He was named Defenseman of the Year and selected to the First All-Star Team. Finkelstein was originally selected by Florida in the seventh round (195th overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft.

The Toronto Marlies are the primary development program for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Toronto Maple Leafs roster at the end of the 2020-21 regular season featured nine players who were developed with the Marlies (Adam Brooks, Travis Dermott, Pierre Engvall, Justin Holl, Mac Hollowell, Zach Hyman, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly and Rasmus Sandin).

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MARLIES 6, BELLEVILLE 3

BELLEVILLE SENATORS (18-16-1-0 – 37 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (16-17-0-2 – 34 Points)
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021

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TORONTO123–6
BELLEVILLE030–3
GAME SUMMARYGAME SHEETPHOTOSSCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. McKenna (5) PP (T. Gaudet, K. Kossila), G. Green (1) (J. McKenna), P. Gogolev (6) PP (K. Kossila, T. Liljegren), J. Brazeau (4) (T. Gaudet), F. Kràl (2) (K. Kossila), S. Sabourin (2) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: V. Vehviläinen (36/39)

Belleville: C. Golubef (4) (J. LaBate, M. Peca), C. Cassels (5) (P. Kelly), P. Kelly (10) (J. Beaudin, C. Cassels)
Goaltender: K. Mandolese (21/26)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Jeremy McKenna opened the scoring on the power play at 11:28 of the first period and later added the lone assist on Green’s second period goal. He led the Marlies in goals against Belleville (4). McKenna ends the season with 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) through 28 games.
  • Gordie Green scored Toronto’s second goal at 8:24 of the second period. This was his first career AHL goal.
  • Pavel Gogolev scored Toronto’s third goal at 16:57 of the second period on the power play.He has 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists) in his last 10 games.
  • Justin Brazeau scored the game-winning goal at 14:11 of the third period. He has five points (4 goals, 1 assists) in 22 games this season.
  • Filip Kràl scored at 14:39 of the third period. He has goals (2) in consecutive games.
  • Scott Sabourin scored on the empty net at 18:09 of the third period. Sabourin has two goals in six games with the Marlies this season.
  • Tyler Gaudet recorded the primary assist on McKenna’s first period goal and the lone assist on Brazeau’s third period goal. Gaudet finishes the season with 23 points (11 goals, 12 assists) in 34 games. This is the second most points Gaudet has registered in a season in his AHL career,
  • Kalle Kossila registered the secondary assist on McKenna’s first period goal, the primary assist on Gogolev’s second period goal, both on the power play and the lone assist on Kràl’s third period goal.He has points (3-11-14) in nine consecutive games, setting a career high point streak. Kossila has 29 points (7 goals, 22 assists) in 28 games.
  • Timothy Liljegren had the secondary assist on Gogolev’s second period goal. He had 11 points (2 goals, 9 assists) in 21 games with the Marlies.
  • Veini Vehviläinen stopped 36 of the 39 shots he faced in his first win with the Marlies.

OF NOTE…

  • This was the Marlies’ last game of the 2020-21 regular season finishing 21st overall with a record of 16-17-0-2 (34 points).
  • Toronto went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 2-for-4 on the power play. Toronto has not allowed a goal on the penalty kill in their last seven games (14/14). This is the fifth time Toronto has recorded two power play goals.
  • Belleville had a 39-27 edge in shots in all situations.
  • The Marlies finish the season 16-17-0-2 against Canadian Division opponents and 2-6-0-0 against the Belleville Senators

RECORD WHEN…

Scoring first                                        16-11-4-0
Tied after 2                                          4-2-0-0
Outshot by opponent                          11-9-0-2
Did not allow a goal on penalty kill     15-9-0-1
Scored on the power play                   10-5-0-1
Thursday                                             1-2-0-0

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

Goals                                       11 (Gaudet)
Assists                                    22 (Kossila)
Points                                      29 (Kossila)
PPG                                         3 (Gogolev)
Shots                                       71 (Rosen)
+/-                                            +11 (Kossila)
PIMS                                        50 (Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team’s play at the end of the season:
It definitely feels good. There were stretches of the season where it felt a little bit on repeat in terms of answering some of the questions postgame with some of the inconsistencies and starts. A lot of that had to do with a lot of new bodies, people coming in midseason which kind of felt like the start of the year again where we had to work through some items and get everybody back on the same page which takes time, takes development, takes practice. It felt really special, really special these last five, six, seven games where everything just game together. We had a really good group of guys who bonded through an adverse season and found ways to win the games down the stretch.

BELLEVILLE 6, MARLIES 4

BELLEVILLE SENATORS (18-15-1-0 – 37 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (15-17-0-2 – 32 Points)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2021

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TORONTO121–4
BELLEVILLE402–6
GAME SUMMARYGAME SHEETPHOTOSSCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: F. Kràl (1) (G. Green, M. Hollowell), N. Hoefenmayer (2) (P. Gogolev, H. Elynuik), S. Sabourin (1) (J. Duszak, N. Hoefenmayer), K. Kossila (7) (M. Kokkonen, B. McMann)
Goaltender: J. Woll (5/8), V. Vehviläinen (22/24) L

Belleville: J. LaBate (7) (E. Sokolov, M. Peca), J. Beaudin (6) (C. Cassels), E. Sokolov (15) (Unassisted), C. Bishop (2) (A. Crookshank, O. LeBlanc), P. Kelly (9) (J. Beaudin, C. Cassels), A. Crookshank (5) EN (L. Thomson, C. Bishop)
Goaltender: M. Sogaard (23/27) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Filip Kràl put the Marlies on the board at 19:45 of the first period. This was his first career AHL goal.
  • Noel Hoefenmayer scored Toronto’s second goal at 5:25 of the second period and later added the secondary assist on Sabourin’s second period goal. This was his first multi-point game. Hoefenmayer has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 18 games this season.
  • Scott Sabourin scored Toronto’s third goal at 6:45 of the second period. Sabourin has one goal in five games with the Marlies this season.
  • Kalle Kossila scored Toronto’s fourth goal at 15:12 of the third period. He has points (3-8-11) in eight consecutive games, matching a career-high point streak set in 2016-17. Kossila has 26 points (7 goals, 19 assists) in 27 games.
  • Gordie Green recorded the primary assist onKràl’s first period goal. This was Green’s first career AHL point.
  • Mac Hollowell registered the primary assist onKràl’s first period goal. Hollowell has 10 points (2 goals, 8 assists) in 26 games with the Marlies.
  • Pavel Gogolev had the primary assist on Hoefenmayer’s second period goal. He has 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in his last nine games.
  • Hudson Elynuik picked up the secondary assist on Hoefenmayer’s second period goal. He has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 20 games this season.
  • Joseph Duszak recorded the primary assist on Sabourin’s second period goal. He has points (2-4-6) in his last six games. Duszak has collected 12 points (4 goals, 8 assists) in 24 games.
  • Mikko Kokkonen registered the primary assist on Kossila’s third period goal. He has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 10 games this season.
  • Bobby McMann had the secondary assist on Kossila’s third period goal. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games. McMann has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in 20 games with the Marlies.
  • Joseph Woll stopped five of the eight shots he faced. Veini Vehviläinen stopped 22 of the 24 shots he faced in relief of Woll.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play. Toronto has not allowed a goal on the penalty kill in their last six games (13/13).
  • Belleville had a 33-27 edge in shots in all situations. Scott Sabourin led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 15-17-0-2 against Canadian Division opponents and 1-6-0-0 against the Belleville Senators

RECORD WHEN…

Trailing after 1                                     2-9-0-1
Trailing after 2                                     0-15-0-1
Outshot by opponent                          9-9-0-2
Did not allow a goal on penalty kill     14-9-0-1
Did not score on the power play         6-12-0-1
Wednesday                                          4-2-0-0

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

Goals                                       11 (Gaudet)
Assists                                    19 (Kossila)
Points                                      26 (Kossila)
PPG                                         2 (Brazeau, Gogolev, Kossila, Robertson)
Shots                                       71 (Rosen)
+/-                                            +10 (Kossila)
PIMS                                        50 (Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
It was not the first period we were looking for. We haven’t had good starts against this team. I don’t know what has been the problem mentally for our guys to get excited to play against a team that typically is a bit of a rival for us with how many times we play them per year in the regular season, how close they are. We’ve had such good success the last four games, 60-minutes of playing a certain way. We got to it into the second period at some point but we shot ourselves in the foot a little bit early. It was a great effort for the guys to come back, find their way into managing the game and starting and setting up our O-zones better but we put ourselves in a tough spot early.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

May 18             Martin Marincin (D) – Recalled from loan by Toronto (NHL Taxi)
May 18             Stefan Noesen (RW) – Recalled from loan by Toronto (NHL Taxi)
May 18             Michael Hutchinson (G) – Recalled from loan by Toronto (NHL Taxi)
May 17             Mac Hollowell (D) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL)
May 17             Scott Sabourin (RW) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

Thursday, May 20 at Belleville – 4:00 p.m.

MARLIES 2, LAVAL 0

LAVAL ROCKET (23-9-3-1 – 50 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (15-16-0-2 – 32 Points)
MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021

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TORONTO200–2
LAVAL000–0
GAME SUMMARYGAME SHEETPHOTOSSCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: B. McMann (2) PP (J. Brazeau, J. Duszak), S. Noesen (3) (J. McKenna)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (39/39)

Laval: None
Goaltender: C. Price (13/15), C. Primeau (2/2)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Bobby McMann opened the scoring on the power play at 2:25 of the first period. This was his first game-winning goal. McMann has three points (2 goals, 1 assist) in 19 games with the Marlies.
  • Stefan Noesen scored Toronto’s second goal at 4:11 of the first period. This was Noesen’s first goal with the Marlies.
  • Justin Brazeau recorded the primary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has four points (3 goals, 1 assist) in 19 games this season.
  • Joseph Duszak had the secondary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has points (2-3-5) in his last five games. Duszak has collected 11 points (4 goals, 7 assist) in 23 games.
  • Jeremy McKenna picked up the lone assist on Noesen’s first period goal. He has 11 points (4 goals, 7 assists) in 26 games with the Marlies.
  • Michael Hutchinson stopped all 39 shots he faced. This was Toronto’s second shutout of the season.

OF NOTE…

  • Bobby McMann’s first period goal was Toronto’s 100th of the season.
  • The Marlies have won four straight games for the first time this season.
  • Toronto went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto has not allowed a goal on the penalty kill in their last five games (12/12).
  • Laval had a 39-17 edge in shots in all situations. Stefan Noesen led the Marlies with five shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 15-16-0-2 against Canadian Division opponents and end their season series 6-3-0-1 against the Laval Rocket.

RECORD WHEN…

Scoring first                                        15-7-4-0
Leading after 1                                    8-3-0-0
Leading after 2                                     12-0-0-0
Outshot by opponent                          9-8-0-2
Did not allow a goal on penalty kill     14-8-0-1
Scored on the power play                   9-5-0-1
Monday                                               2-3-0-0

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

Goals                                       11 (Gaudet)
Assists                                    19 (Kossila)
Points                                      25 (Kossila)
PPG                                          2 (Brazeau, Gogolev, Kossila, Robertson)
Shots                                       71 (Rosen)
+/-                                            +10 (Kossila)
PIMS                                        48 (Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
Hutch was great today. Maybe the best game I’ve seen him play in person. Really calm, really poised. He fought so hard to find pucks through traffic. Being able to get to rebounds and get to his feet and push. He was really impressive to watch today. The team as a whole, there was no panic. The last few games here, you can tell they have confidence that even when they weather the storm, they know what they need to get back on track. They know the formula. It just takes one big shift to turn it around and start adding to some sequences to tilt the ice back in our favour and they find a way to do that even after a little bit of a push from the opponent.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

May 17             Scott Sabourin (RW) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL)
May 17             Mac Hollowell (D) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL)
May 15             William Villeneuve (D) – Signed to ATO
May 13             Kristians Rubins (D) – Reassigned by Toronto (NHL) to Latvia (WHC)
May 12             Joseph Woll (G) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL Taxi)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

Wednesday, May 19 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 20 at Belleville – 4:00 p.m.

MARLIES 3, LAVAL 2 (OT) (Saturday)

LAVAL ROCKET (23-8-3-1 – 50 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (14-16-0-2 – 30 Points)
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021

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TORONTO11013
LAVAL01102
GAME SUMMARYGAME SHEETPHOTOSSCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: C. Rosén (5) PP (C. Conrad, M. Kokkonen), K. Kossila (6) (C. Rosén, P. Gogolev), P. Gogolev (5) (K. Kossila)
Goaltender: J. Woll (27/29)

Laval: R. Harvey-Pinard (6) (L. Dauphin, T. Paquette-Bisson), J. Weal (7) (L. Dauphin, A. Belzile)
Goaltender: M. McNiven (23/26)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Calle Rosén opened the scoring at 11:11 of the first period on the power play and later added the primary assist on Kossila’s second period goal. He has 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) in 28 games with the Marlies this season.
  • Kalle Kossila scored Toronto’s second goal at 9:41 of the second period and later added the lone assist on Gogolev’s game-winner in overtime. He has 25 points (6 goals, 19 assists) in 26 games. Kossila has points (2-8-10) in seven consecutive games.
  • Pavel Gogolev scored the game-winner at 1:20 of overtime and earlier registered the secondary assist on Kossila’s second period goal. Gogolev has scored the game-winning goal in three straight games. He has 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) in his last seven games and points (3-3-6) in three consecutive games.
  • Colt Conrad recorded the primary assist on Rosén’s first period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in 19 games with the Marlies this season.
  • Mikko Kokkonen had the secondary assist on Rosén’s first period goal. He has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in eight games this season with the Marlies.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 27 of 29 shots he faced.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. In Toronto’s last 10 games, the team has allowed only one goal on the penalty kill (26/27).
  • Laval had a 29-26 edge in shots in all situations. Pavel Gogolev, Kalle Kossila, Timothy Liljegren, Jeremy McKenna and Calle Rosén led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto kept Laval to one shot on goal in the second period.
  • The Marlies are 14-16-0-2 against Canadian Division opponents and are 5-3-0-1 against the Laval Rocket.

RECORD WHEN…

Scoring first                                        14-7-4-0
Leading after 1                                    7-3-0-0
Leading after 2                                     11-0-0-0
Outshot by opponent                          8-8-0-2
Did not allow a goal on penalty kill     13-8-0-1
Scored on the power play                   7-6-0-0
Saturday                                              1-5-0-0

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

Goals                                       11 (Gaudet)
Assists                                    19 (Kossila)
Points                                      25 (Kossila)
PPG                                          2 (Agostino, Brazeau, Gogolev, Kossila, Robertson)
Shots                                       74 (Agostino)
+/-                                            +10 (Kossila)
PIMS                                        48 (Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On facing Laval:
There’s definitely times whenever you play Laval that you’re going to have to weather some type of storm. Just the way in which they play. I don’t think regardless of who the opponent is against them with how hard they forecheck and then they just get pucks to the point and get a lot of rubber on net, you have to break the cycle at some point. Our guys have done a really good job of managing the game. There’s been some five, six, seven minutes segments throughout the last three games where we haven’t had to spend any time in our D-zone and that’s just the guys being really smart with the puck managing the game, managing the ice. When you’re stuck in your D-zone and they’re shooting everything, tonight it was really impressive. Our forwards, their willingness to get in lanes, block shots. Our D were boxing out hard at the net, they were blocking shots too. Our forwards did a good job of collapsing out front, out numbering them defensively at the net and being able to get good exits.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

May 15             William Villeneuve (D) – Signed to ATO
May 13             Kristians Rubins (D) – Reassigned by Toronto (NHL) to Latvia (WHC)
May 12             Joseph Woll (G) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL Taxi)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

Monday, May 17 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 19 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 20 at Belleville – 4:00 p.m.