Manitoba Moose – The view from left field

MANITOBA 4, MARLIES 3

TORONTO MARLIES (32-25-3-1 – 68 Points) vs.
MANITOBA MOOSE (36-20-4-2 – 78 Points)

SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	2	1	0	—	3
MANITOBA	1	2	1	—	4

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: N. Robertson (9) (J. Blandisi, A. Steeves), B. McMann (19) SH (Unassisted), C. Krys (1) (M. Hollowell)
Goaltender: B. Christopoulos (24/28) L

Manitoba: N. Jones (9) PP (C. Suess, D. Stewart), J. Kovaceiv (11) (D. Stewart, N. Jones), B. Lynch (7) (A. Poganski, D. Samberg), D. Gustafsson (14) PP (J. Malott, L. Gawanke)
Goaltender: M. Berdin (28/31) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

Nick Robertson opened the scoring at 10:22 of the first period. He has five points (4 goals, 1 assists) in four of his last five games.
Bobby McMann scored shorthanded at 19:07 of the first period. This was his second shorthanded goal of the season. McMann has 28 points (19 goals, 9 assists) in 52 games.
Chad Krys scored at 8:51 of the second period. This was his first goal with the Marlies. He has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 35 games this season.
Joseph Blandisi recorded the primary assist on Robertson’s first period goal. He has 23 points (8 goals, 15 assists) in 32 games with the Marlies.
Alex Steeves had the secondary assist on Robertson’s first period goal. He is 11^th overall amongst rookies in points (20-21-41).
Mac Hollowell picked up the lone assist on Krys’ second period goal. He has 22 points (5 goals, 17 assists) in 36 games this season.
Billy Christopoulos stopped 24 of 28 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

Toronto has scored 11 shorthanded goals this season which is tied for third overall in the league.
The Marlies went 2-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 9-15-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 17-8-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had a 31-28 edge in shots in all situations. Bobby McMann led the Marlies with seven shots on goal. Toronto is 12-6-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
The Marlies are 6-4-0-0 against Central Division opponents and finish the season 1-3-0-0 against the Moose. Manitoba outscored Toronto 15-3 through four games.

RECORD WHEN

Scoring first                            24-8-1-1
Leading after 1                         16-5-2-1
Tied after 2                              5-4-0-0
On the road                             17-12-1-0
April                                        0-2-0-0
Sunday                                    5-5-1-0

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players

Goals               21 (J. Anderson)
Assists            39 (J. Duszak)
Points              47 (B. Seney)
PPG                 7 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves)
Shots               143 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                101 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

It’s been a long road trip and in different ways if we’re looking at the four games, this was one of the three that we executed really well as a team. Obviously, we didn’t come out with the points that we needed and wanted right now but our team gave in a good effort today.

On the four-game road trip:

We definitely went through some things that were unexpected during the trip and the team stepped up in big ways. Today was a good way to cap it off just in terms of what our process is, the intensity and passion and competitiveness that our team played with.

CHAD KRYS (1 GOAL)

On today’s game:

I liked our effort today. After the last game, we didn’t really bring much of anything so I liked the way we showed up today. A little bit unlucky getting scored on a power play in the third on a delay of game but I liked our effort today and hopefully we can roll a couple.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

April 6 vs. Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
April 9 vs. Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m.
April 10 vs. Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m.
April 15 vs. Hartford – 7:00 p.m.
April 16 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.

MANITOBA 5, MARLIES 0

TORONTO MARLIES (32-24-3-1 – 68 Points) vs.
MANITOBA MOOSE (35-20-4-2 – 76 Points)

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
TORONTO	0	0	0	—	0
MANITOBA	1	4	0	—	5

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: No goals
Goaltender: B. Christopoulos (20/25) L, A. D’Agostini (10/10)

Manitoba: E. Polei (7) (C. Maier, L. Gawanke), D. Gustafsson (13) (J. Malott, M. Eyssimont), J. Kovacevic (10) (A. Poganski, N. Hutchison), E. Polei (8) (B. Lynch), M. Eyssimont (15) (D. Gustafsson, J. Malott)
Goaltender: E. Cormier (xx/xx)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Billy Christopoulos stopped 20 of 25 shots he faced in 40 minutes of action. Andrew D’Agostini stopped all 10 shots he faced in relief of Christopoulos.

OF NOTE

The Marlies went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 9-14-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 15-17-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Manitoba had a 35-20 edge in shots in all situations. Mikhail Abramov led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 20-18-2-1 when outshot by their opponents.
The Marlies are 6-3-0-0 against Central Division opponents and are 1-2-0-0 against the Moose. Manitoba has outscored Toronto 11-5 through three games.

RECORD WHEN

Not scoring first                      8-17-2-0
Trailing after 1                         8-16-1-0
Trailing after 2                         4-17-1-0
On the road                             17-11-1-0
April                                        0-1-0-0
Friday                                      5-5-0-0

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

In the first period, a couple of penalties we can’t take, especially against a team like this which analytically is one of the best teams in the league. Really strong defensively for how little they give up, how much offence they can generate and how many pucks they get toward the net. To put ourselves down and have to burn through so much energy in our penalty killers, that was a tough way to start the game. The penalty kill did a good job through that. We were hoping to gain some momentum off of that but they just ultimately made it really hard for us to find our way out of our zone and set up in the offensive zone.

BOBBY McMANN

On penalties affecting the flow of the first period:
[Penalties] definitely disrupt the flow of the game but you can’t use that as an excuse. We weren’t ready to play and they jumped on us and we were trying to fight back the whole game.

On the uncharacteristic loss:

It definitely hurts because we’re not used to it. We don’t consider this acceptable. This is something that we’re going to internalize and be ready to go for our next one.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

April 3 at Manitoba – 2:00 p.m. (MT)
April 6 vs. Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
April 9 vs. Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m.
April 10 vs. Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m.
April 15 vs. Hartford – 7:00 p.m.

MOOSE 4, MARLIES 3

MANITOBA MOOSE (18-11-2-1 – 39 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (11-15-0-2 – 24 Points)
SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021

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

SCORING SUMMARY

Manitoba: H. Shaw (2) (N. Todd), N. Todd (10) (J. Malott, D. Gustafsson), K. Reichel (6) PP (D. Samberg, C. Perfetti), D. Gustafsson (6) (N. Todd)
Goaltender: M. Berdin (27/30)

Toronto: K. Agostino (9) (M. Kokkonen, M. Marincin), P. Gogolev (2) PP (K. Kossila, M. Hollowell), B. McMann (1) (P. Gogolev, R. Chartier)
Goaltender: J. Woll (34/38)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Kenny Agostino put the Marlies on the board 28 seconds into the second period. Agostino has 22 points (9 goals, 13 assists) in 21 games with the Marlies.
Pavel Gogolev scored on the power play at 3:42 of the third period and later added the secondary assist on McMann’s third period goal. He has points (2-2-4) in three consecutive games.
Bobby McMann scored at 16:23 of the third period. This was his first career AHL goal. McMann has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
Mikko Kokkonen recorded the primary assist on Agostino’s second period goal. He has three assists in five games.
Martin Marincin registered the secondary assist on Agostino’s second period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Marincin has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 11 games this season.
Kalle Kossila picked up the primary assist on Gogolev’s third period goal. He has 18 points (4 goals, 14 assists) in 22 games. Kossila has assists (3) in three consecutive games.
Mac Hollowell had the secondary assist on Gogolev’s third period goal. He has points (1-3-4) in three consecutive games. Hollowell has nine points (2 goals, 7 assists) in 25 games with the Marlies.
Rourke Chartier recorded the secondary assist on McMann’s third period goal. He has eight points (2 goals, 6 assists) in 27 games with the Marlies.
Joseph Woll stopped 34 of 38 shots he faced.

OF NOTE…

Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play.
Manitoba had a 38-30 edge in shots in all situations. Nick Robertson led the Marlies with five shots on goal.
The Marlies are 11-16-0-1 against Canadian Division opponents and finish their season series 4-4-0-1 against the Moose.

RECORD WHEN…

Trailing after 1                                     2-7-0-1
Trailing after 2                                     0-13-0-1
Outshot by opponent                          5-7-0-2
Allowed a goal on the penalty kill       1-8-0-1
Scored on the power play                   6-6-0-0
Sunday                                                1-2-0-1

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

Goals                                       10 (Gaudet)
Assists                                    14 (Kossila)
Points                                      22 (Agostino)
PPG                                         2 (Agostino, Brazeau, Kossila, Robertson)
Shots                                       74 (Agostino)
+/-                                            +7 (Kossila)
PIMS                                        48 (Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On Pavel Gogolev:
There’s been spurts in the game that he’s played where he’s showing a lot of skill. His ability and confidence with the puck to create offence. It was a pretty impressive goal he scored today. To come down the wing that fast with that kind of momentum and to go back short side. We’ve seen him do some things in practice after a few days when he started getting settled and comfortable, started to show himself and what he can do. Now we’re starting to see it every game a little bit more consistently.

On Joseph Woll:
He’s come a long ways since last year. He held us in this game. His ability to move laterally. He’s so explosive. He’s in such great shape. He’s starting to read plays more and anticipating them better and get to his spots and be set for those shots a little bit quicker. I can’t say enough about the type of person he is in his own right and his own leadership. Just very quiet, goes about his business. One of our hardest workers and guys really love playing for him.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

May 6               Kristians Rubins (D) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL Taxi)
May 6               Frederik Andersen (G) – Conditioning loan from Toronto (NHL)
May 6               Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (C) – Recalled from loan by Toronto (NHL Taxi)
May 6               Mac Hollowell (D) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL Taxi)
May 3               Teemu Kivihalme (D) – Returned on loan from Toronto (NHL Taxi)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

Tuesday, May 11 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 12 vs. Laval – 3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 14 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 15 at Laval – 3:00 p.m.
Monday, May 17 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.

MARLIES 4, MOOSE 2

MANITOBA MOOSE (4-6-0-0 – 8 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (6-4-0-0 – 12 Points)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021

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

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Manitoba: H. Shaw (1) (N. Todd, D. Chisolm), C. Suess (1) (J. Oligny)
Goaltender: M. Berdin (21/24)

Toronto: J. Brazeau (2) PP (T. Gaudet, M. Hollowell), T. Gaudet (5) (M. Hollowell, A. Brooks), K. Kossila (1) PP (A. Galchenyuk, C. Rosen), C. Rosen (4) EN, SH (A. Brooks)
Goaltender: A. D’Agostini (21/24)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Justin Brazeau scored on the power play at 16:48 of the first period. This is his second power play goal of the season.
Tyler Gaudet scored at 19:10 of the first period and earlier recorded the primary assist on Brazeau’s power play goal. Gaudet is tied for the league lead in points (5-7-12) through nine games. He has nine points (3 goals, 6 assists) in his last six games.
Kalle Kossila scored the game-winning goal on the power play at 8:53 of the second period. Kossila has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in his first two games with Toronto this season.
Calle Rosen scored the empty net goal at 19:06 of the third period and earlier added the secondary assist on Kossila’s second period goal. Rosen is tied for the lead amongst defencemen in goals (4).
Mac Hollowell picked up the secondary assist on Brazeau’s power play goal and the primary assist on Gaudet’s goal, both in the first period. Hollowell has two assists through 10 games this season.
Adam Brooks recorded the secondary assist on Gaudet’s first period goal and the lone assist on Rosen’s empty net goal in the third period. Brooks has 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) in nine games this season. He is tied for third overall in points (10).
Alex Galchenyuk registered the primary assist on Kossila’s second period goal. He has two assists through two games this season.
Andrew D’Agostini stopped 31 of 33 shots he faced. D’Agostini is now 6-4-0-0 on the season with a .901 save percentage and a 2.82 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

Toronto went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 2-for-4 on the power play. Toronto has not allowed goal in their last 10 penalty kills and recorded three power play goals in their last two games.
Manitoba had a 33-25 edge in shots in all situations. Kalle Kossila led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
The Marlies are 6-4-0-0 against Canadian Division opponents and 4-2-0-0 against the Manitoba Moose.

RECORD WHEN…

The Marlies are 4-0-0-0 when leading after the first period and 5-0-0-0 when leading after the second period.
Toronto is 3-1-0 when outshot by their opponent.
The Marlies are 1-1-0-0 in Wednesday games and are 2-0-0-0 in March.

MARLIES LEADERS

Goals: T. Gaudet (5)
Assists: A. Brooks, T. Gaudet,N. Robertson (7)
Points: T. Gaudet (12)
PPG: J. Brazeau,A. Brooks (2)
Shots: C. Rosen (26)
+/-: T. Gaudet (+10)
PIMS: H. Elynuik (14)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
We were definitely happy with special teams. They stepped up in a big way, especially penalty kill. They killed some huge minutes tonight. Five-on-five wasn’t nearly where it needed to be. We didn’t manage the game well, we didn’t manage the score well, we didn’t manage the clock well. Immature turnovers at the bluelines. It’s interesting, the group knows what they need to be doing and they’re not executing yet in some of those items. We’re going to continue to have a sharp message and continue to hear from them until things are executed correctly 5-on-5.

On where the team needs to take the next step:
We’re pretty happy with the execution of our systems and the efforts there, guys are working. Some of it is just the decision-making right now throughout the game. There’s definitely areas in our system that we can work on and we will tomorrow. But for the most part right now, it’s just decision making around the rink.

On special teams:
We have guys who are willing to stick to the game plan for special teams. They’re executing at a high level, willingness to block shots and be in lanes. They’re working as a group of four out there. Rob’s done a good job of getting them organized and prepared for each game. It’s good to see guys that are willing to sacrifice and put in the effort in that area.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

No recent transactions

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 5 vs. Stockton – 7:00 p.m.
March 6 vs. Stockton – 3:00 p.m.
March 12 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.
March 14 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.
March 19 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.

MOOSE 2, MARLIES 1

TORONTO MARLIES (2-2-0-0 – 4 Points) vs.
MANITOBA MOOSE (2-2-0-0 – 4 Points)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021

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

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: C. Rosen (J. Anderson, K. Agostino)
Goaltender: A. D’Agostini (27/29)

Manitoba: J. Malott (1) (W. Michaud, T. Bourque), B. Lynch (2) (T. Graovac, N. Todd)
Goaltender: M. Berdin (38/39)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Calle Rosen scored at 18:08 of the second period. Rosen has three goals in four games and is tied for first overall in goals amongst defencemen.
Joey Anderson recorded the primary assist on Rosen’s second period goal. Anderson has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in four games. He registered 34 points (15 goals, 19 assists) in 44 games last season with Binghamton.
Kenny Agostino picked up the secondary assist on Anderson’s second period goal. Agostino has points in three straight games (1-3-4). He had 49 points (27 goals, 22 assists) in 53 games last season with the Marlies.
Andrew D’Agostini stopped 27 of 29 shots he faced. D’Agostini is now 2-2-0-0 on the season with a .912 save percentage and a 2.30 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

Toronto went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto recorded two power play goals against Manitoba through four games, both scored by Adam Brooks.
Toronto had a 39-29 edge in shots in all situations. Toronto recorded 153 shots through their first four games. Nick Robertson led the Marlies with seven shots on goal.
The Marlies are 2-2-0-0 against Canadian Division opponents and 2-2-0-0 against the Manitoba Moose.

RECORD WHEN…

The Marlies are 0-1-0-0 when tied after the first period and 1-1-0-0 when tied after the second period.
Toronto is 2-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.
Toronto is 1-1-0-0 when not scoring a power play goal and 2-2-0-0 when not allowing a power play goal.
The Marlies are 0-1-0-0 in Friday games and are 2-2-0-0 in February.

MARLIES LEADERS

Goals: C. Rosen (3)
Assists: T. Liljegren (4)
Points: K. Agostino, T. Liljegren (4)
PPG: A. Brooks (2)
Shots: N. Robertson (17)
+/-: C. Rosen (+3)
PIMS: H. Elynuik (14)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On Toronto’s D-zone coverage:
At times, it was really good. Our D have been focusing on stalls, closing out quicker, really not giving the opponent time in the D-zone to make plays. There were definitely moments where we strong in that area. I would say that there are still items that we’ve got to clean up. Just in terms of our organization of where our details are and within our system. It’s game four. We’re going to keep teaching, keep getting better. Overall if we’re looking back at these four games, the chances we’re limiting the opponent to right now is pretty strong, we have something to build off of but we know where we’re at right now.

On whether they generated enough quality scoring chances:
Enough is a good question. I would say we generated some offensive chances. Berdin really turned it on yesterday and today. We probably could have done a better job at getting to the net and getting to his eyes. He saw a lot of the shots. We created a lot off the entries. Even in the offensive zone, we got some movement going, we got shots from the interior but when we do take the shots, there’s not enough of a presence there to a goalie who’s really feeling it to make it challenging on him.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

February 19:    Recalled defenceman Noel Hoefenmayer from loan to Wichita (ECHL)Signed defenceman Dakota Krebs to an ATO
February 17:    Signed goaltender Angus Redmond to an AHL contract
February 15:    Signed goaltender Jeremy Link to an ATO

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 21 at Stockton – 4:00 p.m.
February 23 at Stockton – 8:00 p.m.
February 24 at Stockton – 8:00 p.m.
February 26 at Stockton – 4:00 p.m.

MOOSE 4, MARLIES 2

TORONTO MARLIES (2-1-0-0 – 4 Points) vs.
MANITOBA MOOSE (1-2-0-0 – 2 Points)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: H. Elynuik (1) (T. Kivihalme, S. Pooley), A. Brooks (2) PP (K. Agostino, T. Liljegren)
Goaltender: A. D’Agostini (15/18)

Manitoba: B. Lynch (1) (T. Graovac), N. Todd (2) (T. Graovac), J. Luoto (1) (N. Jones, T. Bourque), T. Graovac (1) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: M. Berdin (43/45)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Hudson Elynuik scored his first of the season at 16:52 of the second period. Elynuik recorded 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) in 53 games last season with the Marlies.
Adam Brooks scored on the power play at 18:03 of the third period. He has scored a power play goal in two consecutive games. Brooks has six goals and four assists through 14 games against Manitoba. This was Brooks’ 150^th career AHL game and his 40^th career AHL goal.
Teemu Kivihalme recorded the primary assist on Elynuik’s second period goal. This is his first point of the season. He collected 18 points (4 goals, 14 asissts) in 55 games last season with Toronto.
Scott Pooley registered the secondary assist on Elynuik’s second period goal. This is his first point of the season. Pooley had 12 points (8 goals, 4 assists) with Toronto last season.
Kenny Agostino picked up the primary assist on Brooks’ third period power play goal. Agostino has points in two straight games (1-2-3). He had 49 points (27 goals, 22 assists) in 53 games last season.
Timothy Liljegren had the secondary assist on Brooks’ third period goal. He leads the team in assists (4) and points (4). Liljegren had 30 points (5 goals 25 assists) through 40 games with the Marlies last season.
Andrew D’Agostini stopped 15 of 18 shots he faced. D’Agostini is now 2-1-0-0 on the season with a .904 save percentage and a 2.36 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

Toronto went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. Toronto has recorded power play goals in two consecutive games, both scored by Adam Brooks.
Toronto had a 45-19 edge in shots in all situations. Justin Brazeau and Timothy Liljegren led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto outshot Manitoba 19-4 in the opening period.
The Marlies are 2-1-0-0 against Canadian Division opponents and 2-1-0-0 against the Manitoba Moose.

RECORD WHEN…

The Marlies are 2-1-0-0 when trailing after the first period and 0-1-0-0 when trailing after the second period.
Toronto is 2-1-0 when outshooting their opponent.
Toronto is 1-1-0-0 when scoring a power play goal and 2-1-0-0 when not allowing a power play goal.
The Marlies are 0-1-0-0 in Thursday games and are 2-1-0-0 in February.

MARLIES LEADERS

Goals: A. Brooks, T. Gaudet, C. Rosen (2)
Assists: T. Liljegren (4)
Points: T. Liljegren (4)
PPG: A. Brooks (2)
Shots: N. Robertson (10)
+/-: N. Robertson (+4)
PIMS: H. Elynuik (12)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On whether game like tonight’s illustrates how difficult these four-game series are going to be to win:
It almost has a playoff environment feel to it which is good. It’s fun. Good way to challenge ourselves and give good reps for us to get better as a team, as a group. They played well tonight. Berdin had a great game and we’ll have to keep pushing, keep fighting to find wins.

On whether he was satisfied with the team’s persistence tonight:
Absolutely. Overall, we thought the team played well. Berdin stole the show today, seemed more controlled in his net. It was hard time getting things by him. We stayed with it. We were resilient. The group kept coming back and there was no feeling on the bench like the wind out of our sails was gone. I was proud of our team for that.

On the message to his team after tonight’s loss:
Just to stay with it. We got off to a really strong start in the first period. Our process was good the whole game. Again, a goalie kind of stole one. There were a lot of positives take from it. The group is in a good mindset. We didn’t feel like we beat ourselves tonight which is really good. We kept getting stronger and then we pushed back hard in the third so we’ll just get ready for tomorrow and start again.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

February 17:    Signed goaltender Angus Redmond to an AHL contract
February 15:    Signed goaltender Jeremy Link to an ATO
February 13:    Loaned forward Adam Brooks from Toronto (NHL)
                        Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan from Toronto (NHL)
                        Reassigned defenceman Martin Marincin by Toronto (NHL) to Toronto (Taxi)
                        Loaned forward Nick Robertson from Toronto (NHL)
                        Reassigned forward Scott Sabourin by Toronto (NHL) to Toronto (Taxi)
                        Loaned defenceman Rasmus Sandin from Toronto (NHL)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 19 at Manitoba – 5:00 p.m.
February 21 at Stockton – 4:00 p.m.
February 23 at Stockton – 8:00 p.m.
February 24 at Stockton – 8:00 p.m.
February 26 at Stockton – 4:00 p.m.

MARLIES 3, MANITOBA 2

TORONTO MARLIES (0-0-0-0 – 0 Points) vs.
MANITOBA MOOSE (0-0-0-0 – 0 Points)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2021

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

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Anderson (1) (T. Gaudet, N. Robertson), T. Gaudet (T. Liljegren, H. Elynuik), T. Gaudet (2) (J. Duszak, R. Chartier)
Goaltender: A. D’Agostini (25/27)

Manitoba: D. Chisholm (1) (J. Kovacevic, J. Luoto), C. Perfetti (1) (B. Lynch)
Goaltender: M. Berdin (32/35)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Joey Anderson opened the scoring at 5:05 of the first period. Anderson recorded 34 points (15 goals, 19 assists) through 44 games last season with the Binghamton Devils.
Tyler Gaudet scored at 2:51 of the second period and 11:44 of the third period. He earlierrecorded the primary assist on Anderson’s first period goal. This is Gaudet third career three-point game. Gaudet collected 21 points (4 goals, 17 assists) through 58 games with the Marlies last season.
Nick Robertson registered the secondary assist on Anderson’s first period goal. This is Robertson’s first career AHL point in his first AHL game.
Timothy Liljegren picked up the primary assist on Gaudet’s second period goal. Through 40 games last season, Liljegren had 30 points (5 goals, 25 assists).
Hudson Elynuik collected the secondary assist on Gaudet’s second period goal. Elynuik had 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) through 53 games in 2020-21.
Joseph Duszak had the primary assist on Gaudet’s third period goal. In 23 games with Toronto last season, Duszak registered 18 points (3 goals, 15 assists).
Rourke Chartier recorded the secondary assist on Gaudet’s third period goal. This is Chartier’s first point with the Marlies.
Andrew D’Agostini stopped 25 of 27 shots he faced. This was D’Agostini’s first AHL game. D’Agostini is now 1-0-0-0 on the season with a .926 save percentage and a 2.00 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

The Marlies are 12-4-0-0 in their season openers overall. Toronto is 3-1 when opening their season on the road.
Toronto previously opened their season against Manitoba at home, winning 5-3 on Oct. 9, 2015.
Toronto went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play.
Toronto had a 35-27 edge in shots in all situations. Tyler Gaudet led the Marlies with six shots on goal.
The Marlies are 1-0-0-0 against Canadian Division opponents and 1-0-0-0 against the Manitoba Moose.

RECORD WHEN…

Toronto is 1-0-0-0 when scoring first.
The Marlies are 1-0-0-0 when trailing after the first period and 1-0-0-0 when tied after the second period.
Toronto is 1-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
Toronto is 1-0-0-0 when not scoring a power play goal and 1-0-0-0 when not allowing a power play goal.
The Marlies are 1-0-0-0 in Monday games and are 1-0-0-0 in February.

MARLIES LEADERS

Goals: T. Gaudet (2)
Assists: Multiple players (1)
Points: T. Gaudet (3)
PPG: N/A
Shots: T. Gaudet (6)
+/-: T. Gaudet (+3)
PIMS: K. Agostino, R. Clune, H. Elynuik (2)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On what he liked about his team’s effort tonight:
Our staff really liked that we built and got better as the game went on. Obviously for both teams and for everyone involved, it’s been a long time since we played a game, knocked off some of the rust in the first period but the group stayed really positive, stayed with the game plan and built on it from period to period and got stronger as we went on.

On getting a rounded opinion of his team after 60 minutes of play:
It’s definitely nice. To the players in some different spots and get them some reps that they haven’t seen in a while. Early on, I didn’t know if there was ever going to be a special teams or power play involved in the game but as the second half went on, some calls were made and it was good to get those reps and get those looks.

On forward Tyler Gaudet (2 goals, 1 assist):
I was really impressed with Tyler tonight. He’s put in a lot of preparation in the offseason. He’s come in this year with a lot of expectations for himself to contribute more offensively as he was disappointed with last year. It’s just really nice to see a person who comes to work every day, does things the right way. He’s put a process in for himself, has some goals for this season and to be rewarded tonight was nice to see.

On goaltender Andrew D’Agostini’s first AHL win:
The guys are really excited for him. His compete level is really high. Any team that see a goalie battling that hard in the net, they want to play hard for him. He did a great job, stayed within his game, made some key saves for us. The team is really happy for him and it was fun to watch him get his first win.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

February 15:    Signed goaltender Jeremy Link to an ATO
February 13:    Loaned forward Adam Brooks from Toronto (NHL)
                        Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan from Toronto (NHL)
                        Reassigned defenceman Martin Marincin by Toronto (NHL) to Toronto (Taxi)
                        Loaned forward Nick Robertson from Toronto (NHL)
                        Reassigned forward Scott Sabourin by Toronto (NHL) to Toronto (Taxi)
                        Loaned defenceman Rasmus Sandin from Toronto (NHL)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 16 at Manitoba – 8:00 p.m.
February 18 at Manitoba – 7:00 p.m.
February 19 at Manitoba – 5:00 p.m.
February 21 at Stockton – 4:00 p.m.
February 23 at Stockton – 8:00 p.m.