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MARLIES 3, SYRACUSE 2 (SO)

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

SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022

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TORONTO01102-23
SYRACUSE01100-22

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

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

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

ON THE SCORESHEET

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

IN THE SHOOTOUT

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

OF NOTE

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

Scoring first                            20-5-1-1
Tied after 1                              6-3-0-0
Tied after 2                              5-2-0-0
On the road                             14-10-1-0
March                                      2-5-0-0
Saturday                                  10-5-2-0		MARLIES LEADERS
*Amongst active players

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

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:

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

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

JOEY ANDERSON (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)

On rebounding from last night’s loss:

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

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

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

CRUNCH 4, MARLIES 2

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.

SYRACUSE 2, MARLIES 1: “We were expecting them to come out much harder than yesterday. They proved that. They had a real good push in the first five minutes. We were pretty happy with how the team responded to that push. We got better as the period went on, we started to find our game and it was a good process for us. The team played hard, played the right way. It was just one of those games that we just couldn’t find the extra goal.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (29-26-3-2 – 63 Points) vs. SYRACUSE CRUNCH (29-23-4-5 – 67 Points)

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2020

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SYRACUSE011–2
TORONTO100–1

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Syracuse: G. Smith (22) (B. Katchouk, T. Raddysh), T. Raddysh (19) (C. Gaunce, G. Smith)
Goaltender: S. Martin (31/32)

Toronto: T. Kivihalme (4) (T. Liljegren, M. Lorito)
Goaltender: J. Woll (27/29)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Teemu Kivihalme opened the scoring at 13:00 in the first period. Kivihalme has 17 points (4 goals, 13 assists) in 54 games this season.
  • Timothy Liljegren recorded the primary assist on Kivihalme’s first period goal. Liljegren has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in his last six games with the Marlies. Liljegren is second on the Marlies with 25 assists.
  • Matt Lorito registered the secondary assist on Kivihalme’s first period goal. He has five assists in his last four games. Lorito has 28 points (9 goals, 19 assists) in 57 games this season.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 27 of 29 shots he faced. Woll is now 11-15-3-2 on the season with a .881 save percentage and a 3.77 goals against average.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-7 on the power play.
  • Toronto had a 32-29 edge in shots in all situations. Pontus Aberg led the Marlies with seven shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 16-18-3-1 against North Division opponents and 1-2-1-0 against the Syracuse Crunch.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (27)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (30)
  • Points:  K. Agostino (49)
  • PPG: K. Agostino (9)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (147)
  • +/-:  E. Korshkov, M. Salomaki (+11)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (77)

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 20-8-2-2 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 13-3-2-2 when leading after the first period and 6-7-0-1 when tied after the second period.
  • Toronto is 11-10-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 10-8-2-2 in Saturday games and are 2-2-0-0 in March.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Matt Lorito has assists (5) in four consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Adam Brooks (concussion) did not dress for tonight’s game against Syracuse. He left Toronto’s game against Belleville on February 15 and did not return.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo (hand) did not dress for tonight’s game against Syracuse.
  • Kalle Kossila (migraines) did not dress for tonight’s game against Syracuse.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • March 6: Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • March 6: Signed defenceman Garrett Johnston to PTO.
  • March 5: Returned forward Giorgio Estephan on loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the power play being affect by a lack of execution or a hot netminder:
Probably more so a hot netminder. Towards the end we got some really good looks. He found a way to make saves. Our earlier power plays we didn’t execute on some of our entries and stick to our game plan, so we had a hard time there with some turnovers. They found their way and they just couldn’t find the back of the net towards the end.

On Toronto keeping composure through the game:
Yeah, we were expecting them to come out much harder than yesterday. They proved that. They had a real good push in the first five minutes. We were pretty happy with how the team responded to that push. We got better as the period went on, we started to find our game and it was a good process for us. The team played hard, played the right way. It was just one of those games that we just couldn’t find the extra goal.

On whether momentum was a part of the decision in pulling Joseph Woll for an extra attacked at 15:44 of the third period:
One hundred per cent. It’s a few things. One, sometimes it might catch the other team off guard, they’re not expecting what guys to have on the ice at that moment within those moments if you do it early. Lot of times coaches are trying to time their more defensive guys for those last few minutes and if you do it a little bit early, you might catch some of their offensive guys on the ice who aren’t as responsible and second, you get a feel for where the game’s going. I thought we had a nice tilt in our favour to where we could apply some pressure and maybe get some extra time with an extra guy on the ice.

On defencemen Teemu Kivihalme and Timothy Liljegren:
Yeah, they played well. They’re both great skaters who can transition the game really well for us. They’re able to defend up ice. A lot of times teams don’t even get into our end because they can take pucks away at the offensive blue line and red line. It was really nice to have Liljegren back in the lineup.

On Joseph Woll’s performance tonight:
He played really well, gave us a chance to win a hockey game, made some big saves. It was good to see him in a game like this. It was kind of a playoff energy and mentality. It was a huge two points for us. We believe he did a great job and what was needed for us to win a hockey game.

NEXT GAME:

March 11 at Bridgeport – 7:00 p.m. ET
March 13 at Hershey – 7:00 p.m. ET
March 14 at Lehigh Valley – 7:05 p.m. ET
March 17 vs Rochester – 1:30 p.m. ET (Scotiabank Arena)
March 19 vs Grand Rapids – 1:30 p.m. ET

SYRACUSE 8, MARLIES 2: “There was too much inconsistency in effort. Some guys are going, some guys are not. We need to be rolling as an entire team and playing as a group of five, relying on each other and wanting to play for each other. We didn’t have that tonight.” –GREG MOORE.

TORONTO MARLIES (19-11-2-1 – 41 Points) vs. SYRACUSE CRUNCH (17-14-2-1 – 37 Points)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020

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TORONTO020–2
SYRACUSE332–8

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: N. Petan (4) PP (T. Liljegren, K. Agostino), M. Read (4) (B. Harpur, N. Baptiste)
Goaltender: J. Woll (25/29), K. Kaskisuo (23/27)

Syracuse: G. Smith (12) (C. Conacher, B. Thomas), B. Thomas (2) (O. Somppi, D. Martel), T. Raddysh (6) PP (A. Barre-Boulet, C. Foote), R. Colton (5) PP (A. Barre-Boulet, A. Volkov), C. Conacher (12) SH (D. Martel), G. Smith (13) (C. Foote, M. Joseph), A. Barre-Boulet (13) (T. Raddysh, O. Somppi), O. Sompii (4) (D.  Walcott, J. Huntington)
Goaltender: S. Martin (20/22)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Nic Petan scored on the power play at 5:39 of the second period. Petan has 15 points (4 goals, 11 assists) in 11 games this season.
  • Matt Read scored at 11:07 of the second period. Read has 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in 25 games this season. He has points (1-2-3) in three consecutive games.
  • Timothy Liljegren recorded the primary assist on Petan’s second period goal. Liljegren has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in his last five games. Liljegren has 19 points (3 goals, 16 assists) in 29 games this season.
  • Kenny Agostino registered the secondary assist on Petan’s second period goal. Agostino has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
  • Ben Harpur had the primary assist on Read’s second period goal. Harpur has eight assists through 26 games this season.
  • Nick Baptiste picked up the secondary assist on Read’s second period goal. Baptiste has eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) in 22 games this season.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 25 of 29 shots he faced before leaving the game early in the second period. Woll is now 6-7-1-1 on the season with a .890 Save Percentage and a 3.53 Goals Against Average. Kasimir Kaskisuo replaced Woll, stopping 23 of 27 shots he faced. He now has a .913 Save Percentage and a 2.61 Goals Against Average.

OF NOTE…

  • Kasimir Kaskisuo and Rasmus Sandin were selected to represent Toronto at the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic.
  • The Marlies last allowed eight goals in a game on December 12, 2018 against Syracuse.
  • Toronto was 3-for-5 on the penalty kill and was 1-for-3 on the power play.
  • Syracuse had a 56-22 edge in shots in all situations. Pontus Aberg led the Marlies with four shots on goal. This is the most shots Toronto has allowed all season, both in a game (56) and in a period (23).
  • The Marlies are 9-6-2-1 against North Division opponents and are 0-1-1-0 against the Syracuse Crunch. Toronto lost in overtime to Syracuse 4-3 on October 27. Pontus Aberg, Tyler Gaudet and Garrett Wilson scored for the Marlies and Joseph Woll stopped 31 of 35 shots.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (17)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (23)
  • Points:  K. Agostino (28)
  • PPG: P. Aberg, K. Agostino,E. Korshkov (4)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (90)
  • +/-:  G. Wilson (+10)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (58)

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Marlies are 7-6-1-0 when trailing after the first period and 3-8-2-0 when trailing after the second period.
  • Toronto is 12-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 4-2-0-0 in Friday games and are 0-1-0-0 in January.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Kenny Agostino has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
  • Timothy Liljegren has assists (3) in three consecutive games.
  • Matt Read has points (1-2-3) in three consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Kevin Gravel (illness) did not dress for tonight’s game against Syracuse.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 1: Returned defenceman Michael Kapla on loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 1: Recalled forward Mason Marchment from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • December 30: Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan to Toronto (NHL).
  • December 30: Recalled defenceman Teemu Kivihalme from loan by Toronto (NHL).

   POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE


On what Toronto had planned against Syracuse’s speed:
(Against) any team that plays fast, the work of our forwards to reload, get over top allows our D to hold good gap, our D are holding good gap and are confident with our forwards in their spot, they’ve got to work together as a group of five to deny their lines and deny their speed. (Syracuse) had a pretty good game plan, they flipped some pucks in the neutral zone, they were glassing some pucks, they were just taking off, making it difficult on us tonight.

On whether there was cohesiveness amongst Toronto’s five-man units:
There was too much inconsistency in effort. Some guys are going, some guys are not. We need to be rolling as an entire team and playing as a group of five, relying on each other and wanting to play for each other. We didn’t have that tonight.

On what his feeling was on the team’s play in front of Toronto’s goaltenders:
Frustrating. They’re their teammates, they need to protect them. We weren’t good enough in front of those guys, they owe them big time. There’s been a lot of games this year that they have probably helped them and bailed them out. To let them down tonight is hard.


NEXT GAME:

January 4 vs Rochester – 4:00 p.m. ET
January 5 vs Lehigh Valley – 4:00 p.m. ET
January 10 at Texas – 7:00 p.m. CST
January 11 at Texas – 7:00 p.m. CST
January 12 at San Antonio – 3:00 p.m. CST