- Travis Boyd put the Marlies on the board at 6:25 of the first period. This was his second power play goal of the season. He has three goals in three games.
- Bo Groulx scored at 8:40 of the third period and later added the secondary assist on Lettieri’s game-winning goal in the third period. This was his first goal with the Marlies. This was his first goal with the Marlies.
- Vinni Lettieri scored the game-winning goal at 14:30 of the third period on the power play. He alsohad the secondary assists on Boyd’s first period goal and Groulx’s third period goal. This was his 13th career game where he recorded three or more points in a single game.
- William Villeneuve recorded the primary assists on Boyd’s first period goal and Lettieri’s third period goal. He has three assists in four games this season.
- Cédric Paré picked up the primary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. This was his first point with the Marlies this season.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 24 of 26 shots he faced in his first win of the season.
| TEAM NOTES The Marlies went 7-for-7 on the penalty kill and 2-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 2-0-0-0 when scoring on the power play and 2-0-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Toronto had a 35-26 in shots in all situations. Vinni Lettieri led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 2-1-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.The Marlies are 3-1-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 1-0-0-0 against the Comets. |
| RECORD WHEN Not scoring first 1-1-0-0 Trailing after 1st 1-1-0-0 Trailing after 2nd 1-1-0-0 At home 2-0-0-0 October 3-1-0-0 Sunday 1-0-0-0 MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 4 (B. Valis) Assists 4 (J. Quillan) Points 4 (J. Quillan, B. Valis) PPG 2 (T. Boyd) Shots 15 (B. Valis) +/- +5 (N. Chadwick) PIMS 11 (M. Benning) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
On the penalty kill:
The PK gave us a lot of good momentum – big kills, big blocks. When the blocks and kills weren’t there, the goalie was. It gave us a lot of momentum. We had a couple of chances on them. It definitely was a big part of our win today. Something to look forward to as we move ahead.
VINNI LETTIERI (GAME-WINNING GOAL, 2 ASSISTS)
On today’s game:
It felt a little back-and-forth. They got two on us pretty quickly there. We had some chances. At the end of the day, we just had to stick to our systems. When we stray from them, we’re kind of on our heels a little bit. And then in the third, we got back into and got some success. A lot of PK time for us tonight, myself included on a couple of bad penalties. Artie played great and we had so many great blocked shots and it started with the PK tonight and we’ll just move forward with that.
WILLIAM VILLENEUVE (2 ASSISTS)
On Artur Akhtyamov:
He’s calm. If you would see him off the ice, he’s the nicest guy you can ever meet. For me, it’s just his calmness. He inspires a lot of confidence in us and it showed again tonight. He was awesome last year and I’m excited to see him this year.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
October 25 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
October 26 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
October 29 vs. Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
November 1 at Chicago – 7:00 p.m. (CST)
November 2 at Chicago – 3:00 p.m. (CST
