Toronto: M. Barbolini (7) (M. Johnstone, H. Thrun), R. Tverberg (10) (W. Villeneuve, A. Nylander), M. Barbolini (8) (C. Paré, M. Johnstone)
Goaltender: D. Hildeby (31/35) OT/L
Rochester: O. Nadeau (8) (C. Meyer, G. Bayreuther), K. Helenius (15) (Unassisted), V. Komarov (3) (Z. Jones, K. Helenius), T. Kuntar (15) (R. Fiddler-Schultz, R. Johnson)
Goaltender: S. Ratzlaff (31/34) W
- Matthew Barbolini put the Marlies on the board at 2:50 of the third period and scored at 17:54 of the third period. This was his first career AHL multi-goal game. He has 23 points (8 goals, 15 assists) in 51 games this season.
- Ryan Tverberg scored at 17:33 of the third period. He has 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) in 51 games this season.
- Marc Johnstone recorded the primary assist on Barbolini’s first goal of the third period and the secondary assist on Barbolini’s second goal of the third period. He has 20 points (8 goals, 12 assists) in 43 games this season.
- Henry Thrun picked up the secondary assist on Barbolini’s first goal of the third period. He has 20 points (4 goals, 16 assists) in 41 games this season.
- William Villeneuve registered the primary assist on Tverberg’s third period goal. He has 22 points (3 goals, 19 assists) in 50 games this season.
- Alex Nylander had the secondary assist on Tverberg’s third period goal. He has 34 points (14 goals, 20 assists) in 51 games this season.
- Cédric Paré recorded the primary assist on Barbolini’s second goal of the third period. He has 20 points (7 goals, 13 assists) in 48 games this season.
- Dennis Hildeby stopped 31 of 35 shots he faced.
| TEAM NOTES The Marlies were 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 12-14-4-4 when not scoring on the power play and 19-7-2-2 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Rochester outshot Toronto 35-34. Dakota Mermis led the Marlies with six shots on net. Toronto is 16-11-3-3 when outshot by their opponent.The Marlies are 17-9-2-4 against North Division opponents and 2-1-1-0 against the Americans. |
| RECORD WHEN Not scoring first 10-13-5-0 Trailing after 1st 10-9-3-1 Trailing after 2nd 6-14-3-0 On the road 13-13-4-2 March 3-2-1-0 Friday 4-6-2-0 MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 18 (L. Shaw) Assists 27 (V. Lettieri) Points 39 (L. Shaw) PPG 5 (V. Lettieri) Shots 126 (V. Lettieri) +/- +18 (C. Webber) PIMS 106 (B. Smith) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On today’s game:
I think the first 10 minutes was the only time we weren’t very happy with our game. They took it to us, they were predictable, they were doing the right things. They’re a desperate hockey team … We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. We let them get out to that lead but I thought we did a lot of good things, we had a lot of good looks. Just not fortunate enough to put one in but great comeback, being down two like that. We can take that and be happy about that but still not happy with the outcome.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
March 14 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
March 17 vs. Cleveland – 1:30 p.m.
March 21 vs. Hartford – 4:00 p.m.
March 22 vs. WB/Scranton – 4:00 p.m.
March 25 vs. Manitoba – 7:00 p.m
