Toronto: B. Valis (1) (J. Quillan, A. Nylander), L. Shaw (1) (M. Barbolini, L. Haymes), B. Valis (2) (J. Quillan, M. Benning)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (22/26) L
Rochester: I. Rosén (1) PP (Z. Jones, N. Ostlund), I. Rosén (2) PP (N. Ostlund, Z. Jones), T. Kopff (1) (Unassisted), B. Warren (1) (R. Mrtka)
Goaltender: D. Levi (24/27) W
- Borya Valis put the Marlies on the board with his first professional goal at 10:56 of the second period and scored his second of the game at 5:39 of the third period.
- Logan Shaw scored at 18:45 of the second period. He had 42 points (12 goals, 30 assists) in 68 games this past season with the Marlies.
- Jacob Quillan recorded the primary assists on Valis’ second and third period goals. This was his seventh multi-point game of his AHL career. He had 37 points (18 goals, 19 assists) in 67 games last season with the Marlies.
- Alex Nylander had the secondary assist on Valis’ second period goal. He has 44 points (23 goals, 21 assists) in 64 games with the Marlies last season.
- Matthew Barbolini registered the primary assist on Shaw’s second period goal. He had 14 points (4 goals, 10 assists) in 51 games with the Marlies last season.
- Luke Haymes picked up the secondary assist on Shaw’s second period goal. He appeared in nine games with the Marlies last season, recording six points (2 goals, 4 assists)
- Matt Benning registered the secondary assist on Valis’ third period goal. He had eight points (1 goal, 7 assists) in 39 games with the Marlies last season.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 22 of 26 shots he faced.
| TEAM NOTES Toronto is 14-5-1-1 all-time in in the club’s season opening game, outscoring their opponents 77-54.This was Toronto’s sixth opening game against Rochester. The club is 2-3-1-0 against the Americans and have been outscored 23-21.The Marlies went 3-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 0-1-0-0 when not scoring on the power play and 0-1-0-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Toronto had a 27-26 edge in shots in all situations. Vinni Lettieri led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 0-1-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.The Marlies are 0-1-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 0-1-0-0 against the Americans. |
| RECORD WHEN Not scoring first 0-1-0-0 Trailing after 1st 0-1-0-0 Trailing after 2nd 0-1-0-0 On the road 0-1-0-0 October 0-1-0-0 Friday 0-1-0-0 MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 2 (B. Valis) Assists 2 (J. Quillan) Points 2 (J. Quillan, B. Valis) PPG 0 Shots 4 (V. Lettieri) +/- +2 (N. Chadwick, J. Quillan, B. Valis) PIMS 9 (M. Benning) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
On tonight’s game:
I liked a lot of our game. Obviously, not the result. I say you take away 10 minutes of the second period, a couple of bad line changes, a couple of times we turned pucks over and they transitioned, we knew that that was a strength of their games. Their power play took some momentum away from the five-on-five. I thought five-on-five for the most part we were pretty good tonight. Obviously, not good enough. Some things we’ve got to clean up. It’s a start where we’ll look at some stuff, clean some stuff up and give ourselves a chance tomorrow.
On Borya Valis’ two-goal game:
(His) line was good. I thought that they started a little bit slow, probably some of it had to do with the power plays the other team had. They couldn’t get into it as quickly but I thought they had some good shifts, really grinded it out down low and scored a couple of goals.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
October 11 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
October 18 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
October 19 vs. Utica – 4:00 p.m.
October 25 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
October 26 vs. Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
