SCORING SUMMARY
Toronto: A. Steeves (19) PP (W. Villeneuve), Z. Solow (7) (T. Niemelä, R. Mastrosimone), J. Blandisi (13) PP (A.
Steeves, L. Shaw), K. Bellows (19) PP (K. Clifford, T. Niemelä)
Goaltender: L. Cavallin (33/36) W
Belleville: T. Kleven (3) PP (Z. MacEwen, J. Currie), R. Chartier (3) (E. Sokolov, A. Crookshank), A. Crookshank (17) PP
(J. Larsson, M. Highmore)
Goaltender: K. Mandolese (31/34) L, L. Merilainen (2/3)
ON THE SCORESHEET
- Alex Steeves put the Marlies on the board at 12:28 of the second period on the power play and later added the
primary assist on Blandisi’s power play goal. He has 40 points (19 goals, 21 assists) in 39 games this season. - Zach Solow scored at 17:33 of the second period. He has 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 40 games this season.
- Joseph Blandisi scored on the power play at 18:23 of the second period. He has 39 points (13 goals, 26 assists) in
44 games this season. - Kieffer Bellows scored on the power play at 10:24 of the third period. This was his first game-winning goal of the
season. He has 33 points (19 goals, 14 assists) in 38 games. - William Villeneuve had the lone assist on Steeves’ second period goal. He has 17 points (2 goals, 15 assists) in 34
games this season. - Topi Niemelä recorded the primary assist on Solow’s second period goal and the secondary assist on Bellows’ third
period goal. He has 27 points (6 goals, 21 assists) in 43 games this season. - Robert Mastrosimone picked up the secondary assist on Solow’s second period goal. He has 12 points (4 goals, 8
assists) in 34 games this season. - Logan Shaw registered the secondary assist on Blandisi’s second period goal. He has 34 points (19 goals, 15
assists) in 42 games this season. - Kyle Clifford recorded the primary assist on Bellows’ third period goal. He has 20 points (8 goals, 12 assists) in 35
games this season. - Luke Cavallin stopped 33 of 36 shots he faced. This was his first career AHL win.
TEAM NOTES - The Marlies went 4-for-6 on the penalty kill and 3-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 13-6-5-2 when scoring on the
power play and 9-8-5-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill. - Toronto had a 37-36 edge in shots in all situations. Alex Steeves led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is
14-11-4-2 when outshooting their opponent. - The Marlies are 7-11-5-2 against North Division opponents and are 3-3-2-0 against the Senators this season. Toronto
has outscored Belleville 26-25 through seven games. Alex Steeves leads all Marlies in points (3-4-7). Ryan
Tverberg leads all Marlies in goals (4) and William Villeneuve in assists (6).
RECORD WHEN
Not scoring first 2-13-2-0
Tied after 1st 7-5-3-2
Leading after 2nd 16-1-3-0
At home 10-9-4-0
February 3-2-0-1
Saturday 7-4-2-1
MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active AHL players
Goals 19 (K. Bellows, L. Shaw, A. Steeves)
Assists 26 (J. Blandisi)
Points 40 (A. Steeves)
PPG 5 (L. Shaw, A. Steeves, R. Tverberg)
Shots 129 (L. Shaw)
+/- +18 (T. Miller)
PIMS 80 (Z. Solow)
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On the team’s performance:
I liked our bench and I liked our game, up until they scored a couple of goals. We had to respond. They had their push.
We played good in the first and then we were fortunate enough to get those goals, get the push to give us the victory.
Great response from being down and we found a way to get it done at the end of the game.
LUKE CAVALLIN (FIRST CAREER AHL WIN)
On his first win:
It feels great. It’s been a long time coming. The boys did a great job out there and it was a lot of fun. Those close ones are
fun to win. I thought it was really exciting the whole time. That’s a big one.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
February 17 vs. Hershey – 4:00 p.m.
February 19 vs. Rochester – 2:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
February 23 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.
February 24 at Laval – 3:00 p.m.
February 28 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m
