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TOR 5 at HER 2
Toronto: H. Thrun (3) (C. Paré, T.Boyd), T. Boyd (6) (Unassisted), R. Johnson (2) (T. Boyd, H. Thrun), M.Barbolini (1) (N. Chadwick, R. Tverberg), T. Boyd (7) EN (E. Cowan, W.Villeneuve)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (17/19) W
Hershey: M. Strome (3) (S. Bitten, D. Smith), S. Bitten (1) (C.Schueneman, M. Strome)
Goaltender: G. Bjorklund (24/28) L
ON THE SCORESHEET
- Henry Thrun put the Marlies on the board at 7:39 of the first period and later added the secondary assist on Johnson’s second period goal. He has six points (3 goals, 3 assists) this season – all recorded in five of his last six games.
- Travis Boyd scored unassisted at 6:19 of the second period and added the empty net goal at 18:23 of the third period. He also had the secondary assist on Thrun’s first period goal and the primary assist on Johnson’s second period goal. This was his fourth career AHL game recording four points in a single game. Boyd has 11 points (7 goals, 4 assists) in nine games this season.
- Reese Johnson scored his first career AHL game-winning goal at 17:26 of the second period. He has three points (2 goals, 1 assist) in six games.
- Matthew Barbolini scored at 15:52 of the third period. This was his first goal of the season.
- Cédric Paré recorded the primary assist on Thrun’s first period goal. He has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in eight games this season.
- Noah Chadwick had the primary assist on Barbolini’s third period goal. This was his second assist in 10 games.
- Ryan Tverberg registered the secondary assist on Barbolini’s third period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in eight games this season.
- Easton Cowan picked up the primary assist on Boyd’s empty net third period goal. This is his first point with the Marlies.
- William Villeneuve recorded the secondary assist on Boyd’s third period goal. He has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 11 games this season.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 17 of 19 shots he faced for his third consecutive win.
TEAM NOTES
- The Marlies went 2-for-2on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 3-3-0-0 when not scoring on the power play and 4-1-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
- Toronto outshot Hershey 29-19. Travis Boyd, Reese Johnson, Vinni Lettieri, Alex Nylander, Blake Smith and Borya Valis led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto is 3-3-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
- The Marlies are 2-0-0-0against Atlantic Division opponents and are 1-0-0-0 against the Bears.
- Toronto is now on their annual road trip as the Royal Winter Fair takes place at Coca-Cola Coliseum. The club will play eight games on the road before returning home on Nov. 22 against Iowa.
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On tonight’s game:
Other than the first 20 seconds, I thought it was a really good effort from our group. We controlled most of the game, thought we rolled four lines, six D and got big saves. We didn’t give them much but at the end of the day, it was probably one of our best efforts for the whole game of the season.
On Toronto’s three consecutive wins:
There’s always moments in a season. The third period obviously started that for us against Wilkes and we ended up winning a big game. (The team) just carried it over and that’s what good teams do. You’ve got to stop things when they’re really bad but you also need to take advantage of things when they’re going. We’re trying to build an identity of we’re going to be tough to beat, we’re going to be consistent, we’re going to play a complete game and if teams are going to beat us, they’re going to have to earn it. So, I liked our game. It’s just one. We’ve got to do it again tomorrow but I really liked our effort.
TRAVIS BOYD (2 GOALS, 2 ASSISTS)
On Toronto’s three consecutive wins:
Started in that third period on Wednesday night in Wilkes-Barre, kind of flipped the switch. Completely different team. We’re playing fast here. We’re spending so much time in the o-zone. I think we’re a hard team to play against. We’re a very fast team. We’re very good in the offensive zone which you saw tonight. I think we did a really good job of really just putting pressure on Hershey all night and obviously it turned out in a good way for us.
On Easton Cowan:
I thought he was really good tonight, really good. He can move. He’s good with the puck. He sees the ice. Certainly was very happy that he was on the line tonight with Shawzy and I. Really looking forward to continuing to play with him and to build even more chemistry.
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