The Toronto Marlies fell 4-2 to the Belleville Senators on Wednesday night in a Battle of Ontario. The Marlies fall to a 10-11-1-0 for the season and10-6-0-0 against North Division opponents.
In the opening period, it was the home team who got on the board first. Ryan Chyzowski scored his first goal of the season at 6:16 in the frame to give the Marlies an early 1-0 lead. Shortly after, Belleville responded with a goal by Viktor Lodin at 10:56 to tie the game at one heading into the second.
During the second period, the visitors kept pressing. Brennan Saulnier scored at 3:53 in the period to extend the Senators lead to two.
In the final frame, Belleville added another goal by Angus Crookshank at 7:55 to make the score 3-1. Later, Toronto responded with a power-play goal by Joey Anderson at 10:37 to keep the Marlies within one.m This marked Anderson’s fifth power-play goal of the season. Before the period was over, Belleville added another goal by Jake Lucchini at 19:59 to secure the win.
The Marlies return to action on December 9th against the Syracuse Crunch. Puck drop is 7:00pm.
Game notes:
SCORING SUMMARY
Belleville: V. Lodin (4) (M. Guenette, A. Breton), B. Saulnier (2) (M. Guenette, S. Sabourin), A. Crookshank (8) (E. Sokolov), J. Lucchini (7) EN (L. Thomson)
Goaltender: A. Bibeau (35/37) W
Toronto: R. Chyzowski (1) (Z. O’Brien, M. Kokkonen), J. Anderson (11) PP (B. McMann, L. Shaw)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (24/27) L
ON THE SCORESHEET
- Ryan Chyzowski opened the scoring at 6:16 of the first period with his first goal of the season. He has two points (1 goal, 1 assist) through 15 games this season.
- Joey Anderson scored on the power play at 10:37 of the third period. This was his fifth power play goal of the season. Anderson has 19 points (11 goals, 8 assists) in 21 games.
- Zach O’Brien recorded the primary assist on Chyzowski’s first period goal. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games. O’Brien has 27 points (8 goals, 27 assists) in 18 games with Newfoundland (ECHL).
- Mikko Kokkonen had the secondary assist on Chyzowski’s first period goal. He has assists (3) in consecutive games.
- Bobby McMann registered the primary assist on Anderson’s third period power play goal. He has points (1-1-2) in his last two games.
- Logan Shaw picked up the secondary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. He has points (1-5-6) in six consecutive games. He is tied for fifth in points (8-17-25) in the League.
- Erik Källgren stopped 24 of 27 shots he faced.
TEAM NOTES
- Logan Shaw was named the 10th captain in franchise history of the Toronto Marlies on Dec. 6.
- The Marlies went 6-for-6 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 12-6-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 7-3-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill. Toronto has recorded a power play goal in each home game this season.
- Toronto had a 37-28 edge in shots in all situations. Toronto tied their season high shots in a period (21) in the final frame. Nick Abruzzese and Bobby McMann led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 7-4-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
- The Marlies are 10-6-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 2-2-0-0 against the Belleville Senators.
POSTGAME QUOTE
HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
On tonight’s game:
We’ve been talking about the penalty kill. Last game went really well. Today, it was a phenomenal job to kill off all those minutes. Obviously taking four o-zone stick penalties, it’s hard to win hockey games when our team does that. But finding the silver lining, our penalty kill has turned around. Our details are really sharp, power play got one too. Special teams were good. First period, pretty evenly matched period. There were some times for each team at each end of the rink. Obviously the second period we spent the entire time killing, and it’s really tough when you have the same guys burning a lot of energy, other guys sitting there getting cold. What was really good to see was the response in the third period and the push back. This team’s had a lot of character all year and we made it interesting towards the end.
On Logan Shaw being named captain:
From day one he came into our organization, he got right to work at building relationships and you could tell he has a knack for the role itself and his objective of wanting to be a leader. He has a really strong skill set and personality to be able to do it. Really strong emotional intelligence of just knowing what’s needed and how to feel out moments and he’s just super competitive and he backs it up on the ice and demands a lot of himself and demands a lot of the team.
On Ryan Chyzowski:
He’s a big part of our team in terms of the energy he brings as a person. He plays hard, very competitive. On the bench he’s always talking, always smiling and brings a lot of positive energy, and is just a great guy to have in the room.
LOGAN SHAW (1 ASSIST)
On being named captain:
Pretty honoured to be able to be the captain of the Marlies. The Leafs organization is what I watched growing up. It’s leadership by committee on this team and I think that’s kind of what we’re going to go with. I have great leaders with Anderson and Blandisi and the older guys are kind of coming in and out here, they all have positive things, positive enforcements for these young guys and try to teach them the right things, but as I said its to do the right things, and how to be professional each and every day when the time gets tough. It’s not an easy league. You’re on the bus for long hours and sometimes it can get pretty crappy, but I just want to make sure that everyone knows that I’m there to support them. I’m on an American League deal, so I’m here to help those guys. No matter what, I would always be supportive, but I’m here for them and I just want to make sure that they know that.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
December 9 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
December 10 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
December 16 at Rockford – 7:00 p.m. (CST)
December 17 at Milwaukee – 6:00 p.m. (CST)
December 20 vs. WB/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
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