Toronto Marlies Fall To Hershey Bears In Wednesday Morning Matchup

The Toronto Marlies fell 3-1 to the Hershey Bears on Wednesday afternoon. Toronto falls to 40-20-3-2 for the season and 19-12-0-2 when playing at home.

In the opening period, it was the visiting team who struck first. Hendrix Lapierre scored at 2:04 in the frame to give the Bears the early 1-0 lead.  A few minutes later, Sam Anas added another for Hershey, extending their lead to two

Late in the second, Toronto responded with a goal by Logan Shaw at 17:42 to keep within one.  

In the final frame, Hershey extended their lead to two with a goal by Sam Anas at 1:29 to  secure the win.  

The Marlies return to action on April 1st when they visit the Belleville Senators in the first half of a back-to-back. Puck drop is at 7:05pm on AHLTV.

SCORING SUMMARY

Hershey: H. Lapierre (11) (G. Pilon, V. Iorio), S. Sanas (11) (J. Snively, C. McMichael), S. Anas (12) (Unassisted)
Goaltender: H. Shepard (21/22) W

Toronto: L. Shaw (19) (N. Abruzzese, T. Miller)
Goaltender: J. Woll (25/28) L

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• Logan Shaw put the Marlies on the board at 17:42 of the second period. He has 63 points (19 goals, 44 assists) in 62 games this season.
• Nick Abruzzese recorded the primary assist on Shaw’s second period goal. He has 44 points (15 goals, 29 assists) in 64 games this season.
• Tommy Miller had the secondary assist on Shaw’s second period goal. This was his seventh assist through 39 games this season.
• Joseph Woll stopped 25 of 28 shots he faced.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. 12-12-0-0 when not scoring on the power play and 19-7-1-2 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Hershey had a 28-22 edge in shots in all situations. Logan Shaw led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto is 18-12-2-1 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 5-5-1-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish the season 0-2-0-0 against the Bears.

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POSTGAME QUOTES

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:
We talked about it before the game, our starts lately, going down two early puts us in a real tough spot, especially against a team that’s one of the better teams in the American League. When you get to a position where you’re just chasing it by getting down early, the feel of the game never really feels right, and it makes it hard for us to find our footing and play the full 60 that we want. I do feel as though the team had push back. We kept chipping away and finding ways to regain momentum and we felt good going into the third that it was a one-goal game at the time and our chances to get back in.

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LOGAN SHAW (1 GOAL)

On the team’s recent games:
It’s tough. Every team goes through it. It sucks that it’s late in the year but it’s better to happen now then in a month’s time. For (the leadership group), it’s to lead by example as the older guys and try to get this thing back on track. Just make sure we’re ready every night. All we can do right now is just work as hard as we can and once they start coming, it’s going to come and for us right now, it’s just make sure we stay in it mentally and not try to get discouraged from the results. Some of these games, we’re not playing the best but I can never say anything bad about our work ethic.

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UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

April 1 at Belleville – 7:05 p.m.
April 2 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
April 5 at Hartford – 7:00 p.m.
April 7 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.
April 12 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.