Toronto Marlies Fall To Syracuse Crunch In Final Meeting Of Regular Season

The Toronto Marlies fell 1-0 to the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday evening in their final meeting of the regular season. Toronto falls to 3-3-0-0 against Syracuse and 36-14-2-1 on the season.

In the opening period, it was the visitors who struck first with a goal from Gabriel Dumont at 8:26. Both teams exchanged chances, but the lone Crunch goal was enough to secure a 1-0 victory for Syracuse.

Despite the loss, Keith Petruzzelli stood tall in the Marlies crease, stopping 34 of the 35 shots he faced

The Marlies return to action on March 1st when they host the Rockford IceHogs. Puck drop is at 11:00am on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and AHLTV.

SCORING SUMMARY

Syracuse: G. Dumont (15) PP (D. Raddysh, L. Edmonds)
Goaltender: H. Alnefelt (16/16) W

Toronto: No goals
Goaltender: K. Petruzzelli (34/35) L

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• Keith Petruzzelli stopped 34 of 35 shots he faced.

TEAM NOTES

• This is only the second game this season where Toronto was shutout.
• The Marlies went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 9-7-0-0 when not scoring on the power play and 19-9-2-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Syracuse had a 35-16 edge in shots in all situations. Dryden Hunt led the Marlies with three shots on goal. Toronto is 16-7-2-1 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 24-10-0-1 against North Division opponents and finish their regular season series 3-3-0-0 against the Syracuse Crunch. Toronto has outscored Syracuse 18-17 through six games.

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POSTGAME QUOTES

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the difference in today’s:
Just work ethic. Winning 50/50 pucks. Outskating our opponent who was on a three-on-three. I actually think the timing of this game is really good. We’re going to take a positive take away to realize where we are in the season, and what we need to be as a team, and when we play good teams like this, what we can’t get away with. It’s a good little wake up call for us right now.

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LOGAN SHAW

On today’s game:

I think they just played desperate. They wanted the puck. They played more of a playoff style game than we did. To be quite honest, it just wasn’t a good performance by us. It’s not acceptable. I think that if we want to tighten things up going into playoffs, we can’t have any more of that.

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UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 1 vs. Rockford – 11:00 a.m.
March 3 at Hershey – 7:00 p.m.
March 4 at Lehigh Valley – 7:05 p.m.
March 8 at WB/Scranton – 7:05 p.m.
March 11 vs. Hartford – 5:00 p.m.