Toronto Marlies Fall To Milwaukee Admirals In Midweek Matchup

The Toronto Marlies fell 2-1 in a shootout to the Milwaukee Admirals on Wednesday night in their final matchup of the regular season.  

In the opening period, it was the visitors who got on the board first. Joakim Kemell scored at 8:11 in the frame to give Milwaukee the early 1-0 lead.  

In the second, Toronto responded with a power-play goal by William Villeneuve at 6:19 to tie the game at one apiece.  

In the third, both teams exchanged chances, but neither were able to convert. After 5 minutes of overtime the score remained the same so a shootout was needed. In the shootout, Zach Samford scored the lone goal for the Admirals to send Milwaukee home with the victory.

The Marlies return to action on March 24th against the Cleveland Monsters in the first half of a back-to-back. Puck drop is 7:00pm.

SCORING SUMMARY

Milwaukee: J. Kemell (1) (C. Schneider, R. McKeown)
Goaltender: Y. Askarov (32/33) W

Toronto: W. Villeneuve (3) PP (N. Abruzzese, P. Holmberg)
Goaltender: J. Woll (28/29) SO/L

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• William Villeneuve scored on the power play at 6:19 of the second period. This was first career power play goal. He has 21 points (3 goals, 18 assists) in 47 games this season.
  Nick Abruzzese recorded the primary assist on Villeneuve’s second period goal. He has 43 points (15 goals, 28 assists) in 62 games this season.
• Pontus Holmberg had the secondary assist on Villeneuve’s second period goal. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games. Holmberg has 17 points (8 goals, 9 assists) in 28 games this season.
• Joseph Woll stopped 28 of 29 shots he faced. He is 16-2-1 this season with a 2.29 goals against average and a 0.930 save percentage.

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IN THE SHOOTOUT

• Logan Shaw – Stopped (2022-23: 2/4)
• Max Ellis – Stopped (2022-23: 0/2)
• Nick Abruzzese – Stopped (2022-23: 0/1)

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TEAM NOTES

• Toronto is 3-2 in the shootout this season.
• The Marlies went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto 28-8-2-2 when scoring on the power play and 19-5-0-2 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto had a 33-30 edge in shots in all situations. William Villeneuve led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 19-7-0-1 when outshooting their opponent.
• The Marlies are 8-2-1-1 against Central Division opponents and finish the regular season series 1-0-0-1 against the Admirals.

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POSTGAME QUOTES

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
I was really thrilled with the team’s response to last weekend. I was really proud of the group for how hard they worked, how they competed, how physical they were. This was a really strong process for them today and Milwaukee’s a really good team, they’re one of the top teams in the American League. We knew it was going to be a hard game and I was really proud of how the guys fought and competed for 60 minutes.

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On special teams:

I thought our power play was great today, got a lot of really good looks and chances. Obviously one big goal that got us some momentum in the game and was the goal that at least got us the point tonight. It was a great response from those PK units as well and I definitely liked the puck movement and the execution of the game plan, it was really good.

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UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 24 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
March 25 vs. Cleveland – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 vs. Hershey – 11:00 a.m.
April 1 at Belleville – 7:05 p.m.
April 2 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.