The Toronto Marlies fell 6-2 to the Rochester Americans on Friday night in the first half of a back-to-back. Toronto falls to 33-13-2-1 for the season and 19-6-2-0 on the road.
In the first, Toronto opened the scoring with a goal by Max Ellis at 6:47 to take the early lead. Shortly after, Rochester responded with a goal by Brett Murray at 9:58 to tie the game at one. Later, Bobby McMann regained the lead for Toronto with a power-play goal at 17:26 to make it 2-1. McMann currently has 15 points (10G, 5A) in his last 13 games. Before the period was over, Vinnie Hinostroza scored with nine seconds left to tie the game at two.
Halfway through the second, Sean Malone scored at 8:07 to give Rochester the lead. Shortly after, Rochester added two more goals by Chase Priskie at 14:31 and Jiri Kulich at 17:06 to make it 5-2 heading into the third.
Early in the third, Rochester added another goal by Lawrence Pilut at 1:03 to extend their lead to four and make it 6-2.
The two teams meet again on Saturday, February 18th in Toronto. Puck drop is at 4:00pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app, TSN, and AHLTV.
Game notes:
SCORING SUMMARY
Toronto: M. Ellis (5) (M. Rifai), B. McMann (15) PP (A. Gaudette, N. Hoefenmayer)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (20/25) L, K. Petruzzelli (11/12)
Rochester: B. Murray (15) PP (L. Rousek, J. Kulich), V. Hinostroza (4) (J. Davies, J. Cecconi), S. Malone (11) PP (E. Prow, V. Hinostroza), C. Priskie (4) (L. Rousek, J. Davies, J. Kulich (11) (B. Biro, M. Houser), L. Pilut (3) (M. Mersch, B. Biro)
Goaltender: M. Houser (24/26) W
ON THE SCORESHEET
- Max Ellis opened the scoring at 6:47 of the first period. He has 14 points (5 goals, 9 assists) in 33 games this season.
- Bobby McMann scored on the power play at 17:26 of the first period. This was his seventh power play goal of the season. McMann has five goals through his last six games.
- Marshall Rifai recorded the primary assist on Ellis’ first period goal. He has 14 points (4 goals, 10 assists) through
- Adam Gaudette had the primary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has 34 points (20 goals, 14 assists) through 40 games this season.
- Noel Hoefenmayer picked up the secondary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has three assists in three consecutive games. Hoefenmayer has 33 points (10 goals, 23 assists) in 46 games this season.
- Erik Källgren stopped 20 of 25 shots he faced in 37:06 of action. Keith Petruzzelli stopped 11 of 12 shots he faced in relief.
TEAM NOTES
- Erik Källgren stopped the penalty shot awarded to Rochester at 5:20 of the second period. This was first penalty shot against Toronto this season.
- The Marlies went 1-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-6 on the power play. Toronto is 25-6-2-1 when scoring on the power play and 17-5-2-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
- Rochester had a 37-26 edge in shots in all situations. Bobby McMann led the Marlies with seven shots on goal. Toronto is 16-6-2-1 when outshot by their opponent.
- The Marlies are 21-9-0-1 against North Division opponents and 2-3-0-1 against the Rochester Americans.
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
On tonight’s game:
We had a good start. Our mindset was in the right place. We just kind of lost it as the game went on. We let too many things get us frustrated. You could tell by the body language and the frustration on the bench was setting in and usually when that happens, we lose our consistency and our focus in what our plan is.
On playing as the first overall team in the division:
It’s something we talk about definitely and we want that target our back. That pushes us everyday to be better, that holds us to a higher standard. We should be able to get better throughout the year with teams pushing us in that direction. Tonight, we fell short.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
February 18 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
February 20 vs. Utica – 3:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
February 25 vs. Laval – 4:00 p.m.
February 26 vs. Syracuse – 4:00 p.m.
March 1 vs. Rockford – 11:00 a.m.
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