Toronto Marlies Fall To Manitoba Moose In Final Game Of Boat Show Road Trip

The Toronto Marlies fell 3-2 to the Manitoba Moose on Sunday evening in their final game of the Boat Show Road Trip. Toronto finishes the eight game road trip 6-2-0-0.

In the first period, it was the home team that struck first thanks to a goal from Cole Maier at 6:12. The score remained 1-0 through two periods of play.

In the final frame, it was Kyle Clifford who got the visitors on the board early in the period with his third of the season, but, Leon Gawanke scored on the power play at 12:18 to regain the lead for the Moose. Dominic Toninato added another for Manitoba with less than a minute remaining in the game. Alex Steeves scored his 14th of the season with 16 seconds left in the game, but it wasn’t enough as the Marlies fall to 29-11-1-1 on the season.

Toronto returns home to face the Laval Rocket on Friday, February 3rd. Puck drop is at 7:00pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and AHTV.

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: K. Clifford (3) (A. Gaudette, J. Blandisi), A. Steeves (14) (L. Shaw, S. Der-Arguchintsev)
Goaltender: E. Källgren (16/19) L

Manitoba: C Maier (9) (S. Lundmark, V. Heinola), L. Gawanke (11) PP (A. Limoges, D. Chisholm), D. Toninato (9) (J. Malott)
Goaltender: O. Salminen (22/24) W

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• Kyle Clifford put the Marlies on the board at 1:18 of the third period. He has three goals through 21 games with the Marlies.
• Alex Steeves scored at 19:44 of the third period. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
• Adam Gaudette recorded the primary assist on Clifford’s third period goal. He has points (2-1-3) in three consecutive games. Gaudette has 30 points (19 goals, 11 assists) in 34 games this season.
• Joseph Blandisi had the secondary assist on Clifford’s third period goal. He has 26 points (10 goals, 16 assists) in 40 games this season.
• Logan Shaw registered the primary assist on Steeves’ third period goal. He has 49 points (16 goals, 33 assists) in 43 games this season and is third overall in points.
• Semyon Der-Arguchintsev recorded the secondary assist on Steeves’ third period goal. He has 33 points (9 goals, 24 assists) in 43 games with the Marlies.
• Erik Källgren stopped 16 of 19 shots he faced.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 7-7-0-0 when not scoring on the power play and 15-5-1-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto had a 24-19 edge in shots in all situations. Logan Shaw led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 13-6-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
• The Marlies are 5-2-1-0 against Central Division opponents and 2-1-0-0 against the Manitoba Moose. Toronto has outscored Manitoba 7-6 through three completed games. Their scheduled second game in Toronto on Jan. 13 was suspended following the first period.
• Toronto finished their annual Boat Show Road Trip which included eight games from Jan. 14 to Jan. 29. Toronto was 6-2-0 and have outscored their opponents 28-26. This was Toronto’s second eight-game road trip this season. From Oct. 28 to Nov. 18, Toronto was on the road for the Royal Winter Fair where the team went 6-1-1-0.

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POSTGAME QUOTES

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:
Manitoba is a very structured team. They’re really tough to get inside of, especially in their D-zone through the middle of the rink. For the most part through the first half of the game, we just played slow in transition and we weren’t able to get past their structure. We allowed them the time and space to recover and get into their spots. As the game went on, we got stronger. We found our game there towards the end, just a little too late at that point. It was a tough battle today.

On the team’s performance through the road trip:

It’s been a great road trip. It’s been a great month. Our team has done a lot of positive things this month. It’s that time of the year where it could wear on you and the players are really stepping up. To cap off this month with a strong road trip like this, it will hopefully carry us into February.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 3 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.
February 4 vs. Laval – 4:00 p.m.
February 10 at Charlotte – 7:00 p.m.
February 11 at Charlotte – 6:00 p.m.
February 15 vs. Utica – 11:00 a.m.