Toronto Marlies Wrap Up Road Trip With Loss To Belleville

The Toronto Marlies wrapped up their Royal Road Trip with a 6-1 loss to the Belleville Senators on Friday night.  

In the first period, both teams exchanged chances, but the goalies stood tall to keep the game tied at zero heading into the second.

In the second period, it was the home team who opened the scoring. Egor Sokolov scored at 3:14 on the power-play to give the Senators the early lead. Throughout the period, Belleville continued to apply pressure. Rourke Chartier, Ridly Greig, and Cole Cassels all scored to extend the Senators lead to four, after 40 minutes of play.  

Early in the third, Toronto responded with a goal by Joseph Blandisi at 1:57 to make it 4-1. Cole Cassels and Egor Sokolov both added another for the visitors before the game was over to make it 6-1.  

The Marlies return to action Saturday night for a back-to-back against the Abbostford Canucks at Scotiabank arena. Puck drop is at 1:30pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and AHLTV.

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: J. Blandisi (2) (A. Gaudette, M. Ellis)
Goaltender: K. Petruzzelli (32/38) L

Belleville: E. Sokolov (3) PP (M. Guenette, A. Bibeau), R. Chartier (8) (J. Lucchini, V. Lodin), R. Greig (3) PP (R. Chartier, M. Guenette), C. Cassels (2) (L. Thomson, B. Saulnier), C. Cassels (3) (B. Saulnier, S. Sabourin), E. Sokolov (4) PP (P. Daoust, R. Greig)
Goaltender: A. Bibeau (32/33) W

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• Joseph Blandisi put the Marlies on the board at 1:57 of the third period. He has three points (2 goals, 1 assist) in 10 games this season.
• Adam Gaudette recorded the primary assist on Blandisi’s third period goal. He has 11 points (8 goals, 3 assists) in 12 games this season.
• Max Ellis had the primary assist on Blandisi’s third period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
• Keith Petruzzelli stopped 32 of 38 shots he faced.

TEAM NOTES

• Toronto finished their annual Royal Road Trip 6-1-1-0 and outscored their opponents 31-27.
• The Marlies went 5-for-8 on the penalty kill and 0-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 0-1-0-0 when not scoring on the power play and 4-3-1-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Belleville had a 38-33 edge in shots in all situations. Max Ellis and Adam Gaudette led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 4-2-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 7-2-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 1-1-0-0 against the Belleville Senators.

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POSTGAME QUOTES

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
(This game was) definitely not the way we saw it going. The first period, we took way too many penalties. When you put yourself in a spot where you have a lot of guys who are burning energy, killing off that many minutes in the first period and then you have guys sitting there on the bench that aren’t able to get into the game and get into a flow of their shifts, it disrupts good momentum for us. The first period was tough. When we did get back to five-on-five, I thought we were doing okay. We had a good start even strength after the first period. Ultimately, the disconnect of killing that many in the first just leaked into the second. We had a really hard time gaining momentum against a team that was skating well tonight.

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UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

November 19 vs. Abbotsford – 1:30 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
November 20 vs. Abbotsford – 4:00 p.m.
November 23 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
November 25 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
November 26 vs. Cleveland – 4:00 p.m.