Toronto Marlies Wrap Up Weekend With Win Against Belleville

The Toronto Marlies topped the Belleville Senators 3-1 on Sunday night to complete their 3-in-3 this weekend. The Marlies improve to 10-5-0-0 against North Division opponents and 2-1-0-0 against the Belleville Senators.

Early in the first period, Toronto opened the scoring 28 seconds in the frame with a goal by Noel Hoefenmayer. Hoefenmayer is tied for fifth in points (5-13-18) amongst all defensemen in the league. Later, Bobby McMann potted his first of the season on the power-play at 18:02 to extend Toronto’s lead to two heading into the second.  

During the second, Toronto kept pushing. Zach O’Brien scored his first of the season at 10:37 to give the Marlies a 3-0 lead  after 40 minutes of play.  

In the final frame, Belleville responded with a goal by Jarid Lukosevicius at 4:03 to keep the Senators within one. However, Toronto held on to keep the score 3-1 and secure the win.  

Joseph Woll stood tall in the Marlies crease stopping 32 of the 33 shots he faced.  

The Marlies return to action on December 7th for another matchup against Belleville at home. Puck drop is 7:00pm.

SCORING SUMMARY

Belleville: J. Lukosevicius (5) (L. Thomson, M. Boucher)
Goaltender: A. Bibeau (24/27) L

Toronto: N. Hoefenmayer (5) (M. Kokkonen, A. Steeves), B. McMann (1) PP (N. Abruzzese, L. Shaw), Z. O’Brien (1) (M. Kokkonen)
Goaltender: J. Woll (32/33) W

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• Noel Hoefenmayer opened the scoring 28 seconds into the first period. He is tied for fifth in points (5-13-18) amongst all defencemen in the League.
• Bobby McMann scored on the power play at 18:02 of the first period. He has two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in five games this season. McMann recorded 25 points (24 goals, 11 assists) in 61 games through the 2021-22 season.
• Zach O’Brien scored at 10:37 of the second period. This was his first goal this season with the Marlies in his first game. O’Brien has 27 points (8 goals, 27 assists) in 18 games with Newfoundland (ECHL).
• Mikko Kokkonen recorded the primary assist on Hoefenmayer’s first period goal and the lone assist on O’Brien’s second period goal.
• Alex Steeves had the secondary assist on Hoefenmayer’s first period goal. He has points (2-3-5) in five consecutive games. This was his seventh power play assist, which is the most amongst all active Marlies.
• Nick Abruzzese registered the primary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists) in 21 games this season, leading all Marlies rookies.
• Logan Shaw picked up the secondary assist on McMann’s first period goal. He has points (1-4-5) in five consecutive games. He is tied for fifth in points (8-16-24) in the League.
• Joseph Woll stopped 32 of 33 shots he faced. He is 3-0-0 this season and has a 1.67 goals-against average and 0.934 save percentage.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 12-5-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 7-2-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Belleville had a 33-27 edge in shots in all situations. Logan Shaw led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 5-4-1-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 10-5-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 2-1-0-0 against the Belleville Senators. Toronto and Belleville have both scored nine goals through three games this season.

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POSTGAME QUOTE

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On a productive second period:
It was a great goal by O’Brien. It was his first game with us, you know veteran guy who’s played a lot of games at the pro level and scored in an opportune moment. Second periods are always kind of a swing period for hockey games and he was able to find momentum for us when we needed it the most.

NOEL HOEFENMAYER (1 GOAL)

On his offensive production:

I think it’s the whole team. If you look at our roster you see who we have, we have a bunch of threats and everyone kind of spreads the love a bit and you can see it out there, everyone is kind of a threat when you get the puck in the offensive zone.

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JOSEPH WOLL (32 SAVES)

On the defensive efforts:

It’s been awesome. The three games I’ve played we’ve played really solid defensively and the guys make my job easy. We get a lot of good blocked shots. It’s been nice.

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UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

December 7 vs. Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
December 9 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
December 10 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m.
December 16 at Rockford – 7:00 p.m. (CST)
December 17 at Milwaukee – 6:00 p.m. (CST)