"I thought we were really good early and even pretty good for most of the second [period]. It's that [late second period] goal that hurt us. They got a lot of momentum from the tying goal and came out and scored another one to start the third. We can't afford to give up those goals to this team."
"The Marlies could not have pictured a better start against the division leaders, striking 75 seconds into the game when the consistent third line opened the scoring. Matthew Barbolini broke up a play through the neutral zone, resulting in a 2v2 situation. Ryan Tverberg took one defender away as Luke Haymes drove to the top of the circles and found the net with a nice wrist shot."
"A ridiculous interference call on William Villeneuve, seconds after Marc Johnstone was dumped to the ice, sent the Rocket to the power play late in the frame. Toronto's much-improved penalty kill didn't allow a single shot on goal, and the Marlies carried a one-goal lead into the first intermission."
Toronto Marlies led for 37 minutes after Luke Haymes opened the scoring 75 seconds in following a Matthew Barbolini neutral-zone disruption and Ryan Tverberg play. Toronto failed to extend the lead despite chances, including Bo Groulx's early partial breakaway stopped by Kaapo Kähkönen. Artur Akhtyamov denied Laurent Dauphin while facing only two shots in the first. A late first-period interference call gave Laval a power play, but Toronto's penalty kill allowed no shots. Laval tied late in the second, scored early in the third, and capitalized on Marlies mistakes to win 4-2.
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