"December 18, 2015: The Toronto Marlies find themselves trailing 3-0 after 42 minutes on the road against a rolling Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins team. A wild, highly improbable comeback unfolds as Toronto scores three shorthanded goals in 2:34 before winning the game in a shootout. Roll forward almost 10 years, and the Marlies mounted a comeback as miraculous and impressive. Funny enough, it came during the same week the big club erased a 3-0 third-period deficit against the Penguins' parent franchise."
""Obviously, no one liked our first 40. But for [the players] to come out and execute the way they did, that can really pull a team together at the end of the day. It can build some momentum, and it's really good for morale. "Man, it feels good, I'm not going to lie. And the credit goes to our players in figuring it out." - John Gruden"
The Toronto Marlies trailed 3-0 after 42 minutes before scoring three shorthanded goals in 2:34 and ultimately winning in a shootout. A similar improbable comeback occurred almost ten years earlier on the road against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and the big club erased a 3-0 third-period deficit against the Penguins' parent franchise the same week. Early in this game the Penguins scored 16 seconds in on a Tristan Broz 2-on-1. Artur Akhtyamov made several key saves, stopping five Grade-A chances while Toronto was outshot 12-5. Jacob Quillan nearly tied late in the first but Filip Larsson stopped a tipped chance. The second period opened with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton re-establishing a forecheck while Toronto managed two positive shifts.
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