Four Goal First Period Leads To Win Over Iowa

IA 2 - TOR 7

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Iowa: G. Mayhew (6) (C. Lambos, D. Spacek), B. Marek (1) (D. Spacek, C. Lambos)
Goaltender: S. Hlavaj (22/29) L

Toronto: N. Chadwick (1) (B. Groulx), B. Groulx (5) (N. Chadwick, T. Boyd), L. Shaw (4) PP (L. Haymes, T. Boyd), V. Lettieri (2) (W. Villeneuve, B.Groulx), C. Sharpe (2) (M. Barbolini, R. Tverberg), B. Groulx (6) (N. Chadwick, A. Nylander), L. Haymes (1) (M. Pezzetta, W. Villeneuve)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (29/31) W    

ON THE SCORESHEET

•  Noah Chadwick opened the scoring at 1:18 of the first period. This was his first professional goal. He also later added the primary assists on both of Groulx’s goals.
• Bo Groulx scored at 3:51 of the first period and scored his second of the game at 7:27 of the third period. He also had the lone assist on Chadwick’s goal and the secondary assist on Lettieri’s goal. This was his third career AHL four-point game. He has 11 points (6 goals, 5 assists) in 16 games this season
• Logan Shaw scored the game-winning goal on the power play at 10:52 of the first period. This was his 25^th career AHL game-winning goal. He now has 67 goals with the Marlies which ties him for fourth all-time with Joseph Blandisi.
• Vinni Lettieri scored on the power play at 19:31 of the first period. He has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 12 games this season.
• Chas Sharpe scored at 2:15 of the third period. This was his second goal of the season.
• Luke Haymes scored at 13:03 of the third period and also picked up the primary assist on Shaw’s first period power play goal. He has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Travis Boyd recorded the secondary assists on Groulx and Shaw’s first period goals. This was his fourth multi-point game of the season. He has 13 points (7 goals, 6 assists) in 14 games this season.
• William Villeneuve had the primary assist on Lettieri’s first period power play goal and the secondary assist on Haymes’ third period goal. His third period assist was his 100^th career AHL point. He has 10 points (1 goal, 9 assists) in 16 games this season.
• Matthew Barbolini registered the primary assist on Sharpe’s third period goal. He has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Ryan Tverberg picked up the secondary assist on Sharpe’s third period goal. He has seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Alex Nylander recorded the secondary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. He has 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 13 games this season
• Michael Pezzetta had the primary assist on Haymes’ third period goal. This was his first point as a Marlie.
•  ArturAkhtyamov stopped 29 of 31 shots he faced. He is 5-3-0 this season with a 2.75 goals against average and a 0.904save percentage.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 5-for-5on the penalty kill and 2-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 4-1-0-1 when scoring on the power play and 5-3-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Iowa outshot Toronto 31-29.Bo Groulx led the Marlies with seven shots on goal. Toronto is 4-4-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 2-2-1-0 against Central Division opponents and are 1-0-0-0 against the Wild.

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN

On today’s game:

Once you’re mentally engaged and you’re physically engaged, the execution drives itself. I liked the response. We’ve been talking about it and after awhile the talk is cheap. They did what they had to do. I liked what they did. Good for them, especially the leadership group. They did a really good job getting the guys going.

On Noah Chadwick’s first goal:

Big guy back there getting pucks to the net and sometimes they just find a way. It’s good for him. It’s always nice to get that first one under your belt. I thought our D grew up quite fast today. They played extremely well and I think it always help when you score your first shift. That definitely helps the confidence.

On keeping it simple:

I thought (the leadership group) was really good tonight. They expect more from themselves. They don’t need to put all the pressure on themselves to score every night but if they play simple, that’s a standard that you get rewarded points wise … It’s just one day and we have to do it again tomorrow.

BO GROULX (2 GOALS, 2 ASSISTS)

On today’sgame:

The game in Belleville was a wake-up call for us. Offensively, we weren’t on point. Defensively I thought we were pretty loose. We had a lot of talk throughout the week about getting better, especially the guys in the top six and I thought we had a great response today. I was back with Vinni and Nylander on my left wing and I thought we played really, really well. We capitalized on the chances they gave us and at the same time, we didn’t give up anything. Overall, it was a great game from the top six.