TOR 5 - 4 HAM (SO)
Toronto: M. Pezzetta (1) (M. Johnstone, H. Rybinski), R.Tverberg (1) (B. Danford, L. Haymes), V. Lettieri (1) (L. Shaw), V. Lettieri (2) PP (C. McWard, B. Brisson)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (28/32) W
Hamilton: C. Eiserman (1) (D. Kuefler), M. Chaffee (4) (Unassisted), L. Foudy (2) PP (M. Chaffee, E. Bear), B. Scanlin (1) (P. Engvall, C. Thiesing)
Goaltender: V. Vaněček (27/31) SO/L
ON THE SCORESHEET
- Michael Pezzetta put the Marlies on the board at 8:50 of the first period. This was Pezzetta’s first goal of the season. He had 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 39 games last season with the Marlies.
- Ryan Tverberg scored at 16:59 of thefirst period. This was his first goal of the season. He had 36 points (15 goals, 21 assists) in 63 games with the Marlies last season.
- Vinni Lettieri scored at 25 seconds into the second period and at 8:36 of the third period on the power play. He also recorded the game-deciding goal in the shootout. Lettieri has points (2-2-4) in three consecutive games.
- Marc Johnstone recorded the primary assist on Pezzetta’s first period goal. This was his first point of the season. He had 26 points (9 goals, 17 assists) in 57 games with Toronto last season.
- Henrik Rybinski had the secondary assist on Pezzetta’s first period goal. He has points (1-3-4) in three consecutive games.
- Ben Danford registered the primary assist on Tverberg’s first period goal. This was his first professional regular season point. He had three points (1 goal, 2 assists) 16 playoff games with the Marlies last season.
- Luke Haymes picked up the secondary assist on Tverberg’s first period goal. He has assists (3) in three consecutive games.
- Logan Shaw had the lone assist on Lettieri’s second period goal. He had 54 points (23 goals, 31 assists) in 72 games this past season with the Marlies.
- Cole McWard recorded the primary assiston Lettieri’s third period power play goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
- Brendan Brisson picked up the secondary assist on Lettieri’s third period power play goals. He has points (2-2-4) in consecutive games.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 28 of 32 shots he faced. He is 3-5 in the shootout in his AHL career.
TEAM NOTES
- This was Toronto’s first shootout of the season.
- The Marlies went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 2-1-0-0 when scoring on the power play and 1-1-0-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
- Toronto and Hamilton both recorded 32 shots. Marc Johnstone, Vinni Lettieri and Michael Pezzetta led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 1-0-0-0 when recording the same number of shots as their opponent.
- The Marlies are 2-1-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 2-0-0-0 against the Hammers.
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