Marlies Fall to Belleville in Final Matchup Before Break

TOR 4 - BEL 8

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Toronto: C. Paré (4) (C. Sharpe, M. Johnstone), L. Shaw (10) PP (V. Lettieri, J. Quillan), B. Groulx (12) (M. Benning, T. Boyd), M. Johnstone (4)PP (C. Sharpe, A. Nylander)
Goaltender: V. Peksa (10/14), A. Akhtyamov (15/19) L

Belleville: K. Washkurak (3) (L. Hookey, M. Duarte), G. Pilon (4) (X. Bourgault, S. Harrington), L. Thomson (7) (G. Pilon, A. Kaliyev), J. Rees (3)(O. Pettersson, H. Hodgson), J. Jenik (4) (G. Pilon, J. Rees), P. Daoust (8)(A. Kaliyev, X. Bourgault), T. Hamara (1) PP (P. Daoust, W. Bongiovanni), J.Rees (4) (Unassisted)
Goaltender: H. Shepard (20/24) W        

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Cédric Paré scored at 2:33 of the first period. He has goals (3) in three consecutive games. Paré has eight points (4 goals, 4assists) in 22 games this season.
• Logan Shaw scored on the power play at 9:00 of the second period. This was his first power goal of the season and his 50^th career AHL power play goal. Shaw has 18 points (10 goals, 8 assists) in 28 games this season.
• Bo Groulx scored at 17:19 of the third period. He has goals (4) in four consecutive games. Groulx has 20 points (12 goals, 8 assists) in 28 games this season.
• Marc Johnstone scored on the power play at 18:33 of the third period and earlier had the secondary assist on Paré’s first period goal. He has seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) in 15 games this season.
• Chas Sharpe recorded the primary assists on Paré’s first period goal and Johnstone’s third period goal. He has seven points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 16 games this season.
• Vinni Lettieri recorded the primary assist on Shaw’s second period power play goal.
• Jacob Quillan registered the secondary assist on Shaw’s second period power play goal. He has points (2-6-8) in six consecutive games. Quillan has 23 points (5 goals, 18 assists)in 24 games this season.
• Matt Benning had the primary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. He has eight points (1 goal, 7 assists) in 14 games this season.
• Travis Boyd picked up the secondary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. He has 20 points (9 goals, 11 assists) in 22 games this season.
• Alex Nylander recorded the secondary assist on Johnstone’s third period goal.
• Vyacheslav Peksa stopped 10 of 14 shots he faced in 31:55 of action. Artur Akhtyamov stopped 15 of 19 shots in relief.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies were 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 4-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 6-3-0-1 when scoring on the power play and 5-10-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Belleville outshot Toronto 33-24 in all situations. Blake Smith led the Marlies with four shots on net. Toronto is 8-8-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 7-6-0-1 against North Division opponents and are 3-3-0-1 against the Senators this season.

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN

On today’s game:
We just shot ourselves in the foot. It’s very disappointing the way the gameended for us but we have to reset and get back to what we know is going towork. I don’t want to be too negative. Our guys need a break, but they alsohave to understand what it going to take for us to get to that next level. Verydisappointing. (Belleville) didn’t really earn it. I thought we gave it to themwith our turnovers, our lack of urgency in certain parts especially with thechanging, it’s just disappointing. I’ll try to think of some of the positives(and) the power play was pretty good.