Marlies Fall to Rocket 5-2

TOR 2 - LAV 5

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Toronto: B. Groulx (9) SH (J. Quillan, B. Smith), T. Boyd (9) (N. Chadwick,C. Sharpe)
Goaltender: V. Peksa (27/31) L

Laval: L. Condotta (5) (F. Mešár), L. Tuch (5) (L. Dauphin, J. Didier), L. Dauphin (10) PP (S. Blais, D. Reinbacher), S. Blais (3) PP (J. Roy), J. Roy (7)EN (F. Xhekaj)
Goaltender: K. Kähkönen (22/24) W      

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Bo Groulx put the Marlies on the board at 3:45 of the third period. This was his sixth career AHL shorthanded goal. He has 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists) in 25 games this season.
• Travis Boyd scored at 17:46 of the third period. He has 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists) in 19 games this season.
• Jacob Quillan recorded the primary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. He has 19 points (4 goals, 15 assists) in 21 games this season.
• Blake Smith had the secondary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 23 games this season.
• Noah Chadwick registered the primary assist on Boyd’s third period goal. He has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 24 games this season.
• Chas Sharpe picked up the secondary assist on Boyd’s third period goal. He has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Vyacheslav Peksa stopped 27 of 31 shots he faced.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies were 3-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 6-10-1-0 when not scoring on the power play and 5-9-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Laval outshot Toronto 32-25 in all situations. Travis Boyd led the Marlies with four shots on net. Toronto is 7-7-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 5-5-0-1 against North Division opponents and are 1-1-0-0 against the Rocket this season.

POSTGAME QUOTES

LOGAN SHAW

On tonight’s game:
We’re going to compete. We’re not going to back off just because of the score. We’re going to keep pushing, we’re going to stick together. We have a good group of guys in there. We’re going to stand up for each other. I thought we did that tonight.