Marlies Pick Up Point Against Griffins

TOR 2 at GR 3 - OT

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Toronto: R. Tverberg (2) (J. Quillan, W. Villeneuve), J. Quillan (2) SH (H. Thrun)
Goaltender: J. Woll (25/28) OT/L

Grand Rapids: S. Dries (4) (A. Watson), A. Watson (4) PP (A. Lombardi, E. Gustafsson), A. Lombardi (1) (C. Gylander)
Goaltender: C. Gylander (34/36) W      

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Ryan Tverberg put the Marlies on theboard at 5:41 of the second period. He has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) in 10 games this season.
• Jacob Quillan scored shorthanded at 6:4 of the second period and earlier added the primary assist on Tverberg’s goal. This was his second career AHL shorthanded goal. He has 14 points (2 goals, 12 assists) in 13 games this season.
• William Villeneuve recorded the secondary assist on Tverberg’s second period goal. He has eight points (1 goal, 7 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Henry Thrun had the lone assist on Quillan’s second period goal. He has eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) this season – all recorded in seven of his last eight games.
• Joseph Woll stopped 25 of 28 shots he faced.

TEAM NOTES

• Toronto recorded the club’s first shorthanded goal of the season with Jacob Quillan’s goal in the second period.
• The Marlies went 4-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 3-4-1-0 when not scoring on the power play and 2-3-1-1 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto outshot Grand Rapids 36-28. William Villeneuve led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 3-3-1-0 when outshooting their opponent.
• The Marlies are 1-1-1-0 against Central Division opponents and are 0-0-1-0 against the Griffins.  
• Toronto is now on their annual road trip as the Royal Winter Fair takes place at Coca-Cola Coliseum. The club will play eight games on the road before returning home on Nov. 22 against Iowa.

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN

On playing a complete 60-minute game:

Teams that win, it isn’t by accident. It’s because they do things right all the time. They’re usually heavy on the forecheck, they’re usually good with their decision making and spend as little time in the D-zone as you possibly can where you’re physical and close in quick so we can go and play in the O-zone. There was a lot of good after the first, but it was a tough way to start especially when you’re playing a good team like that. You’ve got to let (the opponent) know right away in the first period that they’re in for a long game. We’ll have more energy on Friday and we just have to make sure we have a better first period.