HAM 3 - 5 TOR
Hamilton: P. Engvall (2) (B. Scanlin), E. Bear (1) (L. Foudy), L. Foudy (1) (M. Warren, D. Kuefler)
Goaltender: J. Kotai (30/35) L
Toronto: B. Brisson (1) (L. Shaw, H. Rybinski), N. Chadwick (1) (P. Myers, L. Haymes), L. Sim (1) (H. Rybinski, B. Valis), B. Brisson (2) (C. McWard, L. Shaw), L. Shaw (1) (B. Brisson, V. Lettieri)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (24/27) W
ON THE SCORESHEET
- Brendan Brisson opened the scoring at 11:22 of the first period on the power play and scoring the game-winning goal with his second goal of the period at 17:27. He also had the primary assist on Shaw’s second period goal. He had 37 points (19 goals, 18assists) in 66 games last season with Hartford.
- Noah Chadwick scored Toronto’s second goal at 12:57 of the first period. He had 23 points (5 goals, 18 assists) in 68 games last season with Toronto.
- Landon Sim scored his first goal of the season at 16:10 of the first period. He had three goals in 13 games last season with Toronto.
- Logan Shaw scored 53 seconds into the second period. He also recorded the primary assist on Brisson’s first period power play goal and the secondary assist on Brisson’s second goal of the opening period. He had 54 points (23 goals, 31 assists) in 72 games this past season with the Marlies.
- Henrik Rybinski had the secondary assist on Brisson’s power play goal and primary assist on Sim’s goal, both in the first period. He has points (1-2-3) in consecutive games. Rybinski had 30 points (10 goals, 20 assists) in 59 games last season with the Hershey Bears.
- Philippe Myers registered the primary assist on Chadwick’s first period goal.
- Luke Haymes picked up the secondary assist on Chadwick’s first period goal. He has points (0-2-2) inconsecutive games. Haymes had 33 points (17 goals, 16 assists) in 66 games last season with Toronto.
- Borya Valis had the secondary assist on Sim’s first period goal.
- Cole McWard recorded the primary assist on Brisson’s second goal of the first period. He had 27 points (6 goals, 21 assists) in 63 games with Bridgeport in the 2025-26 season.
- Vinni Lettieri picked up the secondary assist on Shaw’s second period goal. He has points (0-2-2) in consecutive games. He had 42 points (14 goals, 28 assists) in 55 games with Toronto in 2025-26.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 24 of 27 shots he faced. He was 21-12-4 this past season with a 2.88 goals against average and a 0.904 save percentage.
TEAM NOTES
- Toronto is 17-3-1-1 in their home opener through the franchise’s history. Toronto has earned at least a point (7-0-1-0) in eight consecutive home openers.
- This was the franchise’s first matchup against Hamilton. Toronto last faced a team from Hamilton on Mar. 28, 2015 in a 2-1 loss when the team was affiliated with Montréal.
- The Marlies went 6-for-6 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 1-1-0-0 when scoring on the power play and 1-0-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
- Toronto had a 35-27 edge in shots in all situations. Ben Danford, Cole McWard and Marshall Rifai led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 1-1-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
- The Marlies are 1-1-0-0against North Division opponents and are 1-0-0-0 against the Hammers.
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