BEL 5 at TOR 4 - SO
Belleville: A. Kaliyev (1) (. Bourgault, J. Donovan), T. Boucher (2) (L. Thomson, W. Bongiovanni), S. Halliday (A. Kaliyev, X. Bourgault), W. Bongiovanni (3) PP (S. Halliday, C. Yakemchuk)
Goaltender: M. Sogaard (1/3), H. Shepard (24/26) W
Toronto: W. Villeneuve (1) (B. Smith, R. Tverberg), B. Groulx (2) (D. Kämpf, A. Nylander), C. Paré (1) (R. Johnson), J. Quillan (1) PP (B. Valis, A. Nylander)
Goaltender: D. Hildeby (24/28) SO/L
ON THE SCORESHEET
- William Villeneuve opened the scoring at 1:44 of the first period. This was his first goal of the season. Villeneuve has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in six games this season.
- Bo Groulx scored at 3:15 of the firstperiod. He has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) in six games this season.
- Cédric Paré scored at 12:00 of the second period for his first goal of the season. Paré has two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in five games this season.
- Jacob Quillan scored on the power play at 2:37 of the third period. This was his first goal of the season. He has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in six games this season.
- Blake Smith recorded the primary assist on Villeneuve’s first period goal. This was his first career professional point.
- Ryan Tverberg had the secondary assist on Villeneuve’s first period goal. He has two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in five games this season.
- David Kämpf registered the primary assist on Groulx’s first period goal. This was his first point with the Marlies.
- Alex Nylander picked up the secondary assist on Groulx’s first period goal. Nylander has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in four games this season.
- Reese Johnson had the lone assist on Paré’s second period goal.
- Borya Valis recorded the primary assist on Quillan’s third period goal.
- Dennis Hildeby stopped 24 of 28 shots he faced. He is 4-5 all-time his career in the shootout. Hildeby has 1.92 goals against average and a 0.926 save percentage.
IN THE SHOOTOUT
- Logan Shaw – No goal (2025-26:0/1)
- Alex Nylander – No goal (2025-26: 0/1)
TEAM NOTES
- This was Toronto’s first shootout of the season and second game that went into extra time.
- The Marlies went 6-for-7 on the penalty kill and 1-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 2-0-0-1 when scoring on the power play and 1-1-0-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
- Toronto and Belleville both recorded 29 shots in all situations. Jacob Quillan led the Marlies with five shots on goal.
- The Marlies are 3-2-0-1against North Division opponents and are 1-1-0-1 against the Senators.
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On today’s game:
We started so well the first 10 and then the fire alarm happened and they took it to us. They were down 2-0, they had a big push. We were able to get some of our momentum back – a goal to tie it and then the power play goal. But we just had too many penalties, we can’t play that way against them. You’re playing with fire, it’s not a recipe for success. We have to clean things up and we have to be better as we move on.
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