Toronto Swept on the Road by Grand Rapids

TOR 2 - GR 5

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Toronto: R. Tverberg (3) (J. Prokop), M. Johnstone (1) (R. Johnson, C. Paré)
Goaltender: V. Peksa (22/26) L

Grand Rapids: E. Tralmaks (5) (T. Angle), M. Brandsegg-Nygård (2) (I. Mitchell, S. Dries), M. Brandsegg-Nygård (3) (J. Rychlovský, I. Mitchell), A. Lombardi (2) (J. Leonard, D. Shine), J. Leonard (10) EN (E. Gustafsson)
Goaltender: C. Gylander (21/23) W      

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Ryan Tverberg put the Marlies on the board at 3:37 of the third period. He has goals (2) in consecutive games. Tverberg has six points (3 goals, 3 assists) in 11 games this season.
• Marc Johnstone scored at 16:04 of the third period. This was Johnstone’s first goal of the season in his fifth game.
• John Prokop had the lone assist on Tverberg’s third period goal. This was his first career professional point.
• Reese Johnson recorded the primary assist on Johnstone’s third period goal. He has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in nine games this season.
• Cédric Paré picked up the secondary assist on Johnstone’s third period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in 11 games this season.
• Vyacheslav Peksa stopped 22 of 26 shots he faced in his first start of the season.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and did not have a power play opportunity. Toronto is 3-5-1-0when not scoring on the power play and 4-3-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Grand Rapids outshot Toronto 27-23. Bo Groulx led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 3-3-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 1-2-1-0 against Central Division opponents and are 0-1-1-0 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 tonight’s game:

(Grand Rapids) is predictable in how they play. The first period, the first 10 minutes again, we didn’t match their intensity. They were playing fast, staying on their check and we had a tough time breaking the puck out. Once that 10 minutes ended, we really needed to get out of that first with really only one goal against because we were really much better in the second and third, kind of a carbon copy of last game. We can make excuses, having younger defencemen in there and so forth. I don’t think they were the issue. I just think we didn’t match their intensity and I didn’t think we were really ready to go at the beginning. You can’t spot a really good team on home ice a 2-0 lead and expect to come back from it all the time. We’ve got to get better at that and it definitely has to be addressed.