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TOR 5 - 2 HAM

Toronto: B. Brisson (3) (N. Chadwick, V. Borgesi), B. Brisson (4) (V. Lettieri, L. Shaw), B. Brisson (5) (V. Lettieri, L. Shaw), L. Haymes (1) EN, PP (V. Lettieri, L. Shaw), R. Tverberg (2) EN (D. Mermis)
Goaltender: S. Hlavaj (22/24) W

Hamilton: C. Berg (1) (M. Luff, P. Engvall), M. Highmore (1) (M. Warren, M. Luff)
Goaltender: J. Kotai (20/23) L  

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Brendan Brisson recorded his first professional hat trick with two goals in the first period (2:32,8:50) and the game-winning goal at 3:46 of the third period. He has points (5-2-7)in three consecutive games.
• Luke Haymes scored on the empty net at 19:15 of the third period. He has points (1-3-4) in four consecutive games.
• Ryan Tverberg scored on the empty net at 20:00 of the third period. He has goals (2) in consecutive games.
• Noah Chadwick recorded the primary assist on Brisson’s first period goal. He has two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in three games.
• Vinny Borgesi had the secondary assist on Brisson’s first period goal.
• Vinni Lettieri registered the primary assists on Brisson’s second goal of the first period and his third period goal. He also had the primary assist on Haymes’ empty net third period goal. He has points (2-5-7) in four consecutive games.
• Logan Shaw picked up the secondary assists on Brisson’s second goal of the first period and his third period goal. He also had the secondary assist on Haymes’ empty net third period goal. He has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in four games this season.
• DakotaMermis picked up the lone assist on Tverberg’s third period empty net goal.
• Samuel Hlavaj stopped 22 of 24 shotshe faced in his first win with the Marlies.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies last recorded a hat trick on February 25, 2026 by Luke Haymes on the road in a 4-1 win.
• Toronto was awarded a penalty shot at 17:25 of the second period and was stopped.
• The Marlies went 3-for-4on the penalty kill and 1-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 3-1-0-0 when scoring on the power play and 2-1-0-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto outshot Hamilton 25-24. Dakota Mermis led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 2-1-0-0 when outshooting their opponent.
• The Marlies are 3-1-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 3-0-0-0 against the Hammers.

TOR 5 - 4 HAM (SO)

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Toronto: M. Pezzetta (1) (M. Johnstone, H. Rybinski), R.Tverberg (1) (B. Danford, L. Haymes), V. Lettieri (1) (L. Shaw), V. Lettieri (2) PP (C. McWard, B. Brisson)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (28/32) W

Hamilton: C. Eiserman (1) (D. Kuefler), M. Chaffee (4) (Unassisted), L. Foudy (2) PP (M. Chaffee, E. Bear), B. Scanlin (1) (P. Engvall, C. Thiesing)
Goaltender: V. Vaněček (27/31) SO/L  

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Michael Pezzetta put the Marlies on the board at 8:50 of the first period. This was Pezzetta’s first goal of the season. He had 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 39 games last season with the Marlies.
• Ryan Tverberg scored at 16:59 of thefirst period. This was his first goal of the season. He had 36 points (15 goals, 21 assists) in 63 games with the Marlies last season.
• Vinni Lettieri scored at 25 seconds into the second period and at 8:36 of the third period on the power play.  He also recorded the game-deciding goal in the shootout. Lettieri has points (2-2-4) in three consecutive games.
• Marc Johnstone recorded the primary assist on Pezzetta’s first period goal. This was his first point of the season. He had 26 points (9 goals, 17 assists) in 57 games with Toronto last season.
• Henrik Rybinski had the secondary assist on Pezzetta’s first period goal. He has points (1-3-4) in three consecutive games.
• Ben Danford registered the primary assist on Tverberg’s first period goal. This was his first professional regular season point. He had three points (1 goal, 2 assists) 16 playoff games with the Marlies last season.
• Luke Haymes picked up the secondary assist on Tverberg’s first period goal. He has assists (3) in three consecutive games.
• Logan Shaw had the lone assist on Lettieri’s second period goal. He had 54 points (23 goals, 31 assists) in 72 games this past season with the Marlies.
• Cole McWard recorded the primary assiston Lettieri’s third period power play goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
• Brendan Brisson picked up the secondary assist on Lettieri’s third period power play goals. He has points (2-2-4) in consecutive games.
• Artur Akhtyamov stopped 28 of 32 shots he faced. He is 3-5 in the shootout in his AHL career.

TEAM NOTES

• This was Toronto’s first shootout of the season.
• The Marlies went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 2-1-0-0 when scoring on the power play and 1-1-0-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto and Hamilton both recorded 32 shots. Marc Johnstone, Vinni Lettieri and Michael Pezzetta led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 1-0-0-0 when recording the same number of shots as their opponent.
• The Marlies are 2-1-0-0 against North Division opponents and are 2-0-0-0 against the Hammers.

HAM 3 - 5 TOR

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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.