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TOR 0 - BEL 4

Toronto: No goals
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (35/38) L

Belleville: O. Pettersson (3) (Unassisted), C. Yakemchuk (3) PP (A. Laiyev, P. Daoust), A. Kaliyev (9) (S. Harrington, C. Yakemchuk). J. Jenik (2) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: J. Parsons (25/25) W        

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Artur Akhtyamov stopped 35 of 38 shots he faced. This was the second game this season. Akhtyamov has faced 38 shots and the fourth game in his AHL career where he has faced 38 or more.

TEAM NOTES

• Today’s morning game was Toronto’s second this season. Toronto is 29-19-6-1 in games played before noon and 2-4-1-0 on the road.
• The Marlies went 4-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 3-6-1-0 when not scoring on the power play and 2-4-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Belleville outshot Toronto 39-25. Vinni Lettieri led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 3-4-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 3-4-0-1 against North Division opponents and are 1-2-0-1 against the Senators.

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN

On today’s game:

We’re rebuilding our game right now because we’re in a tough time. I’m not going to sit here and point any fingers. I’ll start with myself but at the end of the day, we’ve got to be quicker on our decision making. A lot of the things that are happening that are ending up in the back of our net are one-and-done. Turnovers that are shooting us in the foot. We don’t have the team right now that can spot two goals. When you’re chasing from behind and you press a little bit, it’s not good enough, it’s not our standard and we have to find ways to get better.

BO GROULX

On the team’s performance:
First of all, our game wasn’t good enough. Everybody knows it in the room. I remember when I signed here, I saw the guys that are in the room, the young guys and the coaching staff and everything and we’re expecting a lot from ourselves and I think we kind of got ahead a bit of ourselves at the beginning of the season. I think all teams have new players and they go through a phase like that but the way we’re losing right now, we’re losing battles, we’re not competing until the end and that’s not us. We have a bunch of character in this room. I’m not doubting our character at all. I know it’s in us and we’re going to figure that out. But ‘we’re going to have to get back to practice Friday and really, really set our standards and keep it the rest of the year.

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.

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.

TOR 2 at LV 3

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Toronto: B. Valis (6) (J. Quillan, H. Thrun), B. Groulx (4) (A. Nylander, V. Lettieri)
Goaltender: J. Woll (21/24) L, V. Peksa (12/12)

Lehigh Valley: D. Kaplan (3) (A. Richard, C Kyrou), L. Pederson (5) (A. Bump, T. Murchison), A. Gendron (2) (L. Pederson, C. Kyrou)
Goaltender: A. Kolosov (22/24) W        

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Borya Valis opened the scoring at 18:02of the first period. He is tied for the league lead in goals (6) by a rookie.
• Bo Groulx scored at 13:17 of the third period. He has seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) in 12 games this season.
• Jacob Quillan recorded the primary assist on Valis’ first period goal. This was his 50^th career AHL point.
• Henry Thrun had the secondary assist on Valis’ first period goal. He has seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) this season – all recorded in six of his last seven games.
• Alex Nylander registered the primary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. He has 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) in10 games this season.
• Vinni Lettieri picked up the secondary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. This was his 150^th career AHL assist.
• Joseph Woll stopped 21 of 24 shots he faced. Vyacheslav Peksa entered the game at the end of the second period and stopped all 12 shots he faced in his first appearance of the season.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 3-4-0-0 when not scoring on the power play 4-2-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Lehigh Valley outshot Toronto 36-24. Cédric Paré led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 3-2-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 2-1-0-0against Atlantic Division opponents and are 0-1-0-0 against the Phantoms.  
• 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:
(Toronto) carried the play the first 10 minutes. Joe (Woll) made some big saves and then we scored a big goal there in the first period. We got some of that momentum back but then we had a really poor second period and a lot of the penalties took us out of that momentum. They played well but we gave them a lot and unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time in the third period to tie the game.

On Joseph Woll:

I thought he looked really good. He was only going to play 30 minutes so, good on him to stay out there for those PKs and he made some really big saves. We kind of broke down there on a transition play and gave up a two-on-one, basically a two-on-0. It would have been nice for him to get out of there but I thought he played extremely well. He made some big saves when he needed to. He’s a really good goalie and a great guy.