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The Toronto Marlies took home a 4-3 overtime win in Game Two of their best-of-three series with the Belleville Senators on Friday night. The series is now tied at 1.

Joseph Blandisi opened the scoring less than a minute into the first period, giving the Marlies a quick 1-0 lead. Kyle Clifford added a second Toronto goal just over three minutes into the second period. Donovan Sebrango added the first Sens goal at 9:50 in the second. Marshall Rifai scored the Marlies third goal just over six minutes later, restoring the Marlies two goal lead.

 Garret Pilon scored twice – at 19:13 and 19:40 in the second and third periods – to tie the game at three and force overtime. Dylan Gambrell scored 50 seconds into the extra frame, securing the 4-3 victory.

After the game, Gambrell admitted he wasn’t even sure he had scored.

“I couldn't see anything,” Gambrell said.“I saw Blender coming running to jump at me so then I knew.”

Dennis Hildeby stopped 31 of 34 shots, including 14 of 15 in overtime. Joseph Blandisi said Hildeby has been integral to the team alls eason.

“Yeah, posts are his friends because he takes up the whole net. So, they're missing wide or going to hit the post,” Blandisi said. “He's been our rock the whole season. I think he's our MVP and you're able to see it day in and day out, so I think with him back there we've got so much trust in him and gives us a lot of confidence playing in front of him.”

The Marlies will play the third and final game of their series on Sunday in Belleville. Head Coach John Gruden said the team can pick up where they started on Friday.

“Well, I mean that first ten minutes were pretty good. We got in a little bit of trouble, we started forcing things in the middle of the ice,” Gruden said. “They can generate on our turnovers. We have to prevent that from happening again. All in all, I like where our mindset is. They understand what it's going to take. It's going to be an exciting game.”

Puck drop on Sunday is at 3:00pm in Bellville on AHLTV.

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The Toronto Marlies fell 3-1 to the Belleville Senators in Game 1 of the Calder Cup Playoffs first round. The Senators lead the best-of-three series 1-0.

In the first period, Marshall Rifai got the visitors on the board first with a goal just 3:36 in to the game. But, before the period was over, Zack Ostapchuk tied the game at one.

In the second period, Tyler Kleven and Josh Currie both scored for the Senators, extending their lead to 3-1. That score would remain as the final.

After the game, Marlies captain Logan Shaw spoke on his teams performance, 'To be quite honest, everywhere. I don’t think we had a good game at all from start to finish. Maybe a couple of good pushes but we got outplayed tonight. Our work ethic wasn’t there like it usually is. It’s on us, every one of us knows, myself included. We’re going to take that game, think about it tonight and make sure we’re ready to go for Friday."

The Marlies return to action on Friday for Game 2 back home at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Puck drop is at 7:00pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs App and AHLTV.

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The Toronto Marlies fell 4-3 to the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday afternoon at Coca-ColaColiseum.

Justin Pearson scored the Monsters first goal at 14:59 in the second period. Pearson added his second goal of the game at 4:46 in the second. Tyler Angle scored the Monsters’ third goal at 13:10 in the second period.

Kieffer Bellows scored the Marlies’ first goal just over a minute into the third period. Zach Solow added a second Toronto goal 15 minutes later, cutting theMonsters lead to one. Justin Pearson scored his third of the game 40 seconds later, restoring Cleveland’s two-goal lead. Alex Steeves added a third Marlies goal with just under two minutes remaining in regulation.

Head CoachJohn Gruden said the team played well, but they couldn’t convert on their chances.

“I thought we played pretty well, we just couldn't score,”Gruden said after the game. “The score was different, but I didn't think that we played that bad.”

Toronto outshot Cleveland 14-4 in the third period and 42-24in total.

“The difference was we were probably a little bit more desperate,” Gruden said about the team’s third period pushback. “Started putting more pucks to the net. They started to go in. We were a little bit more hungrier on their net. But other than that, we didn't really give them all that much. Unfortunately, we lost the game. That's what it's all about at this time of year. 

 Mikko Kokkonen added that the team’s third period pushback proved that they’re ready for the postseason.

“I think that last period showed us we were ready,” Kokkonen said. “Now we just have to play hard tomorrow, get ready on Monday.”

The Marlies will wrap up their regular season schedule on Sunday afternoon against the Cleveland Monsters at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Puck drop is at 4:00pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app or on AHLTV.

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The Toronto Marlies fell 3-1 to the Rochester Americans on Wednesday night.

In the first period, Juri Kulich scored at 15:43 to give the Amerks a 1-0 lead. In the middle frame, Roni Hirvonen scored on the power play to tie the game at one.

Brandon Biro and Kulich both added goals in the second to give Rochester a 3-1 lead. No goals were scored in the third, so the final score remained 3-1.

The Marlies return home for the final weekend of the regular season as they host the Cleveland Monsters for two straight. Puck drop is at 4:00pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and AHLTV.