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IA 2 - TOR 7

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Iowa: G. Mayhew (6) (C. Lambos, D. Spacek), B. Marek (1) (D. Spacek, C. Lambos)
Goaltender: S. Hlavaj (22/29) L

Toronto: N. Chadwick (1) (B. Groulx), B. Groulx (5) (N. Chadwick, T. Boyd), L. Shaw (4) PP (L. Haymes, T. Boyd), V. Lettieri (2) (W. Villeneuve, B.Groulx), C. Sharpe (2) (M. Barbolini, R. Tverberg), B. Groulx (6) (N. Chadwick, A. Nylander), L. Haymes (1) (M. Pezzetta, W. Villeneuve)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (29/31) W    

ON THE SCORESHEET

•  Noah Chadwick opened the scoring at 1:18 of the first period. This was his first professional goal. He also later added the primary assists on both of Groulx’s goals.
• Bo Groulx scored at 3:51 of the first period and scored his second of the game at 7:27 of the third period. He also had the lone assist on Chadwick’s goal and the secondary assist on Lettieri’s goal. This was his third career AHL four-point game. He has 11 points (6 goals, 5 assists) in 16 games this season
• Logan Shaw scored the game-winning goal on the power play at 10:52 of the first period. This was his 25^th career AHL game-winning goal. He now has 67 goals with the Marlies which ties him for fourth all-time with Joseph Blandisi.
• Vinni Lettieri scored on the power play at 19:31 of the first period. He has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 12 games this season.
• Chas Sharpe scored at 2:15 of the third period. This was his second goal of the season.
• Luke Haymes scored at 13:03 of the third period and also picked up the primary assist on Shaw’s first period power play goal. He has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Travis Boyd recorded the secondary assists on Groulx and Shaw’s first period goals. This was his fourth multi-point game of the season. He has 13 points (7 goals, 6 assists) in 14 games this season.
• William Villeneuve had the primary assist on Lettieri’s first period power play goal and the secondary assist on Haymes’ third period goal. His third period assist was his 100^th career AHL point. He has 10 points (1 goal, 9 assists) in 16 games this season.
• Matthew Barbolini registered the primary assist on Sharpe’s third period goal. He has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Ryan Tverberg picked up the secondary assist on Sharpe’s third period goal. He has seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) in 13 games this season.
• Alex Nylander recorded the secondary assist on Groulx’s third period goal. He has 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 13 games this season
• Michael Pezzetta had the primary assist on Haymes’ third period goal. This was his first point as a Marlie.
•  ArturAkhtyamov stopped 29 of 31 shots he faced. He is 5-3-0 this season with a 2.75 goals against average and a 0.904save percentage.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 5-for-5on the penalty kill and 2-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 4-1-0-1 when scoring on the power play and 5-3-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Iowa outshot Toronto 31-29.Bo Groulx led the Marlies with seven shots on goal. Toronto is 4-4-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 2-2-1-0 against Central Division opponents and are 1-0-0-0 against the Wild.

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN

On today’s game:

Once you’re mentally engaged and you’re physically engaged, the execution drives itself. I liked the response. We’ve been talking about it and after awhile the talk is cheap. They did what they had to do. I liked what they did. Good for them, especially the leadership group. They did a really good job getting the guys going.

On Noah Chadwick’s first goal:

Big guy back there getting pucks to the net and sometimes they just find a way. It’s good for him. It’s always nice to get that first one under your belt. I thought our D grew up quite fast today. They played extremely well and I think it always help when you score your first shift. That definitely helps the confidence.

On keeping it simple:

I thought (the leadership group) was really good tonight. They expect more from themselves. They don’t need to put all the pressure on themselves to score every night but if they play simple, that’s a standard that you get rewarded points wise … It’s just one day and we have to do it again tomorrow.

BO GROULX (2 GOALS, 2 ASSISTS)

On today’sgame:

The game in Belleville was a wake-up call for us. Offensively, we weren’t on point. Defensively I thought we were pretty loose. We had a lot of talk throughout the week about getting better, especially the guys in the top six and I thought we had a great response today. I was back with Vinni and Nylander on my left wing and I thought we played really, really well. We capitalized on the chances they gave us and at the same time, we didn’t give up anything. Overall, it was a great game from the top six.

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.