GDT: Rochester Amerks at Toronto Marlies (5 p.m., Sportsnet One)

I agree the last shift was the only time I really recognized Hodgson on the ice.

I was just thinking the same thing. Naz looks really good tonight.

Nice to be posting about hockey instead of lockouts isnt it

 Yeah.. Only saw last 3 min of game.. still better than nothing. 

One twitter comment I read said Mike Kostka had six of the Marlies 21 shots at one point.

Well the Marlies PP that struggled a lot last season sure looked pretty good today . Hope they keep it up

Jake Gardiner is absolutely filthy!! just got back from the game!, excellent game, and good win!

go to Marlies.ca for game highlights

Couple of my observations in row 1 behind the glass 2 seats from the Marlies bench lol

1.) Jake Gardiner is turning into something special, the vision he has and his ability to break down defensive schemes is improving. He plays with a great deal of confidence and seems to be jumping into the play to produce offence without hesitation.

2.) Leo Komarov has come as advertised, the guy finishes his checks, hacks, slashes, tosses elbows up, and has a d’amigo like puck pursuit. One particular instance occurred right in front of me as the second period ended. A rochester player pushed Komarov from behind as he was heading to his bench, light tap, but leo took considerable offence, skated up to him face to face and jarred him all the way back to the bench, took the reffs to settle things down. Loved what he was doing, still needs time to adjust to the game, but as it went on he looked to settle in, was effective.

3.) Greg Mckegg played an excellent game, the kid has very good size, hands and vision, found himself in several excellent scoring positions. As his confidence improves hes gonna be an excellent player for the Marlies. Took the body a couple times, had a solid game

4.) Keith Aucoin – Played along time Kadri for most of the game, easily the smallest player on the team. Didn’t not too much out of him but it will come, hes is the crosby of the AHL after all

5.) Kadri was excellent, made things happen on most shifts, very good at gaining the zone, he looked dangerous 

6.) Colbourne had a solid game as well, set up Hamilton’s first goal, was using his body effectively and tossed down some solid hits, his skating does look improved and his overall speed as well.

7.) Scrivens was solid, tracked pucks well, had some problems with puck distribution but made the saves he needed to make

8.) Paul Ranger – early on had several turnovers but was able to recover, hes obviously still adjusting to the pace of the game, didnt look too bad.

Marlies power-play was excellent, moving the puck around, making solid shot selections and a common denominator was that Eakins had someone parked in Leggio’s paint the entire time. The Marlies go hard to the net and they stay there, hope this translates to the big club because it was very effective

The bad

Nicholas Deshampes – didnt have a very good game, saw alot of bench after a couple turnovers. he’ll be alright though

new thread? oh damn… thanks for the heads up lol