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Tonight in Cobourg, the Marlies defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 3-1 in the first of two preseason games against their divisional rival. The Marlies battled back after falling behind in the first period; Brad Ross (who also scored in each of the intrasquad scrimmages) tipped home a Jake Gardiner point shot in the second before Greg Scott won the game late in the third with a powerplay goal set up by Nazem Kadri. Greg McKegg sealed the deal with an empty netter.

As for the remark in the pre-game ceremony from the mayor of Cobourg Gill Brocanier, it sounds like his fat joke about Nazem Kadri was more of a shot at the Toronto media than Kadri himself. Speaking on the size of the locker rooms in his city’s new arena, the mayor said something along the lines of “they’re big enough to fit fat beer league players but, according to the Toronto papers, not Nazem Kadri.” In any event, Jonas Siegel’s tweet described the joke as tasteless and the word is that members of Leafs brass in attendance weren’t pleased.

I give this persisting non-story a big “who cares?”

The game story in tweet-form:

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Alec Brownscombe is the founder and editor of MapleLeafsHotStove.com, where he has written daily about the Leafs since September of 2008. He's published five magazines on the team entitled "The Maple Leafs Annual" with distribution in Chapters and newsstands across the country. He also co-hosted "The Battle of the Atlantic," a weekly show on TSN1200 that covered the Leafs and the NHL in-depth. Alec is a graduate of Trent University and Algonquin College with his diploma in Journalism. In 2014, he was awarded Canada's Best Hockey Blogger honours by Molson Canadian. You can contact him at alec.brownscombe@mapleleafshotstove.com.

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