Toronto Marlies to face Milwaukee Admirals in Round 1

Apr 20, 2014

The Toronto Marlies wrapped up a successful 2013-14 regular season with a 4-3 win over Rochester last night, leaving them with a 45-win, 96-point record over 76 games. Two goals and an assist (also had six shots in this game) from Sam Carrick, who has come on strong in the second half of the season, brought up his season totals to 14 goals and 35 points in 62 games to go along with a +17, the best among Marlies forwards.

Their first round matchup has also been decided: The Toronto Marlies, third place in the West, will play the sixth-seeded Milwaukee Admirals in a best-of-five quarterfinal series. The first two games are in Milwaukee followed by three in a row (if necessary) at the Ricoh.

Toronto Marlies Round 1 Playoff Schedule

Game 1	Friday, April 25 at 8 p.m. ET – Toronto @ Milwaukee
Game 2	Saturday, April 26 at 8 p.m. ET – Toronto @ Milwaukee
Game 3	Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m. ET – Milwaukee @ Toronto
Game 4	Saturday, May 3 at 3 p.m. ET – Milwaukee @ Toronto
Game 5	Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. ET – Milwaukee @ Toronto

Names to note on Nashville’s AHL affiliate: 11th overall pick in 2012 Filip Forsberg as well as 2009 2nd round draft pick Taylor Beck, 2011 2nd round pick Miikka Salomaki and 2010 1st round pick Austin Watson are among their leading scorers. Recent acquisition Calle Jarnkrok (David Legwand deal) has five goals and 9 points in 6 games with the Admirals. Colton Sissons, Nashville’s 2nd round pick in 2012, has 25 goals in 62 games this season.

Game 1 goes Friday.

Here are the final Marlies‘ scoring numbers for the 2013-14 regular season:

Toronto Marlies 2013-14 Season Scoring

	Name	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	Pt/G	PIMPG	SOG
3	T.J. Brennan	D	76	25	47	72	-10	115	12	0	0.95	1.51	265
13	Spencer Abbott	RW	64	17	52	69	10	16	9	0	1.08	0.25	142
9	Greg McKegg	C	65	19	28	47	0	31	7	0	0.72	0.48	118
17	Brandon Kozun	RW	75	17	29	46	9	70	6	1	0.61	0.93	167
14	Josh Leivo	RW	59	23	19	42	6	27	7	0	0.71	0.46	140
16	Sam Carrick	C	62	14	21	35	17	115	2	2	0.56	1.85	142
29	Jerry D'Amigo	LW	51	20	13	33	10	17	3	1	0.65	0.33	109
23	Trevor Smith	C	24	10	16	26	8	10	5	1	1.08	0.42	76
10	Stuart Percy	D	71	4	21	25	4	30	2	0	0.35	0.42	96
18	Carter Ashton	RW	24	16	7	23	8	30	5	2	0.96	1.25	80
5	Korbinian Holzer	D	72	5	18	23	5	104	2	0	0.32	1.44	86
27	Peter Holland	C	24	10	9	19	6	32	3	0	0.79	1.33	61
25	Kenny Ryan	RW	50	5	11	16	-9	60	0	2	0.32	1.2	61
15	David Broll	LW	63	3	13	16	-4	120	2	0	0.25	1.9	77
7	Wade MacLeod	LW	34	5	10	15	2	11	0	0	0.44	0.32	99
17	John-Michael Liles	D	16	3	10	13	9	14	3	0	0.81	0.88	38
44	Jerred Smithson	C	51	2	9	11	0	63	0	0	0.22	1.24	42
11	Brad Ross	LW	53	6	4	10	-14	104	2	0	0.19	1.96	82
26	Kevin Marshall	D	59	1	9	10	-3	109	0	0	0.17	1.85	69
22	Tyler Biggs	RW	57	7	2	9	0	39	0	1	0.16	0.68	68
2	Andrew MacWilliam	D	57	0	9	9	3	96	0	0	0.16	1.68	42
19	Troy Bodie	LW	17	4	4	8	-1	9	2	0	0.47	0.53	44
24	Jamie Devane	LW	55	4	4	8	0	146	0	0	0.15	2.65	33
8	Petter Granberg	D	73	2	5	7	19	28	0	0	0.1	0.38	38
38	Kory Nagy	LW	19	1	6	7	4	14	0	0	0.37	0.74	24
41	Mike Duco	LW	17	2	3	5	-2	32	0	0	0.29	1.88	21
20	Brad Staubitz	RW	54	2	2	4	-13	126	0	0	0.07	2.33	47
49	Stefan Legein	RW	7	3	0	3	1	8	1	0	0.43	1.14	13
4	Dylan Yeo	D	14	1	2	3	3	12	0	0	0.21	0.86	15
40	Eric Knodel	D	10	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0.2	0.2	9
34	Drew MacIntyre	G	48	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0
39	Carter Verhaeghe	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
37	Bryce Aneloski	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Zach Yuen	D	3	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1.33	5
36	Fabrice Herzog	RW	5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	10
38	Frazer McLaren	LW	6	0	0	0	-3	39	0	0	0	6.5	7

Note: Tj Brennan won the AHL’s version of the Norris for his outstanding year.

Few were anticipating a season of these type of results for the Marlies. Playoff experience is all gravy from here. Grab your tickets over at the Marlies website.

Let’s go Malboroughs.