Home Authors Posts by Mark Rackham

Mark Rackham

859 POSTS 0 COMMENTS
Mark covers all aspects of the Toronto Marlies for Maple Leafs Hot Stove. Mark has been covering the Marlies since 2008 at various outlets and has been with MLHS since 2015. Follow him on twitter: twitter.com/markukleaf

Sheldon Keefe announced as AHL All-Star coach

Come the end of play on December 31, 2015, the Toronto Marlies far and away owned the best record in the North Division. This resulted...
Sam Carrick

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 3 vs. Syracuse Crunch 2

Captain Campbell hoists Marlies over Crunch This game review should be waxing lyrical about the goaltending performance of Rob Madore and Andrew Campbell’s remarkable scoring...

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 3 vs. Lake Erie Monsters 2

The Toronto Marlies were looking for some swift retribution over a Lake Erie team that had beaten them in Cleveland this past Tuesday. Having never recorded...

Game Review: Lake Erie 2 vs. Toronto Marlies 1

Toronto sink in Lake Erie The Marlies took their impressive road record (15-1-1-0) to Lake Erie, where the Monsters had won seven of their last nine on...

Game Review: St. John’s IceCaps 5 vs. Toronto Marlies 4

Marlies blow lead, fall to IceCaps late winner The last time the Toronto Marlies were on an extended point streak, it was their rivals from...

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 5 vs. St. John’s Ice Caps 2

Back on November 28, the St. John’s IceCaps handed the Toronto Marlies a 6-2 beating at the ACC. That defeat remains the heaviest of the...

Toronto Marlies Weekend Preview: December 26-27

There won’t be much in the way of festive cheer when the St. John’s IceCaps visit Toronto for a back-to-back showdown beginning on Boxing...

Toronto Marlies Week In Review: December 23

The schedule leading up to the Christmas break was a little easier than recent weeks, but the weary legs on this Marlies team still...

A year in the life of Byron Froese

Saturday, December 19, 2015. It's a date that will be forever etched in the memory of Byron Froese. With less than three minutes to play in...

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 6 vs. Hershey Bears 2

Marlies hit Hershey for six William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Connor Brown, Frederick Gauthier, Garret Sparks, and Antoine Bibeau. All those players have been immensely influential during...

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 4 vs. Wilkes Barre/Scranton 3 (SO)

Marlies take AHL lead with remarkable comeback win On a day of improbable things happening in the world of the Toronto Marlies (who saw the...

Toronto Marlies sign Ray Emery to PTO

Injuries have left Toronto’s goaltending depth stretched to the very limit. With Garret Sparks out long term by all accounts and James Reimer’s fitness still...

Toronto Marlies Weekend Preview: December 18-19

The final two games before the Christmas break will present a real challenge for the Toronto Marlies. Beyond the fact the opposition are ranked first and...

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 3 vs. Binghamton Senators 2

If ever there was a game where the scoreline failed to tell the true story, it was this one. The Toronto Marlies dominated their Binghamton...
Photo: Christian Bonin/TSGphoto.com

Toronto Marlies This Week: December 15

It was the third consecutive three-in-three weekend and, thankfully, the last until March. Utica Comets 5 vs. Toronto Marlies 4 (OT) Full recap A trip to Utica...

Game Review: Utica Comets 5 vs. Toronto Marlies 4 (OT)

Tiredness manifests itself in many ways, and although Toronto had some fresh legs in the lineup, it was mental lapses that ultimately halted their five-game winning...

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 4 vs. Syracuse Crunch 3 (OT)

Rinat Valiev the unlikely hero as Marlies prevail in overtime Searching for their 20th win of the season, the Toronto Marlies blew a two-goal lead...

Game Review: Toronto Marlies 2 vs. Utica Comets 0

Bernier’s third straight shutout sees Marlies overcome Comets Jonathan Bernier’s season is turning into quite the story, and it’s only December. Sent down by the Leafs...

Toronto Marlies Weekend Preview — December 11-13

Arguably the toughest part of the Toronto Marlies schedule so far will end this weekend with the last of three straight weekends featuring three games in three...

Toronto Marlies This Week: December 8

The Toronto hockey landscape is rarely boring, but never have we seen a goaltending situation quite like the one witnessed in the past week. I’ll...

Recent MLHS articles