Game Review #17: Toronto Marlies 4 vs. Utica Comets 1
It may not have been Ricoh ice, but a return to Toronto was all the Marlies needed to get back on track after some poor recent results.
Utica, visiting the ACC for a matinee encounter, entered...
Game #16 Review: Syracuse Crunch 5 vs. Toronto Marlies 4 (OT)
The Toronto Marlies poor form on the road continued as -- much like the Maple Leafs on Wednesday night in New Jersey -- they threw away a big lead after an excellent first-period performance...
Game #15 Review: Albany Devils 3 vs. Toronto Marlies 1
The Toronto Marlies schedule doesn't feature many midweek games throughout the season. After this road tilt in Albany on Tuesday, they’ll be glad that's the case.
The main talking point of the game didn’t feature any...
Game #14 Review: Toronto Marlies 3 vs. St. John’s IceCaps 0
The Toronto Marlies' struggles against the St. John’s goaltending continued as the Sunday rematch game headed into the third period.
After solving Yann Danis only once the day previous, rookie netminder Charlie Lindgren performed admirably...
Game #13 Review: St. John’s IceCaps 2 vs. Toronto Marlies 1
The Toronto Marlies' perfect home record fell in disappointing fashion on Saturday evening.
The better team throughout the game, especially in the last 40 minutes, errors in their own zone and lack of a clinical...
Toronto Marlies Weekend Preview: November 19-20
The Toronto Marlies are certainly glad to be back in familiar surroundings after a road-trip of highs and lows.
Toronto is riding a five-game win streak at Ricoh Coliseum, with victories against Utica (2), Manitoba...
Patience still the key with Kasperi Kapanen after hot start
12 games into the Toronto Marlies season, Kasperi Kapanen has a team-leading seven goals to his name and sits second in points behind Brendan Leipsic. It’s statistics like these, allied with some visually impressive...
Toronto Marlies Week in Review: November 16
Toronto’s inconsistent play on the road so far this season was encapsulated in a pair of games against Atlantic Division teams this past weekend.
First up on Friday was the league-leading Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, who’ve...
Game #12 Review: Lehigh Valley Phantoms 7 vs. Toronto Marlies 2
Just 24 hours after putting on their best road performance of the season, the Toronto Marlies came crashing back down to Earth.
The Marlies are undoubtedly the bar many teams are aiming at around the...
Game #11 Review: Toronto Marlies 3 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 0
Kerby Rychel has largely been a peripheral figure while Kasperi Kapanen and Brendan Leipsic have lit up the American Hockey League so far this season.
Rychel has been far from a passenger, however, filing a...
Toronto Marlies Weekend Preview: November 11-12
The Toronto Marlies will head stateside to face a pair of Atlantic Division opponents for the first time this season.
It will be no easy task for the Marlies, who have struggled to string together...
Toronto Marlies Week in Review: November 9
Toronto made their first trip to St. John’s this past weekend for the first two games in the final season of the Marlies - IceCaps rivalry.
Toronto produced a Jekyll and Hyde display as the...
Game #10 Review: Toronto Marlies 3 vs. St. John’s IceCaps 2
Somewhat surprisingly, Sheldon Keefe iced the same lineup that let him down Saturday evening in the Sunday matinee rematch in St. John's.
The only change came in net, where Garret Sparks finally returned from an...
Game #9 Review: St. John’s IceCaps 4 vs. Toronto Marlies 1
The Toronto Marlies may have been dressing a line worth $8.3 million in this game, but we saw something more akin to a bargain basement performance from the second-ranked team in the AHL on...
Toronto Marlies Weekend Preview: November 5-6
The Toronto Marlies are heading to St. John’s for the first time this season.
The weekend doubleheader will kick off the last season of the rivalry between the Marlies and the IceCaps, as Montreal will...
Toronto Marlies Week in Review: October 31
The Toronto Marlies began the week by breaking a franchise record.
A victory against the visiting Providence Bruins was the fifth straight win on home ice to begin the season, besting the previous high of...
Game #8 Review: Albany Devils 4 vs. Toronto Marlies 3 (SO)
An ill-tempered second consecutive game in Albany left Toronto with a depleted defense in the third period.
Neither team or the game itself were really helped by a three-man officiating crew that performed as if they...
Game #7 Review: Toronto Marlies 3 vs. Albany Devils 0
Bibeau shuts down Devils in Albany
These two teams endured an epic battle during a seven-game playoff series last Spring and both had begun the season strongly with matching 5-1 records.
Scott Wedgewood was incredibly good...
Game #6 Review: Toronto Marlies 4 vs. Providence Bruins 3 (OT)
The Toronto Marlies found themselves in a hole on home ice for the first time this season against an opponent that, on paper, shouldn’t have caused them too many issues.
The Providence Bruins had managed...
Toronto Marlies Week In Review: October 15 – 23
The Toronto Marlies have begun the 2016-17 season much as they did the year prior: A 4-1-0-0 record, a goals tally that stands at 20, and some impressive possession play throughout the opening five...













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