Marlies Report – January 13
The Marlies came into the past weekend facing a back to back set against the St. John’s Ice Caps on the road. Since our last Marlies report (Dec. 7), the Marlies have won seven...
Marlies take a 4-3 shootout decision in Outdoor Game
As those who could tolerate the Fox Sports commentators and the poor camera angles can attest to, the Marlies staged a late comeback effort to win 4-3 in shootout over the Grand Rapids Griffins...
Marlies Report: Marlies fall 2-1 to the Bulldogs
MLHS is pleased to have Daniel Kovalevsky, better known as Pent_House around these parts, contributing some Marlies writings going forward.
A pivotal match against the Montreal Canadien’s AHL affiliate, The Hamilton Bull-Dogs, awaited the Marlies at...
Marlies Win Third Straight with 3-2 victory over Charlotte
The Toronto Marlies defeated the Charlotte Checkers, AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes, by a score of 3-2 Tuesday night at Ricoh Coliseum.
Rasmus Rissanen opened the scoring for the Checkers at 11:02 of the...
Marlies & Prospect Update – Nov. 6
Courtesy of the Toronto Marlies:
"The Marlies posted a record of 1-0-1-0 in two games this past week. On Friday night, Toronto traveled down the QEW for their third meeting of the season against the...
Toronto Marlies Update: October 23
The Rockford IceHogs, AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, defeated the Toronto Marlies by a score of 3-2 Wednesday night at Ricoh Coliseum.
Greg McKegg’s second goal of the season opened the scoring at 4:18...
Monday Mashup: Here Come the Ducks
The Leafs are officially in the midst of their first losing "streak" of the season. Tuesday's contest sees the 7-1 Anaheim Ducks visit town, which will be another difficult test for a Leafs team...
Marlies Update: A 3-0 start to the season
Steve Spott's team is off to a surprising start (in a good way) to their 2013-14 season.
Here's your update courtesy of the Marlies:
"The Toronto Marlies pushed their unbeaten streak to three games with a...
Catching up with Director of Player Development Jim Hughes
Alec Brownscombe caught up with Director of Player Development Jim Hughes to touch base on the performances and progress of the younger members of the Leaf organization after the completion of 2013 training camp.
Alec...
Rookie Camp Impressions, and a few thoughts on Raymond
The Leafs wrapped up what was a pretty good weekend by imploding in the third period and losing handily, but that doesn’t take away from some of the positives that were shown overall.
There...
Leafs Rookie Tournament: Game 3 Live Blog – Leafs vs. Senators
Welcome to the Battle of Ontario edition of our Rookie Tournament coverage.
As we all know, Ottawa sucks and while I have no idea who will dress for the Baby Leafs tonight at this point, I...
Leafs Rookie Tournament: Game 2 Wrap Up – Leafs 4 vs. Pens 3
So with Rielly, Leivo, MacWilliam, McKegg, and Sparks all sitting this game out and Finn leaving mysteriously after a period of play, you might have guessed that this would be a tough one for...
Leafs Rookie Tournament: Game 2 Live Blog – Leafs vs. Penguins
Here we go again.
With Brian Burke back in the news, it's fitting that his greatest contribution to the Maple Leafs -- a rebuilt farm system -- take center stage in the days leading up to...
Leafs Rookie Tournament: Game #1 Live Blog – Leafs vs. Blackhawks
HOCKEY.
The Maple Leafs' annual Rookie Tournament is upon us. Toronto hosts Chicago Jr. tonight at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. Toronto Maple Leafs new and 'not-so-old' will have a chance to display their...
Opening Day of the 2013 Rookie Tournament
Hockey is officially back!
Well, sort of.
Today kicks off the Leafs annual rookie tournament, which is really a great opportunity for the kids in the organization to make an impression.
It was only two...
An interview with Toronto Marlies head coach Steve Spott
MLHS’s Michael Stephens conducted an in-person interview with Steve Spott, head coach of the Toronto Marlies, at the Mastercard Centre earlier this week. Spott touched on a wide variety of Marlies-centric stuff, including the...
Rookie Tourney Roster, Marlies 2013-14 Schedule Announced
Headlined by first round draft selections Tyler Biggs (2011), Stuart Percy (2011), Morgan Rielly (2012) and Frederik Gauthier (2013), the Maple Leafs' 2013 prospect tourney roster features one member from the 2008 (Andrew MacWilliam)...
Steve Spott is the new Marlies coach
The Toronto Marlies are poised to announce the hiring of Steve Spott as head coach, replacing Dallas Eakins who departed for the Edmonton Oilers. While many candidates were rumored to be in the...
Marlies ousted in Game 6 – Summary and a few thoughts
Thanks to MLHS user "JVR" for submitting the following report after taking in the Marlies' final game of the season at the Ricoh last night:
I was (un)fortunate enough to be at the Ricoh Coliseum...
Rielly’s First
After the jump, take in Morgan Rielly's first pro goal in his first pro appearance during last night's Marlies-Wolves game (4-3 shootout loss).
It's tough to tell how he looked in the run of...