The Toronto Marlies started the second round of their Calder Cup Playoffs journey Thursday with a win, defeating the Syracuse Crunch 6-4 at Ricoh Coliseum.
These two teams faced each other in the second round of last season’s playoffs. In that series the home team won every game and since the Crunch had home-ice advantage they ultimately defeated the Marlies in a Game 7 in Syracuse. This time, the Marlies will have home-ice advantage for the series because they finished at first place in the division.
The Marlies’ lines were not significantly changed from the end of the last round against the Comets.