In the AHL, the fans don’t get to excuse a bad game just because the team were playing a back-to-back with the back-up goalie in net. That’s the reality almost every weekend.
Coming into the Marlies Royal Winter Fair road trip, the team was not scoring at a high enough rate to overcome the fact that they play with their back up every night since the injury to Kasimir Kaskisuo. In the last few games, that’s changed. The scores on this trip have been:
- 7-6 Cleveland in a shootout
- 7-6 Belleville in regulation
- 8-2 Marlies over Belleville
The winning game featured Eamon McAdam, who was supposed to be the Growlers starter, in his second appearance for the Marlies and his first start.