“I thought [the Marlies] played extremely well for 50 minutes. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the result we wanted. The style of play was good.”
– John Gruden
For the first time this season, I don’t fully agree with the Marlies head coach’s assessment regarding his team’s overall performance. Toronto was out-chanced in the high-danger scoring opportunities through 40 minutes while falling behind 2-0, and the visiting Crunch didn’t even score on their eight quality scoring chances through two periods.
First Period
Lax officiating early in the game resulted in both teams taking liberties, including some largely questionable hits delivered without consequence.