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Pavel Gogolev impressive in debut, Toronto Marlies’ return to action ends with a home loss to Belleville

With 13 games scheduled in the first 20 days of May to finish up the regular season, we should expect a constant shuffle of lineup changes.

Toronto was competitive in this first outing in almost three weeks, but old habits are proving hard to kill this season as the Marlies made a mess of things defensively after erasing a 2-0 deficit.

First Period

Feeding off of the adrenaline from their return to the ice, the Marlies came flying out of the gates, pinning Belleville in their zone for the majority of the first half of the period.