It is a run of seven games following a feeble 5-1 defeat on home ice to the Laval Rocket on Sunday. The defensive issues persist, and the slow starts to each game (actually, each period in this outing) are a huge question to ask of the coaching staff and the team.
First Period
The Marlies should have found themselves trailing inside two minutes when Laval pounced on a turnover just outside their blue line. After a swift transition play, Jean-Sébastien Dea fired into the mid-section of Petr Mrazek.
The Czech goaltender was receiving a rude introduction to what life has been like for his Marlies contemporaries this season.