The Marlies limited the visiting Syracuse Crunch to just 19 shots and could have easily padded the 4-1 scoreline if not for some puck luck and excellent goaltending, but they will take a lot of confidence from this performance heading into a five game road-trip.
First Period
Both teams were guilty of some sloppiness in their overall play through the opening half of the first period, with passes going astray and a power play wasted apiece. Toronto’s best early opportunities came while shorthanded through Trevor Moore and Josh Jooris.
Crunch netminder Eddie Pasquale produced a wonderful save to deny Vincent LoVerde after initially sliding the wrong way before Pasquale was solved for the first time with 13 minutes played.