Star Wars Night: Toronto Marlies vs Rochester Americans

It was Star Wars night at Ricoh Coliseum.

The Marlies started the first period really strong, generating chances, testing Linus Ullmark from scoring areas but only managed one. As the period wore on, the teams went back and forth, Antoine Bibeau quietly had a strong period by making 15 saves and some good ones at that. Bibeau’s play seemed to instill confidence in his guys which made for a good, hard fought first twenty minutes.

The second period was one where the Americans came out as the stronger team, they tied the game up fairly early on a really nice shot. The visitors took the game to the Marlies as the period went on, coach Sheldon Keefe elaborated on his teams play saying “We were…