Things are not going well in Marlie World at the moment. Wednesday night, in front of only 2261 fans, the Toronto Marlies lost 8-1 to the Syracuse Crunch. It wasn’t the first time the Marlies lost in spectacular fashion this season; they lost 5-0 to the Providence Bruins just over a week ago. So what gives? What’s wrong?
The problem isn’t the offense, the Marlies are sixth in the AHL in goals for, it’s the goals against. 24-year-old Eamon McAdam leads the team with a .885 save percentage; he gave up three goals on five shots within the first 20 minutes of this game.