Toronto Marlies solved again in Syracuse, trail 3-2 in series

Photo: Syracuse Crunch.comThe Toronto Marlies have been pushed to the brink of elimination after a Jekyll and Hyde performance in Game 5 in Syracuse.

The first period was more akin to the level of play we saw from the Marlies in the two home games in Toronto, but what followed in the final 40 resembled the shambles of games one and two in this series. After 12 shot attempts in the first period, the Marlies managed only 17 through the remaining 40 minutes.

First Period

Both teams played at such a high pace throughout the first period that much of the action was frantic and back-and-forth. Kasperi Kapanen, Seth Griffith and Colin Greening were all denied by Mike McKenna inside the opening seven…