AHL Toronto Marlies

Toronto Marlies Post Game Notes

January 27, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Toronto Marlies News Release


SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: M. Arcobello (C. Bailey) M. Frattin (M. Arcobello) C. Brown (B. Findlay, J. Holl) M. Frattin (N. Soshnikov, T. Brennan)

Goaltender: G. Sparks: 39/39

Grand Rapids:

Goaltender: J. Coreau: 19/22

ON THE SCORESHEET

- Garret Sparks turned aside all 39 shots he faced to earn his third shutout of the season. His record improves to 10-3-1-0 this season.

- TJ Brennan recorded an assist on the Marlies fourth goal to maintain his place atop the AHL scoring race with 43 points through 44 games. He also extends his personal point streak to six games.

- Mark Arcobello now has multi-point efforts in five straight games. He recorded the game winning goal and an assist on the insurance marker.

- Connor Brown scored in his second straight game after returning from injury.

- Matt Frattin now has back to back multi-point games scoring his eighth and ninth goals of the season.

- Casey Bailey is now on a three game point streak, collecting an assist on the game winning tally.

- Brett Findlay collected an assist to extend his point streak to three games. He has seven points in his last eight games.

- Justin Holl collected an assist skating in his first game after missing four games due to injury.

NOTABLES

- The victory is Toronto's 35th of the year and fourth in a row. The club improves their win percentage to .800 this season.

- With the victory Toronto improves to 9-1-0-0 against the Western Conference this season. Toronto's road record improves to 20-3-1-0.

- Toronto has four of the top five skaters in plus/minus; Andrew Campbell (1st/+29), Rinat Valiev (2nd/+26), Zach Hyman (3rd/+23) and Justin Holl (5th/+20)

NEXT GAME: Friday, January 29, 2016 @ Grand Rapids (7:00 p.m.)




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