“I liked pretty much our [full] 60 minutes. I thought we were on top of them… I thought we deserved better than the outcome… I thought we got great play from all four lines tonight.”
– John Gruden
The Toronto Marlies may have extended their losing streak to three games, but this was a huge improvement over their recent performances. Against the North Division-leading Cleveland Monsters, who have three of the top nine point-per-game producers in the league, Toronto did an excellent job of suppressing the home team’s offense.
First Period
Perhaps a result of watching the game tape from the Marlies‘ last loss against Lehigh, Cleveland attempted to push Toronto around early with an ultra-physical style of play.