The Amerks got out to an early two-goal advantage that Toronto rarely looked likely to recover from.
First Period
The opening period wasn’t short on excitement as the two teams split 27 shots and six penalties in the first 20 minutes.
Brendan Leipsic generated a couple of looks for the Marlies during the first 15 seconds but it wasn’t long before Rochester opened the scoring. Moments after having a goal waived off on a wraparound attempt, the Amerks took advantage of a gift from the visitors.
Skating toward his own goal, Colin Greening inexplicably handed the puck to Cal O’Reilly, who skated around the net before throwing it back out front to Cole Schneider.