These two teams used to wage epic battles, but this was only the second meeting of the season between the sides due to the recent AHL divisional re-alignment.
It didn’t take long for the ill feelings to re-emerge.
The Griffins were unbeaten in regulation at home in a run stretching back to November 6, but that record fell with a pair of defeats to Rochester this past weekend.
It was no surprise, then, that it was the home team who started ascendancy, spending the majority of the opening ten minutes in the Marlies zone.