In their first game action since December 15, the Marlies‘ victory came on the back of a highly-impressive display from Joseph Woll, who significantly outperformed his goaltending counterpart in Tyler Parks.
First Period
As expected with two teams coming off a long break in competitive action, the players struggled with timing and the sloppy mistakes were plentiful. The game wasn’t short of a good pace, though, and the lack of whistles in the opening 10 minutes made up for the lack of technical quality at times.
The first real scoring chance fell to Toronto at the five-minute mark when a broken play resulted in a loose puck falling to Jack Kopacka in the slot, but the Marlies forward wired his effort wide of the target.