Sunday was the Marlies' Fan Appreciation Day, and the final regular season game at Ricoh Coliseum. The team did not disappoint by both giving away merch, a dozen signed jerseys, and, of course, also winning the game.
But that winning the game part didn't come easy, and was rather sloppy at times. Things could have turned out completely the opposite were it not for Garret Sparks stopping 45 of the 47 shots on goal.
Sparks joked about his workload in the game saying, "There was a lot of shots, a lot of action, but if you're going to get an opportunity to play sixty minutes of hockey you may as well pack as many shots as possible in it.