The last time the Toronto Marlies lost a game, Lou Lamoriello was the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The last time the Toronto Marlies lost a game, Brad Marchand hadn’t yet licked Ryan Callahan. The last time the Toronto Marlies lost a game, Brian Burke was still with the Calgary Flames.
The Marlies have their first nine-game winning streak in the playoffs in franchise history after defeating the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on the road by a score of 3-1, sweeping them out of the playoffs in four games. It’s not like they’ve done this against scrubs, the two teams the Marlies swept, the Syracuse Crunch and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, were second and third in the league in terms of points this season.