Roughly one week ago, the Marlies appeared to be hitting their stride.
Entering into a break-neck final stretch of the season, they’d somehow managed to overcome losing a whopping 168 man-games to injuries, including, amongst others, lengthy respective absences from their two most promising defence prospects.
Still, the Marlies had come out the other side in one piece, sitting firmly in a playoff spot.
Everything seemed to be coming up Millhouse. That is, until it didn’t.
Already reeling from the sudden departure of Carl Grundstrom, the Marlies’ top-six took yet another hit soon after in the form of Mason Marchment, who suffered a fractured collarbone on February 1st and is not slated for a return until April, at the earliest.