Already without Pierre Engvall, further complicating matters was the loss of leading scorer Pontus Aberg (also to the Maple Leafs) as well as Matt Read and Egor Korshkov to injury early in the games against San Antonio this past weekend.
The first three-in-three of the season for the Toronto Marlies provided a stiff challenge with a visit to Rochester followed by a pair of home games against a Utica Comets team that always seems to save its best performances for Toronto.
The Marlies then moved on to a rare midweek game in Rochester before hosting San Antonio for a pair of weekend encounters at Coca-Cola Coliseum on December 7-8.