The Marlies looked like a car that hasn’t been turned over in a while.
Following a training camp with only a handful of regulars and no practices before having to play three games in four nights in three different cities, there were a few jumps and jitters before settling into a nice hum for the remainder of the game.
The Marlies gave up two goals within the first five minutes of each period and couldn’t come back late, despite throwing 20 shots at Jean-Francois Berube’s net in the third period alone. They lost to the Monsters 5-3.