After three crucial wins – The Toronto Marlies are sitting two points ahead of the Milwaukee Admirals – with only 72 games played to Admirals 74.
After swapping wins and losses, the Marlies have finally crawled into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The Marlies came out hungry after their 7-2 spanking by the Grand Rapids Griffins. Brendan Leipsic scored the first two goals of the game and William Nylander added a tally late at the end of the first period to put the Marlies up 3-0.