In the weekend before the players got their holiday break, the Toronto Marlies spent a weekend in Montreal. Laval, specifically. In the two back-to-back games, the Marlies went 1-1-0, which isn’t too bad for a teaming missing their four best defensemen playing their second and third games in four nights. The Marlies lost the first game 2-1 in regulation, but came back and won the second 2-0.
Looking at the weekend as a whole, Vincent LoVerde was my first star for the Marlies by a mile.
From Wednesday night onwards, he was given the big responsibility of leading a chock-a-block Marlies defense into playing some very impressive hockey.