This weekend the Marlies played their fourth and fifth games of the season against their AHL North Division rivals, the Albany Devils. The end result was a split series, one loss and one win. That was the same result, though in the reverse order from the first weekend meeting between the teams back in October, a wild series with a lot of fighting which set a chippy tone between the teams for the season. Those first two games were followed up with a loss on a road trip game in November.
Unexpectedly, the two games this weekend were physically sedate in comparison, or at least less so overtly.