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RECAP | IceCaps – Marlies: Tired Team Fades [with AUDIO]

(Photo courtesy of St. John's IceCaps)
Saturday March 26, 2016 
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

ICECAPS
St. John’s

 St.JohnsIceCaps

3-5

MARLIES
Toronto

(Photo courtesy of St. John’s IceCaps)

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings: 

[one_half]McNally – Dumont – Friberg
Hudon – Scherbak – Holloway
Yogan – MacMillan – Gregoire
Bozon – Ward – Ranger[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Didier – Lernout
Joyaux – Ellis
Scott – Johnston[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders:

Fucale
Pasquale

Scratches: Shane Bakker, Mac Bennett, Angelo Miceli, Travis Brown, Markus Eisenschmid (undisclosed)
Injured Reserve: Connor Crisp (undisclosed), Michael Bournival (concussion)

Game Report

After riding a high from last night’s hard-fought team win, the IceCaps then rode a bus across the border to Toronto, Ontario and arrived in the early morning hours at their hotel only to wake up early and hit the ice for an afternoon matinee.  They faced a rested, refreshed Marlies team at the Air Canada Centre and their fatigue showed.

Brett Lernout actually got things started on a positive note with his second goal of the season, assisted by Nikita Scherbak and Charles Hudon. And then St. John’s reverted to slow, sloppy, tired play and unsteady goaltending and found themselves down 3-1 by the end of the first period.

Adding insult to injury, the IceCaps then began taking penalty after penalty in the second frame. Thankfully the penalty killers stood strong yet again and denied the Marlies on every man advantage.  Bud Holloway got his team one goal closer to a comeback by banking in a wide open rebound.  He was assisted by Gabriel Dumont and Brandon McNally.

Hudon then scored his 26th goal of the season about halfway through the third period to bring St. John’s to within one goal of the Marlies.  But Brendan Leipsic deflated any hope the IceCaps had with a late-period goal against Zach Fucale to seal a victory for Toronto.

The IceCaps have some rest and practice to look forward to over the next couple of days before they visit Ricoh Coliseum on Tuesday for their last tilt against the Marlies for this season.

▲     Brett Lernout, Charles Hudon, Nikita Scherbak, Bud Holloway, Max Friberg, Josiah Didier

▼     Zach Fucale, John Scott, Ryan Johnston
 Statistics 
ICECAPS MARLIES
 19 Shots 40
0 for 1 Power Play 0 for 5
10 Penalty Minutes 2
 Scoring
 FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
 IceCaps (29-29-8-3) 1 1 1 – – 3
 Marlies (47-15-5-0) 3 1 1 – – 5
Scorers Goalies
  • STJ:  Lernout (2), Holloway (19), Hudon (26)
  • TOR:  Smith (19), Brennan (24), Leivo (15), Leivo (16), Leipsic (19)
  • STJ: Fucale (L) 15-17-4
  • TOR: Bibeau (W) 23-8-1
 AHL Three Stars
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  1. TJ Brennan  TOR
  2. Josh Leivo  TOR
  3. Charles Hudon  STJ
 Video highlights
 Post-game interview
Post-game interview with Sylvain Lefebvre

Post-game interview with Christopher Joyaux

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RECAP | IceCaps – Marlies: Road Trip Begins on a Slow Note

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Saturday December 26, 2015 
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

ICECAPS
St. John’s

 St.JohnsIceCaps

2-5

MARLIES
Toronto

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Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings: 

[one_half]Lessio – Hudon – Holloway
Bournival – McCarron – Dumont
MacMillan – De La Rose – Gregoire
Bozon – Eisenschmid – Fournier [/one_half]

[one_half_last]Barberio – Dietz
Ellis – Didier
Hanley – Lernout[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders:

Fucale
Pasquale

Scratches: Dalton Thrower, Angelo Miceli, Mac Bennett, Eric Neilson, Mac Bennett, Connor Crisp (undisclosed), Nikita Scherbak (undisclosed)
Injured reserve:  Ryan Johnston (back surgery)

Game Report

After more than a week away from the ice for a holiday break, the IceCaps got back to business on Boxing Day by kicking off another road trip in Toronto.

The first period started with Zach Fucale standing tall in net while the Marlies pressed early, 3-0 shots for Toronto and a lot of zone time for them.  Soon after, Sam Carrick laid a massive open ice hit on Tim Bozon. Stefan Fournier didn’t like the hit, dropped the gloves with Carrick, throwing a few really heavy rights and winning the fight. Fournier got the extra 2 minutes for roughing, but on the ensuing powerplay, the Marlies couldn’t capitalize as the IceCaps were doing a good job of getting in the shooting lanes.

The second period started with St. John’s heading to the powerplay nearly a minute in, but the Marlies had another strong penalty kill. Michael McCarron hit the outside of the post from a bad angle just after the penalty expired.  Later, Gabriel Dumont had a shorthanded breakaway but missed the net, as the IceCaps were continually unable to finish their chances. Just as the penalty was set to expire, Brendan Leipsic took a pass, streaking down the left wing and wired a shot past Fucale’s glove who went on to make a few really good saves at the end of the period to keep it 2-0.

Just over a minute into the 3rd period, Lucas Lessio took a pass in the slot from Bud Holloway and tapped it in, his eighth goal of the season.  Right after the Marlies regained their two goal lead, Darren Dietz fired a shot from the top of the circle past Bibeau to make it a one goal game again.  The Marlies continued their offensive pressure, however, and managed to beat Fucale two more times before potting an empty netter to finish the game 5-2.  Final shots on goal were 37-26 for Toronto.

Jacob de la Rose and Marcus Eisenschmid both returned to the lineup in this game, coming off injuries.  The IceCaps get right back to it tomorrow with another game against the Marlies, this time at Ricoh Coliseum.

▲     Zach Fucale, Darren Dietz, Jacob de la Rose, Lucas Lessio

▼     Gabriel Dumont, Tim Bozon
 Statistics 
ICECAPS MARLIES
 26 Shots 37
0 for 3 Power Play 1 for 3
13 Penalty Minutes 13
 Scoring
 FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
 IceCaps (14-8-5-2) 0 0 2 – – 2
 Marlies (24-5-2-0) 0 2 3 – – 5
Scorers Goalies
  • STJ:  Lessio (8), Dietz (4)
  • TOR:  Leipsic (7), Panik (8), Harrington (1), Carrick (4), Soshnikov (9)
  • STJ: Fucale (L) 8-4-2
  • TOR: Bibeau (W) 10-3-0
 AHL Three Stars
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  1. Sam Carrick  TOR
  2. Rinat Valiev  TOR
  3. Brendan Leipsic  TOR
 Video highlights
 Post-game interview
Coach Sylvain Lefebvre

  • “(Need to improve) the execution, reads, the better choice of plays. Sometimes tonight we forced plays a little too much.”
  • “We skated yesterday. You know the first period I thought we came out pretty good, then the second period we seemed to be flat.”

Post-game interview with Sylvain Lefebvre

Post-game interview with Michael Bournival

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RECAP | IceCaps – Marlies: Goals Flow at ACC for Road WIn

(Photo by Graig Abel)
Saturday November 28, 2015 
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

ICECAPS
St. John’s

 St.JohnsIceCaps

6-2

MARLIES
Toronto

(Photo by Graig Abel)

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings: 

[one_half]Hudon – McCarron – Carr
Bozon – Dumont – Gregoire
McNally – MacMillan – Fournier
Blain – Miceli[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Thrower – Ellis
Tinordi – Didier
Hanley – Lernout
Bennett[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders:

Pasquale
Fucale

Scratches: Darren Dietz, Mark Barberio (undisclosed), Eric Neilson, Connor Crisp (undisclosed), Jacob De la Rose (lower-body), Nikita Scherbak (undisclosed), Markus Eisenschmid (undisclosed)
Injured reserve:  Ryan Johnston (back surgery)

Game Report

The St. John’s IceCaps had a strong start to this game, with Charles Hudon streaking down the left wing past the Marlies’ defenseman to rip a shot high on Antoine Bibeau. The Marlies goalie made a strong glove save, and not too long after that, stood tall once again when Gabriel Dumont got close.

Just over two minutes into the game Josiah Didier took an interference penalty, which was successfully killed off.  As the period rolled on, Didier became more engaged, playing well defensively and jumping in on the rush. On a hooking penalty by Brendan Leipsic, Stefan Fournier took advantage of a William Nylander turnover and roofed a shot over Bibeau’s shoulder to give the IceCaps a 1-o lead.

Penalties came back to haunt the IceCaps once again.  Mac Bennett got called for high sticking and the Marlies took advantage as Leipsic roofed a shot over Eddie Pasquale to tie the game.

Late in the second period, Dumont pulled a nice toe drag around Stuart Percy and shot the puck from a tight angle on Bibeau to give his team a 2-1 lead. The lead lasted just over a minute as Sam Carrick passed it back to Andrew Campbell at the blueline, whose shot was tipped in the high slot by Matt Frattin.  Stefan Fournier gave his team a 3-2 lead before the period expired.

Hudon ripped a slapshot home just 52 seconds into the third period while on the power play. With Pasquale standing tall in the St. John’s net, the goal scoring continued to open up for the visiting team.  Carr made a fantastic backhand feed to Hudon, and finally, with 25 seconds left on the clock, Michael McCarron passed to Dumont who got the puck to Carr for an empty net goal, sealing a fairly dominant 6-2 win over the Marlies.

Game notes by Chris Hatzitolios

▲     Daniel Carr, Mike McCarron, Charles Hudon, Gabriel Dumont, Eddie Pasquale

▼
 Statistics 
ICECAPS MARLIES
 28 Shots 35
1 for 3 Power Play 1 for 6
14 Penalty Minutes 8
 Scoring
 FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
 IceCaps (10-5-3-2) 1 2 3 – – 6
 Marlies (15-4-1-0) 1 1 0 – – 2
Scorers Goalies
  • STJ:  Fournier (2), Dumont (4), Fournier (3), Hudon (8), Hudon (9), Carr (7)
  • TOR:  Leipsic (4), Frattin (4)
  • STJ: Pasquale (W) 2-1-1
  • TOR: Bibeau (L) 6-2-0
 AHL Three Stars
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  1. Stefan Fournier   STJ
  2. Charles Hudon   STJ
  3. Gabriel Dumont   STJ
 Video highlights
 Post-game interview
Coach Sylvain Lefebvre

  • “I thought we played great, we played a really good team game, we played sound defensively, it was a big team effort.”
  • “Obviously there were some things we needed to be better at, keeping the lead in the third period was a big thing for us, we didn’t last night, they scored with 17 seconds.”

Post-game interview with Sylvain Lefebvre

Post-game interview with Jarred Tinordi

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