The Toronto Marlies closed out a four-game road trip on Wednesday night with an overtime win in Bridgeport. Adam Brooks provided the overtime heroics as the Marlies evened up their season series against the Sound Tigers.
It was a tight defensive battle all game long as each team battled to establish a lead. The Sound Tigers opened the scoring early in the second period with a goal from Sebastian Aho. The Sound Tigers maintained their lead for the remainder of the middle stanza and the Marlies found themselves down by one heading into the final frame.
An early power play gave the Marlies an opportunity to even things up, and they did just that, converting on a 5-on-3 at 2:38 of the third period. Jeremy Bracco fed Dmytro Timashov a cross-crease pass and he made no mistake burying it to get the Marlies on the board. Adam Brooks picked up the secondary assist on Timashov’s goal, while Jeremy Bracco’s primary assist set a new single-season franchise record of 30 power play assists. The score remained even at 1-1 at the end of regulation, sending things to 3-on-3 sudden death overtime.
Adam Books potted the game winner at 2:38 of the extra frame as Bridgeport net minder Jeremy Smith missed a poke-check, leaving Brooks with a wide open cage. Chris Mueller and Rasmus Sandin had the assists on the game winning goal.
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