The Toronto Marlies winning streak came to an end on Wednesday, as they fell 6-5 to Laval in a shootout.
The Marlies got off to a hot start, as Brett Seney opened the scoring just over five minutes in. Josh Ho-Sang added another midway through the first, then Rafaël Harvey-Pinard brought the Rocket within one before the intermission.
The Marlies didn’t let up, adding three more in the middle frame, courtesy of Seney, Joey Anderson, and Semyon Der-Arguchintsev. Gabriel Bourque added one more for Laval before the end of the middle frame.
But, Laval’s forecheck was relentless, as Louie Belpedio, Lukas Vejdemo, and Cole Caufield all found the back of the net in the final frame to tie the game at five and send the game to overtime.
Neither team managed to breakthrough in the extra frame, so a shootout was needed. Both goalies stood tall in net, until the ninth round, when Harvey-Pinard managed to get one past Michael Hutchinson for the win.
The Marlies look to get back in the win column on Saturday when they host the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at 4:00pm at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
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