The Toronto Marlies blanked the Rochester Americans on Saturday afternoon by a score of 4-0. This was the Marlies first shutout victory this season, and Erik Källgren’s first career AHL shutout. Toronto is now 14-9-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-1-0-0 against the Americans.
In the first period, the Marlies came out strong. Leading scorer Brett Seney found the back of the net for his 14th of the season, but that would be all the scoring in the first frame. The two teams exchanged chances in the second, but the score remained the same heading into the final frame.
In the third, Alex Steeves scored his 16th of the season on the power-play to double the Marlies lead. Later in the frame, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev tallied his 10th of the season, and Joey Anderson scored a short-handed empty netter with a minute and a half left in the game to seal the deal.
The two teams meet again on Sunday afternoon in Toronto at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Puck drop is at 4:00pm EST.
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