The Toronto Marlies defeated the Cleveland Monsters 4-1 on Friday night in the first half of a back-to-back. The Marlies are now 8-3-0-0 against North Division opponents and 7-3-1-0 when playing on the road.
In the first, it was Toronto who opened the scoring. Adam Gaudette scored on the power-play at 11:03 to give the Marlies the early lead. Gaudette currently is tied for second in the league in goals with twelve. 
During the second period, both teams exchanged chances but the score remained 1-0 heading into the third.
In the final period, Cleveland responded with a goal on the power-play by Emil Bemstrom to tie the game at one. Shortly after, Toronto responded with a power-play goal by Nick Abruzzese at 7:55 to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. Abruzzese now has eleven points (5G, 6A) in 17 games. Both Alex Steeves and Joseph Blandisi potted an empty netter before the game was done to make it 4-1 and secure the win.
Joseph Woll stood tall in the Marlies crease stopping 20 of the 21 shots he faced in his first start of the season.
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