The Toronto Marlies topped the first place Utica Comets 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon.
It was a very back and forth game with both teams having plenty of chances early on. It was Alex Steeves who opened the scoring with his eighth of the year. He’s now scored three goals in two games against the Comets this year.
Utica’s Fabian Zetterlund tied the game at one just before the end of the first period. In the second, Chase De Leo gave the visitors the lead just over a minute into the frame, but the Marlies responded quickly as Matthew Hellickson recorded his first professional goal 43 seconds later.
But the scoring didn’t stop there. Brett Seney tallied his team-leading 12th goal just a few minutes later. Colton White added another one for the visitors to tie the game at three before Joey Anderson gave the Marlies the lead once again with his ninth of the year.
In the third Mikhail Abramov extended the Marlies lead to two, but Brian Flynn responded just moments later, once again making it a one goal game. But in the final minutes, Joey Anderson found the back of an empty Utica net, securing the win for the Marlies. Erik Källgren stopped 32 of the 36 shots he faced.
The Marlies return to action on Monday afternoon at 3:00pm when they host the Springfield Condors.
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