The Toronto Marlies defeated the Rochester Americans 6-3 on Sunday evening in their final matchup of the regular season. Toronto improves to 4-3-0-1 against Rochester and 24-9-0-1 against North division opponents.
In the opening period, Bobby McMann scored at 4:50 in the frame to give Toronto the early 1-0 lead. Later, Bobby McMann added his second of the night with a power-play goal at 18:37 to extend Toronto’s lead to two heading into the second.
In the second, Zach Solow earned his first as a Marlie at 8:15 to extend Toronto’s lead to three. Shortly after, Rochester responded with a goal by Lukas Rousek at 11:02 to make it 3-1 after 40 minutes of play.
Early in the third, Rochester added another with a goal by Linus Weissbach at 4:06 to keep within one. Just over a minute later, Pontus Holmberg scored on the power-play at 5:24 to once again extend Toronto’s lead to two. Later, Rochester responded with a late goal by Isak Rosen at 17:09 to make it 4-3. Shortly after, Pontus Holmberg potted the empty netter to earn his second of the night and make it 5-3 for Toronto. Holmberg has points (5-2-7) in six consecutive games. Before the period was over, Bobby McMann scored on the empty net at 19:37 to earn the hat trick and secure the win for Toronto. This marked McMann’s fifth multi-goal game of the season – three which have been against Rochester.
Erik Källgren stood tall in the Marlies crease stopping 32 of the 35 shots he faced.
The Marlies return to action on March 17th when they play the Charlotte Checkers at Scotiabank Arena. Puck drop is at 1:30pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and AHLTV.
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