The Marlies extended their win streak to four following a 4-3 win over the Hershey Bears Wednesday night.
Kenny Agostino got things started early in the first period, finishing off a beauty cross-ice pass from Jeremy Bracco. Adam Brooks recorded the secondary assist on the opening goal. Around the halfway mark of the frame, the Marlies capitalized on a power play as Egor Korshkov lit the lamp for the fourth time in as many games. Bracco and Rasmus Sandin picked up the assists on the power play goal. Late in the frame, Hershey’s Liam O’Brien cut the Marlies’ lead in half to make it 2-1 heading into the first intermission.
The Marlies shook off that late first period goal and came out ready in the second period. Adam Brooks restored the two-goal lead just 1:20 into the frame after receiving a pass from Jordan Schmaltz and splitting the defence to walk in alone on Vitek Vanecek. Agostino picked up the extra assist, and that was it for Vanecek as Pheonix Copley entered the game for the Bears. Near the halfway mark of the game the Bears were back within one as Axel Jonsson-Fjallby beat Kasimir Kaskisuo to make it 3-2. The Marlies power play converted for a second time late in the period as Tanner MacMaster slid the puck under Copley’s pads to give Toronto a two-goal cushion heading into the final frame.
Jonsson-Fjallby scored his second of the night at 4:52 of the third period to bring the Bears back within one, but the Marlies stood strong the rest of the game to preserve the lead and earn their fourth straight victory.
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