Marlies Win 2-1 In A Shootout

 

Today was a chance at redemption for the Toronto Marlies. Really, their last chance against the Binghamton senators, facing them for the fourth and final time of the season. Yesterday’s game was a continuation of the usual patterns – a lack of scoring, an inconsistent powerplay, and without Drew MacIntyre starting, instability in net. Today, the now-contracted netminder was back between the pipes, and the boys in one-off camouflage  jerseys were looking to get just one win out of a team that they haven’t beaten since October 8th of 2011.

Things didn’t start off well for them. Dustin Gazley found himself some open space, went in on MacIntyre, and found a hole high glove just four minutes in. Penalties to Andrew Crescenzi and Dylan Yeo didn’t help turn things around. Though a late powerplay was enough to put Toronto up in the shot count, no further goals were scored.

Luck was more in their favour in the second period. While none of the three powerplay opportunities were successful, and most of the 12 shots were low percentage, Greg Scott fired home his fourth goal of the season to tie the game in the middle frame’s final minutes.  The third period brought powerplays and four on fours, two of them courtesy of Crescenzi. Both teams tightened up, combining for just 11 shots in the first fifteen minutes of the period, and brought the game to overtime.

Nothing was solved by overtime, so the game headed to a shootout. Ryan Hamilton and Joe Colborne were the only two to score for the Marlies, with Greg Scott, Greg McKegg, and Jerry D’Amigo all missing their opportunities. MacIntyre needed to pull some magic out of his hat, and he did, stopping all but one of the Senators efforts, winning the game 2-1.