Marlies Take Bite Out of Wolves

January 24, 2009

Marlies Extend Home Winning Streak to Six Games

Kronwall’s point blast the difference as Marlies edge Wolves 3-1
(TORONTO) – The Toronto Marlies came back home after their nine-game road trip and gave the 4,509 Marlies fans in attendance a 3-1 win over the Chicago Wolves at Ricoh Coliseum on Saturday night, extending their home winning streak to six games.

The Wolves capitalized on an early 5-on-3 advantage when Colin Stuart beat Marlies starting goalie Justin Pogge with his ninth of the season.
Kyle Rogers tied the score at 1-1 mid-way through the second period with his third of the season. Rogers batted a loose puck past Wolves starting netminder Ondrej Pavelec to get the Marlies on the board. Kris Newbury and Jaime Sifers each collected assists on the play.

Staffan Kronwall gave the Marlies a 2-1 lead when he fired a puck on goal that fooled Pavelec. Darryl Boyce won the draw to Devereaux and passed it back to Kronwall who took a wrist shot that got through traffic and past the Wolves goalie.

With only 27 seconds left in the game Ben Ondrus was able to find Boyd Devereaux open on the far wing and fired the puck into an empty net securing the Marlies victory.

Justin Pogge was able to shut the door on the Wolves after giving up an early goal, stopping 21 of 22 shots faced in the victory, his 15th of the season.

Toronto continues its torrid home winning streak as they have now won six straight at Ricoh Coliseum. The next 10 games the Marlies play will all be at Ricoh Coliseum.

The Marlies will take a six-day break for the AHL All-Star Classic and return on Friday night to host the Hamilton Bulldogs at Ricoh Coliseum at 7:00 p.m. The Rockford IceHogs come to Toronto for their only visit on Saturday for a 4:00 p.m. tilt against the Marlies. The game on Saturday is Doug Gilmour bobblehead day.

ICE CHIPS: Toronto returned home to Ricoh Coliseum for their first home game in 21 days…Newcomer Ryan Hamilton suited up for his second game with the Marlies and first on home ice…Chicago Wolves head coach Don Granato is the brother of the current Colorado Avalanche head coach Tony and female U.S. Olympic hockey player Cammi…Don also served as a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs for two seasons…Rogers scored his first goal since December 26 at Lake Erie, a span of 10 games.

SOURCE: torontomarlies.com