Amerks End Marlies Streak

November 7, 2009
Rochester Wins 10th Straight Game In Victory Over Toronto

(ROCHESTER, NY) - The Americans are off to their best start since 1996, and they just keep on rolling.

David Brine scored his first of two goals just 16 seconds apart from Mike Duco's goal in the second period, as the Marlies dropped a 4-1 decision to the Americans in Rochester on Saturday night.

Ernie Hartlieb had the other goal for Rochester, while Todd Perry scored his first goal of the season for the Marlies.

Perry scored less than two minutes into the game when his point shot deflected off a Rochester stick and over the arm of Alexander Salak for the 1-0 lead. Hartlieb tied the game on a 2 on 1 six minutes later when he took a pass from Clay Wilson, and snapped a shot over the shoulder of Joey MacDonald and under the crossbar to make it 1-1.

The turning point of the game came in the second period though after Duco scored a power play goal, when he found a loose puck at the side of the net beside MacDonald and was able to tuck it into the wide open goal for the 2-1 lead. 16 seconds later, Brine raced down the left wing and snapped a shot over the shoulder of MacDonald to make it 3-1. Dallas Eakins called a timeout to try and settle the troops down, and it did break the momentum of the Americans for a while.
The close game continued late into the third period before Brine sent a high clearing shot from centre ice that bounced into the empty net to seal the game and make it 4-1.

Salak made 23 saves for the win, which was the 10th straight victory for Rochester, just one shy of the franchise mark of 11 set back in 1995-96. MacDonald stopped 26 in the loss for Toronto. It also marked the first time in seven games that Mike Zigomanis did not record a point since joining the Marlies.

Toronto is off until Friday night when they kick-off a two game set in Winnipeg against the Manitoba Moose.

SOURCE: torontomarlies.com