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By Stan Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Toronto Marlies traveled to Belleville on Sunday in a do-or-die situation.\u00a0After winning Game 2 of the best-of-three series 4-3 in overtime in Toronto on Friday, the winner of this game was going to move on to take on the first-place Cleveland Monsters while the loser was done for the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marlies lost in overtime by a score of 4-3.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Toronto Marlies Lay An Egg In 3-1 Loss To Belleville Senators<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There Was Little Reason to Believe the Marlies Could Win Game 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I had a bad feeling about this game even before it started.\u00a0The Senators dominated Game 1, and the 3-1 score flattered the Marlies.\u00a0In Game 2, the Senators hit iron five times. Toronto scored two goals on lucky bounces, including the overtime winner.\u00a0The Marlies were fortunate to be playing a Game 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senators opened the score just 2:21 into the contest with a goal from an unlikely source.\u00a0Bokonji Imama beat Dennis Hildeby with a wrist shot from the faceoff dot to Hildeby’s right, putting the Senators up 1-0.\u00a0It was only Imama\u2019s fourth goal in 56 games this season and the first postseason goal of his seven-year AHL career.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marshal Rifai scored his third goal of the playoffs with a one-time slapshot from the point one minute into the second period.\u00a0All three of Rifai\u2019s goals came from a long distance.\u00a0They may have exposed a weakness of Senators\u2019 goalie Mads Sogaard, who might have trouble tracking the puck on long shots.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Currie and Rourke Chartier scored one minute apart midway through the second period. Their goals put the Senators up 3-1. The feed for the game came from Belleville, and the announcers declared the game over at this point. They then started telling fans when and where they could purchase tickets for the next round.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Marlies Mount a Comeback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Logan Shaw got one of those goals back on the penalty kill. Kyle Clifford won a battle for the puck just inside the Toronto blue line and poked the puck out of the zone. There Shaw picked it up and skated it into the Belleville zone.\u00a0Shaw used a Senators\u2019 player as a partial screen and caught Sogaard moving the wrong way. His wrist shot beat Sogaard on his stick side from just inside the Belleville blue line.\u00a0 Once again a shot from a long way out beat Sogaard.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kyle Clifford, Maple Leafs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Marlies would complete the comeback at 13:19. Matteo Petroniro beat Sogaard once again with a one-timer slapshot from the point.\u00a0For the first time, I thought the Marlies had a chance to win the series.\u00a0They were carrying the play and had definitely found a weakness in Sogaard\u2019s game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither team was able to score in regulation and the game went to sudden-death overtime.\u00a0A huge defensive error cost the Marlies the game and the series.\u00a0Garret Pilon got in behind all five Marlies who were on the ice. Then, a perfect shot-for-a-rebound by Stephen Halliday bounced off Hildeby\u2019s pad right to Pilon.\u00a0Pilon had all the time in the world to pull the puck from his backhand to his forehand and tuck it in behind Hildeby to eliminate the Marlies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marshall Rifai led the Marlies in scoring over the three postseason games with three goals and one assist for a total of four points.\u00a0Kyle Clifford also had four points (one goal and three assists). Joseph Blandisi had three points (one goal and two assists), which were all scored in the 4-3 overtime win in Game 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three of the Marlies top scorers in the regular season, Alex Steeves, Nick Abruzzese, and Keiffer Bellows were held pointless in the three games.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dennis Hildeby saw his save percentage drop from 0.913% in the regular season to 0.896% in the playoffs and his Goals Against Average go up from 2.41 GAA to 3.35 GAA.\u00a0It was still a good rookie season for the 6-foot-7, 22-year-old from Sweden.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once things settle a bit I plan on reviewing some of the past season, examine the strengths and weaknesses of this edition of the Marlies and see what they can expect for the 2024-25 season.\u00a0It isn\u2019t always easy to find information for the Marlies.\u00a0As you might expect their media coverage is scant compared to the Maple Leafs.\u00a0I expect we will see a lot of changes in the direction the Marlies will be taking now that the organization has a new general manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Marlies Bounce Their Way Into a Third Game Of The Playoffs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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