[GDT] Flames vs Marlies - Tuesday April 7 @ 5:00pm (MDT)

[Drury18]

Adirondack Flames (33-28-6-2) vs Toronto Marlies (Toronto Maple Leafs) (33-27-9-0)

Game Notes:

• This is the 8th and final meeting between the Flames and Marlies this season
• Adirondack leads the season series 4-3 with the Marlies outscoring the Flames 20-21.
• Flames have won 2 of their last 4 games; Marlies have won 2 of their last 4
• The winner of this game could take over 2nd spot in the North Division and 9th in the Western Conference. Utica and Hamilton will play each other tonight as well. Hamilton, Toronto and Adirondack are all within 2 points of each other and sit 9th, 10th and 11th in the West respectively.

Roster Notes:

• DEL - Corey Potter (D), Markus Granlund (F), Drew Shore (F), Michael Ferland (F) Tyler Wotherspoon (D) and Brad Thiessen (G) - Called up to NHL Flames
• DEL – Brian McGrattan (F) – Leave of Absence due to birth of 1st child
• ADD – Taylor Stefishen (F) – Signed to a PTO
• ADD - Jacob Deserres (F) – Signed to an ATO
• The Flames now have 18 forwards (2 injured, 1 on leave), 10 defencemen {1 injured) and 4 goalies (1 injured) on the roster

Standings:

• Adirondack sits in 22nd (out of 30 teams) with 74 points and 4th in the North Division 19 points behind Utica, 2 points behind Hamilton and 1 point behind Toronto
• Adirondack sits 11th in the Western Conference, 5 points out of a playoff spot.
• Overall PP is 4th in the AHL at 19.4% (54/278). Home PP is 10th at 17.6%; Road PP is 4th at 21.3%
• Overall PK is 16th in the AHL at 83.9% (251/298). Home PK is 28th at 79.7%; Road PK is 4th at 87.3%
• Wolf (F) is 15th in Rookie Scoring (19G, 17A), 2nd in Rookie PIM (152), 2nd in Rookie Shooting % (18.3%) and currently the team point leader on the Flames.
• Poirier (F) is 16th in Rookie Scoring (17G, 19A) and 5th in Rookie Shooting % (17.2%)
• Agostino (F) is 17th in Rookie Scoring (12G, 24A), tied for 1st for Shorthanded Goals (2) and tied for Shorthanded Points (3)
  {*] Hathaway (F) is 20th in Rookie Scoring (19G, 15A), tied for 4th in Rookie PP Goals (5) and tied for 1st for Rookie Shorthanded Goals (2) and tied for 1st in Rookie Shorthanded Points (3)
• Culkin (D) is tied for 4th in Rookie PP Assists (10)
  

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Arnold - 1G, 5A in 4GP
• Acolaste - 5G, 11A in 22GP
• Agostino - 8G, 16A in 22GP
• Cundari - 5G, 14A in 21GP
• Elson - 8G, 4A in 17GP - Injured
• Ferland - 2G in 2 GP - Recalled to Calgary
• Granlund - 9G, 8A in 18GP - Recalled to Calgary
• Hanowski - 4G in 9GP
• Hathaway - 4G, 1A in 4GP
• Kulak - 1G, 5A in 9GP
• McGrattan - 4A in 6 GP - On Leave
• Morrison - 1G, 4A in 4GP
• Poirier - 2G, 3A in 3GP
• Potter - 5A in 9GP - Recalled to Flames
• Reinhart - 3G, 5A in 4GP
• Wolf - 5G, 5A in 10GP

Injuries:

• Ryan Culkin (Wrist/Tendon Injury) - Injured 02/07. Out for Season. Surgery on 02/10. Starting physical therapy 03/03.
• Bryce Van Brabant (Upper Body Injury) - Injured 03/14. Out for season. Surgery in late March.
• Joni Ortio (High Ankle Sprain) - Injured 02/20. Out 6-8 weeks. Checking in with NHL doctors on 04/07 and was on the ice doing agility drills.
• Turner Elson (Head) - Injured 03/25. No timetable for return. Suffered a concussion and laceration on the front and back of his head requiring in excess of 30 stitches.

Preview from the Adirondack Flames :

Preview from the Toronto Marlies : http://blog.marlies.ca/final-match-up-vs-flames-at-7pm/

Listen Live : http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WCQL

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[Drury18]

Goalie Match Up: Doug Carr for the Flames and Antoine Bibeau for the Marlies

[sureLoss]

Game over man Game over.

3-0 Marlies

Lepsic with 2 and Nylander with 1.

End of the first

[sureLoss]

Shots 7-4 for the Marlies.

Reinhart took an interference penalty. The Flames killed it. Then just after he stepped out of the box, Reinhart batted it out of the air into the stands and got a delay of game penalty. Marlies made it 3-0 on the ensuing PP.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

No Wotherspoon is game over from the start, basically. He was going to be the one to shut down Leipsic and Nylander.

[sureLoss]

Cameron Close @CClose19
Jake Deserres getting his first AHL time in goal heading in to the 2nd period here in Toronto.

[Drury18]

FLAMES GOAL

Agostino - Shorthanded

1-3 Marlies

[sureLoss]

Agostino SH goal makes it 3-1 13 seconds in

Then Lepsic completes the hattrick 4-1

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Oh wonderful. Leipsic with a hat trick.

[Drury18]

...I mean we are going to the playoffs for sure. With a 3rd and 4th string goalie (at best) backing the team. 6 saves on 10 shots. I might actually be able to do better than that.

[Roof-Daddy]

Flames out shot the Marlies 40-24, but lost 7-4 with an empty net goal against.

The usual suspects lit up the score sheet once again.

Poirier with 3 assists (all primary)
Arnold with 1 goal and 1 assist
Agostino with 1 goal and 1 assist
Reinhart with a goal
Kulak with a goal
Acolatse with an assist
Hathaway with an assist

Carr got yanked after allowing 3 goals on 7 shots, the newly signed Desserres took over and allowed another 3 goals on 16 shots.

[Street Pharmacist]

Brush goaltending

[Drury18]

Flames lose 4-7

Flames Goal Scorers: Agostino, Kulak, Reinhart, Arnold

Assists: Poirier (3), Arnold, Agostino, Hathaway, Acolaste

Final Shots on Goal: 40-24 Flames

Shot Leaders: Wolf (5), Acolatse/Agostino/Harris (4)

3 Stars:
1. TOR - 41 Brendan Leipsic
2. TOR - 39 Matt Frattin
3. TOR - 3 T.J. Brennan

Notes:

• Flames were 1/4 on the PP; Marlies were 4/7
• Series tied 4-4; Marlies outscore the Flames 27-25
• Flames have won 2 of their last 5 games
• Flames are currently 12th in the Western Conference and 5 points out of a playoff spot
• Taylor Stefishen (F) and Jacob Deserres (G) make their AHL debut

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Arnold - 2G, 6A in 5GP
• Acolaste - 5G, 12A in 23GP
• Agostino - 9G, 17A in 23GP
• Cundari - 5G, 14A in 21GP - Scratched
• Elson - 8G, 4A in 17GP - Injured
• Ferland - 2G in 2 GP - Recalled to Calgary
• Granlund - 9G, 8A in 18GP - Recalled to Calgary
• Hanowski - 4G in 9GP - Scratched
• Hathaway - 4G, 2A in 5GP
• Kulak - 1G, 5A in 9GP - Healthy Scratch
• McGrattan - 4A in 6 GP - On Leave
• Morrison - 1G, 4A in 5GP
• Poirier - 2G, 6A in 4GP
• Potter - 5A in 9GP - Recalled to Flames
• Reinhart - 4G, 5A in 5GP
• Wolf - 5G, 5A in 11GP

[Drury18]

Hate to say it folks, but I think it's pretty much over now. Adirondack will not be making the playoffs this year. This win would have put us in 9th and with a small chance to make it. Right now, we HAVE to win every last game and hope for teams like Toronto, Hamilton and Milwaukee to lose every game. It's not realistic anymore.

[Roof-Daddy]

Yeap, really unlikely.

Too bad Ortio got hurt. Have to think that with him healthy, this team is likely still in a playoff spot. The goaltending has been pretty bad.

[Drury18]

Agostino's Shorthanded:



Kulak:



Reinhart:



Arnold:

[Drury18]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

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Too bad Ortio got hurt. Have to think that with him healthy, this team is likely still in a playoff spot. The goaltending has been pretty bad.

I'm not sure. I think they would have been still fighting for one, but probably a little closer then they currently are. Our offense went really cold for a good stretch while he was injured, we were shut out twice and only getting 1 goal. I think Ortio could have stolen a few wins for us, probably in those pond hockey style games, but I don't know if we'd be in a comfortable playoff spot if he was healthy.

I'm very interested to see how the Flames (NHL or AHL) deal with the goalie issue in the offseason. Ortio is gone, that's a certain. We need someone to start or share the starting job in Stockton so they have a fighting chance because we can't just throw Gillies in there and expect him to survive all year.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I'm really eating crow right now. I must've been blinded by the brilliance of Doug Carr last season. I honestly thought he was going to be a pretty decent goalie at the AHL level.

Guess I was wrong.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

I'm really eating crow right now. I must've been blinded by the brilliance of Doug Carr last season. I honestly thought he was going to be a pretty decent goalie at the AHL level.

Guess I was wrong.

It wasn't jusy you. Friedman wrote in his 30 thoughts this year that some people in the NHL thought Carr could be an underrated goalie prospect.

[Racki]

Elliot Friedman was singing Carr's praises at the beginning of the season. Kinda disappointed in his play.