""If we want to become the elite team that we think we can be with the group that we have, we just can't play that way. We have to learn from it, sooner rather than later. A lot of credit to our guys to be able to come back like that and get four important points against a team that's playing desperate." - John Gruden"
"The two points earned were undoubtedly more important than the calibre of performance in the The Toronto Marlies' 5-4 victory over Iowa on Saturday. The process was far from satisfactory, as the Marlies' response in the middle frame was emphatic, but the slow starts will come back to kick this team in the butt later in the season if the trend continues. Marlies handed the Wild a two-goal first-period lead, one that a stronger opponent would likely have made Toronto pay for."
"The Marlies got off to a perfect start, drawing a penalty inside two minutes and taking less than 30 seconds to open the scoring. Alex Nylander loves to shoot from the left circle, but on this occasion, he delivered a perfect feed to Borya Valis to finish from the doorstep. What should have been the platform for another comfortable win turned into a nightmare as Iowa struck three times in four minutes."
The Toronto Marlies earned a 5-4 victory over Iowa, overcoming a two-goal first-period deficit to claim two standings points. Toronto opened quickly with a drawn penalty and an early goal as Alex Nylander fed Borya Valis for a doorstep finish. Iowa scored three times in four minutes, including Carson Lambos' rising point shot, an eight-second power-play strike after a Peksa save, and a redirected goal following a bungled zone clearance. Toronto lost battles below the goal line and along the walls, but produced an emphatic middle-frame response. Penalty killing lapses and defensive breakdowns allowed Iowa to seize early momentum.
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