Toronto Marlies

For the junior ice hockey team, see Toronto Marlboros.

The Toronto Marlies are a Canadian professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League (AHL). The top affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Toronto Maple Leafs, the Marlies play at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Toronto Marlies
2018–19 AHL season
City	Toronto, Ontario
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	North
Founded	1978
Home arena	Coca-Cola Coliseum Scotiabank Arena (occasional home games)
Colours	Blue, white
Owner(s)	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
General manager	Laurence Gilman
Head coach	Sheldon Keefe
Media	Leafs Nation Network Sportsnet 590 TSN 1050 AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates	Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL)
Franchise history
1978–1982	New Brunswick Hawks
1982–1986	St. Catharines Saints
1986–1991	Newmarket Saints
1991–2005	St. John's Maple Leafs
2005–present	Toronto Marlies
Championships
Regular season titles	2 (2015–16, 2017–18)
Division Championships	6 (2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18)
Conference Championships	2 (2012, 2018)
Calder Cups	1 (2018)

Contents

History

The Marlies trace their history back to the New Brunswick Hawks, which were founded in 1978 and jointly operated by the Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks as a farm team. Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (MLGL) and the Black Hawks each owned half of the franchise.

The Hawks played until 1982, when they relocated to St. Catharines, Ontario as the St. Catharines Saints, this time as a sole Leafs affiliate; the Hawks had opted to affiliate with the Springfield Indians. After four seasons, the team moved to Newmarket, Ontario as the Newmarket Saints, where they played for five seasons before moving to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador as the St. John's Maple Leafs, the first professional ice hockey team in Newfoundland and Labrador. The team played their home games at Memorial Stadium until 2001, when they moved to Mile One Centre.

The Marlies with the Calder Cup, the club's first after defeating the Texas Stars in the 2018 Calder Cup Final.

The AHL had a strong presence in Atlantic Canada in the 1980s and 1990s. However, after the turn of the millennium, NHL teams sought to have their AHL affiliates located geographically closer to their parent clubs in order to ease movement of players between the minors and the NHL. By 2004, St. John's was the only remaining team in the region. Although the team was extremely popular and had excellent attendance, the parent Maple Leafs wanted to cut back on escalating travel costs. By the time of the team's final season in Newfoundland, their nearest opponent was the Portland Pirates, 1,781 km (1,107 mi) away. Additionally, Ricoh Coliseum (formerly CNE Coliseum and now Coca-Cola Coliseum had recently been renovated for hockey use, and the NHL Leafs were looking to place a team there. The Coliseum had been home to the Toronto Roadrunners, top affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, in the 2003–04 season. These factors resulted in the team's relocation to Toronto for the 2005–06 season.

The team is named after the former Toronto Marlboros, a junior hockey team that played in Toronto from 1904 to 1989, the last 62 years of that time under common ownership with the Leafs. The team was long known as the "Marlies" to fans and media alike. To avoid any potential association with the similarly named cigarette brand, MLSE uses the abbreviated form as the team's official nickname.

The Rochester Americans have succeeded the now defunct Hamilton Bulldogs as the major rival of the Marlies, whose parent team, the Maple Leafs, also have a rivalry with the Americans' parent club, the Buffalo Sabres.

During the 2011–12 AHL season, the Marlies advanced to the Calder Cup Finals, the deepest playoff run for a Toronto-based team since the Leafs won the Stanley Cup in 1967.

In 2015–16 season, the Marlies moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference due to the relocation of five teams to California.

During the 2017–18 AHL season, the Marlies won their first Calder Cup after a 4–3 series win over the Texas Stars in the finals. It was the first professional hockey title for a Toronto-based team since 1967.

Team information

Logo

The Toronto Marlies' primary colours are blue and white, which is used in the team's logo. The present logo for the Marlies, introduced in 2016, is based on the Toronto Marlboros' logo. The Marlboros were a junior ice hockey team that was formerly sponsored by Maple Leaf Gardens Limited.

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  Toronto Marlies alternate logo.

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  Toronto Marlies primary logo from 2005 to 2016

Broadcast information

All regular season home games, as well as all home and away playoff games air on Leafs Nation Network, with Todd Crocker as play-by-play announcer. Road regular season games are streamed live on the Marlies' Website.

Season-by-season results

Calder Cup Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

League Leader

AHL Record

Records as of the end of the 2018–19 regular season.

Regular season											Playoffs
Season	Games	Won	Lost	OTL	SOL	Points	PCT	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Year	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2005–06	80	41	29	6	4	92	.575	270	263	4th, North	2006	L, 1–4, GR	—	—	—
2006–07	80	34	39	2	5	75	.469	220	270	6th, North	2007	Did not qualify
2007–08	80	50	21	3	6	109	.681	246	203	1st, North	2008	W, 4–3, SA	W, 4–3, SYR	L, 1–4, CHI	—
2008–09	80	39	29	5	7	90	.563	240	229	4th, North	2009	L, 2–4, MTB	—	—	—
2009–10	80	33	35	6	6	78	.488	193	261	5th, North	2010	Did not qualify
2010–11	80	37	32	1	10[1]	85	.531	228	219	5th, North	2011	Did not qualify
2011–12	76	44	24	5	3	96	.632	217	175[4]	1st, North	2012	W, 3–0, RCH	W, 4–1, ABB	W, 4–1, OKC	L, 0–4, NOR
2012–13	76	43	23	3	7	96	.632	237	199	1st, North	2013	W, 3–0, RCH	L, 2–4, GR	—	—
2013–14	76	45	25	2	4	96	.632	223	202	1st, North	2014	W, 3–0, MIL	W, 4–0, CHI	L, 3–4, TEX	—
2014–15	76	40	27	9	0[2]	89	.586	207	203	2nd, North	2015	L, 2–3, GR	—	—	—
2015–16	76	54	16[3]	5	1	114	.750	294	191	1st, North	2016	W, 3–0, BRI	W, 4–3, ALB	L, 1–4, HER	—
2016–17	76	42	29	4	1	89	.586	245	207	2nd, North	2017	W, 3–1, ALB	L, 3–4, SYR	—	—
2017–18	76	54	18[3]	2	2	112	.737	254	170[4]	1st, North	2018	W, 3–2, UTI	W, 4–0, SYR	W, 4–0, LV	W, 4–3, TEX
2018–19	76	39	24	9	4	91	.599	248	243	3rd, North	2019	W, 3–0, RCH	W, 4–0, CLE	L, 2–4, CHA	—
Totals	1088	595	371	62	60	1312	.603	3322	3035			11 playoff appearances

_[1]-Indicates league leading: most shootout losses

_[2]-Indicates AHL record: fewest shootout losses

_[3]-Indicates league leading: fewest losses

_[4]-Indicates league leading: fewest goals against

Players

Current roster

Updated June 7, 2019.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
13		Nicholas Baptiste	RW	R	23	2019	Ottawa, Ontario	Maple Leafs
55		Andreas Borgman	D	L	23	2018	Stockholm, Sweden	Maple Leafs
27		Jeremy Bracco	RW	R	22	2017	Freeport, New York	Maple Leafs
78		Trey Bradley	LW	L	23	2019	Tampa, Florida	Marlies
14		Adam Brooks	C	L	23	2017	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Maple Leafs
58		Michael Carcone	LW	L	23	2018	Ajax, Ontario	Maple Leafs
17		Rich Clune	LW	L	32	2015	Toronto, Ontario	Marlies
63		Colt Conrad	C	R	22	2019	Saint Alphonse, Manitoba	Marlies
22		Frank Corrado	D	R	26	2018	Toronto, Ontario	Marlies
21		Joseph Duszak	D	R	21	2019	Franklin Square, New York	Maple Leafs
47		Pierre Engvall	LW	L	23	2018	Ljungby, Sweden	Maple Leafs
18		Gabriel Gagne	RW	R	22	2019	Sainte-Adèle, Quebec	Maple Leafs
38		Colin Greening (A)	LW	L	33	2016	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Marlies
81		Mac Hollowell	D	R	20	2019	Niagara Falls, Ontario	Maple Leafs
31		Michael Hutchinson	G	R	29	2018	Barrie, Ontario	Maple Leafs
30		Kasimir Kaskisuo	G	L	25	2016	Vantaa, Finland	Maple Leafs
96		Egor Korshkov	RW	L	22	2019	Novosibirsk, Russia	Maple Leafs
7		Timothy Liljegren	D	R	20	2017	Kristianstad, Sweden	Maple Leafs
12		Jesper Lindgren	D	R	22	2019	Umea, Sweden	Maple Leafs
5		Vincent LoVerde (A)	D	R	30	2017	Chicago, Illinois	Maple Leafs
10		Tanner MacMaster	LW	L	23	2019	Calgary, Alberta	Marlies
20		Mason Marchment	LW	L	24	2016	Uxbridge, Ontario	Maple Leafs
16		Griffen Molino	LW	L	25	2018	Trenton, Michigan	Marlies
53		Ryan Moore	F	L	22	2019	Troy, Michigan	Marlies
9		Trevor Moore	LW	L	24	2016	Thousand Oaks, California	Maple Leafs
19		Chris Mueller (A)	C	R	33	2017	West Seneca, New York	Maple Leafs
6		Steven Oleksy	D	R	33	2018	Chesterfield, Michigan	Maple Leafs
48		Calle Rosen	D	L	25	2017	Växjö, Sweden	Maple Leafs
8		Rasmus Sandin	D	L	19	2018	Uppsala, Sweden	Maple Leafs
15		Tom Sestito	LW	L	31	2018	Rome, New York	Marlies
11		Jordan Subban	D	R	24	2018	Toronto, Ontario	Maple Leafs
41		Dmytro Timashov	LW	L	22	2016	Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine	Maple Leafs
–		Riley Woods	C	L	20	2019	Regina, Saskatchewan	Marlies

Team captains

• Marc Moro, 2005–2007
• Ben Ondrus, 2007–2010
• Alex Foster, 2010–11
• Ryan Hamilton, 2011–2013
• Trevor Smith, 2013–2015
• Troy Bodie, 2015
• Andrew Campbell, 2015–2017
• Ben Smith, 2018

Head coaches

Sheldon Keefe with the Calder Cup after the 2018 Calder Cup Final. He was named as the Marlies head coach in 2015.

• Paul Maurice — 2005–2006
• Greg Gilbert — 2006–2009
• Dallas Eakins — 2009–2013
• Steve Spott — 2013–2014
• Gord Dineen — 2014–2015
• Sheldon Keefe — 2015–present

Team records

Single season

Goals: John Pohl, 36 (2005–06)

Assists: Jeremy Bracco, 57 (2018–19)

Points: Tim Stapleton, 79 (2008–09); Jeremy Bracco, 79 (2018–19)

Penalty Minutes: Andre Deveaux, 216 (2009–10)

Point Streak: Spencer Abbott, 13 (Oct. 6, 2013 – Nov. 16, 2013)

GAA: Garret Sparks, 1.79 (2017–18)

SV%: Garret Sparks, .936 (2017–18)

Wins: Garret Sparks, 31 (2017-18)

Shutouts: Garret Sparks, 6 (2017–18)

• Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

Career

Recording 15 shutouts with the Marlies, Garret Sparks holds the franchise all-time shutout record with the team.

Career Goals: Ryan Hamilton, 94

Career Assists: Mike Zigomanis, 116

Career Points: Kris Newbury, 168

Career Penalty Minutes: Kris Newbury, 475

Career Goaltending Wins: Garret Sparks, 80

Career Shutouts: Garret Sparks, 15

Career Games: Alex Foster, 312

Franchise records and firsts

• First Game: October 7, 2005. Rochester Americans 8, Marlies 5
• First Home Game and First Win: October 12, 2005. Marlies 5, Syracuse Crunch 2.
• Franchise First Goal: October 7, 2005. Rochester Americans 8, Marlies 5. Goal scored by Colin Murphy
• Franchise First Shutout: December 14, 2005. Jean-Sebastien Aubin. Marlies 5, Grand Rapids Griffins 0.
• Franchise First Hat Trick: January 2, 2006. Luke Fulghum. Marlies 6, Cleveland Barons 1.
• Most goals scored in a game: 10 (twice): February 8, 2009. Marlies 10, Grand Rapids Griffins 5. February 27, 2016. Marlies 10, Rochester Americans 5.

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Ontario

External links

• Official website