TORONTO -- An injury to Spencer Abbott in the second period forced Toronto
Marlies coach Steve Spott to move Brandon Kozun to the top line.
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off as Kozun picked up the insurance maker and the Marlies defeated the reigning
Calder Cup champion Grand Rapids Griffins 4-1 on Friday, "It was nice that we
could slot him right up there and that was a huge goal because Grand Rapids was
coming late," said Spott. "That seemed to quiet them a little bit because the
fire power, the ability to turn over pucks in transition, theyre going to come
at you hard and that was a big goal by Brandon. "I know he needed it personally,
its good for his confidence and it was a timely goal for our team." Kozun
restored Torontos two-goal lead at 12:05 of the third period, beating Mrazek
stick-side for his 13th of the season. The goal was Kozuns third and seventh
point in eight games since he was acquired from the Manchester Monarchs. "Well
when (injuries) happen, everyones got to step up their game, play together as a
team, I think this team has been doing it all year and youve got to play as a
team to beat a team like that," said Kozun. "Theyre obviously the reigning
champions and everyone came to play tonight and it was a good one. T.J. Brennan,
Josh Leivo and Jerry DAmigo had the other goals for the Marlies, who won for the
third time in four games. The win moves Toronto (28-15-4) two points back of the
second-place Griffins (29-15-4) in the AHLs Western Conference. Landon Ferraro
replied for Grand Rapids, which has just one win in the last five games. Grand
Rapids out-shot Toronto 34-12 in the final 40 minutes, but could not get another
one past Drew MacIntyre, who made 41 saves for his league-leading 21st win of
the season. Petr Mrazek made 23 saves for the Griffins. "Youre playing the
reigning Calder Cup champions and you know theyre going to come, youre up two
goals, you lose arguably your best forward in Spencer Abbott and a great
shutdown player in Tyler Biggs so there is absolutely nothing left in the tank,"
said Spott. "We have to go easy (Saturday) and weve got to find a way to, with
our tank almost on E, to get another 60 minutes out of these guys on Sunday.
Theres not a lot left." Brennan opened the scoring with his 20th goal of the
season on the power play at 1:17 of the second period, beating Mrazek with a
wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle. With the goal, Brennan became the
first defenceman to score 20 goals in a single season since Johnny Boychuck did
it with the Providence Bruins in the 2008-2009 season. The Marlies added to
their lead at 4:01 of the period when Leivo stepped out of the corner and beat
Mrazek from the slot for his 10th. Ferraro pulled the Griffins to within one as
he one-timed a Jeff Hoggan pass past MacIntyre at 8:20 of the second period
DAmigo added an empty netter for his 10th of the season with 1:09 remaining. In
addition to Abbott, who left the game with a lower body injury, the Marlies also
lost forward Biggs. Spott said he would have a better idea on the condition of
both players Saturday. Toronto was already without forward Sam Carrick, who
sustained an upper body injury in Wednesdays shootout win over the San Antonio
Rampage.
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