2015–16 Toronto Marlies season

The 2015–16 Toronto Marlies season is the American Hockey League franchise's 11th season in the city of Toronto, Ontario. During the season, the Marlies broke numerous franchise records on their way to finishing first in the entire league. This was the Marlies' 5th divisional title and 4th in 5 years. The Marlies also won the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy for the first time in franchise history as regular season champions. On February 2, 2016, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Marlies unveiled a new logo, to coincide with the parent club's 100th anniversary.

2015–16 Toronto Marlies
AHL Regular Season champions
Eastern Conference champions
North Division champions
League	1st AHL
Division	1st North
Conference	1st Eastern
2015–16 record	54-16-5-1 (114 pts)
Home record	27-9-2 (56 pts)
Road record	27-7-4 (58 pts)
Goals for	294
Goals against	191
Team information
General Manager	Kyle Dubas
Coach	Sheldon Keefe
Assistant Coach	Gord Dineen AJ MacLean
Captain	Andrew Campbell[lower-alpha 1]
Alternate captains	Rich Clune Matt Frattin
Arena	Ricoh Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Arcobello, (25) T.J. Brennan
Assists	T.J. Brennan (43)
Points	T.J. Brennan (68)
Penalty minutes	Rich Clune (146)
Plus/minus	Andrew Campbell (+39)
Wins	Antoine Bibeau (28)
Goals against average	Garret Sparks (2.33) (Minimum 20 games played)

Various franchise and league records were set by the Marlies, most notably securing the 3rd best record in AHL history, and the best of any team in a 76-game season.

During Game seven of the second round playoff series against Albany, Rich Clune proceeded to score the series-winning goal with under 3 minutes remaining in the third period, his first playoff goal as a professional; after which a fan in the Ricoh Coliseum was spotted with a poster stating "Clune wrestles bears for fun" as an allusion to their next opponent, the Hershey Bears, as well as his role as the main enforcer on the team.

Standings

 y–  indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot
 x–  indicates team has clinched a playoff spot
 e–  indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	Pts%	GF	GA
y–Hershey Bears (WSH)	76	43	21	5	7	98	.645	259	220
x–Providence Bruins (BOS)	76	41	22	9	4	95	.625	238	198
x–Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT)	76	43	27	4	2	92	.605	230	203
x–Portland Pirates (FLA)	76	41	27	6	2	90	.592	215	207
x–Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI)	76	40	29	4	3	87	.572	209	220
e–Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR)	76	41	32	3	0	85	.559	202	199
e–Lehigh Valley Phantoms (PHI)	76	34	35	4	3	75	.493	215	222
e–Springfield Falcons (ARZ)	76	26	42	3	5	60	.395	194	265

North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	Pts%	GF	GA
y–Toronto Marlies (TOR)	76	54	16	5	1	114	.750	294	191
x–Albany Devils (NJ)	76	46	20	8	2	102	.671	212	167
x–Utica Comets (VAN)	76	38	26	8	4	88	.579	224	217
e–Syracuse Crunch (TB)	76	32	29	11	4	79	.520	213	240
e–St. John's IceCaps (MTL)	76	32	33	8	3	75	.493	208	239
e–Rochester Americans (BUF)	76	34	38	3	1	72	.474	199	249
e–Binghamton Senators (OTT)	76	31	38	6	1	69	.454	204	241

Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	Pts%	GF	GA
y–Milwaukee Admirals (NSH)	76	48	23	3	2	101	.664	224	193
x–Lake Erie Monsters (CBJ)	76	43	22	6	5	97	.638	211	188
x–Rockford IceHogs (CHI)	76	40	22	10	4	94	.618	214	205
x–Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)	76	44	30	1	1	90	.592	238	195
e–Charlotte Checkers (CAR)	76	36	32	3	5	80	.526	214	229
e–Chicago Wolves (STL)	76	33	35	5	3	74	.487	194	228
e–Manitoba Moose (WPG)	76	26	41	4	5	61	.401	180	250
e–Iowa Wild (MIN)	76	24	41	5	6	59	.388	169	225

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	Pts%	GF	GA
y–Ontario Reign (LA)	68	44	19	4	1	93	.684	192	138
x–San Diego Gulls (ANA)	68	39	23	4	2	84	.618	208	200
x–Texas Stars (DAL)	76	40	25	8	3	91	.599	277	246
x–San Jose Barracuda (SJ)	68	31	26	8	3	73	.537	198	193
e–Bakersfield Condors (EDM)	68	31	28	7	2	71	.522	212	222
e–Stockton Heat (CGY)	68	32	32	2	2	68	.500	194	224
e–San Antonio Rampage (COL)	76	33	35	8	0	74	.487	213	240

Regular season

Eastern Conference																				Western Conference
North Division													Atlantic Division							Central Division									Pacific Division
Team	Home						Away						Team	Home			Away			Team	Home				Away				No Games Played
Albany	3-2	2-3	4-0	-	-	-	3-2	2-3	3-0	-	-	-	Bridgeport Sound	-	-	-	-	-	-	Charlotte	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Bakersfield
Binghamton	6-4	5-6	3-1	-	-	-	1-5	6-1	3-2	-	-	-	Hartford	2-3	-	-	5-0	-	-	Chicago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ontario
Rochester	5-1	10-5	3-1	4-2	-	-	8-2	1-0	4-0	2-4	-	-	Hershey	2-5	-	-	6-2	-	-	Grand Rapids	6-1	6-3	-	-	4-0	4-2	-	-	San Antonio
St. John's	2-6	1-5	5-2	4-5	5-3	4-0	2-3	9-8	6-3	4-6	1-3	2-1	Lehigh Valley	3-2	-	-	3-1	-	-	Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	San Diego
Syracuse	1-3	3-2	3-2	5-4	-	-	3-1	4-3	4-3	2-3	-	-	Portland	3-1	-	-	9-2	-	-	Lake Erie	3-2	4-3	-	-	1-2	4-1	-	-	San Jose
Utica	4-5	4-2	7-1	4-5	-	-	5-4	2-0	3-2	0-4	-	-	Providence	4-5	-	-	2-3	-	-	Manitoba	5-3	3-2	3-1	9-0	3-0	4-1	6-2	5-6	Stockton
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Springfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	Milwaukee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Texas
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	W-B/Scranton	4-2	-	-	4-3	-	-	Rockford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Record	Home 14-6-2						Away 16-6-2						Record	Home 3-3-0			Away 5-0-1			Record	Home 8-0-0				Away 6-1-1				Home0-0-0	Away0-0-0
Total 30-12-4													Total 8-3-1							Total 14-1-1									Total 0-0-0
Total 38-15-5																				Total 14-1-1
Grand Total 52-16-6

2016 Calder Cup playoffs

Round	Opponent/Game		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Bridgeport Sound	H			6-4	-	-	N/A
		A	4-1	3-0
2	Albany	H	1-2	5-3				1-4	4-3
		A			2-3	7-2	5-1
3	Hershey	H
		A	1-3

Statistics

Regular season

Toronto Marlies 2015-16 Individual Stats # Player Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH% 3 T.J. Brennan D 69 25 43 68 34 53 9 0 169 14.8 28 Mark Arcobello C 49 25 34 59 19 22 8 2 169 14.8 37 Colin Smith (total) C 77 20 36 56 4 37 3 1 158 12.7 SA C 54 13 21 34 -4 33 2 1 115 11.3 TOR C 23 7 15 22 8 4 1 0 43 16.3 19 Brendan Leipsic LW 65 20 34 54 16 55 5 1 169 11.8 14 Josh Leivo LW 51 17 31 48 14 14 5 0 158 10.8 62 William Nylander C 38 18 27 45 7 10 3 0 112 16.1 11 Zach Hyman RW 59 15 22 37 31 24 0 4 134 11.2 16 Sam Carrick C 52 16 18 34 11 90 3 0 113 14.2 39 Matt Frattin RW 71 13 21 34 3 51 2 0 131 9.9 20 Tobias Lindberg (total) LW 56 11 23 34 12 20 3 0 127 8.7 BNG LW 34 5 17 22 10 8 0 0 67 7.5 TOR LW 22 6 6 12 2 12 3 0 60 10.0 29 Connor Brown RW 34 11 18 29 10 8 3 1 75 14.7 4 Connor Carrick (total) D 52 11 18 29 25 52 4 1 113 9.7 HER D 47 10 16 26 23 50 3 1 104 9.6 TOR D 5 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 9 11.1 90 Nikita Soshnikov LW 52 18 10 28 26 18 3 2 120 15.0 18 Richard Panik (X) RW 33 9 16 25 5 34 0 0 66 13.6 42 Kasperi Kapanen LW 44 9 16 25 7 8 4 0 65 13.8 2 Andrew Campbell D 66 9 15 24 39 72 0 0 87 10.3 17 Richard Clune LW 49 8 16 24 20 146 2 2 44 18.2 10 Stuart Percy D 58 4 20 24 3 47 0 0 66 6.1 61 Rinat Valiev D 60 4 19 23 32 30 0 1 59 6.8 41 Justin Holl D 60 5 16 21 32 15 0 0 93 5.4 23 Frederik Gauthier C 56 6 12 18 18 10 0 0 51 11.8 37 Casey Bailey (X) RW 38 4 14 18 5 16 0 0 55 7.3 36 Brett Findlay C 39 6 11 17 9 6 0 0 54 11.1 21 Ben Smith (total) RW 19 12 4 16 2 4 4 1 49 24.5 SJ RW 14 8 2 10 -1 4 3 1 33 24.2 TOR RW 5 4 2 6 3 0 1 0 16 25.0 50 Viktor Loov D 55 3 12 15 14 40 0 0 77 3.9 24 Colin Greening (total) LW 41 7 6 13 -9 52 1 1 89 7.9 BNG LW 41 7 6 13 -9 52 1 1 89 7.9 20 Ryan Rupert (X) C 29 6 6 12 11 14 1 0 30 20.0 7 Eric Faille RW 15 7 3 10 5 2 1 0 28 25.0 38 John Kurtz (total) LW 39 3 3 6 0 38 0 0 31 9.7 UTI LW 25 2 0 2 -5 38 0 0 16 12.5 TOR LW 14 1 3 4 5 0 0 0 15 6.7 9 Jeremy Morin (X) LW 13 2 4 6 0 8 1 0 29 6.9 25 James Martin D 17 0 5 5 1 13 0 0 19 0.0 27 David Kolomatis D 23 1 3 4 12 8 0 0 24 4.2 54 Byron Froese C 4 3 0 3 -1 0 1 0 13 23.1 22 Shane Conacher RW 7 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 15 13.3 6 Scott Harrington D 17 1 2 3 4 14 0 0 20 5.0 4 Frank Corrado D 7 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 7 0.0 44 Taylor Doherty D 12 0 3 3 7 20 0 0 9 0.0 40 Garret Sparks G 21 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 54 Tony Cameranesi F 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 40.0 24 Jordan Hickmott RW 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 16.7 26 Chase Witala LW 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 0.0 59 Willie Corrin D 4 0 2 2 4 6 0 0 5 0.0 6 Andrew Nielsen D 5 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 5 0.0 18 Rylan Schwartz C 5 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 6 16.7 8 Eric Baier (X) D 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 45 Tyler Wong RW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 5 Ty Stanton D 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.0 12 Jack Rodewald RW 7 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 7 0.0 49 Justin Johnson RW 8 0 1 1 0 36 0 0 5 0.0 31 Ryan Massa G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 Kasimir Kaskisuo G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 26 Tylor Spink C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 15 T.J. Foster RW 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 4 0.0 47 Mason Marchment LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 45 Jonathan Bernier G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 30 Rob Madore G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 32 Alex Stalock (total) G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 SJ G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOR G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 Ray Emery (total) G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 ONT G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOR G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 Antoine Bibeau G 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 BENCH 76 4 20 4 TOTALS 76 294 498 788 426 936 57 13 2473 0.117 # Goalies GP Mins W L SOL SO GA GAA SVS SV% 31 Ryan Massa 1 59:56 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 16 0.941 30 Rob Madore 4 240:00 4 0 0 1 5 1.25 99 0.952 45 Jonathan Bernier 4 239:43 3 0 0 3 5 1.25 91 0.948 40 Garret Sparks 21 1211:33 14 4 0 3 47 2.33 602 0.928 32 Alex Stalock 5 302:54 3 2 0 0 12 2.38 131 0.916 SJ 2 122:22 2 0 0 0 4 1.96 53 0.930 TOR 3 180:32 1 2 0 0 8 2.66 78 0.907 33 Kasimir Kaskisuo 2 125:00 1 0 1 0 5 2.40 48 0.906 1 Antoine Bibeau 40 2353:44 28 9 0 3 106 2.70 1064 0.909 33 Ray Emery 6 360:25 3 2 0 0 18 3.00 142 0.888 ONT 3 181:56 1 1 0 0 10 3.30 72 0.878 TOR 3 178:29 2 1 0 0 8 2.69 70 0.897 TOTALS 76 4616:00 54 16 1 10 190 2.47 2068 0.916

Playoffs

Toronto Marlies 2016 Playoffs Individual Stats # Player Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH% 4 Connor Carrick D 11 6 8 14 6 12 2 0 33 18.2 29 Connor Brown RW 11 6 2 8 -3 4 1 2 23 26.1 42 Kasperi Kapanen LW 10 3 5 8 4 2 1 0 12 25.0 14 Josh Leivo LW 11 2 6 8 2 10 0 0 35 5.7 28 Mark Arcobello C 11 1 7 8 3 2 1 0 25 4.0 62 William Nylander C 10 3 4 7 4 2 0 0 15 20.0 21 Ben Smith RW 11 2 5 7 7 2 0 0 25 8.0 3 T.J. Brennan D 11 5 0 5 -1 6 4 0 37 13.5 90 Nikita Soshnikov LW 7 4 1 5 4 2 0 0 14 28.6 11 Zach Hyman RW 11 3 2 5 5 21 0 0 26 11.5 16 Sam Carrick C 10 0 5 5 -1 11 0 0 17 0.0 19 Brendan Leipsic LW 11 2 2 4 1 12 1 0 20 10.0 50 Viktor Loov D 9 1 2 3 0 14 0 0 5 20.0 17 Richard Clune LW 11 1 2 3 2 16 0 0 6 16.7 2 Andrew Campbell D 5 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 6 0.0 37 Colin Smith C 5 0 2 2 -1 2 0 0 7 0.0 10 Stuart Percy D 10 0 2 2 4 8 0 0 9 0.0 41 Justin Holl D 11 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 9 0.0 57 Travis Dermott D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0.0 39 Matt Frattin RW 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0.0 8 Andreas Johnsson RW 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0.0 20 Tobias Lindberg LW 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0.0 40 Garret Sparks G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 23 Frederik Gauthier C 7 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 0.0 61 Rinat Valiev D 8 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 0.0 1 Antoine Bibeau G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 BENCH 11 0 0 0 TOTALS 11 39 59 98 43 140 10 2 339 0.115 # Goalies GP Mins W L SOL SO GA GAA SVS SV% 40 Garret Sparks 3 146:10 2 1 0 1 2 0.82 70 0.972 1 Antoine Bibeau 9 523:37 5 3 0 0 24 2.75 229 0.905 Totals 11 678:40 7 4 0 1 26 2.30 299 0.920

Year-end roster

Updated May 22, 2016.[1][2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
28		Mark Arcobello	C	R	27	2015	Milford, Connecticut	Maple Leafs
1		Antoine Bibeau	G	L	21	2014	Victoriaville, Quebec	Maple Leafs
3		T. J. Brennan	D	L	27	2015	Moorestown, New Jersey	Maple Leafs
29		Connor Brown	RW	L	22	2014	Toronto, Ontario	Maple Leafs
2		Andrew Campbell (C)	D	L	28	2015	Caledonia, Ontario	Maple Leafs
4		Connor Carrick	D	R	22	2016	Orland Park, Illinois	Maple Leafs
16		Sam Carrick	C	L	24	2013	Markham, Ontario	Maple Leafs
17		Rich Clune (A)	LW	L	28	2015	Toronto, Ontario	Maple Leafs
57		Travis Dermott	D	L	19	2016	Newmarket, Ontario	Maple Leafs
39		Matt Frattin (A)	RW	R	28	2016	Edmonton, Alberta	Senators
23		Frederik Gauthier	C	L	20	2015	Laval, Quebec	Maple Leafs
41		Justin Holl	D	R	24	2015	Tonka Bay, Minnesota	Marlies
11		Zach Hyman	RW	R	23	2015	Toronto, Ontario	Maple Leafs
8		Andreas Johnsson	RW	L	21	2016	Gävle, Sweden	Maple Leafs
42		Kasperi Kapanen	RW	R	19	2015	Kuopio, Finland	Maple Leafs
27		David Kolomatis	D	R	27	2016	Basking Ridge, New Jersey	Marlies
19		Brendan Leipsic	LW	L	21	2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Maple Leafs
14		Josh Leivo	RW	R	22	2013	Innisfil, Ontario	Maple Leafs
20		Tobias Lindberg	RW	L	20	2016	Stockholm, Sweden	Maple Leafs
50		Viktor Loov	D	L	23	2014	Södertälje, Sweden	Maple Leafs
25		James Martin	D	L	24	2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Marlies
62		William Nylander	C	R	19	2015	Calgary, Alberta	Maple Leafs
10		Stuart Percy	D	L	22	2012	Oakville, Ontario	Maple Leafs
21		Ben Smith	RW	R	27	2016	Avon, Connecticut	Maple Leafs
37		Colin Smith	C	L	22	2016	Edmonton, Alberta	Maple Leafs
90		Nikita Soshnikov	LW	L	22	2015	Nizhny Tagil, Russia	Maple Leafs
40		Garret Sparks	G	L	22	2013	Elmhurst, Illinois	Maple Leafs
61		Rinat Valiev	D	L	20	2015	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	Maple Leafs

Notes

1. Rich Clune was briefly captain when Campbell was recalled by the Maple Leafs.

References

1. "Toronto Marlies roster". Toronto Marlies. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
2. "Toronto Marlies Roster". American Hockey League. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

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External links

• Official Website of the AHL
• Official Website of the Toronto Malies

1. "TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League". theahl.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.