> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # IceCaps 5 @ Marlies 4 Recap: Leipsic continues to impress in loss - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/icecaps-5-marlies-4-recap-leipsic-continues-to-impress-in-loss/ - Published: 2015-12-27T22:48:50.000Z - Updated: 2015-12-27T22:48:50.000Z - Description: Brendan Leipsic continues string of dominant recent performances with three-point night as Marlies four-game win streak comes to an end. - Author: Scott Wheeler - Tags: Toronto Marlies, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50 Without their now-injured leading scorer, the Marlies may have to depend on secondary scoring for longer than they anticipated. And in the second half of a back-to-back against the St. John's IceCaps, they continued to get some help from two of their best players of late: [Brendan Leipsic](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/157821/brendan-leipsic?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and [Zach Hyman](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/111757/zach-hyman?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). Hyman, an AHL rookie out of the University of Michigan, scored his sixth professional goal (17th point) for the Marlies for the early 1-0 lead after Leipsic carried the puck out from behind the net and found his teammates. For Leipsic, a force with the Marlies of late, the primary assist represented his 13th point in his last 17 games. > Zach Hyman makes it 1-0 [#Marlies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marlies?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) after a nice play from Brendan Leipsic from behind the net. [pic.twitter.com/3ixXA0Dg9k](https://t.co/3ixXA0Dg9k?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [December 27, 2015](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/681212878888767488?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) But despite the strength from two of the Marlies best players in the better part of the last two months, a penalty to second-leading Marlies scorer [Josh Leivo](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/143529/josh-leivo?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) opened the door for the [Canadiens](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/montreal-canadiens?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) affiliate to get back into the game. And they did, thanks to a goal from 2010 third round pick [Michael Bournival](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/111799/michael-bournival?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) \-- who has been in and out of the Canadiens lineup for the last three seasons. > Bournival ties it 1-1\. Still tied at the end of the first. [pic.twitter.com/Uw8VqyI8HK](https://t.co/Uw8VqyI8HK?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [December 27, 2015](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/681214955295797248?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) With the score tied early in the second period and a Marlies powerplay expiring though, Leipsic found the scoresheet again by finishing off a play from Marlies rookies [Nikita Soshnikov](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/254124/nikita-soshnikov?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and [Rinat Valiev](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/246222/rinat-valiev?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). After picking up his second point of the game, the diminutive winger's three-game point streak saw its point total rise to five (three goals, two assists). And after trading goals between defensemen [Justin Holl](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/111600/justin-holl?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and [Joel Hanley](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/257884/joel-hanley?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), Leipsic continued to create. Late in the period, pressing for a two-goal lead, Leipsic cycled off a Carrick drop pass at the offensive zone blueline, carrying the puck with speed around the net and stopping up to find Leivo in the slot. A day after a 5-2 victory sans-Nylander on Boxing Day, the Marlies carried a 3-2 lead into the final period of their weekend. Early in the third period, after a rush from [Lucas Lessio](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/132338/lucas-lessio?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) caught Holl flatfooted and the puck came to point per game AHL forward [Bud Holloway](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54585/bud-holloway?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), the IceCaps tied the game. And soon, the Marlies 3-1 lead had disintegrated, with top Canadiens prospect Jacob De La Rose pouncing on some sloppy passing to give the IceCaps their first lead of the game. > Justin Holl got caught stationary with Lessio's speed and it cost the [#Marlies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marlies?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). Holloway with the goal. [pic.twitter.com/z8EMPMamT2](https://t.co/z8EMPMamT2?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [December 27, 2015](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/681234514362908673?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Even as the Marlies trailed, and the IceCaps pressed, Leipsic continued to create chances -- clearly the team's best player -- on route to another Marlies powerplay with 9:21 remaining in the game. > Leipsic creates another chance with a clean zone entry. [pic.twitter.com/jTXDchSgou](https://t.co/jTXDchSgou?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [December 27, 2015](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/681236464458313728?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Unable to capitalize with the man-advantage, Leipsic's line with Orlando Solar Bears journeyman Brett Findlay, created two more chances at even strength before the game came to a close. Late in the third, pressing again, Leipsic's dominant play paid off -- again -- with a secondary assist on a game-tying Rinat Valiev goal. > Valiev ties the game late. [pic.twitter.com/IWfPOqBohx](https://t.co/IWfPOqBohx?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [December 27, 2015](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/681241532834418688?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) But it didn't last. Moments later, instead of going back to the Leipsic line, [Richard Panik](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/71886/richard-panik?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), Josh Leivo and Marc Arcobello were trusted with getting the Marlies the lead only to see the latter get out-muscled by IceCaps captain [Gabriel Dumont](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/109995/gabriel-dumont?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) in front for a last minute deciding goal. > Dumont seals it. [pic.twitter.com/dYJuv8YZTR](https://t.co/dYJuv8YZTR?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [December 27, 2015](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/681241671175135232?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) With the loss, the Marlies fell to 24-6-2 on the season, loosening their hold atop the AHL standings. The Marlies are back in action on Tuesday in an away game against the [Columbus Blue Jackets](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/columbus-blue-jackets?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, at 7:00 p.m. With the three-point night, Leipsic now has 22 points in 31 games with the Marlies this season. The 5-9 former CHL scoring champion has six points in his last three games.