Marlies 5 Comets 2: Comets now in must-win mode against AHL’s best team

TORONTO — In a series that was supposed to be a relative cakewalk for the Toronto Marlies, the Utica Comets have demonstrated they can play with the best team in the AHL.
The problem is they’ve yet to demonstrate they can beat the Marlies, which is now an issue because their margin of error in the best-of-five series has been reduced to a vanishing point.
Sunday, the Comets again played a sound team game with a high battle level while displaying an admirable resiliency and it amounte