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The whooping of the Charlotte Checkers, the rebel yells through their crowd and the stunning sight of a 5-3 loss on the scoreboard at Bojangles Coliseum were a distant memory for the Marlies on Monday morning.

Only coach Sheldon Keefe’s voice echoed around their home rink in a post-practice speech, meant to move on from Saturday’s uncharacteristic collapse to three straight home games in a best of seven conference final tied 1-1.

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“It takes its toll on you emotionally,” Keefe said, “more so in the nature of which we lost (five straight Charlotte goals starting late in the second period). But it is just a loss (the Maple Leaf farm team’s first in nine post-season games), part of the grind of playoffs. I’m really excited for our team to have an opportunity to respond.”

There is likely to be at least one lineup change, Mac Hollowell back on defence for Jesper Lindgren.

Keefe thought the back-to-back in Charlotte the best time for Lindgren to shake off the rust after winning the Finnish club title. The Marlies’ regular defencemen were mostly culpable on the breakdowns and unfortunate bounces, but the rookie Hollowell had a strong Game 1.