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Toronto Marlies have a pair of Carrick‘s in their lineup but they are not related.

Both, 5th year defenseman Connor Carrick(4) & 3rd year center Sam Carrick(16) played NHL games with Toronto Maple Leafs as recent as the current season.

The two players have also skated an equal 19 contests in the big league through the past two campaigns, although Connor had 34 with his old team Washington Capitals as a rookie.

Another similarity is they were 5th round draft picks (#137 and #144 respectively).

Connor is US-born and Sam is Canadian.

Connor just detonated the score sheet in the AHL Calder Cup North Division Semifinals series clincher with a hat trick and 2 assists and has 7 points in 3 postseason games.