Toronto Marlies sink St. John's Ice Caps, 5-3

Shayne Conacher made his pro-hockey debut with the Marlies today. - Christian BoninToday's Marlies game was an exciting afternoon affair at the Air Canada Centre. It started with a surprise a few hours before the first face-off.

Conacher joined the Marlies today from Canisius College, where he led the team in with 46 points in 39 games this season. If the name sounds familiar, you are probably thinking about his brother, Cory. Cory played 141 games with various NHL teams before leaving this season for the Swiss league.

The first period started with an aggressive attack by the Ice Caps. At 2:31 Brett Lernout fired a wrist shot from near the blue line, through heavy traffic in front of the net,…