Game Review: St. John’s IceCaps 5 vs. Toronto Marlies 4

Marlies blow lead, fall to IceCaps late winner

The last time the Toronto Marlies were on an extended point streak, it was their rivals from St. John’s who ended it.

History repeated itself Sunday afternoon in what was a very disjointed performance from the Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum, with mental breakdowns and individual errors the reason they failed to secure a point.

The opening period saw the negative side of Toronto’s performance outweigh the positive.

A fast start saw chances for Brett Findlay and Matt Frattin inside the opening three minutes.

A lazy holding penalty called on Leivo turned the tide for a while, with Ray Emery only called into action for the final 20 seconds of the kill, but…