Photo courtesy of Christian Bonin / TSG Photo

Six things to think about ahead of Saturday’s game against Rochester:

• Defenceman Kevin Marshall will wear #26 with the Marlies – he has practiced with the club following his trade earlier this week in exchange for Nicolas Deschamps
• Marlies acquired Ryan Lasch in a trade that saw the Maple Leafs part ways with David Steckel, Lasch will wear #45
• Joe Colborne has four points in the past five games
• Ryan Hamilton is only five goals away from hitting the 30 goal plateau for the first time in his career
• The Marlies and Americans sit only two points apart in the standings, although the Toronto team has a game in hand
• Tune into all the action starting at 5pm on Rogers TV and AHL Live

For lineup news and notes be sure you’re following Jon Abbott (@HockeyAbbs) on twitter.

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4:39pm

EXPECTED MARLIES LINEUP

IN GOAL: #34 Drew MacIntyre

FOWARD LINES
Hamilton – Connolly – Abbott
Ross – Colborne – Zigomanis
D’Amigo – McKegg – Scott
Acton – Crescenzi – Ryan

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Gardiner – Yeo
Ranger – Blacker
Marshall – Gysbers