ECHL Toledo Walleye

Storm Tracks

Published on February 17, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release


The Storm's 33-12-8 record gives Toledo 74 points, which places the Storm in second place in the overall ECHL standings-one point behind the Peoria Rivermen (36-13-3 = 75).

Toledo's (.698) win percentage is the third best in the league, behind only that of the Peoria Rivermen (.721) and the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (.702).

The Storm's 33 wins is the third highest total in the league, trailing only the Peoria Rivermen (36 wins in 52 games) and the Columbia Inferno (34 in 55 games).

Toledo's 12 losses in regulation time is the second fewest in the league. Only the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies have lost less games in regulation (10) than the Storm.

With two home victories over the Lexington Men O'War this week, the Storm ran the team's home winning streak to four games, dating to a 4-1 loss to Lexington at the Toledo Sports Arena on February 1.

The Storm's home record of 19-2-4 = 42 gives Toledo the best home win percentage in the league at (.840). The best home win percentage in the eleven year franchise history of the Storm was established by the 1995-96 team at (.829) (27-4-4 = 58).

With the road loss at Lexington on Friday of this week, the Storm's road winless streak has now been extended to a season high six games (0-4-2), dating back to a 5-4 win at Lexington on January 25, 2003.

On Monday, February 9, Darryl Bootland was called up to the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League, marking his first call-up to the AHL. He is the fifteenth player this season to log time on both the Storm roster and an AHL club.

In last Wednesday's 4-2 win over Lexington, the Men O'War scored the game's first goal (on their first shot-54 seconds into the first period). The Storm scored the game's next four consecutive goals to pull out the win. (Lexington scored on their last shot of the game with one second remaining in the contest to make the final score, 4-2.) The Men O'War also scored the game's first goal in their 5-2 win over Toledo on Friday night. The Storm has a record of 7-11-4 when the opponent scores the game's first goal.

In Wednesday's win, the Storm trailed after the first period by a score of 1-0. This marked the first time this season that the Storm has been behind at the Toledo Sports Arena after one period and come back to win. (Toledo has a 1-2-2 record at home in such circumstances). Overall this season, the Storm has a record of 3-9-2 when trailing after one period.

The Storm's first goal last Wednesday was scored by Tim Verbeek while Toledo was on the power play at the 5:45 mark of the second period. That was the only opportunity that the Storm had with the man advantage in that game.

Tim Verbeek scored power play goals in both Wednesday's victory over the Men O'War and the 5-2 loss in Lexington on Friday. (His goal on Friday tied that game at two 6:55 into the second period.) Verbeek now has three power play goals on the season.

In Wednesday's win, Verbeek, in addition to his power play goal, picked up an assist on Matt Ellis' goal at 19:43 of the third period. Verbeek also had a multi-point performance in Saturday's 4-1 win over Lexington, assisting on two goals (both of which were scored by Matt Ellis). Over the course of the season, Verbeek has had eight multi-point performances-three in his last four games.

Tim Verbeek is currently on a four-game point streak having scored two goals and assisted on five others (2g-5a=7pts) during that span.

In Wednesday's game, the Storm entered the third period tied with the Men O' War, 1-1. Toledo scored three third period goals and won the game, 4-2. Over the course of this season, the Storm has a record of 6-1-6 when entering the third period tied with the opponent.

The Storm outscored the Men O'War 3-1 in the third period in Wednesday's win; however, Lexington turned the tables on the Storm on Friday night, outscoring Toledo 2-0 in the third. Then again, in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Men O'War, Toledo outscored Lexington in the third, 2-0. Over the course of this season, the Storm is outscoring the opponent by a margin of (+17) (60-43) in the third period.

Mike Bayrack scored the Storm's second goal on Wednesday at the 5:36 mark of the third period. For Bayrack, that goal snapped a personal six game goal-less streak. Bayrack has two goals in his last twenty games.

The game-winning goal (Toledo's third) on Wednesday was scored by Jim Brown, who was playing in his second game with the team after being signed and added to the roster on the previous Sunday. That goal was scored at the 10:30 mark of the third period, while the Storm was short-handed, marking the Storm's sixth short-handed goal of the season and second in as many games.

Jim Brown also scored the game-winning goal in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Men O'War. Brown has now scored two goals with the Storm and both of them proved to be game winners.

In Wednesday's win, Jim Brown also assisted on the Storm's fourth goal (by Matt Ellis at 19:43 of the third period), marking Brown's first multi-point game as a member of the Storm.

Matt Ellis' goal at 19:43 of the third period in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Lexington was scored into an empty net. That marked the fourth empty net goal of the season for the Storm and the first of Ellis' pro career.

In addition to scoring a goal on Wednesday night, Matt Ellis assisted on the Storm's second goal (by Mike Bayrack) in Wednesday's 4-2. Ellis also scored two goals in Toledo's 4-1 win on Saturday night. Ellis has now had eight multi-point performances with the Storm-and three in his last four games.

The goaltender for the Storm in all three games this week was Mike Minard, who has now started eight consecutive games for Toledo and has played in twelve consecutive games for the team. Minard's record with Toledo is now 6-3-4 with a 2.26 goals against average and a .926 save percentage.

In picking up the win in Wednesday night's game, Storm goaltender, Mike Minard, made 34 stops, as the Men O'War outshot the Storm 36-28. Over the course of this season, the Storm has a record of 11-7-2 when outshot by the opponent.

The Storm's first goal in Friday night's 5-2 loss in Lexington was scored by Nick Parillo at the 12:27 mark of the first period and made the score 2-1 in favor of the Men O'War. For Parillo, that was his nineteenth goal of the season, which is second on the team to Alexandre Jacques, who had 21 goals before suffering a season ending knee injury on January 31.

Nick Parillo assisted on Toledo's third goal in the 4-1 win over Lexington on Saturday night (scored by Dale Junkin at the 12:16 mark of the third period to make the score 3-1). Parillo currently has a four game point streak in tact, having picked up three goals and two assists in those four games (3g-2a=5pts).

Nick Parillo is the leading scorer for the Storm with 45 points (19g-26a=45pts). He is currently in seventh place in the ECHL rookie scoring race.

Storm goaltender, Dave Marlin, came on in substitution of starting netminder, Mike Minard, with 4:31 remaining in Friday night's 5-2 loss to Lexington. Marlin made the one stop that he was called upon to make through the conclusion of the contest. In doing so, Marlin became the seventh goaltender to get ice time with the Storm this season. The Storm has made a goaltender substitution in seven games this season.

In the 5-2 loss on Friday night, the Storm outshot the Men O'War 38-29. Toledo also outshot Lexington (43-21) in Saturday's 4-1 win for the Storm. Over the course of this season, the Storm has a record of 20-5-5 when outshooting the opponent.

In Saturday's 4-1 win for the Storm, Matt Ellis scored the game's first goal at 5:42 of the first period. That marked the third time this season that Ellis has scored the game's first goal. For the Storm, that was the thirty-first time that the team scored the game's first goal, and Toledo has a record of 26-1-4 in those games.

On the game winning goal in Saturday's game (the second for the Storm-scored by Jim Brown at the 8:42 mark of the second period of play, while the Storm was on the power play), Grady Moore picked up an assist. In fact, Moore had an assist in each of the three games played by the Storm this week.

The Storm's third goal on Saturday night was scored by Dale Junkin. That was the ninth goal of the season for Junkin-and his third in his last eight games.

In Saturday's win, the Storm fired 43 shots on Lexington goaltender, Dan Murphy. That marked the fourteenth time this season that the Storm has had 40 or more shots on the opponent's goal-but it was the first time that the Storm had 40 or more in the last eleven games. Currently, the Storm averages 34.62 shots on goal per game, which is third in the league.

The Storm defense held the Men O'War to one goal on 21 shots in Saturday night's game. That marked the ninth time this season that Toledo has held the opposition to one goal or less. The Storm has a record of 8-0-1 in those games. Toledo currently has a team goals against average of 2.75, which is second in the league.

Toledo scored a power play goal in each of the three games this week, collectively going 3-10 on the PP in those games. The Storm has now scored at least one goal with the man advantage in five consecutive games. Over the course of the season, Toledo has scored 52 power play goals in 311 chances-a 16.7% scoring ratio, which is eighteenth in the league.

The Storm penalty kill allowed two goals against in fourteen chances for the opponent in the three games this week. Over the course of the season, Toledo has allowed 51 power play goals against in 315 chances-an 83.8% kill ratio, which is tied for fourth in that category.

TRANSACTIONS

02/10/03 DELETE Darryl Bootland, forward, re-called to the Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL).

02/10/03 ADD Nathan Lutz, defenseman, re-assigned from the Cleveland Barons (AHL).

02/10/03 DELETE Tom Fortunate, goaltender, released as emergency back-up goaltender.

02/11/03 DELETE Nathan Lutz, defenseman, re-called by the Cleveland Barons (AHL).

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