ECHL Toledo Walleye

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Published on December 4, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release


STORM NOTES

* Finally Some Road Love! Entering the weekend, the Toledo Storm had not experience much success away from one main street (1-4-0). Following a 4-2 setback Friday, Toledo got its road shoes working with a 4-1 win in Trenton. Add in a third period comeback Sunday, and Toledo finished the weekend away 1-1-1. The Storm collected 3 of a possible 6 points on the weekend.

* Defensively Speaking! Heading into Trenton, Toledo was facing the top ranked offensive team in ECHL (4.5 goals per game). Toledo held Trenton's offensive to just 4 regulation time goals while picking up a win and a shootout loss.

* Shorty! Toledo did allow a shorthanded goal in Sunday's game. That was the first shorthanded goal allowed by the Storm this season. They were also the last ECHL team to allow a goal while on the power play.

* Power Play! Toledo has scored a power play goal in 4 consecutive games (8-36, 22.2%) For the season, Toledo has scored 12 power play goals in 111 chances (10.8%), which ranks 23rd in the ECHL.

* Penalty Kill! The Penalty Kill Unit has stopped 100 of 119 times they have been shorthanded (84.0%). That ranks 10th among all ECHL teams. The unit stoned Trenton Saturday and Sunday on all 13 opportunities.

STORM WATCH

* A Week of Wheeling! The lone Division rival that the Toledo Storm have not seen is the Wheeling Nailers. That all changes this week when the two rivals will meet for three games in three days. For the season, Toledo and Wheeling will meet 11 times. Toledo is 67-43-12 against the Nailers All-Time, including 8-4-1 last season. The weekend starts in Wheeling Friday night before shifting to Toledo Saturday night. Saturday nights contest will begin at 7:35pm! On Sunday, the two teams collide in Wheeling to culminate the weekend. Shawn Collins of Wheeling has scored 8 goals while adding 24 assists this season (second among all ECHL players in points).

STORM TIDBITS


* Taylor Raszka scored his first professional goal Friday night. * Three times this season Toledo has had a goaltender start 3 consecutive games; never 4.
* Defenseman Dan Watson has the highest plus/minus on the Storm +5.
* Jamie Tardif is twelfth among ECHL rookies in scoring with 15 points (5g, 10a).
* PJ Martin played two games for Toledo this weekend; it was his first appearance in a Storm uniform since November 25, 2005.
* The Storm finished the month of November with a 6-4-0 record.
* Toledo is 5-1-0 when leading after one period of play.
* Toledo is 8-2-0 when scoring the first goal of the game.
* Saturday, Toledo scored 3 or more goals on the road for just the third time this season; the Storm has won 2 of those games.
* Sunday was the first time this season that the Storm has been beaten in games that have gone past regulation.

STORM PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Jeff Attard (1 goal - 1 assist = 2 points)
Jeff made his first season action count, scoring a big goal Sunday.

STORM GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK:
Stefan Liv (1-1-1, 2.29 gaa, 0.936 save%)
Stefan started all 3 games this weekend and collected his first Storm win Saturday night in Trenton.

Record: 10-6-1 (1st North Division)
(Week Record 1-1-1) (Streak Tied 1)

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Friday December 1 @ Reading Royals (Loss 2-4)
Saturday December 2 @ Trenton Titans (Win 4-1)
Sunday December 3 @ Trenton Titans (SO Loss 3-4)

THIS WEEK'S GAMES (All Times Eastern)
Friday December 8 @ Wheeling Nailers (7:30pm) (7:15pm, B2)
Saturday December 9 vs. Wheeling Nailers (7:35pm)(7:20pm, 1520, B2)(BCSN)
Sunday December 10 @ Wheeling Nailers (6:00pm) (5:45pm, 1520, B2)

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