Toledo Walleye Weekly
Published on March 8, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release
Walleye Notes
- A Fantastic Record! Sunday's crowd of 7,084 pushed Toledo over the 200,000 mark for total season attendance. Currently, Toledo sits at 205,135 for the year and with every game establishes a new mark (1977-78 Goaldiggers 177,988 was the old record). The Walleye also posted the best three game home weekend attendance with 22,545 on hand. The previous best was October 16-18 when 20,664 passed through the turnstiles. Toledo is currently the top team in average attendance also at 6,216 per contest. Ontario sits at 6,157 per game.
- Overtime Again! Saturday night, Toledo collected its league leading ninth overtime win of the season. The Walleye have the best win percentage in the league in games past regulation (85.7%) with a record of 9-1 in OT and 1-3 in shootouts. The last two goals scored for Chris Robertson have been overtime game-winners (2/17/10 at Cincinnati).
- Welcoming Aliu! Walleye forward Akim Aliu made his debut Saturday night with Toledo a good one as he scored two goals and set up Chris Robertson's overtime game-winner.
- Third Period Scoring Frenzy! Toledo exploded Friday night for five goals in the third led by JC Sawyer and Maxime Tanguay, who each tallied twice. It tied Toledo's high this season for goals in a period as they scored 5 goals in the third period 12/12/09 vs. Elmira (5-1 win).
- Setting the Shooting Mark! Toledo posted a season high 51 shots on goal in the 6-5 overtime win on Saturday. Gwinnett has posted the ECHL high for shots in a single game this season when they collected 60 on 11/28/09.
- Returning from the Dead! Toledo won twice this past weekend after trailing through two periods. Toledo has 7 wins this year when trailing after the second period. That ties them with Alaska and Florida for the most such wins in the league.
On the Hook
- Gametime! Toledo will play three road games this week. The first is Wednesday night in Trenton. Toledo is a perfect 4-0-0-0 against the Devils this year, although this will be the first time the two have met in Trenton. Toledo will meet Trenton again on Friday night. On Saturday, the Walleye travel to Reading to take on the Royals. Toledo is 0-1-0-1 against Reading this year, although the two have not met since October 29th in Reading (3-2 shootout loss).
Walleye Player of the Week: JC Sawyer (2 goals - 2 assists 4 points)
Walleye Goaltender of the Week: Alec Richards (1-1-0, 2.52 gaa,.925 save %)
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