Walleye Drop A Thriller Against Defending Champs
Published on November 28, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release
Toledo, OH - The Walleye needed to catch fire on Saturday night after dropping to third in the division the night before. They had a tough matchup against the 2009 Kelly Cup Champion South Carolina Stingrays. They were in control of the game, that is, until the very end.
Toledo outhustled and outplayed the defending champs for the first part of the contest, jumping to an early two goal lead. On the penalty kill, JC Sawyer and Mark Nebus went on an odd-man rush and tallied the first score. Nebus led the charge with one defender to beat, and came to the Stingrays zone with a streaking Sawyer. Passing around the defense, Nebus found Sawyer on the other side of the crease, who buried the shorthanded goal. Toledo doubled the lead on the power play with a goal from Derek Nesbitt with less than two minutes to play in the period.
The second period looked to be more of the same for the Walleye. Travis Ehrhardt took a pass from Sawyer at the South Carolina blue line. He moved forward on the net and shot a perfect wrist shot - top shelf - over the glove of the netminder Todd Ford. It was Ehrhardt's first professional goal that gave the Walleye a three goal lead.
Unfortunately for the Walleye, the Stingrays answered - quickly - and built momentum from there. Six seconds after the Ehrhardt score, Dain Prewitt put his team on the board. Toledo settled for the two goal lead to end the period, but the third would be a totally different game.
The Stingrays went on to score four goals - including an empty netter - in the final period. South Carolina would take the 5-3 lead, the final score. All goals came without a Toledo answer.
The Walleye play the defending champions Stingrays in the last game in November on Sunday at 5:30.
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