ECHL Toledo Walleye

Walleye Weekly

November 29, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release


Walleye Notes

- The Road Trip Concludes! Toledo finished its six game road trip 2-4-0-0. Following this four game home stand coming this week; Toledo will return to the road for four games until December 26th against Kalamazoo at the Huntington Center.

- Rankin Goes for Multiple! Walleye Forward Evan Rankin leads Toledo in goal scoring with seven (7) goals to this point in the season. In every game that Evan has scored, he has gone for multiple goals. On Saturday in Gwinnett, he scored twice as he did November 13th in Kalamazoo. Evan scored three times November 5th in Kalamazoo.

- Power Play! Toledo's power play has nine (9) goals scored this season, but has allowed seven (7) short-handed goals.

- Four for Palmer! Toledo goaltender Joe Palmer started four consecutive games on the six-game road trip. Joe went 2-2-0-0 in those starts posting a 3.91 goals against average and a 0.884 save percentage. In Thursday's shoot-out win at Gwinnett, Palmer turned aside six of eight Gwinnett shooters to collect the win.

On the Hook

- Gametime! This week, the Walleye return to the home ice at the Huntington Center for four games in five days. The first is Wednesday night when the Walleye welcome in the Trenton Devils. Last year the Walleye went 4-1-1 against the Devils. The week continues Friday and Saturday when the Bakersfield Condors travel in from the west coast to play back-to-back nights against Toledo. Toledo and Bakersfield have met three times in ECHL play all-time with Toledo going 1-2-0 in those contests. On Sunday, the Cincinnati Cyclones will invade the Huntington Center. Toledo is 1-2-1-0 against the Cyclones this year.

- Coaches Show! After a one week sabbatical, the Walleye Coaches Show returns to PizzaPapalis this Tuesday night with a special time of 5:30-6:30pm. Walleye forward Andy Bohmbach and goaltender Joe Palmer will join Head Coach Nick Vitucci and Matt Melzak for the show. The show will also feature more giveaways including autographed pucks and tickets to upcoming Walleye home games!

- Promotions! Friday night, the first 2,500 fans through the door will receive a pair of Walleye knit gloves courtesy of Huntington Bank and Santa Clause will make an appearance. Saturday night, the famous Hanson Brothers from the movie "Slapshot" will be on hand to sign autographs and entertain. Sunday is "Kids Day" with the Walleye featuring SpongeBob SquarePants!

Walleye Player of the Week: Evan Rankin (2 goals - 1 assists 3 points)

Walleye Goaltender of the Week: Joe Palmer (1-1-0-0, 3.36 gaa, .917 save %)

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