All-Stars Sawyer And Tanguay Score, But Walleye Fall To K-Zoo, 6-3
1/2/2010 - (Kalamazoo, MI)– The Toledo Walleye were defeated on Saturday 6-3 by the Kalamazoo Wings. Toledo’s record is 17-13-1-3 on the season, and they are 5-5-1-2 on the road.
Jeff Mason, the hero of Friday night for the Wings, started the scoring for Kalamazoo at 3:23 of the first when his wrist shot beat Thomas McCollum for a 1-0 lead. Toledo would tie the game at one when JC Sawyer’s wrist shot from the top of the circles beat goaltender Ryan Nie at 5:44 (Dominic Osman, Malcolm MacMillan). At 16:24 of the first and while short-handed, Chris Robertson collected a steal at the Walleye blue line and led a two on one with Derek Nesbitt. Robertson made a perfect pass to Nesbitt for a one-timer that beat Nie for his fifth goal of the season.
The second period saw the Kalamazoo Wings strike twice to take a 3-2 lead. At 11:32 Sam Ftorek beat McCollum on the power play. A turnover with :19 seconds left in the second allowed Kalamazoo to take the lead as Rick Cleaver wristed a shot past McCollum.
Kalamazoo would make it 4-2 at 5:38 of the third when Brian Jurynec slid a shot past McCollum. At 15:29, Darryl Bootland finished another Kalamazoo rush with a wrist shot past McCollum to make it 5-2. Maxime Tanguay closed the gap to two with 1:45 left in the third with his 12th goal of the season (Luis Tremblay, Evan Rankin). Trent Daavettila would add an empty net goal for the final.
Walleye Notes: Derek Nesbitt’s goal was the ninth short-handed goal of the year for Toledo, tying the Walleye with Alaska for the most short-handed goals in the ECHL. Thomas McCollum made 32 saves in his first start with the Walleye.
Toledo returns home on Friday, January 8, Saturday, January 9, Sunday, January 10. View the January Schedule | Box Score
