Coralville, IA – The Toledo Walleye defeated the Iowa Heartlanders at Xtream Arena in the Friday night series finale with a final score of 6-3.
The Walleye had a strong comeback game after a loss on Wednesday. Mitch Lewandowski had a huge night, scoring a hat trick.
How it Happened:
Iowa started off the scoring at 7:59 with an unassisted goal by Jules Boscq. At 10:02 of the first, Mitchell Lewandowski got his first of the night off a rebound from Jalen Smereck.
Toledo came in the 2nd period hot with Mitch Lewandowski potting his 2nd of the night at 2:17, with Brandon Kruse and Chaz Reddekopp assisting the goal.
Trenton Bliss tallied another on the power-play after he drew a penalty on Sorenson for interference.
Mitch Lewandowski got the hat trick at 16:14, giving him his first professional hat trick and his first multi goal game.
In a goal-heavy 3rd period, Iowa tallied one at 9:42 to put them within 2, however Casey Dornbach responded shortly after at 10:29, assisted by Dalton Messina.
Iowa scored again to put them within 2 again, but Tyler Spezia sealed the deal with an empty netter at 18:12.
Three Stars Sponsored by Local 245:
1. TOL - M. Lewandowski (3G)
2. IWA - N. Blachman (1G)
3. IWA - J. Boscq (1G)
News:
On Thursday, the Toledo Walleye acquired forward C.J. Hayes from the Tahoe Knight Monsters. Hayes comes to Toledo after playing three games with Tahoe, scoring one goal and tallying two penalty minutes. Hayes also skated in eight games with the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the SPHL, accumulating seven points (2G, 5A) and 25 penalty minutes.
What’s Next:
Toledo will travel to Bloomington to take on the Bison tomorrow in a Saturday evening matchup. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. est.
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