The Walleye headed into tonight’s road game in Kalamazoo looking to claim their sixth straight win over the Wings. Drew Worrad put Toledo up early, just 13 seconds in, with the assistance of Conlan Keenan and Charlie Curti. Sam Craggs slotted the puck over the shoulder of Wings netminder Pavel Cajan just six minutes later to make it 2-0 for the Walleye.
The first penalty, a high-sticking minor to Brandon Hawkins late in the ninth minute, put Kalamazoo on the night’s first power play. No scoring action followed in the remainder of the opening period which saw Toledo outshoot Kalamazoo by a count of 14-6.
The only action to follow in the middle period was a second high-sticking penalty to Brandon Hawkins late in the 17th minute. Toledo’s 2-0 lead remained after 40 minutes despite being outshot 9-4 in the second.
The Wings came out hot in the final period, registering 12 straight shots in the first eight minutes, but Sebastian Cossa remained strong in the Toledo net. One minute after Cajan left the Kalamazoo net for the extra man, Walleye defenseman Thomas Farrell made it 3-0 with an unassisted empty-netter from the opposite end of the ice. Kalamazoo responded just over a minute later with a goal from Raymond Brice, but Brandon Hawkins added another empty-netter with 42 seconds remaining in regulation to give Toledo the 4-1 win.
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