TOLEDO, OH – The Kalamazoo Wings (15-16-2-2), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, battled in a tight one, dropping the first half of the home-and-home series against the Toledo Walleye (21-8-2-3) Friday at Huntington Center, 2-1.
The Walleye struck on the power play to start the scoring off at the 13:16 mark of the first period.
Colin Bilek (9) knotted the game at one with a backhanded putback goal at the 18:04 mark of the second period. On the play, Robby Drazner (4) stole the puck and fed a rushing Griffin Ness (11), who fired a shot from the top of the crease and Bilek did the rest.
Unfortunately, Toledo scored at the 12:06 mark of the third period, finalizing a score of 2-1.
Jonathan Lemieux (4-4-1-2) was fantastic in net, earning the game’s third star as he turned aside 28 of 30 shots.
Next up, Kalamazoo returns home to take on the Toledo Walleye at 4:30 p.m EST on Saturday, January 24, at Wings Event Center.
