INDIANAPOLIS – In the second of six head-to-head meetings between the two teams this season, the Indy Fuel defeated the Kalamazoo Wings in overtime on Sunday at Indiana Farmers Coliseum by a final score of 2-1. With the win, the Fuel’s fourth consecutive victory, Indy improved to 18-22-4-3 overall this season and with 43 points, surged into fifth place in the ECHL’s North Division standings.
After a scoreless first period, the Fuel manufactured a 1-0 lead at 11:40 of the middle frame when Rhett Bly fed Evan Vossen on a left-wing zone entry that the former McGill University captain turned into his fifth goal of the season. In the third, Kalamazoo scratched across a tying goal at 12:42 when Ludwig Blomstrand shocked the Fuel with a right-circle blast, but in overtime Indy center Kyle Stroh delivered his league-leading eighth game-winning goal of the season at 4:33 as the Vibank, Saskatchewan native drove the net and redirected a Nick Bruneteau feed to claim victory for the Fuel.
A 24-save performance in net for Mac Carruth delivered the reigning Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Month his ninth consecutive victory in net for Indy while veteran net-minder Joel Martin took the loss for Kalamazoo despite 24 saves of his own. The Fuel now sit just two points out of playoff position and have won 12 of their past 14 games.
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