INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A.J. Jenks scored two power play goals to lead Toledo to a 5-2 win Friday night in Indy. The Walleye are unbeaten in regulation over ten straight games (7-0-3) which sets a new Toledo Walleye record. Toledo has an overall record of 11-5-1-3 while 9-4-1-2 on the road.
For a seventh consecutive game, Toledo allowed the first goal of the game as Indy took a 1-0 lead at 8:42 of the first period. The Walleye tied the game with a power play goal at 13:04 of the period when Marek Tvrdon fed a pass to the side of the net that A.J. Jenks (6th) tapped into the back of the net. Toledo took the lead when Beau Schmitz (2nd) took a pass at center ice for a breakaway and buried a wrist shot past Indy goaltender Mac Carruth at 19:00.
Tyler Sikura (5th) broke free and scored a shorthanded breakaway goal at 1:32 of the second period for a 3-1 Walleye lead. The Fuel countered with a power play goal at 2:19 of the period for a 3-2 Toledo after two periods. Toledo extended the lead with another power play goal from Jenks at 5:28 of the third period. Tyler Sikura added the empty net goal.
Walleye Notes: Goaltender Jake Paterson stopped 29 of 31 shots and has a record of 5-3-2. Toledo has a season record of 2-0-1 vs. Indy. Tonight’s win broke the Toledo Walleye record of nine consecutive games unbeaten in regulation set from December 30, 2014 through January 24, 2015 (7-0-2).
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