(Toledo, OH) – The Walleye shut out the Mavericks 5-0 in front of a sold out crowd on Saturday night in Toledo. Connor Crisp scored a hat trick and Matej Machovsky stopped 22 shots and is now 11-7-0-1 on the season. The Walleye are 32-12-2-2 on the season and 19-4-0 at home.
Connor Crisp scored a beautiful goal with assists from Borkowski and Sadowy at 18:57 of the first period to put the Walleye up 1-0.
Crisp scored his second of the game poking Ryan Obuchowski’s shot in the net to extend the Walleye lead to 2-0 at 8:35 of the second period. Simon Denis extended the Walleye lead to 3-0 with a power play goal at 17:48 of the second.
Crisp completed his hat trick at 11:56 of the third period to make it a 4-0 Walleye lead. Nagle came in to replace Machovsky at the 12:14 mark of the third after he made 22 saves. Jenks was cross checked, leading to a fight between the two teams. Kyle Bonis made it 5-0 Walleye with a power play goal at 19:22 of the third. “Getting that power play goal in the third really helped us. Hopefully we can continue it tomorrow,” Bonis said.
Watson knew it would be a tough matchup between the two teams. “I knew that if we played hard, we would be able to defeat this team.”
Fish Tales:
The Walleye are home Sunday for a 5:15 p.m. puck drop against Wichita.
Machovsky stopped 22 shots and is now 11-7-0-1 on the season.
Connor Crisp leads the Walleye with eight points vs. Kansas City.
The Walleye are 6-2-0 all-time vs. Kansas City.
Tonight’s crowd of 8,000 marked our 17th sellout of the season.
With Toledo Walleye release
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