Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets cut Toledo's best-of-seven series lead in half with a 2-1 overtime win Wednesday night at the Memorial Coliseum in front of 5,556 Fort Wayne faithful.
Toledo's Zach Gallant opened the scoring after two scoreless periods at 9:34 of the third. Then, with Fort Wayne goaltender Zach Fucale pulled in favor of the extra attacker, Shawn Szydlowski scored from a scrum in front of the Walleye net with 22 seconds remaining in regulation time and forced the extra session.At 18:01 of overtime Kevin Gibson scored on a blast from the point for the Fort Wayne victory. Komet netminder Fucale logged the win making 41 saves on 42 shots while Toledo's Pat Nagle allowed two goals on 43 shots. Both teams were scoreless on the power play. The Komets had four man advantages and the Walleye had six power play chances.
Toledo leads the Central division semifinals 2-1. Game 4 will be held this Friday night at 8:05 on Coliseum Sweetwater Ice. Game 5 will face off at 7:35pm Saturday in Toledo.If necessary, game 6 will be back in Fort Wayne Tuesday, April 23 and if game 7 if needed it will be held at the Huntington Center in Toledo Wednesday, April 24.
2019 ECHL KELLY CUP CENTRAL DIVISION SEMIFINALSFORT WAYNE KOMETS VS TOLEDO WALLEYEToledo leads best-of-seven series 2-1
| Game 1- Friday, April 12............. Fort Wayne 2 at Toledo 3 Game 2- Saturday, April 13......... Fort Wayne 0 at Toledo 6 Game 3- Wednesday, April 17.... Toledo 1 at Fort Wayne 2 (OT) Game 4- Friday, April 19............. Toledo at Fort Wayne, 8:05pm Game 5- Saturday, April 20......... Fort Wayne at Toledo, 7:35pm Game 6- Tuesday, April 23......... Toledo at Fort Wayne, 7:35pm* Game 7- Wednesday, April 24.... Fort Wayne at Toledo, 7:35pm* |
*If necessary. All games on WOWO AM 1190, FM 107.5 and streaming live at www.komets.com.
Kids Seat Free Night Friday-- A Kids Seat Free Night is scheduled for this Friday's home playoff game courtesy Aunt Millie's, Lutheran Health Network and the Komets. Any one child under the age of 12 can see the game for free with a full-priced adult ticket purchase.
Tickets for Friday's Komet home playoff game against Toledo are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office. Season tickets for 2019-20 are also on sale a the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way in Fort Wayne. For more information visit the Komet office, Komets.com or call 260-483-0011.
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