After an outstanding performance by Chris Nell last night, he gets the nod again for today's afternoon competition. The first plays out quite slow and 14:25 in, Toledo finds the back of the net after a bad turnover by Tyler Elbrect and the rest of the team scrambling to try and get it out. Shortly after, Eric Freschi takes a slashing call. But the Mavericks contain Toledo long enough for a successful penalty kill. The rest of the period plays out in the same type of shot for shot way it had been going in the first place. Shots end 9-8 favouring Toledo.
Mark Cooper ties the game 5:31 into the 2nd where Greg Betzold set him up and he flips it in mid fall. Patch Alber heads to the box for a bleak tripping call and the Mavericks are able to just barely kill it off. They get a power play opportunity of their own when Miglio gets a stick under his visor. In their pp, an obvious high sticking call goes unnoticed and the players let the officials know. It was quite obvious that Toledo was bringing out more of an aggressive type of game around this time. Greg Betzold pulls the Mavericks ahead with some great positioning off of Bryce Aneloski's shot and deflects it in at 15:54. After this goal, the team buzzes for another one. A lot of zone pressure as they pepper the Walleye goalie with shots. Shots finish up 21-18 at the end of 2.
Bryce Aneloski makes it known that the Mavericks are still in control of this game and scores just 36 seconds into the period. Ripping a shot from the blue line. Jared VanWormer registers an assist on that one. Both those guys were just ticking time bombs during this game waiting for their shot to find the back of the net. Toledo does not have a lot left to throw at them and is looking a little dead in the water. Toledo finds life when they squeeze the puck past nell with 4:01 to go in the game. They call a timeout with 1:42 to go and it does not pay off when they pull the goalie and Jared VanWormer breaks loose and throws the puck at the empty net.
Final Score 4-2. Shots end 26-22 for the Mavs
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