Mitch Hults scored twice and Evan Cormier made 28 saves as the Fort Wayne Komets beat the Toledo Walleye 2-1 on Saturday at Memorial Coliseum. Nolan Moyle scored Toledo’s only goal a night after the Walleye beat Kalamazoo 3-2 to open the weekend.
How it happened
Hults opened the scoring at 16:19 of the first period, assisted by Cody Morgan and Jonny Tychonick, and doubled the lead at 13:45 of the second from Hunter Johannes and Patrick Guzzo. Moyle, reassigned to Toledo by Grand Rapids on Monday, cut it to 2-1 at 16:57 of the second, with Marcus Crawford assisting. Neither team scored in the third, even after Toledo pulled its goalie at 18:38 for an extra attacker.
Red Wings goaltender Carter Gylander, sent to Toledo on Thursday, stopped 28 of 30 shots. Cormier stopped 28 of 29 for Fort Wayne. The Komets held a 30-29 edge in shots. Toledo had five power-play chances to Fort Wayne’s four.
What’s next
The Walleye are off Sunday. Their full schedule is at toledowalleye.com.
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