The Toledo Walleye is a new hockey team that has a 72-game schedule for the 2009-2010 inaugural season.The Toledo Walleye is a member of the ECHL, the third-longest tenured professional hockey league, behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.
This Premier ‘AA' Hockey League has grown from five teams in four states in 1988-89 into a coast-to-coast league with 25 teams playing in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08.
The team will be coached by Nick Vitucci, who has won a record five ECHL championships - four as a player and one as an assistant coach.
The Fish will return to Lucas County Arena for the first of seven November home games on Wednesday, November 4.
Bring the kids to these 'special event Sundays' at the Arena and have them meet and greet their favorite cartoon characters. Call 419-725-WALL or order tickets online: Dora the Explorer - Sunday, November 29 at 5:30pm; SpongeBob SquarePants - Sunday, January 17 at 5:30pm; and Diego - Sunday, March 28 at 5:30pm.
