Walleye prevail 4-1 in Game 3 of Kelly Cup Finals

The home team continued to hold serve in the 2019 Kelly Cup Finals presented by SmileDirectClub on Wednesday as the Toledo Walleye defeated the Newfoundland Growlers 4-1 in front of 8,472 fans at Huntington Center. The Growlers lead the best-of-seven series 2 games to 1.

After a scoreless first period, Newfoundland opened the scoring 4:01 into the second period as Derian Plouffe left a drop pass for Hudson Elynuik in the left-wing cirlce, and he snapped a shot past Pat Nagle for his sixth goal of the playoffs.

Toledo pulled even at 14:05 of the second when Ryan Obuchowski sent a shot towards the net from the left point which was deflected by Zach Gallant past Growlers' goaltender Michael Garteig. The Walleye took the lead just 1:33 later when Greg Wolfe put the rebound of a Shane Berschbach shot past Garteig for his ninth goal of the postseason.

The Walleye took a 3-1 lead into the second intermission after Berschbach notched his third goal of the series on a power play at 18:36. Berschbach added his second goal of the night at 11:32 of the third period to set the final.

The attendance of 8,472 ranks as the fifth-largest crowd in the Kelly Cup Playoffs since 2000.

Game 4 of the series is set for Huntington Center on Friday at 7:35 p.m. ET. Catch all of the action LIVE on ECHL.TV.

2019 Kelly Cup FinalsGame 1 – Toledo 3 at NEWFOUNDLAND 4 (OT)Game 2 – Toledo 1 at NEWFOUNDLAND 2 (OT)Game 3 – Newfoundland 1 at TOLEDO 4Game 4 – Newfoundland at Toledo – Friday, May 31 at 7:35 p.m. ETGame 5 – Newfoundland at Toledo – Saturday, June 1 at 7:35 p.m. ETGame 6 – Toledo at Newfoundland – Tuesday, June 4 at 7 p.m. NT (If Necessary)Game 7 – Toledo at Newfoundland – Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. NT (If Necessary)