FISHERS- The Indy Fuel hosted the Wichita Thunder for the third game in a row. Finishing the season series, Indy looked to claim the series win and did so in dramatic fashion with an overtime game winner scored by Cody Laskosky.

1ST PERIOD

Michal Stinil took the game’s first penalty when he served a bench minor for too many men at 3:42. This put the Fuel on the power play, however it was killed off. 

Despite the Fuel putting heavy pressure on Wichita throughout the period, they could not score. 

At 19:49, Dustin Manz took a holding penalty that would carry over into the second period.

After one frame, the Fuel was outshooting Wichita, 8-4.

2ND PERIOD

Just 28 seconds into the second period, Kyle Jeffers was sent to the box for a high sticking minor penalty. This forced some 4-on-4 play before the Fuel earned almost forty seconds of a power play. 

That penalty was killed off, but the Fuel went right back to the power play after another high sticking penalty on Jay Dickman of the Thunder at 2:43. 

Michael Marchesan scored the first goal of the game at 5:04 with the help of Cody Schiavon and Christian Berger. Immediately after, Berger and Wichita’s Christophe Fillion dropped the gloves and each earned five minutes for fighting. 

Jesse Tucker joined Berger in the box shortly after when he took an interference penalty at 6:41. 

Wichita’s Nico Sommerville took a high sticking penalty at 11:00, putting the Fuel on a short-lived power play as goaltender Mitchell Weeks took an interference penalty just twelve seconds later. That penalty was served by Tucker for Indy. 

At 12:16, Dickman scored for the Thunder, tying the game 1-1. 

Berger found himself in the penalty box again at 15:14, after he was called for holding. 

Time expired soon after, with the score tied 1-1 and the Fuel outshooting the Thunder, 19-10.

3RD PERIOD

Stinil headed to the box again at 5:04 after being called for interference, but the Thunder killed off that penalty quickly. 

Both teams had opportunities to score but the goaltenders stood strong and forced overtime after regulation concluded, 1-1. 

Heading into the 3-on-3 overtime period, the Fuel were outshooting Wichita, 28-17.

OVERTIME

At 2:20, Matt Petgrave and Nolan Kneen took offsetting penalties for interference and tripping respectively. 

They were both killed off before Cody Laskosky netted the game winning goal at 4:23 with the help of Lee Lapid and Nick Grima, who was celebrating his birthday and playing in his 100th ECHL game. 

With the win, Mitchell Weeks became the franchise wins leader among Fuel goaltenders, passing Zach Driscoll who set the record two seasons ago. This was Weeks’ 44th win for Indy. 

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