Photo Courtesy of the Toledo Walleye [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/9e3a180a-04a8-4d75-89f8-8dd6eb0cec53.png] Photo Courtesy of the Toledo Walleye The ECHL on Wednesday announced that the Toledo Walleye [https://www.toledowalleye.com/news/2025/04/toledo-receives-echl-hockey-operations-department-of-the-year-award]are the 2024-25 recipient of the League’s Hockey Operations Department of the Year Award. The award is presented annually to the team judged to have the best hockey operations department in the league and is determined by a vote of ECHL [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/]coaches. The award winner is determined by a panel of ECHL coaches. The Jacksonville Icemen [https://jacksonvilleicemen.com/]finished second in the voting, followed by the South Carolina Stingrays [https://stingrayshockey.com/], Florida Everblades [https://www.floridaeverblades.com/]and Kansas City Mavericks [https://kcmavericks.com/]. The Walleye finished the 2024-25 season with a record of 44-17-11 for 99 points, and captured the Central Division regular-season title for the second consecutive year and seventh time in the last 10 seasons. Toledo head coach Pat Mikesch was selected as the Western Conference coach on the ECHL Midseason All-Star Team for 2024-25. The Walleye will begin the Kelly Cup Playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the Central Division. They host the fourth-seeded Indy Fuel [https://indyfuelhockey.com/]in the division semifinals beginning Thursday in Toledo. Puck drop is set for 7:15 Pm ET.
