The Wheeling Nailers' Kelly Cup run ended Thursday in a four-game sweep by the Toldeo Walleye in the second round of the ECHL playoffs.
The Nailers fell 3-1 in the final game, with forward Matt Alfaro scoring the team's lone goal. The first three games of the series were decided by 5-1, 5-2, and 5-4 margins.
The Walleye, ECHL affiliate of the Red Wings, were the league's regular-season champions.
"It's tough," head coach Derek Army said in his postgame press conference. "You look and you see the emotions of those guys, they poured everything into the year, everything into each other.