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The 2009-10 Toledo Walleye season will be the Toledo Walleye's inaugural season in the ECHL. It will be the first time professional ice hockey will be played in Northwestern Ohio, since the Toledo Storm requested voluntary suspension from the ECHL at the end of the 2006-07 ECHL season.

Preseason
On February 13, 2008, former Toledo Storm player and head coach, Nick Vitucci was named the first head coach of the Walleye, 20 months before the team's inaugural season. A week later the club officially adopted the name "Walleye" in reference to the popular game fish that populates Lake Erie, on which Toledo is a port.

Transactions
The Walleye have been involved in the following transactions before and during the 2009–10 season.

Affiliates

 * NHL - Detroit Red Wings
 * AHL - Grand Rapids Griffins