Another Walleye season to remember, another ending to forget.

How do you say déjà vu in French?

Hey, wait a minute …

Either way, no translation is needed.

Toledo hockey — and sports — fans understood Saturday’s denouement all too well as the Walleye were eliminated from the Kelly Cup finals with a 4-1 loss at Trois-Rivières.

For the third time in their past five full seasons, the Walleye advanced to the championship round of the ECHL playoffs, and for the third time there was no charm.

“It's pretty hard to get words out,” forward Tyler Spezia said. “ … We wanted nothing more than to bring a championship to Toledo. There's a lot of emotions tied into all of it. We just fell a little bit short.”

Close but no Cup.

Again.

This is not to pile on the Walleye while they are down.

Not at

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