Kalamazoo Wings @ Flint Generals ... 12-26

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IHL/Game Stats -
http://www.pointstreak.com/stats/pro/boxscore.html?gameid=734776

Kalamazoo - 8 @ Flint - 3

1ST STAR: Cross, Justin (KZW)
2ND STAR: Nebus, Mark (KZW)
3RD STAR: Detulleo, Glenn (KZW)

SCORING SUMMARY:
Period 1:
Kalamazoo - Mark Nebus (penalty shot) 6:23
Flint - Greg Bullock (shorthanded) (Martin Ondrej, Jan Jas) 18:49

Period 2:
Flint - Josef Fojtik (Joel Gasper) 5:48
Flint - Steve Rymsha (Rob Voltera, Greg Bullock) 7:23
Kalamazoo - Glenn Detulleo (shorthanded) (unassisted) 7:39
Kalamazoo - Justin Cross (powerplay) (Tommy Lange, Mark Nebus) 10:41
Kalamazoo - Anthony Battaglia (Rob Jarvis, Justin Cross) 12:42
Kalamazoo - Justin Cross (John Glavota, Anthony Battaglia) 14:03

Period 3:
Kalamazoo - Jason Robinson (Lucas Drake, Glenn Detulleo) 3:25
Kalamazoo - John Glavota (Rick Cleaver, Glenn Detulleo) 7:17
Kalamazoo - Blair Stayzer (powerplay) (Rod Aldoff, Mark Nebus) 13:09

POWERPLAYS:
Kalamazoo 2 for 5
Flint 0 for 5

PENALTIES:
Period 1:
Kalamazoo - Mark Nebus - (Slashing), 2 min, 4:00
Flint - John DiPace - (Tripping), 2 min, 4:36
Kalamazoo - Casey Handrahan - (Hooking), 2 min, 5:15
Kalamazoo - Rod Aldoff - (Tripping), 2 min, 10:21
Flint - Joel Gasper - (Roughing), 2 min, 15:03
Kalamazoo - Mark Nebus - (Roughing), 2 min, 15:03
Flint - Kris Mallette - (Tripping), 2 min, 17:11

Period 2:
Kalamazoo - Blair Stayzer - (High Sticking), 2 min, 7:30
Flint - Rob Voltera - (Tripping), 2 min, 7:59
Flint - Kris Mallette - (Roughing), 2 min, 9:16
Flint - Kris Mallette - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 12:42
Kalamazoo - Jason Robinson - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 12:42
Kalamazoo - Tommy Lange - (Hooking), 2 min, 15:18

Period 3:
Flint - Jan Jas - (Tripping), 2 min, 9:49
Flint - Joel Gasper - (High Sticking), 2 min, 11:20


ATTENDANCE: 1,852

REFEREE: Derek Berkebile
LINES 1: Jonathan Forbes
LINES 2: Jared Hoffmeyer

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K-Wings Website -
http://www.wingsstadium.com/news/2008/12-26_gamerecap_Flint.htm

HIGH FIVE

Kalamazoo Extends Winning Streak to Five Games

December 26, 2008

Mike Modugno-Director of Public Relations and Broadcaster

Flint, MI – Trailing 3-1 in the second period, the Kalamazoo Wings persevered and registered seven unanswered goals, including four in the second stanza to cruise past the Flint Generals 8-3.

Scoring on the most exciting play in sport, the K-Wings took a 1-0 lead on a penalty-shot goal 4:23 into the opening period from Mark Nebus. Nebus, who was tripped going in on a breakaway, scored his team-leading 15th of the year on the ensuing penalty shot.

The penalty shot was the K-Wings second this season, both of which have come against the Generals. The last was back on November 28th, which was unsuccessfully attempted by Tommy Lange.

Flint pulled even late in the first with a shorthanded goal from Greg Bullock (11th). Bullock deflected a blast from the point from Martin Ondrej to the record the Generals first shorthanded tally of the season.

In the second period, Flint exploded with a pair of goals from Josef Fojtik (16th) and Steve Rymsha to give the Generals a 3-1 advantage. The goal from Rymsha was his team-leading 17th of the year.

Just 16 seconds after Rymsha gave the Generals a two-goal cushion, the K-Wings started to chip away at the lead. With the K-Wings in the penalty box, Glenn Detulleo (11th) created a turnover at his own blue line, went in on a breakaway and recorded his team-leading 33rd point of the season.

Three minutes later on the power-play, Lange found a wide open Justin Cross, who sneaked into the slot. Cross one-timed the pass past Bill Zaniboni to record his first goal of the season.

Reclaiming the lead 12:42 into the period, Anthony Battaglia scored on a right circle slap shot to give the Kalamazoo a 4-3 lead. The K-Wings closed out the scoring in the second with Cross’ second tally of the night, which gave the forward a three-point game (2 goals, 1 assist).

Kalamazoo continued the offensive onslaught in the third receiving goals from Jason Robinson (2nd), John Glavota (1st) and Blair Stayzer (2nd).

The victory keeps the K-Wings in first place with the Port Huron Icehawks in the IHL standings and improves their record against the Generals to 7-0-0-0.

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Kalamazoo Newspaper -
http://www.mlive.com/kwings/index.ssf/2008/12/kalamazoo_wings_win_5th_game_i.html

Kalamazoo Wings Win 5th Game In Row, Share IHL Lead

Stuart Bauer | Gazette News Service

December 26, 2008

FLINT -- A four-day Christmas break didn't slow down the Kalamazoo Wings, who extended their winning streak to five games with an 8-3 victory at Flint's Perani Arena and Event Center Friday night.

After spotting the Generals a 3-1 lead, the K-Wings (17-9-0-0) exploded for seven unanswered goals.

"I was pretty confident in our team that if they picked it up a notch they would be OK," K-Wings coach Nick Bootland said.

"After four days off, the legs were heavy and they were trying to find themselves, but once they got into a rhythm, they were fine."

With the Port Huron Icehawks' 6-5 overtime win against the visiting Muskegon Lumberjacks, the K-Wings and Icehawks (17-12-0-0) continue to share first place in the International Hockey League.

However, the Icehawks have played three more games than Kalamazoo.

Friday's game started with a Mark Nebus penalty shot 6:23 into the game, but Flint (9-18-1-2) scored the next three -- a Greg Bullock shorthander, Josef Fojtik's 16th of the season and Steve Rymsha's team-leading 17th.

Those are the only three of 23 shots that got past goalie Jason Tapp.

K-Wings captain Glenn Detulleo started the rally, skating coast-to-coast for an unassisted shorthanded tally, extending his points streak to five games (4 goals, 6 assists) 7:39 into the second period.

The K-Wings then scored three goals in the next four minutes, two by Justin Cross. His first was a power-play tally on a one-timer from the slot for his first goal of the season.

His second came off a rebound of a John Glavota blast. Those two were sandwiched around Anthony Battaglia's unassisted red-lighter.

Riding a comfortable lead "allows me to play different guys in different situations, like the power play," Bootland said.

Jason Robinson put a Lucas Drake feed past Flint goalie Bill Zaniboni, who then left the game with an injury. That brought in emergency backup David Desander to make his pro debut.

"It's unfortunate when you're in that situation," Bootland said. "I could tell he was trying, but he just couldn't finish the game. (Desander) wasn't too bad. He played the puck well."

Glavota added a goal on a bullet from the top of the slot and Blair Stayzer, in his first game back since being injured on Oct. 31, rounded out the scoring with a power-play marker with 6:51 left in the game.

Eleven of the K-Wings 16 skaters earned at least one point in the game.

Cross fired off a team-high four shots while Stayzer and Robinson scored on their only shots of the game.