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Countdown to Face-Off: 03/06 Kalamazoo Wings at Fort Wayne Komets

March 6, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Allen County Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana

Friday, March 6, 2015 8:00 PM

Game Preview

The Kalamazoo Wings and the Fort Wayne Komets will commence a home-and-home at Allen County Memorial Coliseum. Tonight is the 12th of 15 regular season encounters between the teams. On the season, the K-Wings are 4-6-1-0 against the Komets.

Kalamazoo is wrapping up a four-game road swing. The K-Wings are 2-1-0-0 so far during the trip. With 57 points, the K-Wings start the night in fourth place in the North Division, just one point behind the Cincinnati Cyclones for third place.

Racking up points, the Komets enter tonight on an eight-game (5-0-1-2) unbeaten streak in regulation. With 78 points, the Komets are in first place in the North Division and are tied with the Reading Royals for the most points in the entire Eastern Conference.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Fort Wayne Komets

Goals: Ludwig Blomstrand, Shawn Szydlowski (25 Goals) Dane Fox (21 Goals)

Assists: Eric Kattelus (29 Assists) Mike Embach (35 Assists)

Points: Matt Caria (36 Points) Shawn Szydlowski (55 Points) +/-: Isaac Macleod (+9) Drew Daniels (+34)

Penalty Minutes: Ray Kaunisto (76 Minutes) Cody Sol (99 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Ludwig Blomstrand (6 Goals) Mike Embach,

Shawn Szydlowski (6 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Justin Taylor (3 Goals) Mike Embach, Eric Faille (2 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Dane Fox, Justin Taylor (4 GW) Mathew Pistilli (6 GW)

Shots: Dane Fox (132 Shots) Mike Embach (170 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Matt Caria, Michael Neal (18.2%) Mitchell Heard (28.6%)

Overtime Goals: Dane Fox, Eric Kattelus, Shawn Szydlowski (2 Goals)

Zach McCullough, Justin Taylor (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Gergo Nagy, Nathan Longpre Mathew Pistilli,

Justin Taylor (1 Goal) Shawn Szydlowski (4 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Gergo Nagy, Nathan Longpre (50%) Paul Crowder (66.7 %)

Goals Against Average: Scott Munroe (2.53 ) Pat Nagle ( 2.35)

Save Percentage: Scott Munroe (0.910) Roman Will (0.913)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All -Time Series: 178-176-47 (Includes ECHL, IHL and UHL )

All-Time ECHL Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time ECHL Series: 22-16-2-1

Season Series: K-Wings Trail Season Series: 4-6-1-0

Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost 4-2 on February 7th @ Allen County Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Next Meeting: Saturday, March 7th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Celebration Time

Forward Justin Taylor celebrated his 300th career game in grand fashion. Taylor, who played in his 300th career game on Wednesday, scored the game-winner in overtime.

Eight isn't Enough

Forward Michael Neal is on a scoring tear. Neal starts the night on an eight-game point streak.

Movin' on Up

Defenseman Sam Ftorek continues to move up the K-Wings all-time games played list. Tonight will be Sam Ftorek's 393rd game as a member of the K-Wings, which places Ftorek past Georges Gagnon (1979-1987) into sixth place on the team's all-time games played list.

Road Block

The K-Wings have won their first two road games in the month of March. The two road wins already surpasses the team's total road wins (1-5-1-0) for the month of February

Reunion This evening will be the Komets season debut of Aaron Clarke. Clarke, who hasn't played this season, was a member of the K-Wings for three seasons (2010-11, 2012-14).

Spending Time at Home Tonight closes out a seven-game home stand for Fort Wayne. All six of the previous games (3-0-1-2) for the Komets have been decided by a single goal.

Keep Them Under Three To have success against the Komets teams better attempt to keep they under three goals. On the season, Fort Wayne is 33-5-0-3 when scoring three or more goals in a game.

Scorching Komets The Komets head into tonight's game looking to extend a streak. Fort Wayne is unbeaten in regulation in their last eight (5-0-1-2) games.

Tickets! Get Your Tickets!!

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are now on sale. Fans can purchase tickets at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office, any Ticketmaster location or at kwings.com.

Get On-Line

This season, the best way to keep track of the K-Wings is to log onto the team's website at www.kwings.com . The site has player profiles, video on your hometown team, and much, much more.

K-Wings on the Net

Catch all the K-Wings games, home and away, on the K-Wings Broadcast Network at www.echl.tv . Join the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno for all 72 regular season games plus the playoffs. Pregame coverage begins with the Kalsee Credit Union Pre-Game Show 15 minutes prior to face-off. For the most complete coverage of the K-Wings from the opening face-off to the final buzzer, keep your smart phones, tablets and computers logged onto the K-Wings Broadcast Network.

Upcoming Games

Saturday, March 7th Vs Fort Wayne 7:30 PM (Special Olympics Polar Plunge and Autism Awareness Night presented by Sam's Club with support from Consumer's Credit Union)

Sunday, March 8th Vs Indy 3:00 PM (Family Hockey Day in the 'Zoo, Kibbles and Sticks Day)

Sunday, March 13th @ Wheeling 7:35 PM

Saturday, March 14th @ Reading 7:05 PM

Sunday, March 15th @ Reading 5:05 PM

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