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Countdown to Face-Off: K-Wings at Komets Preseason

October 13, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Game Preview

The Kalamazoo Wings and Fort Wayne Komets will each compete in their final preseason game before starting the regular season this weekend. While this will be their preseason against one another, both teams have played in two previous games.

Kalamazoo completed their home and home series against the Toledo Walleye with a convincing 5-2 victory last Saturday at Wings West. So far during the preseason, the K-Wings have a record of 1-1-0-0. The K-Wings will begin the regular season this Friday night against the Elmira Jackals at the First Arena.

Fort Wayne split their first two games (1-0-0-1) of the preseason against the Evansville IceMen. Including tonight, all three of the Komets preseason games have been played at home. The Komets will get their first taste of the road when they begin the regular season this Friday night against the Indy Fuel.

Preseason

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Fort Wayne Komets

Goals: Seven Players Tied (1 Goal) Angelo Esposito, Eric Faille,

Christian Ouellet (2 Goals)

Assists: Derek Famulare (2 Assists) Eric Faille (3 Assists)

Points: Jean Bourbeau, Derek Famulare, Eric Faille (5 Points) James Isaacs, Colin Murray (2 Points)

+/-: James Isaacs, Eric Kattelus, Angelo Espositio (+5)

Isaac Macleod, Joey Sides (+2)

Penalty Minutes: James Isaacs (7 Minutes) Matt Krug, Kaleigh Schrock (4 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Alex Mallet, Colin Murray (1 Goal) Entire Team (0 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Christian Ouellet (1 Goal)

Game Winning Goals: Colin Murray (1 GW) Brett Beebe (1 GW)

Shots: Five Players (5 Shots) Angelo Esposito (9 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: James Isaacs, Alex Mallet (50%) Christian Ouellet (33.3%)

Overtime Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Entire Team (0 Goals)

Shootout Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Thomas Frazee (1 Goal)

Shootout Percentage: Entire Team (0%) Thomas Frazee (100 %)

Goals Against Average: Scott Munroe (2.00 ) Pat Nagle (1.85)

Save Percentage: Scott Munroe (0.931) Pat Nagle (0.938)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Regular Season Series: K-Wings Trail All -Time Series: 174-170-46 (Includes ECHL, IHL and UHL )

All-Time ECHL Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time ECHL Series: 18-10-1-1

Preseason Season Series: First Meeting of the Preseason

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 5-3 on March 23rd @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan (2013-2014)

Next Meeting: Friday, October 31st @ Allen County Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Media Luncheon

The K-Wings will host their annual Media Luncheon this Wednesday, October 15th. The gathering will be held at 1 p.m. at Old Burdick's Wings West and it is open to the public.

Rosters Due Wednesday

ECHL training will continue this week. Teams will turn in their regular season rosters to the ECHL on Wednesday afternoon.

Spreading the Wealth

So far during the preseason the K-Wings have scored seven goals. All seven tallies have been registered by a different player.

Fast Starts Kalamazoo has gotten off to quick starts during the preseason. In their first two preseason contests, the K-Wings not only scored the game's first goal, they have done so within the first four minutes of the game.

Tickets! Get Your Tickets!!

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are now on sale. Catch all the action as your K-Wings play the very best the ECHL has to offer. Tickets are on sale now stopping by 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 to the K-Wings Broadcast Network.

Upcoming Games

Friday, October 17th @ Elmira 7:10 PM (Start of the Regular Season)

Saturday, October 18th @ Elmira 7:05 PM

Wednesday, October 22nd @ Indianapolis 7:05 PM

Friday, October 24th Vs Fort Wayne 7:30 PM (Home Opener & 11th Annual Orange Ice Game, presented by Meijer and Townsquare)

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