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Countdown to Face-Off: K-Wings vs Walleye

March 9, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Expect a close game tonight as the Kalamazoo Wings host the Toledo Walleye at Wings Stadium. Tonight is the 13th meeting between the teams this season. Seven of the previous 12 encounters have been decided by a single goal, including five that have come down to either overtime or a shootout.

Kalamazoo started their four-game home stand with a decisive 6-3 victory last night over the Evansville IceMen. With 63 points, the K-Wings are in third place in the Eastern Conference and trail the Greenville Road Warriors by seven points for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

Being shutout for the first time this season last night in a 3-0 setback to the Cincinnati Cyclones, Toledo will come to Wings Stadium looking to snap a two-game (0-1-1-) winless streak, as well as a four-game (0-2-2-0) road winless streak.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Toledo Walleye

Goals: Nick Sirota (19 Goals) Willie Coetzee (23 Goals)

Assists: Aaron Clarke (31 Assists) Andrej Nestrasil (30 Assists)

Points: Aaron Clarke (48 Points) Willie Coetzee (52 Points)

+/-: Brett Lysak (+8) Andrej Nastrasil (+17)

Penalty Minutes: Nick Sirota (71 Minutes) Aaron Bogosian (146 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Sam Ftorek (6 Goals) Wes O'Neill (5 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Nick Sirota (2 Goals) Aaron Bogosian (4 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Aaron Clarke (5 GW) Andrej Nestrasil (4 GW)

Shots: Sam Ftorek (158 Shots) Willie Coetzee (220 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Eric Kattelus ( 17.3%) Luke Glendening (28.6%)

Overtime Goals: Yann Sauve (3 Goals) Terry Broadhurst,

Wes O'Neill (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Kory Karlander, Eric Kattelus Tyler Brenner, Todd Broadhurst (1 Goal)

Nick Sirota (2 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: John Armstrong, Michael Davies Todd Broadhurst (50 %)

Sam Ftorek (100%)

Goals Against Average: Joel Martin (2.68 ) Kent Simpson (2.52)

Save Percentage: Joel Martin (0.923) Jordan Pearce (0.906)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 32-14-4-3

Season Series: K-Wings Lead Season Series: 7-3-1-0

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 4-3 in Overtime on February 16th @ Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio

Next Meeting: Friday, March 22nd @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Nearing a Dozen Forward John Armstrong begins the on an 11-game point streak. The point streak is a season-high for the K-Wings and the second current longest (Ontario's Dan DaSilva-14 games) streak in the league.

Record Breaking Performance

With his start last night, Joel Martin has appeared in 53 games this season, which establishes a new K-Wings ECHL single-season record for starts in a single-season (52-Ryan Nie, 2010-2011). The league record for appearances is 65 set in the 1993-94 season by Mark Michaud (Hampton Roads).

Allowing the Shorthanders So far this season, the K-Wings have surrendered nine shorthanded goals. Kalamazoo has also allowed a shorthanded goal in each of their last three games.

Home Sweet Home

Last night, Kalamazoo began a four-game home stand. Including last night's contest, nine out of the K-Wings final 13 games of the regular season will be played at Wings Stadium.

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 by stopping by the Wings Stadium Ticket Office or at any Ticketmaster location.

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.

Lysak, Sauve and Versteeg on the Radio

Join special guests Brett Lysak, Yann Sauve and Mitch Versteeg as they join Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno on Monday, March 11th for the next edition of "K-Wings Live". The show is on WZUU (92.5 FM) and online through www.kwings.com from 6-7 p.m. at Old Burdick's Wings West.

K-Wings on Radio

Catch all the K-Wings games, home and away, on the K-Wings Radio Network (92.5 FM WZUU & on kwings.com). Join the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno for all 72 regular season games plus the playoffs. Pre-game coverage begins with the Kalsee Credit Union Pre-Game Show 20 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 radio tuned this season to the K-Wings Radio Network.

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