ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

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

January 8, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Over the course of the next week the Kalamazoo Wings and Fort Wayne Komets will get very familiar with one another. Four out of the next five games for the K-Wings will be against their arch-rivals. Tonight is the third meeting of the season between the two teams. Kalamazoo is 1-1-0-0 against Fort Wayne.

Kalamazoo heads into the Allen County Memorial Coliseum looking to extend one streak, while ending another. While the K-Wings are unbeaten in regulation in their last three games (2-0-1-0), they have also dropped two straight on the road.

Like the K-Wings, the Komets come into this evening riding a three-game (2-0-1-0) unbeaten streak in regulation. With 32 points, Fort Wayne is in fourth place in the North Division and is three points behind Kalamazoo for third.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Fort Wayne Komets

Goals: Yanni Gourde (15 Goals) Brandon Marino (15 Goals)

Assists: Yanni Gourde (19 Assists) Brandon Marino (24 Assists)

Points: Yanni Gourde (34 Points) Brandon Marino (39 Points)

+/-: Eric Kattelus (+15) Scott Fleming (+15)

Penalty Minutes: Justin Taylor (64 Minutes) Kaleigh Schrock (87 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Sam Ftorek, Yanni Gourde (4 Goals) Brandon Marino (4 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Yanni Gourde (2 Goals) Chris Auger (2 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Matt Caria, Sam Ftorek, Mike Embach, Brandon Marino (2 GW)

Eric Kattelus, David Pacan (2 GW)

Shots: Yanni Gourde (112 Shots) Brandon Marino (101 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Cody Beach (33.3%) Mike Embach (21.1%)

Overtime Goals: Yanni Gourde (1 Goal) Mike Embach (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Justin Taylor (3 Goals) Simon Danis-Pepin, Mike Embach,

Brandon Marino,

Shawn Szydlowski (1 Goal)

Shootout Percentage: Yannick Veilleux (100%) Shawn Szydlowski (100 %)

Goals Against Average: Jordan Binnington (2.21 ) Ben Meisner ( 2.68)

Save Percentage: Jordan Binnington (0.924) Andrey Makarov (0.912)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Trail All -Time Series: 164-168-45 (Includes ECHL, IHL and UHL )

All-Time ECHL Series: All-Time ECHL Series is Tied: 8-8-1-0

Season Series: Season Series is Tied: 1-1-0-0

Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost 4-1 on December 14th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Saturday, January 11th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

My Sirota Forward Nick Sirota will be making his K-Wings debut this evening. Sirota, who played the last two seasons with Kalamazoo, started this season in Norway.

Chaulk Returns

Tonight will be the first time that assistant coach Colin Chaulk returns to Fort Wayne as a member of the K-Wings. A 15-year pro, Chaulk played for the Komets for 10 seasons, most recently last year.

Grueling Stretch Last Saturday the K-Wings concluded their most grueling stretch of the season, six games in nine days. Kalamazoo finished the stretch with a record of 3-2-1-0.

A December to Remember

Tonight is the first road game in the month of January for the K-Wings. Last month Kalamazoo was stellar on the road earning a record of 6-2-0-0 away from 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.

What's Going On

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 including our current promotional schedule .

K-Wings Live

Join forward Chris Lawrence and goaltender Joel Martin, along with Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno this Monday, January 13th 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 Brewster's in Portage, Michigan.

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.

Upcoming Games

Friday, January 10th @ Cincinnati 7:35 PM

Saturday, January 11th Vs Fort Wayne 7:30 PM (Star Wars Night)

Sunday, January 12th @ Fort Wayne 5:05 PM

Wednesday, January 15th Vs Fort Wayne 7:00 PM (5:01 Wednesday, $2 Beer, $2 Hot Dogs and $1 Pepsi Products)

Friday, January 17th Vs Gwinnett 7:30 PM (80's Night, featuring Dennis Haskins, aka. Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell)

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