ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Countdown to Face-Off: Kalamazoo Wings vs Cincinnati Cyclones

Published on November 8, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the second-time in less than a week the Kalamazoo Wings will face-off against the Cincinnati Cyclones. Last Sunday at Wings Stadium, the K-Wings dropped a 5-4 shootout decision to the Cyclones. Tonight will be the second of 11 meetings between the teams and second of six to be played at Wings Stadium.

Kalamazoo snapped a two-game winless streak on Wednesday with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Wheeling Nailers. The victory was head coach Nick Bootland's 200th in his career. This evening is the third-leg of a five-game home stand for the K-Wings, who are 1-0-0-1 so far during the stretch.

Entering this evening with a perfect record of 6-0-0-0, the Cyclones are the only remaining undefeated team in the ECHL. A majority of Cincinnati's success has come on the road, where they are 4-0-0-0 and have outscored their opponents 21-11.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Cincinnati Cyclones

Goals: Eric Kattelus (4 Goals) Wade Megan (6 Goals)

Assists: Yanni Gourde (6 Assists) Wade Megan (6 Assists)

Points: Yanni Gourde (8 Points) Wade Megan (12 Points) +/-: Eric Kattelus, Chris Lawrence (+2) Chris Reed (+9)

Penalty Minutes: Chris Lawrence (16 Minutes) Paul Crowder (18 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Sam Ftorek, Yanni Gourde, Barry Almeida, Josh McFadden,

Eric Kattelus, David Pacan (1 Goal) John McFarland,

Wade Megan (1 Goal)

Short Handed Goals: Ryan Del Monte, Adam Polasek (1 Goal) John McFarland (1 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Yanni Gourde (1 GW) Taylor Aronson, Antoine Corbin,

John McFarland, John Megan (1GW)

Shots: Sam Ftorek, Yanni Gourde (24 Shots) John McFarland (21 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Adam Polasek ( 50%) Taylor Aronson (50%)

Overtime Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Antoine Corbin (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Yanni Gourde (2 Goals) Barry Almeida (2 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Yanni Gourde, David Pacan, Barry Almeida (100 %)

Justin Taylor (100%)

Goals Against Average: Jordan Binnington (2.29 ) Rob Madore (2.51)

Save Percentage: Jordan Binnington (0.913) Rob Madore (0.921)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Trail All-Time Series: 50-55-3-9 (Includes ECHL/IHL)

All-Time ECHL Series: K-Wings Lead ECHL All-Time Series: 26-19-3-5

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

Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost in a Shootout 5-4 on November 6th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI

Next Meeting: Saturday, November 16th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Binnington Earns First Win

Goaltender Jordan Binnington earned a 3-2 shootout victory versus the Wheeling Nailers on Wednesday. The victory was Binnington's first in his professional career.

Penalty Kill

Not only did Kalamazoo kill off all four of Wheeling's power-play chances on Wednesday, they did so without giving up a power-play shot on goal. In fact, the K-Wings penalty killers outshot the Nailers power-play 3-0 and scored shorthanded.

Trouble in the Middle

Six games into the season, the K-Wings worst scoring differential period has been the second. Kalamazoo has been outscored 8-3 in the middle stanza.

Working Overtime Lately 60 minutes hasn't been enough for the K-Wings. Kalamazoo's last two games have been decided in a shootout.

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

Ftorek and Kattelus on the Radio

Join special guests Sam Ftorek and Eric Kattelus along with Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno on Monday, November 11th for "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.

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, November 15th Vs Reading 7:30 PM (Military Appreciation Night Featuring former Detroit Lions Kicker Jason Hanson, presented by Fox 17)

Saturday, November 16th Vs Cincinnati 7:30 PM (Player Poster Giveaway Courtesy of Fox 17)

Friday, November 22nd @ Elmira 7:05 PMSaturday, November 23rd @ Elmira 7:05 PM

Sunday, November 24th @ Elmira 4:05 PM

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