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

December 14, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the second time this season the Kalamazoo Wings will face-off against the Fort Wayne Komets. The K-Wings won the first meeting between the teams back on November 29th by the final of 4-0 at Wings Stadium. After tonight the teams will square off 12 more times this season.

Kalamazoo's four-game winning and six-game (5-0-0-1) unbeaten in regulation streaks were snapped last night with a 5-2 loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones. The K-Wings enter tonight looking to avoid back-to-back home losses for the first time this season.

Tonight will conclude a four-game road swing for the Komets. Currently, Fort Wayne is 1-1-0-1 and has outscored their opponents 12-11 during the trip. On the season the Komets are 5-5-0-1 away from the Allen County Memorial Coliseum.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Fort Wayne Komets

Goals: Yanni Gourde (10 Goals) Mickey Lang (16 Goals)

Assists: Yanni Gourde, Eric Kattelus (13 Assists) Brandon Marino,

Mike Vaskivuo (16 Assists)

Points: Yanni Gourde (23 Points) Mickey Lang (25 Points)

+/-: Eric Kattelus (+13) Scott Fleming (+8)

Penalty Minutes: Justin Taylor (39 Minutes) Kaleigh Schrock (60 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Sam Ftorek (4 Goals) Mickey Lang (5 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Yanni Gourde (2 Goals) Mickey Lang (2 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Aaron Clarke, Yanni Gourde (2 GW) Mickey Lang (3 GW)

Shots: Yanni Gourde (71 Shots) Mickey Lang (81 Shots)

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

Overtime Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Mickey Lang, Mike Vaskivuo (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Justin Taylor (3 Goals) Mickey Lang (2 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Yannick Veilleux (100%) Mickey Lang (66.7 %)

Goals Against Average: Joel Martin (2.39 ) Andrey Makarov (3.00)

Save Percentage: Jordan Binnington (0.926) Andrey Makarov (0.904)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Trail All -Time Series: 164-167-45 (Includes ECHL, IHL and UHL )

All-Time ECHL Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time ECHL Series: 8-7-1-0

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

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 4-0 on November 29th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Sunday, January 5th @ Allen County Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Good Things Come in Threes

Forward Sebastian Wannstrom enters tonight looking to extend a streak. Wannstrom has earned points in three straight games.

Back-to-Back

Held without a goal for the first 18 games this season, defenseman Elgin Reid is once again finding his scoring touch. Reid has earned goals in back-to-back games for Kalamazoo.

Powering Up

K-Wings defenseman Sam Ftorek has scored all four of his goals this season on the power-play. The four power-play goals from Ftorek lead all ECHL defensemen in that category.

Snapping a Streak Kalamazoo enters this evening looking to snap a two-game (0-1-0-1) home winless streak. The two-game streak is a season-high for the K-Wings.

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 .

Gourde, Reid and Taylor on the Radio

Join special guests Yanni Gourde, Elgin Reid, and Justin Taylor along with Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno on Monday, December 16th 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

Tuesday, December 17th @ Cincinnati 7:35 PM

Friday, December 20th Vs Toledo 7:30 PM (Bell's Winter White Blue Ice Weekend, featuring an appearance from Darren McCarty)

Saturday, December 21st Vs Toledo 7:30 PM (Bell's Winter White Blue Ice Weekend)Friday, December 27th @ Reading 7:05 PM

Saturday, December 28th @ Reading 7:05 PM

Monday, December 30th @ Toledo 7:15 PM

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