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

February 6, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo Wings Vs Fort Wayne Komets

Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, Michigan

Friday, February 6, 2015 7:30 PM

Game Preview

The Kalamazoo Wings will begin a home-and-home series versus the Fort Wayne Komets. Tonight is the 10th of 15 regular season encounters between the teams. On the season, the K-Wings are 3-5-1-0 against the Komets.

Kalamazoo earned a point on Wednesday during a 5-4 shootout loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones. With 42 points, the K-Wings begin the night in fourth place in the North Division, two points ahead of the Wheeling Nailers and two points behind the Cyclones for third.

The Komets roll into Wings Stadium looking for a little revenge. Despite leading the season series, Fort Wayne has dropped its last two games against Kalamazoo. With 61 points, the Komets are tied with the Toledo Walleye for first place in the North Division.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Fort Wayne Komets

Goals: Matt Caria, Dane Fox (13 Goals) Shawn Szydlowski (21 Goals)

Assists: Eric Kattelus (25 Assists) Mike Embach (27 Assists)

Points: Curtis Valk (31 Points) Mike Embach,

Shawn Szydlowski (44 Points) +/-: Sacha Guimond (+12) Drew Daniels (+30)

Penalty Minutes: Ray Kaunisto (70 Minutes) Cody Sol (86 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Dane Fox (4 Goals) Mike Embach,

Shawn Szydlowski (4 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Justin Taylor (2 Goals) Mike Embach, Eric Faille (2 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Justin Taylor (3 GW) Mathew Pistilli (5 GW)

Shots: Nathan Longpre (102 Shots) Mike Embach (128 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Michael Neal (19.5%) Mitchell Heard (28.6%)

Overtime Goals: Eric Kattelus, Zach McCullough (1 Goal) Shawn Szydlowski (2 Goals)

Shootout Goals: Gergo Nagy, Nathan Longpre Mathew Pistilli,

Justin Taylor (1 Goal) Shawn Szydlowski (4 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Gergo Nagy, Nathan Longpre (50%) Paul Crowder, Mathew Pistilli (66.7 %)

Goals Against Average: Scott Munroe (2.53 ) Pat Nagle ( 2.42)

Save Percentage: Joel Martin (0.911) Roman Will (0.912)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All -Time Series: 177-175-47 (Includes ECHL, IHL and UHL )

All-Time ECHL Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time ECHL Series: 21-15-2-1

Season Series: K-Wings Trail Season Series: 3-5-1-0

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 2-1 on January 18th @ Allen County Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, IN

Next Meeting: Saturday, February 7th @ Allen County Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Good Things Come in Threes

Forward Eric Kattelus is riding a three-game point streak. Kattelus, who leads the team in scoring with 31 points, has recorded points in 12 out of his last 13 games.

Moving Up the List

On Wednesday defenseman Sam Ftorek earned his 182nd assist in a K-Wings uniform to surpass Tim Ross (1977-80) for ninth all-time in team history. Tonight will be another milestone for the blue-liner, as Ftorek will play in his 378th career K-Wings game moving past Paul Jerrard (1988-94) into eighth all-time in K-Wings history for games played.

Feeling Special

Forward Justin Taylor's last three goals have all occurred either shorthanded (2) or on the power-play (1). In total four out of Taylor's seven goals this season have been recorded on special teams.

Get Shorty

Lately Kalamazoo's penalty kill has been really aggressive. The K-Wings have scored six shorthanded goals this season, five of which have come in the past month and three in the past four games.

Heating Up

Fort Wayne's Reid Petryk enters tonight on a three-game point streak. Petryk, who has played in 25 games this season, has earned all five of his points in the Komets last eight games.

Off an Running

The Komets have been tough to beat when they hold a lead entering the second period. Fort Wayne is 13-1-1-1 when leading after the opening 20 minutes.

Shooting Range

On the season the Komets are 0-4-0-0 when failing to reach at least 25 shots in a game. Conversely, Fort Wayne is 29-6-1-2 when accumulating 26 shots or more in a contest.

Thinking Positively

Fort Wayne's Drew Daniels enters tonight with a plus/minus rating of +30. Daniels shares the league-lead in plus/minus with Colorado's Collin Bowman.

Tickets! Get Your Tickets!!

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are now on sale. Fans can purchase tickets at 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 the K-Wings Broadcast Network.

Upcoming Games

Saturday, February 7th @ Fort Wayne 7:30 PM

Sunday, February 8th @ Indy 3:05 PM

Thursday, February 12th @ Orlando 7:00 PM

Friday, February 13th @ Florida 7:30 PM

Saturday, February 14th @ Florida 7:00 PM

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