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Countdown to Face-Off: Kalamazoo Wings vs Reading Royals

January 26, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the second time this weekend and for the fifth time this season, the Kalamazoo Wings will take on the Reading Royals. On the season, the K-Wings are 3-1-0-0 versus the defending Kelly Cup champions, including a 4-3 victory last Friday at Wings Stadium.

Tonight ends a brief two-game home stand for the K-Wings. After this evening, Kalamazoo will play four out of their next five, including three straight, on the road. With 45 points, the K-Wings are five points out of first place in the North Division.

Last Friday, the K-Wings ended the Royals' seven-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory at Wings Stadium. However, Reading rebounded yesterday with a 4-1 win against the Toledo Walleye. This afternoon, the Royals will play their third of six straight road games.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Reading Royals

Goals: Yanni Gourde (15 Goals) Domenic Monardo (12 Goals)

Assists: Yanni Gourde (19 Assists) Yannick Tifu (19 Assists)

Points: Yanni Gourde (34 Points) Yannick Tifu (30 Points) +/-: Eric Kattelus (+19) Bryant Molle (+13)

Penalty Minutes: Chris Lawrence, Bryant Molle (54 Minutes)

Justin Taylor (76 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Sam Ftorek (6 Goals) Michal Cajkovsky, Marvin Degon,

Domenic Monardo (3 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Yanni Gourde, Justin Taylor (2 Goals) Sean Wiles (2 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Matt Caria, Sam Ftorek (3 GW) Julien Cayer, T.J. Syner, Yannick Tifu,

Sean Wiles (2 GW)

Shots: Yanni Gourde (112 Shots) Domenic Monardo (110 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Cody Beach ( 33.3%) Josh Brittain (33.3%)

Overtime Goals: Matt Caria, Sam Ftorek, Entire Team (0 Goals)

Eric Kattelus, Justin Taylor (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Justin Taylor (3 Goals) T.J. Syner, Yannick Tifu (2 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Yannick Veilleux (100%) Michal Cajkovsky,

Ryan Cruthers (100 %)

Goals Against Average: Jordan Binnington (2.25 ) Riley Gill (2.28)

Save Percentage: Jordan Binnington (0.924) Riley Gill (0.920)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 10-6-1-0

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

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 4-3 on January 24th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Friday, March 21st @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

K-Wings to Debut Slappy Jerseys

For the first time this season, the K-Wings will don on their alternate Slappy jerseys. Kalamazoo will wear the jerseys during their remaining Sunday home games.

Struggling on Sundays

Kalamazoo has struggled on Sunday games. The K-Wings are 0-2-0-1 on Sunday contests.

Martin Moves into Second

On Friday, Joel Martin earned his 59th ECHL victory as a member of the K-Wings. The 59 victories places Martin ahead of Riley Gill for second place in the K-Wings ECHL wins

Get Shorty

On the season, the K-Wings have recorded 10 shorthanded goals. The 10 shorthanded tallies for Kalamazoo lead the entire ECHL.

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 special guests Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno on Monday, February 10th 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

Wednesday, January 29th @ Elmira 7:05 PM

Friday, January 31st @ Wheeling 7:00 PM

Saturday, February 1st @ Wheeling 8:00 PM

Wednesday, February 5th Vs Elmira 7:00 PM (501 Wednesday and Winning Wednesday, presented by WNWN)

Friday, February 7th @ Fort Wayne 8:05 PM

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