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Countdown to Face-Off: Kalamazoo Wings vs Reading Royals

November 15, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the second straight night the Kalamazoo Wings will lace up their skates to take on the Reading Royals. Tonight is the 2nd Annual Bell's Blue Ice Game featuring Bell's Winter White Ale. Yesterday the Royals defeated the K-Wings 4-3 in a shootout.

This evening will conclude a season-long five-game home stand for Kalamazoo. The K-Wings, who are 2-1-0-1 during the stretch, are winless (0-1-0-1) in their last two games. With 14 points, Kalamazoo is tied with the Toledo Walleye for second place in the North Division.

The Royals started off a four-game road trip on a high-note last night. Goaltender Conner Knapp made 37 saves to earn the victory. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Royals. With eight points, Reading is in seventh place in the East Division.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Reading Royals

Goals: Ludwig Blomstrand, Lane Scheidl, Adam Hughesman, David Marshall,Curtis Valk (4 Goals) Pat Mullane (4 Goals)

Assists: Sacha Guimond (11 Assists) Adam Hughesman,

Olivier Labelle (8 Assists)

Points: Sacha Guimond, Curtis Valk (12 Points) Adam Hughesman (12 Points)

+/-: Sacha Guimond (+8) Brett Flemming, Pat Mullane (+3)

Penalty Minutes: Ray Kaunisto (29 Minutes) Ryan Cruthers, Bryant Molle, Cam Reid, Sean Wiles (16 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Eight Players Tied (1 Goal) Adam Comrie, Zach Davies, Adam Hughesman,

David Marshall (2 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Alex Mallet (1 Goal) Pat Mullane, Sean Wiles (1 Goal)

Game Winning Goals: Alex Mallet (2 GW) David Marshall, Cam Reid (1 GW)

Shots: Nathan Longpre (31 Shots) Adam Hughesman (31 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Ludwig Blomstrand, Colin Murray (2 5%) Brett Flemming (37.5%)

Overtime Goals: Eric Kattelus (1 Goal) Entire Team (0 Goals)

Shootout Goals: Alex Mallet (2 Goals) Ryan Cruthers, David Marshall,

Pat Mullane, Cam Reid (1 Goal)

Shootout Percentage: Alex Mallet (100%) David Marshall, Pat Mullane,

Cam Reid (100 %)

Goals Against Average: Peter Mannino (1.66 ) Connor Knapp (2.78)

Save Percentage: Peter Mannino (0.944) Connor Knapp (0.913)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 11-9-1-1

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

Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost 4-3 in a Shootout on November 14th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Saturday, March 14th @ Santander Arena in Reading Pennsylvania

Feeling Blue

The K-Wings will host the Reading Royals tonight during the 2nd Annual Bell's Blue Ice Game featuring Bell's Winter White Ale. Kalamazoo will wear special Bell's jerseys for the game that will be auctioned off following the game with the proceeds benefiting Gryphon Place.

Productive at the Point

Kalamazoo's Sacha Guimond leads all ECHL defensemen in scoring with 12 points (1 goal, 11 assists). Guimond also leads all ECHL blue-liners and is tied for the overall league lead with 11 assists.

Power Outage

Lately the K-Wings power-play has had its struggles. Ranked 11th in the ECHL (19%), the K-Wings have scored just one power-play goal in their last 20 attempts dating back to October 31st and are currently in a 0-for-10 drought.

Nearing History

Goaltender Joel Martin is closing in on K-Wings history. Martin, who has 55 ECHL victories with Kalamazoo, is just three wins shy of tying Ryan Nie (58) for the all-time team lead in ECHL history.

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

Friday, November 21st @ Fort Wayne 8:00 PM

Saturday, November 22nd @ Cincinnati 7:35 PM

Friday, November 28th Vs Fort Wayne 5:00 PM (Black Friday and 3, 2, 1 Countdown to Fun featuring $3 beer, $2 Pepsi Products and $1 Hot Dogs)

Saturday, November 29th Vs Toledo 7:30 PM (Movember Mustache Party Night to benefit Men's Health)

Sunday, November 30th Vs Orlando 3:00 PM (Family Hockey Day in the 'Zoo and 'Zoo Superhero Day)

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