ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Countdown to Face-Off: Kalamazoo Wings vs Toledo Walleye

Published on November 1, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Tonight will begin a home-and-home series between the Kalamazoo Wings and the Toledo Walleye. Including this evening, the division rivals will face-off 13 times this season. All-time, the K-Wings are 33-15-4-3 versus the Walleye.

Kalamazoo enters tonight in search of their first win of the young season. The K-Wings also will continue a stretch of home games. Beginning last Saturday, Kalamazoo will play seven out of their next eight games at Wings Stadium.

Unbeaten in regulation on the road the Walleye travel to Wings Stadium looking to improve upon their 1-0-1-0 road record. Including tonight, Toledo will have to get use to life on the road, as six out of their next seven games are away from the Huntington Center.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Toledo Walleye

Goals: Chris Lawrence (1 Goal) Kevin Lynch (3 Goals)

Assists: Yanni Gourde, Eric Kattelus (1 Assist) Travis Novak,

Russ Sinkewich(3 Assists)

Points: Yanni Gourde, Eric Kattelus, Kevin Lynch (5 Points)

Chris Lawrence (1 Point)

+/-: Eric Kattelus, Chris Lawrence, Aaron Bogosian, Kevin Lynch,

Brandon Martell (+1) Max Nicastro, Bobby Shea (+2)

Penalty Minutes: Eric Kattelus, Ray Kaunisto, Russ Sinkewich (11 Minutes)

Mike Matczak, Justin Taylor (4 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Scott Arnold (6 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Entire Team (0 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Entire Team (0 GW) Kevin Lynch (1GW)

Shots: Yanni Gourde (11 Shots) Trevor Parkes (17 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Chris Lawrence ( 50%) Richard Nedomlel (100%)

Overtime Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Entire Team (0 Goals)

Shootout Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Scott Arnold, Daniel Koger (1 Goal)

Shootout Percentage: Entire Team (0%) Scott Arnold, Daniel Koger (100 %)

Goals Against Average: Jordan Binnington (2.03 ) Mac Carruth (1.44)

Save Percentage: Joel Martin (0.926) Mac Carruth (0.954)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 33-15-4-3

Season Series: First Meeting of the Season

Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost 4-1 on March 22nd @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Saturday, November 3rd @ Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio

The 700 Club

With his next game, Sam Ftorek will join an exclusive list of players that have played in 700 ECHL games. Ftorek will join Cam Brown (789 games; 1991-2006) and Louis Dumont (771 games; 1994-2006) as the only players to reach the 700 club in games played.

Nearing a Milestone

Goaltender Joel Martin is closing in on a personal milestone. The next appearance between the pipes for Martin will mark his 400th career game.

Home Sweet Home

Last Saturday's crowd of 5,576 was the largest home opening crowd in the K-Wings 40-year history. Kalamazoo will have plenty of opportunity to continue to bring in huge crowds as six out of their next seven games will occur at Wings Stadium.

Ending a Drought Chris Lawrence's third period goal ended a goal scoring drought for the K-Wings. The goal snapped a 104:44 drought this season for Kalamazoo.

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.

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 Live

Join special guests Head Coach Nick Bootland and players along with 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

Saturday, November 2nd @ Toledo 7:15 PM

Sunday, November 3rd Vs Cincinnati 3:00 PM (Family Hockey Day in the "ZOO" and Disney Princesses Day)

Wednesday, November 6th Vs Wheeling 10:30 AM (Education Day)

Friday, November 8th Vs Cincinnati 7:30 PM (Word of Life & Scout Night)

Check out the Kalamazoo Wings Statistics

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