ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Countdown to Face-Off: Kalamazoo Wings vs Toledo Walleye

Published on December 20, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Preparing for the first of two straight games against one another, the Kalamazoo Wings and Toledo Walleye will face-off during the inaugural Bell's Winter White Blue Ice Game. The K-Wings are 1-1-0-0 versus the Walleye this season, with the home team coming out the victors.

After starting the week with a 2-1 overtime road victory on Tuesday against the Cincinnati Cyclones, the K-Wings return home looking to end a streak. Kalamazoo enters tonight winless in their last three home games (0-2-0-1).

Tonight is the second game of a four-game road swing for the Walleye. Toledo started the trip with a 7-3 loss on Wednesday night to the Evansville IceMen. On the season, the Walleye are 3-7-0-0 away from the Huntington Center.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Toledo Walleye

Goals: Yanni Gourde (10 Goals) Trevor Parkes (13 Goals)

Assists: Yanni Gourde (15 Assists) Travis Novak, Trevor Parkes (11 Assists)

Points: Yanni Gourde (25 Points) Trevor Parkes (24 Points)

+/-: Eric Kattelus (+12) Aaron Bogosian (+2)

Penalty Minutes: Justin Taylor (46 Minutes) Richard Nedomiel,

Stephon Thorne (45 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Sam Ftorek (4 Goals) Travis Novak, Trevor Parkes (4 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Yanni Gourde (2 Goals) Alden Hirshfeld, Kyle Rogers (0 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Aaron Clarke, Yanni Gourde, Kevin Lynch (2 GW)

Eric Kattelus (2 GW)

Shots: Yanni Gourde (76 Shots) Trevor Parkes (81 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Cody Beach ( 33.3%) Martin Frk (18.5%)

Overtime Goals: Eric Kattelus (1 Goal) Trevor Parkes (0 Goals)

Shootout Goals: Justin Taylor (3 Goals) Scott Arnold, Daniel Koger (1 Goal)

Shootout Percentage: Yannick Veilleux (100%) Scott Arnold, Daniel Koger (100 %)

Goals Against Average: Jordan Binnington (2.31 ) Jared Coreau (2.42)

Save Percentage: Joel Martin (0.921) Jared Coreau, Hannu Toivonen (0.954)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 34-16-4-3

Season Series: Season Series is Tied: 1-1-0-0

Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost 3-1 on November 2nd @ Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio

Next Meeting: Saturday, December 21st @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Polasek Returns

Earlier today defenseman Adam Polasek was reassigned to the K-Wings by the Vancouver Canucks. Polasek has been with the Canucks AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets since December 12th.

Feeling Blue

Kalamazoo will host its first-ever Blue Ice Game tonight versus the Toledo Walleye. The game will be part of Bell's Winter White Blue Ice Weekend.

Overtime Finish While the K-Wings have had five games this season end in a shootout, Tuesday night's victory in Cincinnati was their first game that ended in overtime. Kalamazoo defeated Cincinnati 2-1 with a game-winning tally from Eric Kattelus.

Snapping a Streak

The K-Wings will head into the tonight looking to snap a streak. Kalamazoo is winless at home in their last three games (0-2-0-1).

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, January 13th 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

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

Tuesday, December 31st Vs Cincinnati 7:00 PM (12th Annual New Year's Eve Bash)

Friday, January 3rd Vs Cincinnati 7:30 PM (Biggest Loser Night)

Saturday, January 4th Vs Toledo 7:30 PM (Nick Bootland Bobblehead Night)

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