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Countdown to Face-Off: Kalamazoo Wings vs Wheeling Nailers

January 31, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo Wings Vs Wheeling Nailers

Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, Michigan Saturday, January 31, 2015 7:30 PM

Game Preview

For the second straight night the Kalamazoo Wings will lace up their skates to take on the Wheeling Nailers. Tonight is the second of five meetings between the teams this season. Wheeling took the first game of the season series last night by the final of 4-1.

Yesterday's loss was the first in regulation for the K-Wings in 2015. Looking to move up in the standings, Kalamazoo enters tonight trailing Wheeling by one point for fourth place in the North Division. The K-Wings also have their sights on third, as they are three points behind the Cincinnati Cyclones.

Tonight is the third game of a four-game road swing for Wheeling. The Nailers, who have split the first two games on the trip, are 8-13-0-0 away from the WesBanco Arena. Wheeling starts the night two points behind Cincinnati for third place.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Wheeling Nailers

Goals: Matt Caria, Dane Fox (12 Goals) Derek Army (17 Goals)

Assists: Eric Kattelus (21 Assists) Riley Brace (27 Assists)

Points: Curtis Valk (30 Points) Riley Brace (38 Points)

+/-: Sacha Guimond (+11) Shawn Skelly (+5)

Penalty Minutes: Ray Kaunisto (63 Minutes) Patrick McGrath (102 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Dane Fox (4 Goals) Riley Brace (5 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Matt Caria, Eric Kattelus, Sahir Gill, Trevor Murovich (2 Goals)

Nathan Longpre (1 Goal)

Game Winning Goals: Six Players Tied (2 GW) David Gilbert (4 GW)

Shots: Nathan Longpre (102 Shots) Derek Army (127 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Michael Neal (17.9 %) Matia Marcantuoni (20%)

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

Shootout Goals: Nathan Longpre, Gergo Nagy, David Gilbert, Shawn Skelly, Justin Taylor (1 Goal) Zach Torquato (1 Goal)

Shootout Percentage: Gergo Nagy (100%) Shawn Skelly, Zach Torquato (100 %)

Goals Against Average: Scott Munroe (2.53 ) Eric Hartzell (2.65)

Save Percentage: Joel Martin (0.912) Eric Hartzell (0.914)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 14-9-1-4

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

Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost 4-1 on January 30th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Sunday, February 22nd @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Nearing a Milestone

Forward Eric Kattelus is nearing a personal milestone. Kattelus' next assist will be his 100th of his career.

Power Outage

Dating back to the second period of the game on January 16th, the K-Wings are 0-for-27 on the power-play. Ironically during that same time span, Kalamazoo's special team unit has scored two shorthanded goals.

Good Things Come in Threes

Forward Matt Caria is heating up. Caria enters tonight on a three-game point streak.

January Men

The K-Wings are having a banner month. With eight wins this month, the K-Wings have more wins in January than in the months of November and December combined (6).

Giving Up the Shorties

The Nailers have surrendered 11 shorthanded goals this season. The 11 shorthanders are tied with the Reading Royals for the most allowed in the league this season.

Scoring at the Blue Line

With two goals last night Nailers defenseman Morgan Ellis has 12 goals. The 12 goals ties Ellis for the league-lead among defensemen.

Heating Up

Wheeling's Zach Torquato is on a scoring tear. Torquato enters tonight on a four-game point streak.

Trouble in Shootouts

This season the Nailers are 0-2 in games ending in shootouts. Not only have they not earned a victory, but Wheeling is the only team in the league not to make a save (0-for-9) in the shootout this season.

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

Wednesday, February 4th @ Cincinnati 7:35 PM

Friday, February 6th Vs Fort Wayne 7:30 PM (USA Olympic Curling Night and 3, 2, 1 Countdown to Fun!, featuring $3 Beer, $2 Pepsi Products and $ 1 Hot Dogs)

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

Sunday, February 8th @ Indy 3:05 PM

Thursday, February 12th @ Orlando 7:00 PM

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