Sports stats



ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Countdown to Face-Off

March 22, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Countdown to Face-off Kalamazoo Wings Vs Rockford IceHogs Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, MI Saturday, March 22, 2003 7:30 PM

Game Preview The K-Wings will be fighting for their playoff lives tonight as they host the Rockford IceHogs at Wings Stadium. With four games remaining in the regular season the K-Wings will need to win out the remainder of their schedule and hope that both Rockford and Flint lose the remainder of their games in regulation.

Kalamazoo enters the game in fifth place in the Western Conference eight points behind Rockford and six points behind Flint for the final playoff spot in the UHL. With the first tiebreaker being head to head meetings, the K-Wings need to win outright over Flint, and a victory tonight over Rockford would make the K-Wings 4-4-0 against the IceHogs.

Rockford has been on fire of late, as the Hogs carry a 3 game winning streak into the game. First time Head Coach Scott Burfoot has kept the IceHogs in the playoff hunt since taking over for Scott Bell on February 13th. The IceHogs are 9-5-2 under Burfoot command, and looking to go 2-0-0 against Kalamazoo, however, to do that Rockford will have to do what neither team has been able to do this season, which is win on the others home ice. In the seven previous meetings this year, the home team has won each game.

All-Time/ Season Series All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 18-16-3 Season Series: K-Wings Trial Season Series: 3-4-0 Last Meeting: K-Wings Lost 5-1 @ Rockford on February 15th at Metrocenter in Rockford, Illinois Next Meeting: None

Facing Elimination The K-Wings will be fighting for their playoff lives tonight as they host the Rockford IceHogs at Wings Stadium. With four games remaining in the regular season the K-Wings will need to win out the remainder of their schedule and hope that both Rockford and Flint lose the remainder of their games in regulation.

Home Ice Advantage The K-Wings are hoping to that history repeats itself tonight. In the seven previous meetings this year, the home team has won every game in the series.

O'Leary Streak is Up to Three K-Wings forward Pat O' Leary is on a three game point streak. In his last three games, O' Leary has scored 2 goals and has added 2 assists.

Shooting Star K-Wing forward Shawn Roed leads all UHL players in shooting percentage. This season, Roed has scored 16 goals on 60 shots giving him a shooting percentage of .267.

Tickets Get Your Tickets!! Tickets for all K-Wing home games are now on sale. Catch all the action as your K-Wings play the very best the UHL has to offer. Tickets are on sale by calling the K-Wings at 345-5101.

Get on Line This season the best to keep track of the K-Wings is to log onto www.kwings.com. The new site has player profiles, information about Wings Stadium events, and much more.

K-Wings on Radio Catch all the K-Wings games home and away on the K-Wings Radio Network (WLKM 95.9, WQSN 1660 AM, and WRCC 1400 AM). Join the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno for all 76 regular season games and the playoffs. Pre game coverage begins with the Basic Communications 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 radio tuned this season to K-Wings Radio Network.

UP COMING GAMES Friday, March 28th Vs Port Huron 7:30 PM (Fan Appreciation Night) Saturday, March, 29th @ Quad City 7:00 PM (CST) Sunday, March 30th @ Missouri 6:15 PM (CST)

Check out the Kalamazoo Wings Statistics

• Discuss this story on the ECHL message board...

ECHL Stories from March 22, 2003


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central