ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

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Published on October 24, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


It will be a historic night of hockey tonight in southwest Michigan, as the Kalamazoo Wings host the Reading Royals in the first-ever ECHL home game for the K-Wings. Kalamazoo defeated Reading 4-1 in the K-Wings inaugural ECHL match-up on October 15th.

Springing out the gates, the K-Wings have had an impressive start to the 2009-10 season. Outscoring their opponents 13-3 through three games, the K-Wings best period has been the second, where they out dueled the opposition 10-0.

Held to a single goal on opening night, Reading has found their groove recording 11 goals in their last two contest. The Royals enter Wings Stadium unbeaten in regulation in their last two games (1-0-0-1) and are coming off a 7-3 victory last night against the Toledo Walleye.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Reading Royals

Goals: Darryl Lloyd (4 Goals) Ben McLeod (3 Goals)

Assists: Rick Cleaver (4 Assists) Stefano Giliati (4 Assists)

Points: Rick Cleaver (5 Points) Ben McLeod (6 Points)

+/-: Jeff Mason, Ryan McGinnis (+5) Stefano Giliati, Ben McLeod (+3)

Penalty Minutes: Rick Cleaver, Scott Langdon (24 Minutes)

Mathieu Curadeau (8 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Darryl Bootland, Trent Daavettila, Nicholas Bilotto, Ben Gordon,

Anton Kharin (1 Goal) Ben McLeod (1 Goal)

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

Game Winning Goals: Mathieu Curadeau, Andrew Fournier, Danick Bouchard (1 GW)

Anton Kharin (1 GW)

Shots: Ryan McGinnis (12 Shots) Stefano Giliati (11 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Anton Kharin (40%) Entire Team (0%)

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

Shootout Goals: Entire Team (0 Goals) Entire Team (0 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Entire Team (0%) Entire Team (0%)

Goals Against Average: Jeremy Duchesne (0.00) Kevin Regan (3.89)

Save Percentage: Jeremy Duchesne (1.000) Kevin Regan (0.879)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 1-0-0-0

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

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 4-1 on October 15th @ Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania

Next Meeting: Sunday, October 25th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Welcome to Michigan

Tonight is not only a big one for the K-Wings, but the entire ECHL. Besides being the first-ever ECHL home game for the K-Wings, this evening is also the first-ever ECHL contest to be held in the state of Michigan.

Jones Assigned to K-Wings

On Thursday, the San Jose Sharks reassigned forward Matt Jones to Kalamazoo. Jones, who is a native of Kentwood, Michigan, played 46 games last season the AHL with the Worcester Sharks.

Welcome to Michigan

Tonight is not only a big one for the K-Wings, but the entire ECHL. Besides being the first-ever ECHL home game for the K-Wings, this evening is also the first-ever ECHL contest to be held in the state of Michigan.

Rolling Along

Forwards Rick Cleaver and Anton Kharin have had a productive first three games of the season. Both players start the week on a three-game point streak.

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 calling the Wings Stadium Ticket Office at (269) 345-5101.

Get On-Line

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

Bootland and Mason on the Radio

Join special guests Darryl Bootland and Jeff Mason as they join Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno this Monday on "K-Wings Live". The show is on The Classic Hits Station WLKM (95.9 FM) and online through the B-2 Networks through www.kwings.com from 7-8 p.m. at Old Burdick's Bar and Grill inside the Holiday Inn Kalamazoo on South 11th Street.

K-Wings on Radio

Catch all the K-Wings games, home and away, on the K-Wings Radio Network (95.9 FM WLKM & B-2 Networks 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 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 the K-Wings Radio Network.

Upcoming Games

Sunday, October 25th Vs Reading 4:00 PM

Friday, October 30th @ Wheeling 7:35 PM

Saturday, October 31st Vs Toledo 7:30 PM (6th Annual Orange Ice Game)

Wednesday, November 4th @ Toledo 10:30 AM

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