ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Countdown To Face-Off

Published on February 28, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the second time in less than 24 hours, the Kalamazoo Wings will host the Charlotte Checkers at Wings Stadium. On the season, Kalamazoo leads the season series over Charlotte with a record of 4-0-0-1, including a 5-2 victory last night.

Closing out a four-game home stand, the K-Wings are riding a 12-game home unbeaten streak (11-0-0-1). After today, Kalamazoo will play their next seven games away from Wings Stadium and they won't return home until they host the Wheeling Nailers on Wednesday, March 17th.

Losing to the K-Wings last night, the Checkers have dropped to third place in the South Division one point behind the Florida Everblades. Charlotte also enters play in sixth place in the conference, one point behind Kalamazoo and Florida, who are tied for fourth.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Charlotte Checkers

Goals: Rick Cleaver (22 Goals) Andrew Carroll (23 Goals)

Assists: Rick Cleaver, Tyler Doig (45 Assists)

Andrew Fournier (30 Assists)

Points: Rick Cleaver (52 Points) Tyler Doig (60 Points)

+/-: Mathieu Curadeau (+13) T.J. Reynolds (+23)

Penalty Minutes: Darryl Lloyd (127 Minutes) T.J. Reynolds (222 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Rick Cleaver (10 Goals) Andrew Carroll, Kenny Roach (6 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Brian McGuirk (3 Goals) Six Players Tied (1 Goal)

Game Winning Goals: Mathieu Curadeau (4 GW) Andrew Carroll (5 GW)

Shots: Sam Ftorek (161 Shots) Matt Schepke (198 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Patrick Asselin (22.2%) Andrew Carroll (25.3%)

Overtime Goals: Rick Cleaver, Mathieu Curadeau Tyler Doig (1 Goal)

Jon Landry, Brian McGuirk (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Rick Cleaver (4 Goals) Codey Burki, Michel Leveille,

Aaron Slattengren (3 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Matt Jones, Brian McGuirk (100%) Julien Brouillette (100%)

Goals Against Average: Ryan Nie (2.91) Miika Wiikman (2.77)

Save Percentage: Ryan Nie (0.908) Miika Wiikman (0.909)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 4-0-0-1

Season Series: K-Wings Lead Season Series: 4-0-0-1

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 5-2 on February 27th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Last Meeting of the Regular Season

Good at Home

Dating back to last season, goaltender Jeremy Duchesne is unbeaten in regulation at home in his last nine appearances (6-0-2-1). Duchesne, who has gone to either overtime or a shootout in four of his seven home starts with Kalamazoo; last lost on home ice on January 30, 2009 against the Florida Everblades, when he was a member of the South Carolina Stingrays.

Rolling Along

Forwards Mathieu Curadeau and Darryl Lloyd enter this afternoon on impressive point streaks. Curadeau has recorded points in five straight games, while Lloyd, who is two points shy of 200 in his career, has earned points in three straight contests.

Right at Home

Forward Dean Strong has definitely felt at home at Wings Stadium. Strong, who is on a three-game point streak has earned points in all nine games (5 goals, 7 assists) he has played on Vanrick Drive.

Leaving Home

Concluding a four-game home stand, Kalamazoo enters today looking to extend a season-high 12-game (11-0-0-1) unbeaten streak in regulation at Wings Stadium. After today, the K-Wings won't return to Wings Stadium until Wednesday, March 17th versus Wheeling during the 29th Annual St. Patrick's Day Green Ice Game, presented by Fifth-Third Bank and WWWT.

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.

McGuirk and Morrow on the Radio

Join special guests Brian McGuirk and Tom Morrow 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

Wednesday, March 3rd @ Johnstown 7:05 PM

Thursday, March 4th @ Reading 7:05 PM

Saturday, March 6th @ Elmira 7:35 PM

Sunday, March 7th @ Reading 5:05 PM

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