ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Countdown to Face-Off

Published on December 18, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the second time in as many nights, the Kalamazoo Wings will lace up their skates against the Reading Royals. Kalamazoo defeated Reading 3-2 last night in the team's first meeting against one another since last year's playoffs. Tonight will also be the final encounter between the teams in the regular season.

Battling for a complete 60 minutes, the K-Wings used a timely third period goal from Kory Karlander to secure the victory. Karlander becomes the first member of the K-Wings this season to have multiply game-winning goals. This evening will also conclude a four-game home stand for Kalamazoo.

Preparing for the third game of a four-game road trip, the Royals have struggle offensively on the trip. Reading, which is 1-1-0-0 on the swing, has scored two goals in each of those contests. On the season, the Royals are 2-7-0-0 when being held under three goals in a game.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Reading Royals

Goals: Andrew Fournier (12 Goals) Matt Caruana (14 Goals)

Assists: Kory Karlander (17 Assists) Ben Gordon (15 Assists)

Points: Kory Karlander (28 Points) Matt Caruana (26 Points)

+/-: Brandon Svendsen (+6) Ben Gordon (+15)

Penalty Minutes: Darryl Lloyd (57 Minutes) Olivier Labelle,

Ryan Donald (48 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Kory Karlander (6 Goals) Olivier Labelle (4 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Andrew Fournier, Sam Ftorek, Ryan Cruthers (2 Goals)

Jon Landry, Brandon Svendsen (1 Goal)

Game Winning Goals: Kory Karlander (2 GW) Matt Caruana, Ryan Cruthers,

Olivier Labelle, Todd Perry (2 GW)

Shots: Sam Ftorek (85 Shots) Ben Gordon (86 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Bryan Jurynec (50%) Matt Caruana (27.5%)

Overtime Goals: Patrick Asselin, Andrew Fournier, Matt Caruana, Todd Perry (1 Goal)

Sam Ftorek, Kory Karlander (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Steven Tarasuk (1 Goal) Andrew Sarauer (2 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Steven Tarasuk (33.3%) Eric Castonguay,

Andrew Sarauer (100%)

Goals Against Average: Riley Gill (3.22) Ben Scrivens (2.18)

Save Percentage: Riley Gill (0.896) Ben Scrivens (0.936)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 6-0-1-0

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

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 3-2 on December 17th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Last Meeting of the Regular Season

Jurynec Returns

A day after donating his hair to Locks of Love, forward Bryan Jurynec has been activated off of the team's injured reserve list. In a separate transaction, Kalamazoo has placed forward Brian McGuirk on the 3-Day IR.

Nearing a Dozen

Forward Trent Daavettila enters the night on an 11-game point streak. His 11-game point streak is a K-Wings season-high and is one-game shy of tying the league-season high held by Greenville Road Warrior forward Brendan Connolly,

Dishing It Out

Kalamazoo's Sam Ftorek has recorded points in five straight games. Besides the five-game point streak, Ftorek, who shares the team's longest active assist steak at five games with Trent Daavettila, is one-game shy of tying the K-Wings season-high for consecutive games with an assist, held by Kory Karlander.

Not to be De-Nied

Goaltender Ryan Nie has been collecting wins. Nie, who is unbeaten in regulation in his last four starts (3-0-0-1), has earned wins in his last three contests.

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.

No K-Wings Live

Due to the holiday break, there will be no "K-Wings Live" presented by Miller Lite on December 20th. Join Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno on Monday, December 27th, when "K-Wings Live" presented by Miller Lite returns to the airwaves. The show is broadcast on The Classic Hits Station WLKM (95.9 FM) and online through www.kwings.com from 7-8 p.m. at Center Ice Sports Bar inside Wings West on Sports Drive.

K-Wings on Radio

Catch all the K-Wings games, home and away, on the K-Wings Radio Network (95.9 FM WLKM & 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 and wraps up immediately after the final buzzer with the Discover Kalamazoo. 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, December 26th @ Toledo 5:30 PM

Wednesday, December 29th @ Toledo 7:00 PM

Friday, December 31st Vs Elmira 7:30 PM (9th Annual New Year's Eve Bash, Presented by WWMT and COOL 101)

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