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ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

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March 13, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the third straight day, the Kalamazoo Wings will cross paths with divisional rival, the Wheeling Nailers. The K-Wings have won the past three encounters against the Nailers and lead the season series over Wheeling with a record of 4-2-0-1.

With their victory last night, Kalamazoo extended their unbeaten in regulation streak to 16 games (13-0-0-3). Besides the unbeaten streak, the K-Wings, who are playing their second contest of a four-game home stand, are unbeaten in regulation at Wings Stadium in their last eight contests (7-0-0-1).

Suffering back-to-back losses this weekend to the K-Wing, the Nailers are now 10 points behind Kalamazoo for the first place in the North Division. With 65 points, Wheeling enters the day tied with the Gwinnett Gladiators for seventh place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the Cincinnati Cyclones.

Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings Wheeling Nailers

Goals: Andrew Fournier (35 Goals) Nick Petersen, Ben Street (24 Goals)

Assists: Trent Daavettila (42 Assists) Nick Petersen (33 Assists)

Points: Kory Karlander (71 Points) Nick Petersen (57 Points)

+/-: Trent Daavettila (+23) Ben Street (+21)

Penalty Minutes: Darryl Lloyd (114 Minutes) Ryan Schnell (158 Minutes)

Power Play Goals: Patrick Asselin, Nick Petersen (10 Goals)

Kory Karlander (11 Goals)

Short Handed Goals: Aaron Clarke (3 Goals) Kris Vernarsky (2 Goals)

Game Winning Goals: Andrew Fournier (9 GW) Sam D'Agostino, Mikael Bedard,

Andrew Lord (3 GW)

Shots: Andrew Fournier (197 Shots) Ben Street (184 Shots)

Shooting Percentage: Dean Strong (33.3%) Alex Smigelski (17.9%)

Overtime Goals: Patrick Asselin, Andrew Fournier, Andrew Lord, Andrew Orpik (1 Goal)

Sam Ftorek, Kory Karlander (1 Goal)

Shootout Goals: Darryl Lloyd (2 Goals) Nick Petersen (2 Goals)

Shootout Percentage: Darryl Lloyd (50%) Nick Petersen (66.7%)

Goals Against Average: Ryan Nie (2.80) Peter Delmas (2.20)

Save Percentage: Ryan Nie (0.916) Peter Delmas (0.925)

All-Time/ Season Series

All-Time Series: K-Wings Lead All-Time Series: 9-5-1-1

Season Series: K-Wings Lead Season Series: 4-2-0-1

Last Meeting: K-Wings Won 4-2 on March 12th @ Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Next Meeting: Sunday, March 20th @ WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, West Virginia

Finishing Strong

The K-Wings have figured out how to finish out a week. On the season, Kalamazoo is 9-2-0-0 on games played on Sunday.

Power Surge

Going 3-for-6 on the power-play last night, the K-Wings rank a league-best 28.1% at home on the power-play. Overall on the season, Kalamazoo ranks second in the ECHL on the power-play at 23.6%.

Heating Up

Forwards Andrew Fournier and Kory Karlander have been on a scoring tear. Fournier is currently on a seven-game point streak; while Karlander has registered at least a point in five straight games.

Keep on Rolling

Kalamazoo enters today unbeaten in regulation in 16 straight (13-0-0-3) games and on a season-high eight-game home unbeaten streak (7-0-0-1). The 16-game streak is not only a team-high, but it's also the longest unbeaten streak this season in the ECHL.

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.

Puppa and Jurynec on the Radio

Join special guests former NHL goaltender Daren Puppa and forward Bryan Jurynec as they join Head Coach Nick Bootland and the "Voice of the K-Wings", Mike Modugno this Monday on "K-Wings Live" presented by Miller Lite. The show is on The Classic Hits Station WLKM (95.9 FM) and online through www.kwings.com from 7-8 p.m. at Old Burdick's 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 & 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

Thursday, March 17th Vs South Carolina 7:00 PM (30th Annual "World Famous" St. Patrick's Day Green Ice Game, Presented by 5/3 Bank, WWMT and WRKR)

Friday, March 18th Vs Trenton 7:30 PM (Celebration! Cinema Night/Frugal Fan Friday)

Sunday, March 20th @ Wheeling 5:05 PM

Wednesday, March 23rd Vs Cincinnati 10:30 AM (Education Day, Presented by RX Optical)

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