ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Cyclones storm past K-Wings on New Year's Eve

December 31, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


KALAMAZOO- Jumping ahead early and never looking back, the Cincinnati Cyclones rung in the New Year with a convincing 5-2 victory over the Kalamazoo Wings during the K-Wings 13th Annual New Year's Eve Bash at Wings Stadium.

After trading chances early on, the Cyclones struck first when David Pacan (4th) fired a wrister off the faceoff from the right circle. With the goal the former K-Wing increased his road point streak to nine games.

Scoring late in the period on a second chance rebound, Zach Budish increased Cincinnati's advantage to 2-0 by registering his seventh goal of the season with a wrister from the left circle.

The Cyclones improved their record to 5-0-0-0 when leading after the opening 20 minutes.

Using the momentum from the first, Cincinnati quickly added to their lead with a goal from Chris Reed (2nd) 3:27 into the second period.

After Reed's goal, the K-Wings made a goaltending change replacing Joel Martin with Scott Munroe. Martin, who played 23:27, made 12 saves on 15 shots. Munroe finished the game with 14 saves.

Beating the clock, Josh McFadden made the score 4-0 with a tally scored with one-tenth of a second remaining in the stanza.

Continuing the offense, the Cyclones added their fifth goal of the night just 1:13 into the final period. Josh Shalla (13th) found room at the right circle and lifted the puck over the blocker of Munroe.

The K-Wings would find the back of the net at 7:46 of the stanza in the form of a Sacha Guimond (3rd) power play goal. The goal snapped a 108:22 scoreless streak versus the Cyclones.

Matt Caria (6th) tacked on a late goal to close out the game's scoring.

The K-Wings and Cyclones will square off again at Wings Stadium this Friday, January 2nd, during We Pay Your Bills Night. Fans are encouraged to bring any of their bills (phone, credit card, etc) to the game and register for a chance to win $500 in cash. Friday night is also a 3, 2, 1 Countdown to Fun! Night featuring $3 beer, $2 Pepsi products and $1 hot dogs.

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are currently on sale at Wings Stadium Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations, including www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000.

Fans that plan on attending multiple games can avoid service fees plus enjoy a discount from the single-game price by purchasing a 12, 24 or 36-game flexi-plan. These plans along with group (15 or more people) ticket packages may be ordered through the K-Wings front office by calling (269) 743-6011.

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