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Eric Kattelus Records Five Points in Kalamazoo's 7-4 Victory

January 5, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI - A night after posting a season-low for goals scored, the Kalamazoo Wings (14-16-2-1) exploded for a season-high seven goals, including a season-high five-point night (2 goals, 3 assists) from Eric Kattelus in a 7-3 rout of the Evansville IceMen (12-20-0-3)

Scoring on a rebound, Wade MacLeod (5th) extended his point streak to five games and gave the IceMen a 1-0 advantage 8:20 into the contest.

Needing only 44 seconds to respond, Kattelus (12th) notched the equalizer with a wrister from the left circle.

Capping off a stretch of three goals in less than three minutes, MacLeod recorded his second of the game with a power-play strike. MacLeod, who started the season in the AHL with the Springfield Falcons, has earned six goals in four games with the IceMen.

Pulling even before the intermission, Kattelus sent a perfect centering pass to Aaron Clarke, who redirected his team-leading 13th goal of the season to tie the game at 2-2 with just 51 seconds remaining in the period.

Special teams play dominated the second period for the K-Wings, as Kalamazoo struck for a season-high three power-play goals in the stanza.

Finding free space in the high-slot, Mitch Versteeg (4th) captured the lead for good for the K-Wings blasting home his third goal of the season 1:46 into the period.

Alexandre Mallet (4th) extended the K-Wings lead to 4-2 less than two minutes later with a power-play wrister from the bottom of the left circle.

Being in the right place at the right time, Tyler Shelast (2nd) earned the third man-advantage tally for the K-Wings, knocking in a Clarke slap shot that hit the elbow of the post and went right to the tape of the former IceMen.

Using an aggressive penalty-kill, Kalamazoo tied their most goals in a season by notching their second shorthanded tally of the season, with a slap shot from Nick Sirota (8th).

Storming out in the third period, Kalamazoo garnered their largest lead of the night with Kattelus' second of the game and team-tying 13th of the season 22 seconds into the period with a backhander from the slot. The goal was Kalamazoo's season-high fourth power-play goal of the night

Evansville's Sebastian Wannstrom (3rd) closed out the scoring with a wrister from the corner, as Kalamazoo would go on to the four-goal victory.

Kalamazoo will hit the road tomorrow, Sunday, January 6th for a 5:05 p.m. encounter against the Toledo Walleye from the Huntington Center,

The K-Wings will return to Wings Stadium this Wednesday, January 9th with a 7 p.m. face-off versus the Reading Royals. Wednesday night will be WRKR Holiday Hangover and $5 Pack the House Night. For an additional $10, fans can turn their tickets to all-you-can seats. Wings Stadium will have a delicious buffet featuring hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, Sloppy Joes, K-Wings boneless wings, French Fries and random desserts.

Single-game tickets for the 2012-2013 season are on sale at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday's. To charge tickets by phone, please call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are $13 and $17.50 for adults and only $7 for kids ages 14 and under. The price for all K-Wings premium night games (all colored ice games and New Year's Eve game) are just $1 more.

Fans can save money by purchasing K-Wings single-game tickets in advance because tickets purchased on the day of a game increase by $2 (adults only).

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