IHL 2 Kalamazoo Wings

Fort Wayne Ends Kalamazoo's Two-Game Road Winning Streak with 5-2 Win

Published on March 14, 2009 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Fort Wayne, IN - Defending their home ice, the Fort Wayne Komets defeated the Kalamazoo Wings and in the process moved into second place in the International Hockey League with a 5-2 victory.

Two previous times this week, the K-Wings had surrendered a goal in the opening minute of a period and Saturday versus the Komets would be more of the same. Scrambling in front of the K-Wings net, Konstantin Shafronov (18th) knocked in a Mathieu Curadeau rebound to give Fort Wayne the early 1-0 lead 40 seconds into the contest.

Struggling on the power-play, Kalamazoo might have found a remedy with the acquisition of Dominic Osman. Playing against his former team for the first time since being traded on Thursday's, Osman assisted on Kalamazoo's power-play equalizer from Lucas Drake. Scoring on a second chance opportunity in front of Nick Boucher, Drake recorded his team-leading 25th goal of the season 6:25 into the period.

Gaining some breathing room in the second, Fort Wayne added a pair of goals from Olivier Legault and Shafronov. Legualt (5th) broke the tie on the power-play at 6t:15 deflecting a Rod Aldoff blue line blast. Just 1:25 later, Shafronov added his second of the night on a backhander.

Midway in the period, the K-Wings would lose the services of Glenn Detulleo. The team's leading scoring left the game with an injury after a vicious elbow by Brad McMillian, which earned the forward a five-minute major and a game-misconduct.

While the K-Wings didn't take advantage of the extended man-advantage, they would capitalize on the power-play in the third. Jordan Little found a streaking Tommy Lange, who followed up on his own shot to record his 20th goal of the season and extended his point streak to four games.

Halting any attempt of a K-Wings comeback, the Komets tacked on two late goals from Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (14th) and an empty-netter from Guy Dupuis (14th) to secure the victory.

The K-Wings will return to Wings Stadium this Tuesday, March 17th with a 7:00 p.m. face-off versus the Muskegon Lumberjacks during the 28th Annual "World Famous" Fifth-Third Bank Green Ice Game, presented by The CW 7 and WRKR.

Chicago Blackhawks featured soloist James Cornelison will sing the Canadian and American National Anthems and the Kalamazoo Pipe Band will play in the concourse before the game, as well as during the first period intermission.

Following the contest, the K-Wings will auction off their special St. Patrick's Day jerseys.

Single-game tickets for any of the K-Wings 38 regular season home games are currently on sale at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information, call Wings Stadium Ticket Office during regular business hours at (269) 345-5101.

For more information about tonight's game, please contact Director of Public Relations/Broadcaster Mike Modugno at (269) 349-9772 extension 220.

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