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Fox propels K-Wings past Cyclones

January 16, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


KALAMAZOO- Pushing their winning streak to season-high four games, the Kalamazoo Wings remained perfect in 2015 with a 5-2 victory Friday over the Cincinnati Cyclones on Smitten with the Mitten Night presented by Kalsee Credit Union.

Splitting the defense, Dane Fox (8th) extended his goal streak to three games when he jammed in his own rebound 7:42 into the first period. Eric Kattelus, who earned a secondary assist on the goal, extended his point streak to six games.

Another odd-man rush minutes later pushed the K-Wings lead to 2-0. Working towards the net, Matt Caria placed a drop pass to the blade of Sam Ftorek for his second goals of the season.

Bouncing back from a disallowed goal moments earlier, the Cyclones cut the K-Wings advantage to a single goal with 31 seconds remaining in the period with a second chance tally from Geoff Irwin (5th).

Similar to the first period, the K-Wings started the middle stanza with two unanswered goals. Cutting in front of the Cyclones net, Jean Bourbeau (3rd) redirected a Fox centering pass to regain a two-goal lead for Kalamazoo midway in the period.

Just over two minutes later, Kalamazoo earned their largest lead of the game with a power-play wrap-around marker from Fox (9th).The goal was Fox's team-leading fourth power-play of the season.

In the later moments of the period, Cincinnati brought Kalamazoo's lead back to 4-2 with a redirected marker from Branden Gracel (9th).

Putting the game out of reach midway in the third period, Caria tacked on his eighth goal of the season to match the K-Wings largest lead of the night.

Joel Martin improved his record to 11-8-1-1 making 36 saves in the victory.

The K-Wings will begin a home-and-home series at Wings Stadium tomorrow, Saturday, January 17th with a 7:30 p.m face-off versus the Fort Wayne Komets on Big Brothers Big Sisters Night presented by Schupan & Sons Inc.

Saturday night fans will also get to meet and take pictures with the 501st Garrison on Star Wars Night. Kids of all ages will enjoy meeting characters from their favorite Star Wars movies.

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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