Fuel Lap K-Wings, 5-2
February 25, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Indy Fuel News Release
INDIANAPOLIS - In the third of six head-to-head meetings between the two teams this season, the Indy Fuel defeated the Kalamazoo Wings on Wednesday at Indiana Farmers Coliseum by a final score of 5-2. With the win, Indy improved to 21-23-4-4 overall this season and with 50 points, claimed fifth place alone in the ECHL's North Division standings.
Kalamazoo collected an early 1-0 lead on Wednesday as Ludwig Blomstrand potted his 17th of the season just 2:28 into the game. A Fuel response was quick in coming, however, as Vincent Arseneau popped home a rebound score at 12:18 to tie the game before Chris DeSousa sent an instinctive, turnaround crank past Wings goaltender Joel Martin at 13:40, DeSousa's first career professional goal, to deliver Indy a 2-1 advantage through one period of play.
Most of the second period slid by scoreless, but Kalamazoo tallied the lone middle frame marker at 17:32 when Blomstrand wired a shorthanded wrister past Indy goaltender Mac Carruth to tie the game at two heading into the final period of regulation. Smarting in the wake of that late middle frame equalizer, the Fuel raced out of the gates in the third, netting three final period tallies, from Rhett Bly at 0:57, Mike Duco at 3:12 and Garett Bembridge at 16:00, to skate away 5-2 winners over the Wings.
Mac Carruth picked up his 11th victory in his past 12 starts in net for the Fuel thanks to a 19-save performance while veteran Kalamazoo backstop Joel Martin denied 38 of the 43 Indy shots he faced. Indy's Wednesday shot total was the largest in Fuel franchise history and Pete Massar's team-best seven shots on goal tied a single-game career high for the former University of Vermont winger.
Next up for the Fuel, it's a Friday showdown vs. the Fort Wayne Komets with the opening faceoff set for 8:00 pm at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Full coverage of Friday's game begins with the "Jose Cuervo Pregame Show" at 7:45 pm over the air on CBS Sports 1430 WXNT-AM, online at www.cbssports1430.com and on smartphones everywhere via the free "TuneIn" Radio app with Fuel broadcaster Tony Brown providing the play-by-play.
In 2014-15, the Indy Fuel, the proud "AA" affiliate of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks and AHL's Rockford IceHogs, drop the puck on their first season in the ECHL. Season ticket packages for the Fuel's inaugural campaign are available now starting at just under $12 per game! To reserve your seats, contact the Fuel today at (317) 925-FUEL or visit www.indyfuelhockey.com for more information. Be sure to follow the Fuel on Twitter @IndyFuel and don't forget to 'Like' the official "Indy Fuel" fan page on Facebook.
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