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Greenville Dominates Kalamazoo On Green Ice

March 17, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI - Suffering their worse defeat of the season, the Kalamazoo Wings (32-28-4-1) lost 9-2 to the Greenville Road Warriors (34-24-2-6) during the 32nd Annual "World Famous" St. Patrick's Day Green Ice Game.

Sluggish in the first period, Kalamazoo fell behind Greenville 3-0 early. Finding the puck at the right circle, Jordie Johnston (19th) walked to the slot and beat Joel Martin 6:17 into the contest.

Cashing in on a rebound off a Zach Cohen wrap around 13:10 into the contest, Steve Mele earned his first goal of the season.

Danny Hobbs extended the Road Warriors lead to 3-0, 1:34 later, with his ninth-goal of the season.

Early in the second period, the Road Warriors connected on their first power-play of the game with Johnston's (20th) second-goal of the night.

Kalamazoo broke through the scoring column 6:44 into the stanza with a marker from Alexandre Mallet (10th).

Despite the goal, Kalamazoo's momentum would be short lived, as off the ensuing face-off Ben Woodley (1st) needed only 10 seconds to reclaim a four-goal cushion for the Road Warriors.

Less than two minutes later, Mele (2nd) scored this second rebound marker of the afternoon.

Capitalizing on a two-man power-play, the Road Warriors struck again, this time with a goal from Matt Lowrey (1st) 17:36 into the period.

Trying to spark the K-Wings to start the third, goaltender Ryan Daniels came into replace Martin (29-22-4-1), who left the game with 24 saves on 31 shots.

Daniels was tested early in the third period, as Sean Berkstresser earned his 13th goal of the season on a backhander.

John Armstrong extended his point streak to an ECHL season-best 16 games later in the period by assisting on Mitch Versteeg's sixth-goal of the season 4:07 into the period.

Hobbs (9th) closed out the scoring two minutes later notching his second-goal of the game.

In relief, Daniels made eight saves in the final period.

The nine goals surrendered by the K-Wings is a new season-high for goals allowed in a single-game, as well the most allowed during the annual Green Ice classic. The previous high on Green Ice was seven goals (2009 Vs Muskegon and 2010 Vs Wheeling).

Kalamazoo will travel to the WesBanco Arena this Wednesday, March 20th for a 7 p.m. encounter against the Wheeling Nailers.

The K-Wings will return home to Wings Stadium this Friday, March 22nd for a 7:30 p.m. face-off versus the Toledo Walleye during Military Appreciation Night and a FANomenal Friday, featuring $2 beer, $2 hot dogs and $1 Pepsi Products. Active and retired Military can receive $5 tickets for the game by showing their proper identification to the Wings Stadium Ticket Office.

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 Saturdays. 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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