IHL 2 Kalamazoo Wings

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Published on March 17, 2008 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- In the 27th Annual Fifth-Third Bank "World Famous" St. Patrick's Day Green Ice Game, it was the Kalamazoo Wings that left the Fort Wayne Komets green with envy, as Kalamazoo defeated Fort Wayne 5-4 in a shootout in front of a crowd of 5,096 at Wings Stadium.

Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (13th) gave Kalamazoo an early 1-0 lead scoring on a rebound 2:15 into the period off a wrist shot from the slot.

Fort Wayne answered later in the period with a pair of goals from Evgeny Saidachev (9th) and P.C. Druoin (20th) 16 seconds apart.

Remaining 2-1 in favor of Fort Wayne for a majority of the second period, Kalamazoo found the equalizer 18:40 in the stanza with a power-play blast from Travis Granbois (8th).

Special teams helped the K-Wings produce their first lead of the night, as Granbois (9th) collected his second of game midway through the third period.

Over a minute later at 11:54, a Brent Henley turnover proved costly for the Komets, as Glenn Detulleo found Lucas Drake (16th) upping the K-Wings lead to 4-2.

Always resilient, Fort Wayne chipped away at Kalamazoo two-goal advantage by adding markers from Luciano Aquino (31st) and Konstantin Shafranov (18th) to force overtime.

After no scoring in the overtime, the contest headed into a shootout. Kalamazoo's Ryan Markham, who was the K-Wings first shooter, buried the lone goal in the extra session to seal the 5-4 victory.

For Game Stats: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/gamesheet_full.html?gameid=533962.

Kalamazoo will hit the road for two straight games starting this Wednesday, March 19th with a 7 p.m. face-off against the Port Huron Icehawks.

The K-Wings return to Wings Stadium this Saturday, March 22nd versus the Bloomington PrairieThunder, as the Easter Bunny visits. Face-off this Saturday is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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