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K-Wings Battle, Fall Late to Cyclones

December 28, 2022 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


CINCINNATI, OH - The Kalamazoo Wings (12-12-2-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Columbus Blue Jackets, held one of the ECHL's best offenses off the board until the 14:08 mark of the third, but the Cincinnati Cyclones (16-4-3-2) surged late to win Wednesday at Heritage Bank Center, 3-1.

Offense was hard to come by nearly the entire game, and the K-Wings got on the board first with Tyler Irvine (2) scoring at the 18:25 mark of the second period. On the play, Irvine posted up in front of the Cincinnati net and tipped the initial shot by Carson Focht (5) top-shelf to give Kalamazoo the 1-0 advantage. Max Humitz (9) earned his fourth point in the last three games with the secondary assist.

At the 14:08 mark of the third period, Cincinnati finally tied the game 1-1 on a deflected shot, and 1:24 later Cincinnati tied it on a hometown bounce with the net vacated. Evan Cormier (5-9-1-0) went to play the puck behind the net on a simple dump-in, but the puck took an unfortunate bounce off the left corner boards straight to the goalmouth. An empty-net goal in the game's final second capped off the scoring.

Kalamazoo's penalty kill went 3-3 on the evening, and Cormier made 30 saves on 32 shots faced to anchor the defensive performance.

The K-Wings head home for a pair of games versus the Newfoundland Growlers (18-8-1-0) for the first-ever meeting between the two teams. The first of the two games is 'Star Wars Night' on Friday at 7:00 p.m. EST at Wings Event Center.

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