ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

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Published on February 27, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- On Sport Clip Haircuts Night, the Kalamazoo Wings had no problems cutting into the conference standings, as the K-Wings defeated the Charlotte Checkers 5-2.

Maneuvering behind the net, Darryl Lloyd stole the puck from Charlotte goaltender Ryan Munce and quickly found Dean Strong (5th), who sent it into the empty net 1:06 into the game. The goal by Strong lengthens his home points streak to nine games.

Responding moments later, Matt Stefanishion (16th) knotted the game at 1-1, flinging a wrister from between the circles past Jeremy Duchesne.

Midway in the stanza, Kalamazoo turned a penalty-kill into a scoring opportunity. Despite Munce stopping three chances, Brian McGuirk (10th) registered his team-leading third shorthanded tally to give the K-Wings a 3-1 lead.

Special teams helped the K-Wings push their advantage to two goals, when Rick Cleaver (22nd) notched his team-leading 10th power-play goal of the season.

Kalamazoo's cushion climbed to three goals in the second period, when Cleaver created a turnover at the blue line and sent a pass to McGuirk, who then found Patrick Asselin (8th) for a one-timer, to record the lone goal of the period.

Nearly half way through the third period, Kalamazoo extended their lead to four goals as a centering pass from Cleaver was tipped in front of the net by Lloyd and onto the waiting tape of Andrew Fournier who beat Munce for his 19th goal of the campaign.

Just as the final buzzer was about to ring out at Wings Stadium, Charlotte added one more tally by David Marshall (15th) at the 19:54 mark to close out the scoring.

The win extends the K-Wings home unbeaten streak to 12 games (11-0-0-1) and leaps Kalamazoo ahead of Charlotte for fourth place in the American Conference standings.

The K-Wings will conclude their four-game home stand tomorrow, Sunday, February 28th at Wings Stadium with a 4 p.m. face-off versus the Checkers on Mascot and Faith Day.

Single-game tickets for any of the K-Wings 36 regular season home games are currently on sale at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information, call Wings Stadium Ticket Office during regular business hours at (269) 345-5101.

For more information about tonight's game, please contact director of public relations/broadcaster Mike Modugno at (269) 349-9772 extension 220.

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