ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

K-Wings Drop Thanksgiving Game To Road Warriors

Published on November 25, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- In the first of two straight contests at Wings Stadium between the Kalamazoo Wings and the Greenville Road Warriors, it was Greenville that used a three-goal third period to defeat the K-Wings the first-ever Old Burdick's Thanksgiving Night Game.

End-to-end action led to plenty of scoring chances and goals in the opening period. Kalamazoo broke the dead-lock 10:57 into the opening period with a rebound power-play tally from Trent Daavettila (6th).

Greenville pulled even later in the period after Trevor Glass found the rebound of his initial shot for his first goal of the season.

In the waning moments of the first period, the Road Warriors jumped ahead with a power-play marker from Blake Parlett (2nd).

Kalamazoo needed only 35 seconds to respond to Parlett's go-ahead goal, with a equalizer from Brady Leisenring (1st), who was making his season debut for the K-Wings. Assisting on the goal was Sam Ftorek, who pushed his point streak to four games.

Early in the second period, Kalamazoo regained the lead with the help of another player making his debut. Andrew Fournier finished off a two-on-one odd man rush to Justin Taylor, who netted his first goal of his pro career. Taylor was making his debut for the K-Wings after being reassigned to Kalamazoo from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The assist from Fournier extended his point streak to four games.

Back-to-back goals in the middle of the stanza from Conner Shields (5th) and Paul Mcllveen (2nd) would give Greenville a 4-3 advantage, but the K-Wings found a way late in the period to knot the game again.

With less than 10 seconds remaining in the period, Brian McGuirk stole the puck from goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris, who was trying to play the puck out of net, and gave it to a wide open Tyler Doig (1st), who placed it in the vacant net.

Greenville pulled away in the third period, with three unassisted tallies, two of which were empty-netters. Marc-Olivier Vallerand (8th, 9th) lit the lamp twice in the period, including the game-winner, to cap off a three-point night. With 18 points on the season, Vallerand leads all ECHL rookies in scoring. Brendan Connelly recorded his team-leading 10th goal of the season on the second empty-netter.

For Game Stats: http://echl.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=8155 .

The K-Wings and Road Warriors will battle at Wings Stadium again tomorrow, Friday, November 26h for a 7:30 p.m. encounter during Salvation Army Kettle Kick-Off Night. Tomorrow's contest will also be a Frugal Fan Friday, featuring $1 beers and $1 hot dogs and a Win-Win Night, presented by WNWN. If Kalamazoo wins, all fans will receive a FREE ticket to the K-Wings contest on December 1st versus the Florida Everblades. Also on Friday, one lucky fan will receive two FREE tickets to anywhere Direct Air flies.

Single game tickets for the 2010-2011 season are on sale at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office, Ticketmaster Outlets, including www.ticketmaster.com, Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information, please call Wings Stadium Ticket Office during regular business hours at (269) 345-5101.

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are on sale now and range in price from $9.90-$14.90 for adults and only $6.90 for kids ages 12 and under. The ticket prices 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 advance because on the day of a game, K-Wings tickets are $1 more.

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