ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

K-Wings Ftorek and Reid Earn All-Team Accolades

Published on April 10, 2014 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- For the second straight day members of the Kalamazoo Wings have earned league accolades. This afternoon defenseman Sam Ftorek was named to ECHL First-Team, while defenseman Elgin Reid was selected to the Second-Team.

Ftorek leads all ECHL defensemen with 46 points (13 goals, 34 assists), 10 power-play goals, and 25 power-play points. The blue liner's 47 points are also the most by a K-Wings defensemen in their ECHL history. Earlier this season, Ftorek became just the third player in ECHL history to reach the 700-games played plateau for his career.

Reid ranks second among defensemen with 32 assists and is sixth with 37 points. Reid also leads all defensemen with 17 power-play assists, while his 18 power-play points are tied for second.

The following are the All-ECHL First and Second Teams:

First TeamG - Jeff Jakaitis, South Carolina Stingrays (40 gp, 24-12-3, 2.16 GAA, .924 save pct.)D - Sam Ftorek, Kalamazoo Wings (67 gp, 12g, 32a, 44 pts., +3)D - Matt Register, Ontario Reign (65 gp, 14g, 29a, 43 pts., +20) F - Mickey Lang, Orlando Solar Bears (58 gp, 44g, 31a, 75 pts., +6)F - Brandon Marino, Fort Wayne Komets (70 gp, 29g, 57a, 86 pts., Even)F - Peter Sivak, Alaska Aces (64 gp, 28g, 50a, 78 pts., +42)

Second TeamG - Laurent Brossoit, Bakersfield Condors (36 gp, 24-9-2, 2.05 GAA, .924 save pct.)D - Mike Ratchuk, Wheeling Nailers (67 gp, 15g, 27a, 42 pts., -11)D - Elgin Reid, Kalamazoo Wings (55 gp, 5g, 32a, 37 pts., +14) F - Trent Daavettila, Colorado Eagles (60 gp, 21g, 43a, 64 pts., +17)F - Kyle Ostrow, Colorado Eagles (61 gp, 28g, 36a, 64 pts., +18)F - Andrew Rowe, Greenville Road Warriors (61 gp, 29g, 34a, 63 pts., +30)

Ftorek and Reid join K-Wings forward Matt Caria in the league's end of the year awards recipients. Yesterday, Caria was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team.

Kalamazoo will conclude their season long six-game road swing tomorrow, Friday, April 11th with a 7:15 p.m. face-off versus the Toledo Walleye.

Tickets for the final regular season game on Saturday, April 12th versus the Evansville IceMen and K-Wings playoff home games are currently on sale at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations, including www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. Ticket office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays.

Individual regular season ticket prices for home games are $13 and $17.50 for adults and only $7 for kids ages 12 and under. Fans can save money by purchasing K-Wings single-game tickets in advance. Tickets purchased on the day of a game increase by $2 (adults only).

K-Wings Pepsi playoff tickets are also available. Thanks to Pepsi, the first 2,500 fans that purchase tickets specifically for game one of round one will enjoy a special $4 ticket price. These special $4 tickets for game one are part of the team's 2013-14 season long 40th Anniversary celebration and reflect ticket prices from the K-Wings Inaugural 1974-75 season.

Regular pricing for all other K-Wings Pepsi Playoff games are $17 and $20 for adults and only $8 for children 12 and under. Also, courtesy of Pepsi, the team is offering special $10 tickets for groups of 15 or more throughout the playoffs.

Group ticket packages for the regular season or playoffs may be ordered through the K-Wings Sales office by calling (269) 743-6011.

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