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K-Wings Leap-Frog Komets for Third Place with 5-3 Victory

February 21, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
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Fort Wayne, IN - A night after dropping to fourth place, the Kalamazoo Wings jumped back into third with a 5-3 victory at Allen County Memorial Coliseum over the Fort Wayne Komets.

No scoring in the opening 20 minutes didn't mean it wasn't a productive period, especially for Fort Wayne's Brad MacMillan. The league-leader in fisticuffs added two more to his resume, dropping to the gloves with Blair Stayzer just three seconds into the game and then with Jason Robinson 9:56 into the period to raise his total to 26 majors on the season. Both teams generated scoring chances, with the Komets out-shooting the K-Wings 12-11 in the stanza.

After registering two goals in his last encounter against Kalamazoo last Sunday, Mathieu Curadeau (22nd) continued to haunt the K-Wings scoring his team-high tying 8th power-play goal. Curadeau now has eight goals this season in nine games against Kalamazoo.

Just 1:31 after Fort Wayne gained the lead, it was Kalamazoo that would capitalize on a 5-on-3 power-play. Glenn Detulleo recorded the equalizer on a rebound 5:32 into the period. Assisting on the goal was Anthony Battaglia, who extended his point streak to six games with the helper.

Kalamazoo jumped ahead 2-1 later in the period with a Bryan Jurynec (5th) blast from between the circles. The Komets answered back 15 seconds later with a tally from Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (11th) to tie the game at the 17:56 mark.

Earning his second point of the night, Detulleo setup the go-ahead goal with a drop pass to Jordan Little (3rd), who lifted the puck past Nick Boucher 9:06 into the third period.

Five minutes later, the K-Wings put the game on ice, when Battaglia found Rick Cleaver (19th), who one-timed a blast from just below the right-circle. The goal was Cleaver's rookie league-leading 19th goal of the season and also ties him with Fort Wayne's Rick Varone for the league-lead in rookie scoring with 40 points.

Trying to climb back, Leo Thomas (20th) brought the Komets back to within a goal scoring 19 seconds after Cleaver's lamp lighter.

Adding some insurance, Jurynec (6th) won a face-off deep in the K-Wings zone by sending the puck the length of the ice into an empty-net to wrap-up the game's scoring.

For Game Stats: http://pointstreak.com/prostats/gamesheet_full.html?gameid=735260

The K-Wings will return home to Wings Stadium to commence a three-game home stand this Wednesday, February 25th with a special 10:30 a.m. face-off versus the Port Huron Icehawks during Kalamazoo's first Education Day Game of the season.

Single-game tickets for any of the K-Wings 38 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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