K-Wings Streak Snapped
Published on March 13, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release
Kalamazoo, MI- Unable to sweep the weekend series against the Wheeling Nailers, the Kalamazoo Wings lost Sunday afternoon at Wings Stadium 5-3.
Scoring early and late in the opening period, Wheeling jumped out to a two-nothing lead over Kalamazoo. Scratched the night before, Mikael Bedard (15th) made his presence felt giving the Nailers the lead 4:13 into the contest.
Wheeling struck again with 4.5 seconds remaining in the period, when Alex Grant registered his third goal of the season on a wrister from the slot.
Keeping momentum on their side early in the second period, Bedard (16th) extended the Nailers lead with his second goal of the night off of a Dan Henningson deflection 3:36 into the period.
Nearly three minutes later, Sebastien Bisallon (6th) gave the Nailers a four-goal lead by scoring on a backdoor power-play pass from Tim Crowder.
Breaking through on the scoreboard halfway through the stanza, A.J. Thelen (6th) answered for the K-Wings with a power-play blast.
Just over five minutes later, Patrick Asselin (25th) scored a four-on-four even-strength goal on a rebound to cut the K-Wings deficit to two goals.
Early in the third period, Kris Vernarsky (4th) reestablished a three-goal lead for the Nailers 3:54 into the third period with a quick wrist shot from just right circle.
Attempting one last comeback with 2:23 remaining in regulation, Trent Daavettila netted his 26th goal of the season on an assist from Andrew Fournier, which extended Fournier's point streak to eight games.
The loss ended the K-Wings 16 game (13-0-0-3) regulation unbeaten and the first regulation loss for the K-Wings since February 9th, when they lost 2-0 against the Trenton Devils.
The defeat also snapped an eight-game (7-0-0-1) home unbeaten streak for Kalamazoo, who last suffered a regulation loss at Wings Stadium on January 30th, when they loss 5-2 to the Gwinnett Gladiators.
For the Wheeling, the win was just their third in last 16 games.
The K-Wings will return home this Thursday, March 17th with a 7 p.m. face-off versus the South Carolina Stingrays during the 30th Annual "World Famous" St. Patrick's Day Green Ice Game, presented by 5/3 Bank, WWMT and WRKR.
Catch all the K-Wings games, home and away, on the K-Wings Radio Network (95.9 FM WLKM & on kwings.com). Join the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno for all 72 regular season games plus the playoffs. Pre-game coverage begins with the Kalsee Credit Union Pre-Game Show 15 minutes prior to face-off. For the most complete coverage of the K-Wings from the opening face-off to the final buzzer and the Discover Kalamazoo Post-Game Show, keep your radio tuned this season to the K-Wings Radio Network.
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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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