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K-Wings Sweep Beast Behind Martin's Stellar Play

December 12, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


KALAMAZOO, MI- The Kalamazoo Wings notched three first period goals to dispatch of the Brampton Beast, 3-1, on country night at Wings Event Center Saturday night.

Much like the night before, the Wings jumped out to an early lead, courtesy of the power play. Justin Taylor fed a back-door feed to David Gilbert, who one-timed the puck behind Brampton goalie, Trevor Cann.

Just 47 seconds later, Lane Scheidl extended the Kalamazoo lead to 2-0. Carrying the puck through the neutral zone, Scheidl sped around the Beast defenders and lifted a shot on net. The initial shot was stopped by Cann, but Scheidl continued to drive the net and deposited the puck for his third of the season. That goal would spell the end of the night for Cann, who allowed two goals on two shots in just 2:33 of action.

Midway through the first stanza, Ludwig Blomstrand netted his fifth of the season to push the Wings' lead to three goals. Tyler Shattock tipped a backhand pass to Blomstrand whose wrister was saved by Andy Iles, but ricocheted in the air and was deflected off the body of Blomstrand and into the goal.

Breaking Joel Martin's bid for a second-straight shutout, Jeff Brown put the Beast on the board late in the middle frame. Skating down the right side, Brown fired a slap shot on net which bounced over the pad of Martin.

Despite a flurry of chances in the third period, the Beast were unable to sneak anything past Martin, who stopped 37 of 38 shots he faced.

Notes: Scheidl recorded his first goal since October 30th. Gilbert scored his third power play goal in the last two games. Joel Martin made 71 saves on 72 shot attempts by the Beast this weekend. Kalamazoo's power play went 3/9 over the weekend and the penalty kill went 5/5.

Stats: http://echl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=12962

The Kalamazoo Wings continue their season-long five-game home stand on Thursday morning when they host the Manchester Monarchs for education day, with special 10:30 a.m. puck drop.

Single-game tickets are now on sale! Tickets can be purchased at kwings.com or at the Wings Event Center box office. Box office hours are Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. A $2 discount is applied on all tickets purchased before the date of the game.

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