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ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

K-Wings Use The Force

January 29, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- Needing no Jedi mind tricks, the Kalamazoo Wings used timely scoring and strong goaltender from Maxime Clermont to defeat the Reading Royals 5-1 on Star Wars Night at Wings Stadium.

Coming out firing on all cylinders following the pregame ceremony celebrating Kory Karlander's 1,000th professional career game, the K-Wings dominated the opening 20 minutes.

A night after Darryl Bootland recorded the game-winner; Bootland forged Kalamazoo by notching his 14th goal of the season 11:38 into the first period.

Extending their lead three minutes later, Mike Matczak (9th) deflected an Elgin Reid slap shot over the shoulder of Michael Hutchinson.

Capping off a stretch of three goals in a span of 3:31, Dustin Cloutier lifted a shot from the slot 52 seconds after Matczak's tally to push the K-Wings advantage to three goals.

Kalamazoo kept up the scoring barrage in the second period with a tally from Darren Archibald (6th). Camped out in front to the Royals net, Archibald tipped in a Joe Charlebois slap shot midway through the period. Also assisting the tally was Karlander.

Late in the stanza, Archibald (7th) became the 20th player this season for the K-Wings to have a multi-goal performance, knocking in his second goal of the contest off a Joe Tolles rebound.

Breaking the K-Wings shutout bid, Dale Mitchell (12th) one-timed a Casey Haines pass over Clermont 11:08 into the period.

Two nights after Clermont set a career-best (42) for saves in a game, the rookie netminder nearly matched it, stopping 41 shots to raise his record to 8-5-1-0

The K-Wings will continue their three-game home stand with the middle-leg of the stretch this Wednesday, February 1st with a 7 p.m. face-off versus the South Carolina Stingrays during Cocktails at The Cube, presented by WKMI.

Kalamazoo will host a pregame business and social mixer in the The Cube Viewing Area from 5-7 p.m.

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are $12.90 and $16.90 for adults and only $6.90 for kids ages 12 and under. The price 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 in advance because tickets purchased on the day of a game increase by $1.

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