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Kalamazoo Moves to Within Three Points of Third Place with 3-1 Victory Over Bloomington

April 5, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
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Bloomington, IL- Using a pair of goals in the second period, the Kalamazoo Wings defeated the Bloomington PrairieThunder 3-1 and pulled within three points of third place of the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

Despite no scoring in the opening period, the K-Wings dictated a majority of the quality shots. Kalamazoo remained disciplined relinquishing no power-play opportunities. In fact, the K-Wings lone penalty came on fight between Blair Stayzer and Mike Liambas. The fight was the second in as many nights for the combatants.

On the other hand, the K-Wings collected four man-advantage chances, with two of them rolling over into the second period on a double-minor penalty on Bloomington's Marty Standish for hooking and unsportsmanlike with five seconds remaining in the period.

Showing no ill effect for playing four-games in five days, Thunder goaltender Jason Wolfe stopped all nine chances he faced, a majority from between the circles. Kalamazoo's Joel Martin was equally as impressive, turning aside all 11 shots that came his way in the opening period.

Standish's penalty proved costly for the Thunder early in the second. Camping out in front of the net, Dominic Osman deflected a pass from Lucas Drake past Wolfe 58 seconds into the period to give Kalamazoo a 1-0 lead. The goal was Osman's team-leading 30th overall and team-leading 13th on the power-play.

Extending their lead nearly six minutes later, Justin Cross (13th) wrist shot from the atop of the left circle popped off the shoulder of Wolfe and bounce behind the netminder and trickled into the net. Assisting on the goal was Anthony Battaglia, who earned his 300th career point.

Bloomington's Jason Lapine (4th) power-play blast at the 4:51 mark of the third period brought the PrairieThunder to within a single goal; however, five minutes later the K-Wings put the game on ice with tally from Blair Manning (4th).

Martin made 35 saves to earn his 17th victory of season.

For Game Stats: http://pointstreak.com/prostats/gamesheet_full.html?gameid=735926

The K-Wings will conclude their two-game road trip this Tuesday, April 7th with a 7:30 face-off against the Port Huron Icehawks.

Kalamazoo will return home to Wings Stadium this Friday, April 10th with a 7:30 face-off versus the Fort Wayne Komets during Fan Appreciation Night, presented by WKFR.

The contest, which is the regular season home finale for the K-Wings, will be final Pepsi Family Friday of the season. The K-Wings will offer fans $1 Pepsi and $1 popcorn. After the game next Friday, the K-Wings will conduct their end of the season awards ceremony, as well as hold their warm-up jersey auction.

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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