ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Kalamazoo Raises Win Streak to Three Games with 4-3 Shootout Victory

Published on November 13, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- Entertaining the largest home crowd of the season, the Kalamazoo Wings out-dueled the Cincinnati Cyclones 4-3 in a shootout.

After a quick pass from Sam Ftorek to Darryl Lloyd (6th) led to an odds-man rush; Lloyd finished the rush with a quick goal to give the K-Wings an early 1-0 lead. Also assisting on the goal was Sam Ftorek extended his point-streak to a K-Wings' season-high seven games.

Lloyd would have a chance with a penalty shot to extend the K-Wings lead; however, Jeremy Smith denied the attempt keeping the Kalamazoo advantage to a single-goal.

In the waning moments of the first period, Cincinnati's Scott Reynolds (3rd) scored a shorthanded breakaway tally to tie the contest at 1-1.

Regaining the lead 1:08 into the second, Mathieu Curadeau (8th) knocked in a rebound to extend his point streak to five games. Ryan McGinnis and Rick Cleaver assisted on the tally. McGinnis finished the contest with two assists, while Cleaver lengthens his point streak to five games.

Later in the period, Reynolds won a face-off back to Dwayne Zinger (1st), who blasted the puck past goaltender Jeremy Duchesne to once again draw the Cyclones even.

For the third-time in the contest, Kalamazoo reclaimed the lead in the third with Curadeau's team-leading ninth goal of the season and his second of the night.

Eventually forcing overtime, Reynolds (4th) recorded the equalizer with a power-play marker 14:26 into the third.

Either team was able to score in overtime, which forced a best-of-five shootout. Kalamazoo won the shootout 2-1, receiving goals from Curadeau and Lloyd in the win, while Reynolds was the only goal scorer for Cincinnati.

The win raised the K-Wings record to 3-1 in games that ended in either overtime (1-1) or a shootout (2-0), while tonight was the first extra session contest for the Cyclones.

With 34 saves, Duchesne improved his record to 4-0-0-0 overall and 2-0 in shootouts. Cincinnati's Smith stopped 25 shots in the shootout loss to drop his record to 3-3-0-1.

The K-Wings and the Cyclones will battle each other once again tomorrow night with a 7:30 p.m. at Wings Stadium. Tomorrow's game will also feature a visit from the ZOOperstars!

Single-game tickets for any of the K-Wings 36 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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