ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Kalamazoo Scores Twice in the Third Period to Defeat Fort Wayne 3-2

Published on March 15, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI - Fitting on superhero night, that Aaron Clarke gave a heroic effort with a pair of goals to lead the Kalamazoo Wings (32-26-4-1) to a 3-2 victory over the Fort Wayne Komets (30-31-1-2) on Celebration! Cinema Night.

Capitalizing on the power-play, Thomas Beauregard (22nd) scored 15:48 into the first period to give the Komets a 1-0 lead. Ten of Beauregard's 22 scored this season have come against the K-Wings.

Coming into Friday night, the Komets were 20-5-1-1 when scoring the game's first goal and a perfect 13-0-0-0 when leading after the first period.

Special teams helped the K-Wings even the game in the second period. Killing off an Elgin Reid penalty, Joe Charlebois sent out an outlet pass to Nick Sirota to create an odd man rush. Sirota fed the puck to Clarke for his 18th goal of the season.

The shorthanded goal was the K-Wings sixth this season and their third recorded against the Komets.

The game didn't remain tied for long, as 1:30 after Clarke knotted the game at 1-1; Nick Wheeler (2nd) regained the lead for Fort Wayne with a rebound marker.

Perfect passing led to a transitional goal for Kalamazoo early in the third period. John Armstrong's quick pass to Yann Sauve was sent cross rink to Alexandre Grenier for the forward's fifth-goal of the season. The goal extended Grenier's point streak to five games, while pushing Armstrong's point streak to 14.

Kalamazoo grabbed their first lead of the night 9:39 into the period, when Alexandre Mallet found Clarke in the slot for his second goal of the evening and tying him with Sirota for the team-lead in that category with 19 on the season

Kalamazoo will travel to the Ford Center tomorrow, Saturday, March 16th for a 7:15 p.m. (CDT) encounter against the Evansville IceMen.

The K-Wings will conclude the week on Sunday, March 17th, with a 3 p.m. face-off versus the Greenville Road Warriors during the 32nd Annual "World Famous" St. Patrick's Day Green Ice Game and a Family Hockey in the 'ZOO, where all kids eat FREE and presented by Bronson Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Consumers Credit Union, Meijer, Charter and MLive. The K-Wings will be wearing special St. Patrick's Day jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game.

The K-Wings-Road Warriors clash will be the second game of a doubleheader. The day will begin at 11 a.m. with a NAHL showdown, featuring the Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings hosting the Jamestown Ironmen. Your ticket to the K-Wings game will get you into the J-Wings game for FREE.

Single-game tickets for the 2012-2013 season are on sale at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays. To charge tickets by phone, please call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are $13 and $17.50 for adults and only $7 for kids ages 14 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 $2 (adults only).

For more information about tonight's contest, please contact Mike Modugno, director of public relations and broadcaster at (269) 226-0384.

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