ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Kalamazoo Wings Week in Review

February 10, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo Wings Week In Review For the Week of February 10th-February 16th

Record Last Week: 0-4-0 Overall Record 19-27-7

Game Rewind The K-Wings hit the ice four times last week. Kalamazoo started the week on Wednesday (2/05), as they hosted the Flint Generals at Wings Stadium. While the K-Wings played well for 52 minutes of the contest, it was the first 8 minutes that would propel Flint to victory. The Generals scored 4 goals on their first 7 shots of the game, and they wouldn't look back as they defeated the K-Wings 6-1. Kalamazoo lone tally was scored by Kurt Miller; for Miller the goal was his 10th of the season

Kalamazoo's two game home stand against Flint continued on Friday (2/07), as they hosted the Generals for the second time in three nights. The Generals would again use a fast start to put the game away early as they tallied 4 unanswered goals in the first period leading to rookie goaltender Jason Brown replacing Chad Alban with just over 5 minutes to go in the first period. Although the K-Wings would get within two goals halfway through the second period, Flints offense proved to be too much to handle as they would go on to win the game 8-4. Kurt Miller would again lead the K-Wings offensively as he would tally two goals on the night.

The K-Wings third game of the week took place on Saturday (2/08) as they traveled to Fort Wayne, Indiana to battle the Komets. Mohammad Ali and the largest crowed in UHL history (10,503) witnessed perhaps the best goaltending performance of the season, as Chad Alban was incredible stopping 32 of 33 shots. On the other side of the rink, Komets goaltender Tom Lawson was equally as good, as he knocked a side all 8 shots he faced to earn his 6th shutout of the season, as the Komets defeated the K-Wings 1-0. The lone goal of the game was scored midway in the third period, when Ryan Severson scored his 10th of the season at 11:14 mark of the period. The loss extended the K-Wings losing streak to 5 games, while the victory ended the Komets 2 game winless streak.

The K-Wings played their third game in three nights on Sunday (2/09) as they took on the Muskegon Fury at Wings Stadium. The K-Wings defense was impressive all night only allowing the Fury 20 shots on goal while they were able to fire 40 on Fury goaltender Michael Lanicek. Pat O'Leary's 5th goal of the season half way through the first period would give the K-Wings a 1-0 lead going in the second. However, 3 straight goals by the Fury would give them the lead. The K-Wings would mount a late charge with Dan Hodge scoring his second goal of the year with just under two minutes to go in the game. A final surge of attempts in the last few sounds by the Wings would come up short as they would lose their 6th in a row by the score of 3-2.

Fast Forward The K-Wings enter the week having lost 6 games in a row and will look to put an end to that streak as they again will play 4 games in 5 nights. The K-Wings will play the Flint Generals for the 3rd time in a 7-day span as they travel to Flint on Wednesday (2/12). The K-Wings will be looking to bridge the gap in the playoff race, as Flint enters the contest 3 and a half games ahead of Kalamazoo.

The K-Wings play their lone home game of the week on Friday (2/14), as they take on the Adirondack IceHawks in the 3rd annual Valentines Day Pink Ice Game. On the year, the K-Wings are 2-3-1 against the IceHawks, however, Kalamazoo is 1-1-0 against Adirondack in games played at Wings Stadium.

Kalamazoo finishes off the week on the road as they play two division rivals. On Saturday, (2/15) they travel to Rockford to take on the IceHogs. This game has major playoff and divisional implications for both teams, as Rockford sits only 6 points ahead of Kalamazoo for fourth place in the Western Conference.

The K-Wings final game of the week will take place on Sunday (2/16) as they travel to Missouri to play the River Otters. Although Missouri sits atop the Western Conference, Kalamazoo has enjoyed success this year against the River Otters going 4-2-2 against them so far. -MORE-

UHL STANDINGS

Through Games of 02/09/2003

EASTERN CONFERENCE HOME ROAD LAST TEN STREAK EASTERN GP W L SOP PTS PCT GF GA PIM W- L-SOP W- L-SOP W- L-SOP W- L-SOP Fort Wayne 51 29 16 6 64 .627 158 128 1305 14- 6- 4 15-10- 2 6- 3- 1 2- 0- 0 Adirondack 52 30 20 2 62 .596 214 164 1900 21- 8- 2 9-12- 0 6- 3- 1 3- 0- 0 Elmira 54 29 21 4 62 .574 178 177 1733 16- 8- 3 13-13- 1 7- 3- 0 0- 1- 0 Port Huron 53 24 24 5 53 .500 167 194 1100 14-12- 2 10-12- 3 4- 5- 1 0- 1- 0 Flint 50 23 21 6 52 .520 182 195 1581 10-10- 4 13-11- 2 5- 3- 2 0- 1- 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN Missouri 53 30 18 5 65 .613 200 161 1032 15- 8- 4 15-10- 1 4- 6- 0 0- 5- 0 Muskegon 52 28 18 6 62 .596 181 177 1106 17- 6- 3 11-12- 3 6- 2- 2 1- 0- 0 Quad City 51 26 17 8 60 .588 179 168 1157 12- 7- 4 14-10- 4 7- 2- 1 3- 0- 0 Rockford 53 23 25 5 51 .481 165 200 1269 17- 7- 2 6-18- 3 3- 7- 0 1- 0- 0 Kalamazoo 53 19 27 7 45 .425 138 198 1005 11-12- 2 8-15- 5 2- 8- 0 0- 6- 0

Sunday's Games Monday's Games Tuesday's Games

Missouri 2 at Fort Wayne 3 No games scheduled Adirondack at Port Huron (PPD) Muskegon 3 at Kalamazoo 2

ATTENDANCE REPORT

TEAM YESTERDAY TOTAL OPENINGS AVERAGE Fort Wayne 6,158 171,947 24 7,164 Quad City 128,388 23 5,582 Elmira 100,862 27 3,735 Rockford 89,677 26 3,449 Missouri 88,047 27 3,261 Adirondack 89,236 31 2,878 Muskegon 67,927 25 2,717 Flint 64,247 24 2,676 Kalamazoo 3,206 54,900 25 2,196 Port Huron 55,229 28 1,972

LEAGUE 910,460 260 3,502

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UNITED HOCKEY LEAGUE LEADERS Through Games of 02/10/2003

POINTS TEAM GP G A PTS GOALS TEAM GP G Belanger, Hugo P. ADI 52 35 72 107 Chiasson, Dominic ADI 52 38 Whitecotton, Dustin MIS 50 28 42 70 Belanger, Hugo P. ADI 52 35 Ruid, J.C. ADI 47 25 45 70 Duhart, Jim FLT 48 32 Reynolds, Bobby FLT 47 22 47 69 Blackned, Brant MUS 52 29 Bouchard, Robin MUS 49 26 39 65 Several Players Tied at 28 MacKenzie, Chris PH 42 25 39 64 Firth, Jason PH 52 17 47 64 ASSISTS TEAM GP A Chiasson, Dominic ADI 52 38 25 63 Belanger, Hugo P. ADI 52 72 Murphy, Randy ELM 54 19 43 62 Firth, Jason PH 52 47 Loach, Lonnie MIS 47 23 36 59 Reynolds, Bobby FLT 47 47 Duhart, Jim FLT 48 32 26 58 Ruid, J.C. ADI 47 45 Gudmundson, Jason MIS 53 16 42 58 Several Players Tied at 43 Robinson, Todd MUS 50 15 41 56 Blackned, Brant MUS 52 29 26 55 PENALTY MINUTES TEAM GP PIM Luciuk, Andrew MUS 50 27 28 55 Wingfield, Brad ELM 46 461 Nelson, Riley MIS 51 27 27 54 Senn, Trevor ADI 40 342 Bastien, Joey MIS 52 18 36 54 Johnstone, Alex ADI 49 227 Phillips, Aaron ELM 54 22 29 51 Laniuk, Corey FLT 44 227 Stewart, Glenn ELM 48 19 32 51 Littlejohn, Frank ADI 51 226 Chaulk, Colin FW 50 18 33 51

LEADING GOALTENDERS (Based on 1020 or more minutes)

TEAM GPI MIN AVG W L SOL SOW EN SHO SOG SOA GA SAVES SPCT Lawson, Tom FW 39 2185:23 1.89 21 11 5 2 3 6 15 32 69 822 0.923 Reynaert, Jeff QCY 24 1310:38 2.52 11 7 4 2 4 1 8 30 55 668 0.924 Regan, Brian MIS 39 2314:07 2.67 24 11 4 5 3 2 17 52 103 1037 0.910 Wolfe, Jason ADI 34 1838:16 2.84 19 9 2 3 2 2 7 22 87 820 0.904 Daigle, Sylvain MUS 40 2232:16 2.90 22 11 6 2 3 1 15 36 108 1131 0.913 Emond, Marco ELM 38 2036:40 3.06 22 10 1 6 2 2 8 34 104 1084 0.912 Dimaline, Joe QCY 25 1428:21 3.15 15 7 2 4 2 0 8 28 75 658 0.898 Cooper, Kory PH 36 1865:00 3.22 15 12 5 4 1 3 14 42 100 1004 0.909 Symington, Jeremy ELM 23 1195:16 3.26 7 11 3 0 2 2 8 16 65 599 0.902 Nicklin, Brant RCK 40 2174:03 3.48 15 18 4 7 4 3 15 52 126 987 0.887

POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES

----------------POWER PLAYS---------------- -----------------PENALTY KILLING---------------- TEAM GP PPG OPP SHGA PCT TEAM GP PPG SAVES OPP SHG PCT Flint 50 59 284 14 20.77 Fort Wayne 51 37 234 271 7 86.34 Missouri 53 59 287 10 20.55 Adirondack 52 52 294 346 18 84.97 Muskegon 52 47 235 10 20.00 Elmira 54 51 253 304 8 83.22 Quad City 51 61 315 11 19.36 Port Huron 53 42 205 247 8 82.99 Fort Wayne 51 56 297 7 18.85 Missouri 53 46 219 265 15 82.64 Adirondack 52 42 250 14 16.80 Kalamazoo 53 48 213 261 12 81.60 Kalamazoo 53 42 259 14 16.21 Muskegon 52 50 209 259 10 80.69 Port Huron 53 44 283 10 15.54 Flint 50 52 217 269 11 80.66 Elmira 54 44 292 11 15.06 Quad City 51 55 212 267 10 79.40 Rockford 53 39 261 8 14.94 Rockford 53 60 214 274 10 78.10

TOTAL 522 493 2763 109 17.84 TOTAL 522 493 2270 2763 109 82.16

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KALAMAZOO TEAM STATISTICS Through Games of 02/09/2003

No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW FG SOG SOA SO% SHOTS PCT 55 Keyes, Richard RW 48 23 19 42 -16 31 9 2 3 3 0 7 0.0 144 16.0 11 Roed, Peter C 49 16 26 42 -16 63 5 4 1 2 3 11 27.3 168 9.5 27 Lawrence, Mark RW 47 7 27 34 -18 65 3 1 0 2 2 7 28.6 122 5.7 XBrown, Jim C 35 18 11 29 -10 40 5 2 5 2 5 8 62.5 95 18.9 21 Miller, Kurt F 35 12 11 23 -8 20 4 0 1 0 2 6 33.3 87 13.8 26 Bilick, Craig RW 45 11 10 21 -8 173 5 0 1 2 0 3 0.0 93 11.8 5 Turgeon, Tyson D 45 3 16 19 -9 47 1 0 0 1 1 6 16.7 67 4.5 33 XCardwell, Justin C 23 11 6 17 -17 12 6 1 1 1 1 4 25.0 77 14.3 20 Roed, Shawn C 14 1 3 4 -1 18 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 11 9.1 (TOTALS) C 30 9 6 15 -10 46 5 0 3 0 0 3 0.0 43 20.9 23 O'Leary, Pat C 45 5 6 11 -14 43 1 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 59 8.5 (TOTALS) LW 48 5 7 12 -13 43 1 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 64 7.8 4 Hodge, Dan D 14 1 4 5 -2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 22 4.5 (TOTALS) D 35 2 10 12 -7 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 60 3.3 10 Ford, Michael RW 32 4 6 10 -8 20 0 1 0 0 2 4 50.0 70 5.7 Cominetti, Glendon RW 14 4 4 8 -6 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0.0 23 17.4 7 Lightbody, Quade D 50 2 6 8 -9 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 44 4.5 3 Vilneff, Mark D 28 0 8 8 -15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 39 0.0 17 Trew, Jordan LW 41 3 4 7 -11 81 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 42 7.1 6 Lawson, Eric D 44 2 5 7 -26 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 50 4.0 XFarquhar, Bryan C 17 1 4 5 -2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 20 5.0 2 Dameworth, Chad D 37 1 4 5 4 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 3.0 XPecoraro, Joe C 22 2 2 4 -4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 28 7.1 8 Hultgren, Herman D 18 2 1 3 -4 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 15 13.3 25 Elezi, Charlie D 43 2 1 3 -14 134 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 30 6.7 (TOTALS) D 53 2 1 3 -16 178 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 38 5.3 24 Phenow, Mark D 35 1 2 3 -11 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 36 2.8 XAlexeev, Kirill D 9 1 1 2 -2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 9.1 XVessio, Rob D 6 0 1 1 -6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 0.0 19 Pierman, Pepper LW 22 0 2 2 -13 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 25 0.0 15 Kruzich, Matt D 7 1 0 1 -7 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 33.3 (TOTALS) D 8 1 0 1 -6 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 25.0 9 Brooks, Chris C 2 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 8 0.0 XMcCarthy, Liam D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 (TOTALS) D 4 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 XFoddrill, Craig C 5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 0.0 29 Alban, Chad G 34 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.0 XKruzich, Matt D 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.0 30 Brown, Jason G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 XDunn, Stu G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 XRogers, Brian G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 Disch, Andy LW 7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 5 0.0 XReynaert, Jeff G 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 BENCH 53 4 4 10 4

TOTALS 53 138 193 331 1005 42 12 19 20 16 62 25.8 1443 9.6 OPPONENT TOTALS 53 198 309 507 1143 48 14 34 32 20 59 33.9 1812 10.9

No. GPI MIN AVG W L SOL SOW EN SHO SOG SOA GA SAVES SPCT

XReynaert, Jeff 18 950:58 2.65 7 6 3 2 3 1 7 25 42 487 0.921 29 Alban, Chad 34 1912:23 3.48 12 15 4 2 3 1 13 34 111 961 0.896 30 Brown, Jason 1 45:15 3.98 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 23 0.885 XDunn, Stu 3 49:36 6.05 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 39 0.886 XRogers, Brian 4 209:21 6.59 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 104 0.819

TEAM TOTALS 53 3180:00 3.74 19 27 7 4 7 2 20 59 198 1614 0.891

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The Roed "More" Traveled K-Wings center Peter Roed is only 5 points away from 200 for his career. This season, Roed has netted 16 goals and 26 assists tying him for the team lead in scoring (Richard Keyes) with 42 points.

Built Ford Tough With just 4 more points, K-Wings forward Michael Ford will reach the 100 point plateau for his career. This season for the K-Wings, Ford has 4 goals and 5 assists.

Pretty in Pink K-Wings will play their 3rd Annual Pink Ice Game this Friday (2/14) as they host the Adirondack IceHawks at Wings Stadium. Kalamazoo will be searching for their first victory on Pink Ice, as they are 0-2-0 lifetime on Pink Ice.

Elezi on the Radio Join special guest Charlie Elezi, as he joins General Manager/Head Coach Paul Pickard and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno on The Sports Station 1600 AM WQSN. The show runs from 6:30-7PM at Gallagher's Eatery on Stadium Drive.

The Obscure Stat of the Week So far this season, the K-Wings have faired well in close games at Wings Stadium. Kalamazoo is 7-1-2 in games decided by one goal. The only blemish to the record is the K-Wings 3-2 loss to Muskegon last Sunday.

Tickets Get Your Tickets!! Tickets for all K-Wings home games are now on sale. Catch all the action as your K-Wings play the very best the UHL has to offer. Tickets are on sale by calling the K-Wings at 345-5101.

Get on Line This season the best to keep track of the K-Wings is to log onto www.kwings.com. The new site has player profiles, information about Wings Stadium events, and much more.

K-Wings on Radio Catch all the K-Wings games home and away on the K-Wings Radio Network (WLKM 95.9, WQSN 1660 AM, and WRCC 1400 AM). Join the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno for all 76 regular season games and the playoffs. Pre game coverage begins with the Basic Communications Pre Game Show 15 minutes prior to face-off. For the most complete coverage of the K-Wings from the Opening Face-Off to the Final Buzzer keep your radio tuned this season to the K-Wings Radio Network.

UP COMING GAMES Wednesday, February 12th @ Flint 7:00 PM Friday, February 14th Vs Adirondack 7:30 PM (Valentines Day Pink Ice Game sponsored by WKLM and WOTV) Saturday, February 15th @ Rockford 7:05 PM (CST Sunday, February 16th @ Missouri 6:15 PM (CST)

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