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Kalamazoo Wings Week In Review

November 9, 2004 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


For the first-time in franchise history, the K-Wings faced-off against the Kansas City Outlaws on Friday, November 5th at Wings Stadium. Kalamazoo jumped out to the early lead, when Ryan Barnes scored his second goal of the season on a slap shot 5:41 into the opening period. Late in the first period, the K-Wings would beat the clock to extend their lead to 2-nothing. With just 1.2 seconds on the game clock, K-Wings forward Tyson Turgeon (1) scored on a wrap around to give Kalamazoo the momentum going into the second period.

Kansas City scored the lone goal in the second stanza, as Simo Pulkki's (1) slap shot from the left point cut the K-Wings lead to 2-1.

In the third period, an early power-play goal from Joe Seroski (10) tied the game at 2-2; however, the K-Wings answered back with two unanswered goals. First it was Yannick Carpentier completing a give and go pass from Tyler Willis to record his first goal of the season and regain a 3-2 lead for Kalamazoo. Midway into the final period, the K-Wings would strike again, this time it was Andrew Luciuk snipping a wrist shot from between the circles to extend the K-Wings cushion to 4-2. After a Jason Ruff (3) goal cut the K-Wings lead to a single goal; the K-Wings added some insurance late in the game, as Carpentier scored his second goal of the game on an empty-net goal with one-tenth of a second remaining to give the K-Wings a 5-3 victory over Kansas City.

The K-Wings concluded the week on Saturday (11/6), as they played game three of a four game home stand against the Eastern Division leading Elmira Jackals. After watching the Jackals storm out to an early 2-nothing lead, the K-Wings mounted a comeback late in the second period, while on the power-play, Daniel Carriere (1) was able to skate in between the circles and rifle a shot past Elmira's Greg Hewitt to pull the K-Wings to within a single goal. For third time in their last seven goals, the K-Wings were able to beat the game clock to score a late period goal, this time it was Tom Ditzer flinging a pass in front to David Hukalo (2), who one-timed it in with three-tenths of a second remaining in the second period to tie the game at 2-2.

In the final stanza, the K-Wings poured on the offense scoring the game's next three goals to push Kalamazoo ahead 5-2. The Jackals would score one last goal, but it wouldn't be enough as Kalamazoo went on to a 5-3 victory over Elmira.

Fast Forward

The K-Wings conclude their four-game home stand this week with a game Wednesday (11/10) night against the Muskegon Fury. On the season, the K-Wings are 0-1-0 against the defending Colonial Cup champions. Kalamazoo lost 4-3 to Muskegon on October 30th in Wings Stadium. With a record of 7-0-1, the Fury are atop of the Central Division and remain the lone undefeated team in regulation in the UHL.

Game time on Wednesday is schedule from 7 p.m. and the night is sponsored by Equinox Diving and Training Center.

Fast Forward Continued

The K-Wings will hit the road for the first time since October 29th, when they travel to St. Charles, Missouri on Friday (11/12), to battle the Missouri River Otters. The K-Wings are 28-11-4 lifetime against the Otters. Missouri will be without the services of their leading scorer Jim Montgomery, who will be out of action 8-10 weeks with a sports hernia.

Kalamazoo will end the week on Saturday (11/13), as the Adirondack Frostbite come to Wings Stadium for a 7:30 p.m. face-off on WRKR, Meijer Military and Boy Scout Night. The game also coincides with Noise Maker Night. The K-Wings are encouraging all fans to bring a box of Macaroni and Cheese to the game and use it as a noise maker. Following the game, fans can donate their boxes to the Open Door Shelter.

Carpentier Named Player of the Week

The UHL has named K-Wings forward Yannick Carpentier its Sher-Wood Player of the Week for the week ending November 7th. Carpentier, who leads the K-Wings in scoring with 10 points, had a five points in just two games last week for Kalamazoo.

On a Roll

Ryan Barnes starts the week on a four game scoring streak. The four game streak is the longest scoring streak this season by a K-Wings player.

K-Wings are Soaring

Kalamazoo is currently on a two game winning streak, which is their longest streak of the season. Besides winning their last two games, Kalamazoo has won three of it's last four.

Reaching A Milestone

Last Friday, forward David Struch played in 500 professional games. In 501 games, Struch has tallied 331 points (128 goals, 203 assists).

The Obscure Stat of the Week

The K-Wings have been able to beat the clock this season. Three of the K-Wings last 10 goals have been scored with under 2 seconds to play in a period.

Tickets Get Your Tickets!!

Tickets for all K-Wing 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 now by calling the Wings Stadium Box Office at (269) 345-5101.

Get on Line

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

Carpentier on the Radio

Join special guest Yannick Carpentier as he joins Head Coach Mark Reeds and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno on "K-Wings Live". The show is on The Sports Station 1600 AM WQSN Monday's from 6-7 PM at Sports Forum on Mosel.

K-Wings on Radio

Catch all the K-Wings games home and away on the K-Wings Radio Network (WLKM 95.9 FM and The Sports Station 1660 AM WQSN). Join the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno for all 80 regular season games plus the playoffs. Pre game coverage begins with the Digital Highway 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.

Upcoming Games Wednesday, November 10th Vs Muskegon 7:00 PM (Equinox Diving and Training Center Night) Friday, November 12th @ Missouri 7:00 PM (CST) Saturday, November 13th Vs Adirondack 7:30 PM (WRKR/Meijer Military and Boy Scout Night)

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