IHL 2 Kalamazoo Wings

Kalamazoo Wings Week In Review

Published on January 17, 2005 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


The K-Wings started the week on Wednesday (1/12) with a road contest against the Quad City Mallards. In a game marred with penalties, the K-Wings were able to outlast the Mallards 2-1 in a shootout. The K-Wings gave up a season high 10 power-play chances to the Mallards. Quad City was able to connect on just one of the 10 chances. Kalamazoo's lone goal in regulation was a shorthanded goal from Tim Turner (10). Joel Martin was solid between the pipes for the K-Wings stopping 34 shots to earn his fifth victory of the season.

For the first time in 2005, the K-Wings returned home on Friday (1/14) to Wings Stadium to host the Elmira Jackals. After giving up a first period goal to Jackals, Kalamazoo dominated the remainder of the contest and defeated Elmira by the final of 4-1. Kalamazoo's Tim Krueckl lead the K-Wings by registering three points, including two goals (6,7) in the victory.

Kalamazoo concluded the week on Saturday (1/15) with a home game against the Motor City Mechanics. The K-Wings jumped out to an early two nothing lead in the opening period. First, it was Tim Turner connecting on his 11th of the season to give the K-Wings a 1-0 lead. Just 56 seconds after Turner scored the game's first goal; Gray Shaneberger lit the lamp for the ninth time of the year. Motor City cut the Kalamazoo lead to a single goal, when Joe Burton (15) scored a shorthanded goal in the final minute of the first period. The K-Wings regained their two goal lead in the second period, when Shaun Fisher (4) scored from between the circles 2:48 into the period to give the K-Wings a 3-1 lead. The two goal lead would hold until the third period, that's when the Mechanics stormed back with two unanswered goals to force the game into a shootout. In the extra session, the K-Wings scored on all three of their shooters, while Motor City could only muster one goal past Chad Alban, as the K-Wings defeated the Mechanics 4-3 in front of 3,691 fans at Wings Stadium. The victory raised the K-Wings winning streak to season high nine games.

Fast Forward

This week is the most grueling week in the K-Wings schedule. Starting tonight, the K-Wings will play five games in seven days. Kalamazoo starts the tonight (1/17) with a home date against the Quad City Mallards. The K-Wings will be chasing history tonight, as Kalamazoo needs just one more victory to tie the franchise record for consecutive wins (10). The game against the Mallards will be the third of the year between the teams and the second at Wings Stadium.

The K-Wings will continue the week on Wednesday (1/19), as they host the Port Huron Beacons. The game against Port Huron will conclude the K-Wings four game home stand. Port Huron starts the week in fourth place in the Central Division. On the season, the K-Wings are a perfect 3-0-0 against the Beacons.

Kalamazoo will finish off the week with three straight games on the road. The road trip commences on Friday (1/21) with date at the First Arena against the Elmira Jackals. The K-Wings are 2-0-1 against the Jackals this season; however, they lost in a shootout in their lone appearance in Elmira this season.

On Saturday (1/22), the K-Wings will head to Richmond, Virginia to battle the RiverDogs. The K-Wings are 1-1-1 against the ‘Dogs this season, with their lone regulation set back occurring in early December in Richmond.

The K-Wings will play their last game before the 2005 Pepsi UHL All-Star Classic on Sunday (1/23) with a game against the Danbury Trashers. Danbury starts the week atop the Eastern Division. So far, this season the K-Wings are 0-1-1 against Danbury.

Chasing History

The K-Wings enter tonight on a nine-game winning streak. The nine-game streak is a season high for the Kalamazoo Wings and is just one win shy of the K-Wings franchise record of 10 games set last March.

Nearing a Milestone

Forward Kevin Kotyluk is nearing a personal milestone. Kotyluk needs just six more points to reach 100 for his career.

New Franchise Mark

Besides their overall winning streak, the K-Wings are also on a six-game road winning streak. The six straight victories away from Wings Stadium is a new K-Wings franchise record.

Viva Las Vegas

On Friday, the K-Wings played the Elmira Jackals on Viva Las Vegas Night. The winner of the contest was Jake Worgess of Kalamazoo. Over 2,000 contests tried to place a paper airplane in a Convertible provided by the Harold Ziegler Auto Group. Of the 2,000, fifty-eight people made it to the second round, which was a number lottery. In the third round, ten finalists from the lottery played a hand of black jack during the 2nd period intermission. Worgess, who was one of the final 10, drew a Black-Jack and won the trip to Las Vegas courtesy of WRKR, Spirit Airlines and the Paris Hotel and Casino.

The Obscure Stat of the Week

The K-Wings are playing the Quad City Mallards tonight on Martin Luther King Jr. Night. So far on the season, the K-Wings are 2-0-0 on games played on holidays. Lifetime, the K-Wings are 11-8-1.

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 way 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.

K-Wings Live at Wings Stadium

Join Head Coach Mark Reeds and the "Voice of the K-Wings" Mike Modugno this week on "K-Wings Live". Due to the K-Wings game on Monday versus Quad City, this week's show will be at Wings Stadium in Hospitality Hall and it is for season ticket holders only. However, the show can still be heard this Monday on the Your Local Sports Leader AM 1660 WQSN.

K-Wings on Radio

Catch all the K-Wings games home and away on the K-Wings Radio Network (WLKM 95.9 FM and Your Local Sports Leader AM 1660 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

Monday, January 17th Vs Quad City 7:00 PM

Wednesday, January 19th Vs Port Huron 7:00 PM

Friday, January 21st @ Elmira 7:30 PM

Saturday, January 22nd @ Richmond 7:30 PM

Sunday, January 23rd @ Danbury 5:00 PM

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