ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

Second Period Outburst Pushes K-Wings Past Road Warriors

January 6, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- The most prolific scoring team in the Eastern Conference kept their scoring touch alive, as the Kalamazoo Wings out-dueled the Greenville Road Warriors 6-4 Friday night at Wings Stadium.

Immediately getting out of the gates with the lead, Greenville struck 36 seconds into the contest with a rebound tally from Brendan Connolly (20th).

Helped out by a K-Wings turnover 8:38 into period, Justin Bowers (7th) right-circle wrister extended the Road Warriors advantage to 2-0.

Cutting the deficit in half less than two minutes later, Brandon Svendsen extended his points streak to three games by tying the team-lead for goals scored, notching his 12th of the season, off of an Elgin Reid rebound. Reid, who was activated off the K-Wings injured reserve prior to the contest, was playing in his first game since November 25th.

Momentum stayed with Kalamazoo for a majority of the second period starting when Mike Matczak (6th) earned the equalizer 50 seconds in the period with a shorthander marker. The goal extended Matczak's point streak to four games.

Matczak (7th) pushed the K-Wings ahead five minutes later connecting on a five-on-three power-play slap shot.

Just 40 seconds later, at the 6:18 mark, Trent Daavettila (5th) scored on the second half of the man-advantage to put the K-Wings ahead 4-2.

After Svendsen passed the puck behind the net to Darren Archibald, the forward snapped a pass to Justin Taylor for his team-leading 13th goal of the campaign. The goal extended the point streak of Taylor to four games, while giving Svendsen a three-point night (1 goal, 2 assists).

During Svendsen's three-game point streak, the forward has earned seven points (2 goals, 5 assists).

Stopping the bleeding late in the second period, Brett Robinson (10th) scored on a five-on-three power-play to bring the Road Warriors back to within two goals.

Early in the third period another man-advantage tally from Greenville was added by Marc-Oliver Vallerand (17th), which made the score 5-4 in favor of Kalamazoo.

Bryan Haczyk (8th) gave the K-Wings breathing room a minute later, at the 3:32 mark, pushing the K-Wings lead back to two goals.

Kalamazoo finished the game with a season-high 48 shots on net. Also on Friday, K-Wings forward Darryl Bootland was held off the scoring sheet, which ends his nine-game point streak.

The K-Wings will continue their four-game home stand at Wings Stadium with the third-leg of the stretch tomorrow, Saturday, January 7th with a 7:30 p.m. face-off versus the Trenton Titans on a Saturday "Celebrity" Series game featuring Elvis, presented by The Pain Clinic.

Fans are encouraged to dress in their best Elvis costume for a chance to win $100. There will be a prize for both adults and kids. After the game, there will be a post-game concert by the King!

Tickets for all K-Wings home games are $12.90 and $16.90 for adults and only $6.90 for kids ages 12 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 $1.

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