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South Carolina Stings Kalamazoo

January 11, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
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Kalamazoo, MI- Phillip Grubauer stopped 30 shots including a breakaway from Steven Anthony with seven seconds remaining to guide the South Carolina Stingrays to a 2-1 victory over the Kalamazoo Wings.

The first 18 minutes of Wednesday night's contest were filled with fast-paced, end-to-end action between the two teams. With less than two minutes to play, Justin Taylor scored his team-leading fourteenth of the season to give Kalamazoo a one goal lead. The goal also extended Taylor's point streak to six games.

South Carolina wouldn't be silenced for the whole twenty minutes, as they had a quick rebuttal just over a minute after the Taylor goal. A top of the circle blast off the stick of Stingrays defenseman, Paul Baier (2nd), tied the game at one apiece heading into the locker room after the first stanza.

The second period moved as quickly as the first, but in this frame, it was the goaltenders stealing the show. Kalamazoo's Riley Gill and South Carolina's Grubauer each made twelve saves respectively to keep the opposition scoreless and uphold the 1-1 after forty minutes of play.

South Carolina broke the gridlock 7:21 into the third period with the eventual game-winner from Mike Hamilton (1st), who was playing in his first game with the Stingrays after starting the season in Europe.

The loss snaps Kalamazoo's three-game winning streak and four-game (3-0-1-0) unbeaten streak, while the victory extends South Carolina's winning streak to three.

Kalamazoo will hit the road this Friday, January 13th for a 7:35 p.m. face-off at the U.S. Bank Arena against the Cincinnati Cyclones.

Kalamazoo will return to Vanrick Drive this Saturday, January 14th, to welcome the Toledo Walleye for a 7:30 p.m. encounter during the 4th Annual McDonald's Golden Ice Game, presented by McDonald's and 98.5 FM WNWN.

While the K-Wings already wear McDonald's themed warm-up jerseys during the entire season, the team will also don a special McDonald's themed jersey for the night. Following the game, the jerseys will be auctioned off with a portion of the proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House of West Michigan.

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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