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Wings' Winning Streak Moves to Eight with Road Triumph

April 6, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
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BRAMPTON, ON, CA- Racing out to an early three-goal lead and using timely defense down the stretch, the Kalamazoo Wings defeated the Brampton Beast, 4-3, on Wednesday at Powerade Centre. 

Needing eight minutes to find their rhythm in the opening period, the Wings broke the ice courtesy of Evan McEneny. After a faceoff was drawn back to the tape of McEneny, he carried to the middle of the zone and skipped a wrist shot through traffic and between the legs of Brampton goalie Kenny Reiter for his first professional tally.

Just over four minutes later and moments after killing their first penalty of the night, Kalamazoo were able to keep the momentum in their favor. After being released from the box after serving his delay of game minor, Anton Cederholm hauled in a pass from Ludwig Blomstrand, carried into the Beast zone, and wired a shot past the stick-side of Reiter.

One minute and forty-five seconds later, the Wings bumped their lead to three goals, after Justin Taylor deflected a long shot that was fired towards the goal by Tyler Shattock. Taylor, who increased his goal streak to seven games with the tally, angled the puck into the back of the goal, spelling the end of the night for Reiter. The Brampton netminder played 13:50 of the first period, making five saves on eight shots.

Brampton took control in the middle frame and were rewarded for their pace of play while working on a power play try. David Ling zipped a cross-rink pass to the high slot, where Nick MacParland received the feed and deposited the puck past Joel Martin and into the Kalamazoo goal.

Keeping up the tempo, Brampton cut the Wings' lead to one after a scramble on the doorstep of Martin's goal saw Steven Kaunisto go unmarked, enabling the former K-Wing to get to the paint and poke the puck into the goal.

Re-creating the multi-goal separation in the third period, the Wings were propelled by a late tally from Ludwig Blomstrand. Blomstrand collected the puck off a Curtis Valk faceoff victory and steered an effort towards the goal that weaved through a web of bodies and into the net.

Not going away without a fight, the Beast clawed to within a goal after Luc Blain effortlessly directed the puck into the goal off a feed from Mitch Zion, making it a one-goal contest late in the tilt.

With their netminder pulled in favor of an extra attacker, the Beast pushed a multitude of chances towards Martin, but the Wings slammed the door shut on their way to a 4-3 victory.

Next: Kalamazoo @ Toledo- Friday, April 8, 8:15 p.m., Huntington Center.

Notes: The Wings have won eight straight games. Taylor's goal streak has moved to a season-high seven games. Valk's point streak has improved to eight games. Kalamazoo finished their season by posting a 7-3-0 record against Brampton. Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel made his Kalamazoo Wings debut and it was his 500th career professional game. McEneny scored his first career goal at the 7:51 mark of the first period.

Stats: http://echl.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=13615

Kalamazoo wraps up their five-game road trip with a tilt on Friday, February 8 against the Toledo Walleye at the Huntington Center. The Wings return home on Saturday, April 9 for their final regular season home game of the 2015-16 season, as they entertain the Toledo Walleye. The contest is the annual fan appreciation night at Wings Event Center, with dozens of giveaways, including the 2015-16 team poster. The team awards will also be handed out during a special ceremony on the ice after the game.

Listen to all 72 regular season and post season games on AM 1660 The Fan in Kalamazoo, or online at www.1660thefan.com/listen-live. Live coverage begins fifteen minutes before puck drop with the Flame Tamer Pregame Show.

Single-game tickets are now on sale! Tickets can be purchased at kwings.com or at the Wings Event Center box office. Box office hours are Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. A $2 discount is applied on all tickets purchased before the date of the game. Any student that shows a valid ID can get tickets for just $10.

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