K-Wings Blog

REID BETWEEN THE LINES

In a game fitting of being played on Friday the 13th, the Kalamazoo Wings defeated the South Carolina Stingrays 6-4 in game one of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, in a contest that featured plenty of strange bounces and scoring chances, including a couple of tallies from Elgin Reid in a span of 14 seconds in the third period. The first …

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K-WINGS TO MEET STINGRAYS IN THE CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS

The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL, two-time defending North Division Champions, reigning Eastern Conference Champions and National Hockey League affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils and American Hockey League’s Albany Devils, announce the times and dates of 2012 Kelly Cup Playoff Eastern Conference Semi-Final match-up against the South Carolina Stingrays. The K-Wings and Stingrays will …

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K-Wings moving on to round two

KALAMAZOO – The Kalamazoo Wings are moving on to the next round of the ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs after defeating the Wheeling Nailers three games to one in their best-of-five first round set. Winning both games on home ice over the weekend, the K-Wings will now face the South Carolina Stingrays in a best-of-seven matchup that begins this Friday night …

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Kalamazoo Advances to the Eastern Conference Semifinals

Ever trailing in game four, the Kalamazoo Wings defeated the Wheeling Nailers 3-2 Saturday night at Wings Stadium to win their Best-of-Five Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Series three games to one. Justin Taylor earned his first goal of the postseason to give the K-Wings the lead 5:46 into the first period. Taylor’s initial shot was stopped by Patrick Killeen; however, with …

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K-Wings take 2-1 series lead over Nailers with 5-1 win

KALAMAZOO – The Kalamazoo Wings may have won game three of the best-of-five series over the Wheeling Nailers on Friday night, but coach Nick Bootland says there are still areas that the K-Wings need to work on if they are going to move on to the second round. “I really don’t think that it is a 5-1 score,”Bootland said. “We …

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HOME SWEET HOME

The Kalamazoo Wings proved there is certainly no place like home, as the K-Wings defeated the Wheeling Nailers in game three of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals with a decisive 5-1 victory to take a two games to one lead in the Best-of-Five Series. Keeping up with the trend of the first two games of the series, Kalamazoo scored the game’s …

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THIRD PERIOD SURGE EVENS UP SERIES FOR KALAMAZOO

Trailing entering the third period, the Kalamazoo Wings scored three times, including twice on the power-play defeat the Wheeling Nailers 4-2 and in the process even up the Best-of-Five Eastern Conference Quarterfinal match-up at a game apiece. In what seemed a like a carbon copy of the first period in game one, either team had many scoring chances in the …

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NAILERS SCORE LATE TO TAKE GAME ONE

Taking their first lead of the night with 67 seconds remaining in regulation, the Wheeling Nailers defeated the Kalamazoo Wings 4-2 in game one to take a one-game to none lead in the Best-of-Five Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. End-to-end action featured no scoring in the first period. Wheeling outshot Kalamazoo 17-6 in the opening period. Picking up where he left off …

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Kelly Cup Playoff Preview: K-Wings vs. Nailers

About the teams: The Kalamazoo Wings (38-26-2-6) finished first in the North Division and clinched their third consecutive division title in the process. The Wheeling Nailers (37-26-4-5) ended the season with a second place finish in the Atlantic Division. Meeting three times during the regular season, the K-Wings won two of the three contests. The two teams battled in the …

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K-WINGS AND NAILERS TO MEET IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL, two-time defending North Division Champions, reigning Eastern Conference Champions and National Hockey League affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils and American Hockey League’s Albany Devils, announce the times and dates of 2012 Kelly Cup Playoff Eastern Conference Quarterfinal match-up against the Wheeling Nailers . The K-Wings and Nailers will …

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