Game Rewind

Wednesday, February 27th Vs Flint (Flint 5-Kalamazoo 3)

Kalamazoo, MI – With Wings Stadium filled with a crowd of 4,696, mainly filled with students from 11 districts around southwest Michigan, it was the Flint Generals that passed the exam defeating the Kalamazoo Wings 5-3 on Education Day.  

Scoring 57 seconds into the game, Flint registered on the scoreboard with a wrist shot by Justin DePretis (2nd).

Kalamazoo answered nine minutes later when Jamie Vanderveeken (8th) tipped in a Kory Karlander pass from inside the left circle. The point was Karlander’s 600th of his career.

Extending their lead on a similar goal as their first, Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (11th) lit the lamp from the left circle on a pass from Glenn Detulleo. It only took one minute for Flint to retaliate with a slap shot from the blue line by Jaroslav Cesky (7th).

The Generals regained the lead midway in the second period with a wrap around tally from Mike Kinnie (15th).

With less than four minutes remaining in regulation, Justin Cross (13th) scored the equalizer on a one-timer from the slot.

Unfortunately, the celebration from Kalamazoo would be short lived, as Cesky (8th) put Flint ahead for good 25 seconds later with his second of the night. Minutes later, Jordan Fox (19th) added on an empty-netter to give the Generals a two-goal victory.

Friday, February 29th @ Flint (Kalamazoo 8-Flint 5)

Flint, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings dug themselves out of a three-goal deficit to snap a three-game winless streak with an 8-5 victory on the road against the Flint Generals.

The Generals marched their way to a lead in the opening period scoring three times to grab an early advantage.

Michel Beausoleil (25th) knocked in a rebound nearly six minutes in to give Flint a 1-0 lead. Five minutes later, while on a power-play, Justin Depretis (3rd) scored from just in front of the crease.

Extending their lead to 3-0, Mike Alexiou was opportunistic pushing the puck over the goal line on a rebound for his 9th goal of the season.

Kalamazoo lit the lamp for the first time late in the period with a power-play strike from Nick Bootland (32nd), which cut the Generals lead to 3-1.

The K-Wings power-play erupted like Mount St. Helens in the second, striking on four of their five chances. On a 5-on-3 advantage, Jamie Vanderveeken’s (9th) blast from the high slot cut the K-Wings deficit to 4-3.

Moments later, Ryan Markham (5th) tickled the twine with another power-play marker to knot the contest at 4-4.

Gaining their first lead of the night, Kory Karlander (30th) rebound goal propelled the K-Wings ahead 5-4.

Flint pulled even later in the period with a breakaway tally from Jaroslav Cesky (7th) at the 13:53 mark of the second.

Less than two minutes later, Vanderveeken (10th) recorded Kalamazoo’s only even-strength marker with a wrist shot from between the circles.

Kalamazoo concluded the scoring in the period with Bootland’s (33rd) league leading 15th power-play tally of the season.

In the third period, Flint cut Kalamazoo’s lead to 6-5 with a power-play goal from DePrestis (4th), his second of the night.

But that is as close as the Generals would get, as the K-Wings added tallies from Lucas Drake (9th) and an empty-netter from Glenn Detulleo (14th) to finish off Flint 8-5.

Saturday, March 1st  Vs Flint (Kalamazoo 5-Flint 3)

Kalamazoo, MI – For the second straight night, the Kalamazoo Wings used timely scoring to overcome a two-goal hole to defeat the Flint Generals 5-3 at Wings Stadium. 

For the third straight game, the Flint Generals jumped out with the game’s first goal. Justin DePretis (5th) knocked in a rebound 7:57 into the contest.

Kalamazoo tied the contest less than three minutes later with a power-play marker from Glenn Detulleo (15th). Mike Kinnie (16th) regained the lead for Flint moments later on a breakaway goal.

With less than four minutes remaining in the period, Mike Beausoleil  (26th) gave the Generals their largest advantage of the night at 3-1.

Storming back with two goals to conclude the period, the K-Wings would end the period tied 3-3. Nick Bootland (34th) struck on the power-play off a deflection from a Jamie Vanderveeken blast, and fittingly with 19 seconds remaining in the frame, Lucas Drake extended his point streak to five games, netting his 10th of the season.

The K-Wings earned their first lead of the night early in the second with a right circle slap shot from Justin Cross (14th).

Putting the game on ice, Mark Versteeg-Lytywn (12th) capitalized off a misplayed puck by Bill Ruggiero, as Versteeg-Lytwyn skated around the goaltender and placed the puck into the open net for a shorthanded tally midway in the period to give the K-Wings the eventual 5-3 victory.

Sunday, March 2nd  @ Bloomington (Bloomington 3-Kalamazoo 2)

Bloomington, IL – Scoring first and finding answers for both the K-Wings goals, the Bloomington PrairieThunder defeated Kalamazoo 3-2 Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.

Leo Thomas (11th) gave Bloomington a 1-0 lead connecting on a rebound 8:05 into the first period.

Just over two minutes later, forward Lucas Drake (11th) continued his recent assault on the IHL, upping his point streak to six games, scoring on a one-timer from the right circle.

The Thunder regained the lead late in the period on a blast from the high slot from Jon Booras (24th). The tally tied Booras for the team lead in goals with Don Parsons, who assisted on the go ahead goal. The assist was Parson’s 600th in his career.

Crashing the net, Nick Bootland (35th) extended his current goal streak to three games netting the equalizer 4:01 in the second period.

Two minutes after watching their lead get erased, Parsons pushed Bloomington back in front for good netting his team-leading 25th goal of the season.

Fast Forward

The Kalamazoo Wings will return to the ice after five days off to start a three-game home stand on Saturday, March 8th versus the Muskegon Fury at 7:30 p.m. on ZOOperstars! Night. Kalamazoo trails Muskegon by three points for fourth place in the IHL. On the season, the K-Wings are 5-6-0-2 against the intra-state rivals.

Home Sweet Home

Six Pack

Detulleo Nears Milestone

Forward Glenn Detulleo is closing in a on a personal milestone. Detulleo needs two more lamp lighters to reach the 100-goal plateau in his career.

Lighting the Lamp

The Obscure Stat of the Week

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Cross and Vogel on the Radio

Join special guests Justin Cross and Ron Vogel as they join Head Coach Brian Curran and the “Voice of the K-Wings” Mike Modugno on “K-Wings Live”. The show is on The Classic Hits Station WLKM (95.9 FM) and online through the B-2 Networks through www.kwings.com from 7-8 p.m. at Old Burdick’s Bar and Grill inside the Holiday Inn Kalamazoo on South 11th Street. 

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Upcoming Games

Saturday, March 8th                   Vs Muskegon                   7:30 PM (ZOOperstars! Perform)

Sunday, March 9th                      Vs Bloomington              4:00 PM (K-Wings Kidz Club Day Featuring Dora the Explorer Presented by WKFR, and Charter Media)

Wednesday, March 12th           Vs Flint                           10:30 AM (Education Day Presented by Culver’s)

Friday, March 14th                      @ Fort Wayne                 8:00 PM