MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - K-WINGS WEEKLY For the Week of March 31st-April 6th Record Last Week: 1-1-1-0 Overall Record: 31-31-3-5 Game Rewind
Friday, March 28th @ Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne 4-Kalamazoo 3)
Fort Wayne, IN– An apparent last second goal from Kory Karlander at the horn was waived off letting the Fort Wayne Komets escape Memorial Coliseum with a 4-3 victory over Kalamazoo and make IHL history for the most consecutive home games wins with 23.
Despite being outplayed for much of the opening 20 minutes of action, Fort Wayne gained the lead late in the period with a power-play strike from Luciano Aquino (35th).
Jamie Vanderveeken (14th) scored the equalizer 5:02 into the second with blast from the left point.
Kalamazoo ’s power-play generated the next two tallies. Nick Bootland snuck in front and flipped the puck past Komet goaltender Nick Boucher at the 10:57 mark to give the K-Wings a 2-1 lead.
With 46 seconds remaining in the stanza, Travis Granbois (10th) tickled the twine with a wrist shot to make the score 3-1 in favor of Kalamazoo.
Fort Wayne answered back with three unanswered power-play goals, including the game-winner from Aquino (37th) who ended the night with a hat trick.
The K-Wings were without Head Coach Brian Curran, who was injured during the team’s morning skate. General Manager Wade Welsh, along with injured forward Glenn Detulleo, served as bench bosses for Kalamazoo.
Saturday, March 29th @ Bloomington (Kalamazoo 3-Bloomington 1)
Bloomington , IL– Entering Saturday night with a record of 3-9-2-1 when trailing after two periods, Kalamazoo erased a 1-0 deficit with three goals in the third en route to a 3-1 victory over the Bloomington PrairieThunder.
Despite not scoring in the opening period, the K-Wings created offensive opportunities. Kalamazoo went 0 for 4 on the power-play and out shot Bloomington 7-6.
Turning the tables on the K-Wings in the second, the PrairieThunder generated more scoring chances including Don Parson’s (31st) spinning slap shot from the left circle 4:01 into the period to give Bloomington a 1-0 lead.
Kalamazoo ’s top highlight in the period was from goaltender Jeff Reynaert, who stopped a Leo Thomas penalty shot with 10.7 seconds remaining. The penalty shot was the fifth allowed this season by the K-Wings and the third Kalamazoo has faced from Bloomington. Kalamazoo has denied only two penalty shots this season, both from Thomas.
Showing determination, Kalamazoo dominated the third period, scoring three times. Tyler Willis (5th) knocked in the equalizer at the 8:35 mark. The goal was Willis’ first since January 4th, also against the Thunder.
Justin Cross (16th) gave the K-Wings the lead for good sliding in a rebound past Derrick Dolson.
Nick Bootland added some insurance, notching his league-leading 40th of the season on a empty-netter.
Kalamazoo ’s victory, coupled with a Muskegon loss to Fort Wayne, tied the K-Wings with the Fury for fourth place in the IHL.
Sunday, March 30th @ Muskegon (Muskegon 3-Kalamazoo 2-Overtime)
Muskegon , MI– With sole possession of fourth place on the line, the Muskegon Fury defended their home ice with a 3-2 overtime victory against the Kalamazoo Wings and in the process gained a one point lead over the K-Wings for the final playoff spot in the IHL.
Muskegon jumped ahead 1-0 midway through the first period with a power-play marker from Robin Bouchard (28th).
For the second straight night, Justin Cross (17th) found his way on the scoring ledger. Cross deflected a Dan Carney blast from the point 1:06 into the second period to knot the game at 1-1.
Kalamazoo took their first lead of the contest 16:49 into the third period with a breakaway goal from Nick Bootland (41st).
Just 26 seconds after the K-Wings gained the lead, the Fury answered back with a goal from Billy Collins (32nd) to tie the game at 2-2 and force overtime.
In the extra session, Muskegon capitalized on a Kalamazoo turnover, as Collins (33rd) struck again scoring the game-winner to secure the 3-2 victory for the Fury.
Fast Forward
Starting the month of April at home, Kalamazoo will host the Flint Generals this Friday, April 4th at 7:30 p.m. on Team Poster Night presented by The Maurer Group, Fed-Ex Kinko’s and WRKR. Kalamazoo is currently four points behind the Flint Generals for third place in the IHL. On the season, the K-Wings are 8-5-0-0 versus the Generals.
On Saturday (4/5), the K-Wings will remain at Wings Stadium to entertain the Port Huron Icehawks at 7:30 p.m. on Qdoba Night. Following the game, Kalamazoo will auction off their blue jerseys. With 77 points, Port Huron is in second place in the IHL. On the season, the K-Wings are 5-5-2-0 versus the Icehawks.
The K-Wings will finish the week on Sunday, April 6th with a visit to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum to battle the Bloomington PrairieThunder at 4 p.m. (CST). The Thunder are currently in sixth place; however, they are just eight points behind the Muskegon Fury for the final playoff spot. On the season, Kalamazoo is 9-4-0-1 versus Bloomington.
INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Through Games of 03/30/2008
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK
xFort Wayne 69 50 12 5 2 107 .775 253 168 1855 31-3-2-0 19-9-3-2 9-0-0-1 5-0-0-0
Port Huron 70 36 29 2 3 77 .550 217 214 1505 16-16-0-2 20-13-2-1 6-2-1-1 0-0-0-1
Flint 68 30 25 4 9 73 .537 244 248 1762 16-9-3-5 14-16-1-4 3-5-1-1 0-0-1-0
Muskegon 69 33 31 3 2 71 .514 207 238 1708 17-17-1-1 16-14-2-1 5-4-0-1 1-0-0-0
(5th)Kalamazoo 70 31 31 3 5 70 .500 226 226 1559 16-13-2-3 15-18-1-2 4-4-1-1 0-0-1-0
Bloomington 70 28 35 3 4 63 .450 183 236 1601 15-16-2-2 13-19-1-2 3-4-1-2 1-0-0-0
-------- LAST WEEKS GAMES --------
WED, MAR 26 Muskegon 2 vs Flint 4
WED, MAR 26 Bloomington 0 vs Port Huron 2
FRI, MAR 28 Flint 2 vs Port Huron 8
FRI, MAR 28 Bloomington 3 vs Muskegon 1
FRI, MAR 28 Kalamazoo 3 vs Fort Wayne 4
SAT, MAR 29 Kalamazoo 3 vs Bloomington 1
SAT, MAR 29 Flint 5 vs Port Huron 4 SO
SAT, MAR 29 Muskegon 4 vs Fort Wayne 6
SUN, MAR 30 Kalamazoo 2 vs Muskegon 3 OT
SUN, MAR 30 Bloomington 7 vs Flint 6 OT
-------- THIS WEEKS GAMES --------
WED, APR 02 Muskegon vs Flint
WED, APR 02 Bloomington vs Port Huron
FRI, APR 04 Fort Wayne vs Bloomington
FRI, APR 04 Flint vs Kalamazoo
FRI, APR 04 Muskegon vs Port Huron
SAT, APR 05 Port Huron vs Kalamazoo
SAT, APR 05 Bloomington vs Flint
SAT, APR 05 Fort Wayne vs Muskegon
SUN, APR 06 Fort Wayne vs Port Huron
SUN, APR 06 Muskegon vs Flint
SUN, APR 06 Kalamazoo vs Bloomington
-------- ATTENDANCE --------
TEAM YESTERDAY TOTAL OPENINGS AVERAGE
Fort Wayne 276,039 36 7,667
Kalamazoo 109,377 34 3,216
Bloomington 111,142 35 3,175
Muskegon 2,721 96,628 36 2,684
Flint 1,604 76,205 33 2,309
Port Huron 43,597 34 1,282
TOTAL 4,325
INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LEADERS
Through Games of 03/30/2008
POINTS TEAM GP G A PTS GOALS TEAM GP G
(1st)Karlander, Kory KZW 68 35 51 86 (1st)Bootland, Nick KZW 67 41
Aquino, Luciano FWK 67 37 46 83 Aquino, Luciano FWK 67 37
Beausoleil, Michel FLT 68 33 44 77 Karlander, Kory KZW 68 35
Bootland, Nick KZW 67 41 33 74 Lardner, Tab PHI 65 34
Lardner, Tab PHI 65 34 38 72 Parsons, Don BLM 69 34
Parsons, Don BLM 69 34 37 71
Bouchard, Robin MUS 63 28 41 69 ASSISTS TEAM GP A
Drouin, P.C. FWK 55 22 47 69 (1st)Karlander, Kory KZW 68 51
Chaulk, Colin FWK 66 23 45 68 (2nd)Detulleo, Glenn KZW 66 49
Collins, Billy MUS 65 33 34 67 Drouin, P.C. FWK 55 47
Detulleo, Glenn KZW 66 16 49 65 Aquino, Luciano FWK 67 46
Zehr, Jeff PHI 66 31 32 63 Chaulk, Colin FWK 66 45
Carroll, Jamie PHI 68 26 36 62
Cirone, Jason FLT 56 20 38 58 PIM TEAM GP PIM
Vernarsky, Kris PHI 63 18 38 56 Woods, Mitch FWK 66 263
Curadeau, Mathieu FWK 63 33 22 55 Segal, David MUS 47 262
Thomas, Leo BLM 65 17 35 52 Bertram, Kevin FWK 67 255
Shafranov, Konstan FWK 64 20 32 52 DiPace, John FLT 63 223
Dupuis, Guy FWK 62 11 41 52 Margettie, Don PHI 59 219
SEVERAL TIED AT 51
-------- GOALIE LEADERS --------
(minimum of 1380 minutes played)
GOALIE TEAM GP MIN GAA W L OTL SOL SO SHOW SHO SHOG SHOA GA SAVES SPCT
Boucher, Nick FWK 27 1612:27 2.23 21 2 1 2 0 3 5 4 15 60 662 .917
Reiter, Kevin FWK 45 2539:49 2.36 29 10 4 0 7 2 2 1 6 100 1002 .909
Sterling , Larry PHI 36 2026:32 2.55 21 13 2 0 1 1 1 1 4 86 859 .909
Magers, Marty PHI 33 1746:30 2.89 12 11 0 3 1 3 6 6 23 84 787 .904
(5th)Symington, Jeremy KZW 30 1598:56 3.15 14 8 2 2 1 4 6 11 34 84 746 .899
Lacasse, Loic BLM 44 2425:06 3.19 17 17 2 3 1 3 6 6 29 129 1263 .907
Pool, Clayton MUS 44 2557:29 3.21 20 20 1 2 2 0 2 3 7 137 1281 .903
Dolson, Derek BLM 34 1819:28 3.23 11 18 1 1 0 2 3 2 11 98 863 .898
Reichmuth, Isaac MUS 27 1447:23 3.40 12 10 2 0 0 4 4 4 11 82 718 .898
Marvin, Eric FLT 50 2979:14 3.46 20 19 4 7 0 1 8 15 30 172 1334 .886
POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES
Home Power Play Record Road Power Play Record Overall Power Play Record
TEAM GP ADV PPGF PCT TEAM GP ADV PPGF PCT TEAM GP ADV PPGF PCT
1 FLT 33 199 49 24.6 1 FWK 33 174 32 18.4 1 FWK 69 393 80 20.4
2 FWK 36 219 48 21.9 2 PHI 36 213 38 17.8 2 FLT 68 396 74 18.7
3 KZW 34 208 38 18.3 3 BLM 35 191 34 17.8 3 BLM 70 343 60 17.5
4 BLM 35 152 26 17.1 4 KZW 36 207 33 15.9 4 PHI 70 388 67 17.3
5 PHI 34 175 29 16.6 5 MUS 33 171 24 14.0 5 KZW 70 415 71 17.1
6 MUS 36 197 30 15.2 6 FLT 35 197 25 12.7 6 MUS 69 368 54 14.7
TOT 208 1150 220 19.1 TOT 208 1153 186 16.1 TOT 416 2303 406 17.6
Home Penalty Killing Record Road Penalty Killing Record Overall Penalty Killing Record
TEAM GP TSH PPGA PCT TEAM GP TSH PPGA PCT TEAM GP TSH PPGA PCT
1 FWK 36 220 27 87.7 1 PHI 36 201 32 84.1 1 FWK 69 418 61 85.4
2 BLM 35 180 24 86.7 2 FWK 33 198 34 82.8 2 PHI 70 371 58 84.4
3 PHI 34 170 26 84.7 3 KZW 36 198 37 81.3 3 MUS 69 356 62 82.6
4 MUS 36 189 29 84.7 4 MUS 33 167 33 80.2 4 BLM 70 378 69 81.7
5 KZW 34 188 34 81.9 5 FLT 35 188 39 79.3 5 KZW 70 386 71 81.6
6 FLT 33 206 46 77.7 6 BLM 35 198 45 77.3 6 FLT 68 394 85 78.4
TOT 208 1153 186 83.9 TOT 208 1150 220 80.9 TOT 416 2303 406 82.4
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KALAMAZOO TEAM STATISTICS Through Games of 03/30/2008
# PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT
33 Karlander, Kory C 68 35 51 86 +11 118 13 26 2 2 3 5 0 1 3 0 2 .000 228 .154
71 Bootland, Nick LW 67 41 33 74 +8 65 17 12 3 3 4 4 0 2 1 3 7 .429 320 .128
8 Detulleo, Glenn C 66 16 49 65 -11 72 6 15 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 4 9 .444 116 .138
20 Cross, Justin RW 58 17 34 51 +3 13 3 13 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 .333 136 .125
19 Drake, Lucas LW 54 16 27 43 -8 44 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 115 .139
13 Willis, Tyler RW 52 5 31 36 +4 199 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 92 .054
26 Vanderveeken, Jami D 68 14 18 32 +3 80 8 8 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000 153 .092
X Iberer, Florian D 33 9 21 30 +9 10 2 12 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 .000 109 .083
12 Granbois, Travis C 66 10 18 28 -3 130 4 10 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 6 .667 133 .075
(TOTALS) 66 10 18 28 -3 130 4 10 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 6 .667 133 .075
44 Manley, Mike C 38 12 12 24 +3 23 5 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 72 .167
25 Markham, Ryan C 29 8 10 18 +1 34 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 .500 64 .125
(TOTALS) 46 8 16 24 -5 44 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 .500 97 .082
X Tessier, Dan C 20 5 15 20 -5 32 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .000 67 .075
11 Versteeg-Lytwyn, M LW 65 13 6 19 -4 62 2 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 .000 154 .084
14 Mills, Chris C 33 2 4 6 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 20 .100
(TOTALS) 58 6 9 15 0 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 44 .136
2 Miller, John D 21 3 8 11 +1 16 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 .094
4 Campbell, Ed D 46 1 10 11 +1 75 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 39 .026
27 Mohr, Jarred D 36 1 10 11 -1 28 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 43 .023
17 Little, Jordan D 62 3 6 9 -7 115 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 88 .034
X Bickley, Mike F 31 3 2 5 -3 79 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .667 25 .120
23 Nebus, Mark C 22 1 2 3 -3 43 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 13 .077
(TOTALS) 62 1 4 5 -21 90 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 87 .011
10 Carney, Dan D 32 1 4 5 +5 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 28 .036
(TOTALS) 41 1 4 5 +3 43 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 33 .030
X Oke, Nathan D 31 1 4 5 -4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 24 .042
X Elich, Matt RW 7 0 3 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 15 .000
X Needham, Brett F 9 1 1 2 +1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .500
X Iannetta, Matt D 16 0 2 2 -1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 .000
X Detlefsen, Keith D 12 0 2 2 -2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 14 .000
X Kovalcik, Chris LW 7 0 2 2 -1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .000
X Rechlicz, Joel RW 25 1 0 1 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 .100
9 Kindret, Ryan LW 19 1 0 1 +3 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18 .056
X Iberer, Matthias F 3 1 0 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .500
X Smith, Brad G 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
X Ferrara, Nello D 10 0 1 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .000
X White, Brian D 9 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 .000
X Trick, Chris D 4 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .000
X Harris, Kevin D 1 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
34 Symington, Jeremy G 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
41 Reynaert, Jeff G 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
1 Vogel, Ron G 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
(TOTALS) 33 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
X Quesada, Tony G 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
24 Koverko, Trevor D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .000
X Lind, Eric D 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .000
X Graboski, Cory D 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
X Wogtech, Corey G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
X Ponzini, Mike G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT
TOTALS 70 226 390 616 -21 1559 71 138 11 11 31 32 8 12 6 16 45 .356 2156 .105
# GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
34 Symington, Jeremy 30 1598:56 14 8 2 2 1 84 3.15 4 6 11 34 746 .899
41 Reynaert, Jeff 18 1088:28 11 6 0 1 2 48 2.65 1 2 2 6 514 .915
X Smith, Brad 15 724:31 4 7 0 1 0 39 3.23 0 1 2 3 297 .884
1 Vogel, Ron 6 360:27 1 4 1 0 1 15 2.50 0 0 0 0 187 .926
X (TOTALS) 15 823:24 4 9 1 0 1 49 3.57 1 1 0 2 373 .884
X Quesada, Tony 9 469:13 1 6 0 1 0 29 3.71 0 1 2 2 232 .889
X Wogtech, Corey 0 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 .000
X Ponzini, Mike 0 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 .000
GP - W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
TOTALS 70 31 34 3 5 4 226 3.23 5 10 17 45 1976 .897
Team Leaders: Kalamazoo Wings
Goals: Nick Bootland (41 Goals)
Assists: Kory Karlander (51 Assists)
Points: Kory Karlander (85 Points)
+/-: Kory Karlander (+ 11)
Penalty Minutes: Tyler Willis (199 Minutes)
Power Play Goals: Nick Bootland (17 Goals)
Short Handed Goals: Nick Bootland (3 Goals)
Game Winning Goals: Nick Bootland (4 GW)
Shots: Nick Bootland (320 Shots)
Shooting Percentage: Mike Manley (16.7%)
Overtime Goals: Glenn Detulleo, Jamie Vanderveeken (1 Goal)
Shootout Goals: Travis Granbois (4 Goals)
Shootout Percentage: Tyler Willis (100%)
Goals Against Average: Jeff Reynaert (2.65)
Save Percentage: Jeff Reynaert (0.915)
Captain Clutch
Forward Nick Bootland enters the week on a four-game point and goal streak. Besides the four-game streaks, Bootland has earned points in seven of his last eight games.
Streaking Along
Forwards Kory Karlander and Justin Cross have been finding ways to score. Karlander is on a four-game point streak, while Cross has earned at least one point in each of his last three contests.There’s No Place Like Home
Kalamazoo will begin a two-game home stand this Friday versus Flint. The K-Wings, who will finish the regular season with four of their final six games at Wings Stadium, are riding a season-high six-game home winning streak and have earned victories in eight of their last ten on home ice.
Lighting the Lamp
Defenseman Jamie Vanderveeken shares the IHL league-lead for goals scored by a defenseman with 14. Vanderveeken also leads all IHL defensemen in power-play goals with eight.
The Obscure Stat of the Week
The penalty shot Kalamazoo defended last Saturday versus Bloomington’s Leo Thomas was the fifth allowed this season by the K-Wings and the third the K-Wings have faced against the Thunder. Kalamazoo has denied only two penalty shots this season, both from Thomas.
Upcoming Games
Friday, April 4th Vs Flint 7:30 PM (Team Poster Night presented by
The Maurer Group, Fed-Ex Kinko’s and WRKR)
Saturday, April 5th Vs Port Huron 7:30 PM (Qdoba Night)
Sunday, April 6th @ Bloomington 4:05 PM (CST)
Wednesday, April 9th Vs Flint 7:00 PM (Group Appreciation Night)
Friday, April 11th @ Port Huron 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 12th Vs Port Huron 7:30 PM (Fan Appreciation Night presented
by WKFR)
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