JORDAN AND BRADFORD OFF TO THE AHL

KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings, proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Columbus Blue Jackets, and Head Coach Nick Bootland, announced that forwards Zach Jordan and Erik Bradford are recalled to the AHL.

Jordan is heading up to the Cleveland Monsters, and Erik Bradford is now loaned to the Grand Rapids Griffins.

For the K-Wings this season, Jordan, 25, has accumulated seven goals, four assists, is plus five and scored the game winning goal in Kalamazoo’s last game versus Tulsa on Sunday (1) at home.

The call up is Jordan’s second call to the AHL (2020-21 - Cleveland Monsters) in his one-year career. In Jordan’s first stint with the Monsters, Jordan scored four goals and added two assists in 27 games played.

Bradford, 27, was phenomenal in the month of December. In 11-games last month, Bradford amassed five goals (10), 10 assists (17), was plus three (11), and scored two game winning goals (3). There were only three games that the standout forward was held off the score sheet in December.

This is Bradford’s third call to the AHL (2014/15, 2017/18 - Toronto Marlies, 4 GP) in his 7 year career.

The K-Wings will celebrate their annual ‘Hockey is for Everyone’ event this Friday at 7:00 p.m. versus the Toledo Walleye at Wings Event Center. Single Game Tickets to the first ever ‘Rainbow Ice Game’ can be purchased HERE.

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The Kalamazoo Wings are a professional hockey team located in southwest Michigan that has been a staple in the Kalamazoo, MI professional sports landscape since 1974. The K-Wings compete in the ECHL and are the AA affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Columbus Blue Jackets and American Hockey League’s Cleveland Monsters. Kalamazoo plays their 36 regular season home games at Wings Event Center from October through April.