FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2024
K-WINGS BATTLE KOMETS, FALL AT HOME
Kalamazoo drops first game of weekend, heads to Toledo before returning for Indy on Sunday at home.
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings (18-17-2-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, brought the intensity throughout but fell to the Fort Wayne Komets (21-16-1-3) at Wings Event Center on Friday, 5-2.
Collin Adams (8) responded to Fort Wayne’s opening goal at the 5:21 mark with a tip-in from the slot just 1:11 after the Komets took the lead.
Adams’ deflection came on a double-doinked puck that caught Luke Morgan (2) and Adams on its way to the bottom right corner. Chad Nychuk (7) also picked up a helper with the original shot from the left point.
Cody Milan (1) put Kalamazoo ahead at the 2:43 mark of the second with a backhand finish just left of the crease on the rush. Evan Dougherty (3) and Ayden MacDonald (6) assisted Milan’s first goal as a K-Wing after forcing a neutral zone turnover.
Fort Wayne tied the game 2-2 at the 5:51 mark.
The Komets took a 3-2 lead at the 5:12 mark of the third, added another at 9:57 and finished with an empty-net goal at 18:13.
Goaltender Jonathan Lemieux (13-12-1-0) made 24 saves in the loss.
The K-Wings finished the game scoreless on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill. Kalamazoo took the final shot total, 27-25.
The K-Wings are back in action Saturday at 7:15 p.m. EST against the Toledo Walleye (24-8-2-3) at Huntington Center.
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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 Vancouver Canucks and the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks. Kalamazoo plays their 36 regular season home games at Wings Event Center from October through April.
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