FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 22, 2024
K-WINGS SHOW POISE, FALL TO EVERBLADES IN OT FRIDAY
Kalamazoo goes blow-for-blow with Florida before Everblades score OT winner.
ESTERO, FL – The Kalamazoo Wings (6-6-1-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, recovered from a third period surge by the Florida Everblades (11-3-0-0) to force overtime, but fell in the extra frame, 3-2, at Hertz Arena Friday.
Ryan Cox (1) notched his first goal as a K-Wing to give Kalamazoo the early lead at the 16:26 mark of the first period. Ryan Naumovski (5) fed Collin Saccoman (7) for a left-circle shot, and Cox was waiting on the doorstep to jam home the rebound.
Florida fought back to tie the game with a goal at the 5:31 mark of the third period, and the Everblades scored again at the 9:34 mark to take the 2-1 lead.
Joe Arntsen (3) evened up the score with a goal at the 13:55 mark that went in off the stick of a Florida player out front. Quinn Preston (7) and Zach Okabe (5) notched assists on Arntsen’s tying goal.
The Everblades scored the game-winning goal at the 3:52 mark of OT.
Jonathan Lemieux (5-4-1-0) was stout in net, making 31 saves and helping the K-Wings go 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
The K-Wings and Everblades finish off their three-game set at 7:00 p.m. Saturday at Hertz Arena.
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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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