FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2025
K-WINGS DROP WEEKEND FINALE AT WALLEYE SUNDAY
Kalamazoo takes the shot total, but none get through as Toledo earns second consecutive shutout.
TOLEDO, OH – The Kalamazoo Wings (12-18-1-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, couldn’t overcome stellar netminding by the Toledo Walleye (23-7-4-0) at Huntington Center Sunday, falling 3-0.
Toledo scored first at the 4:07 mark of the first period.
The Walleye added another goal at the 1:44 mark of the third to make it 2-0. Toledo added an empty-net goal with 30 seconds left to ice it.
Jonathan Lemieux (7-11-1-0) was stout in net, stopping 20-of-22 shots in defeat. Kalamazoo took the shot total, 28-23, and went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
The K-Wings hit the ice again Friday on the road versus the Iowa Heartlanders (17-11-3-1) at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CST) at Xtream 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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