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February 22, 2025
K-WINGS IMPRESS IN WALLEYE OT DEFEAT, EARN 5-OF-6 POINTS ON WEEK
Kalamazoo earns a point in gritty, physical battle with division-leading Toledo.
TOLEDO, OH – The Kalamazoo Wings (20-26-2-1), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, went toe-to-toe with the Toledo Walleye (33-13-6-1), falling 3-2 in overtime Saturday at Huntington Center.
The game goes in the books as the fourth straight meeting between the two decided by one goal, as the Walleye scored the game-winning goal 10 seconds into the extra frame.
Blake Christensen (6) opened the scoring at the 1:12 mark of the first. Toledo’s defenders misplayed the puck in the neutral zone, Christensen jumped on it and surged down the right side into the slot and put a wrist-shot rocket into the top-left corner for the goal.
Toledo answered with a power-play goal at the 6:38 mark.
After a physical, scoreless middle frame, Drake Pilon (2) put the K-Wings back on top at the 9:36 mark of the third. Travis Broughman (7) created a turnover in the defensive zone and found Pilon with open ice to charge up the left side and send a wrister under the glove of the Walleye netminder into the back of the net.
Just 21 seconds later, Toledo notched the equalizer to set up the OT winner.
Jonathan Lemieux (9-15-2-0) put up an outstanding performance in net for Kalamazoo, making 30 saves in the overtime loss.
Kalamazoo hosts the Adirondack Thunder (17-29-2-1) on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at Wings Event Center.
It will be 269 Night / Winning Wednesday for the K-Wings, presented by Honor Credit Union, with $2 Beers, $6 Wing Baskets and $9 Tickets (*Tickets $11 if purchased Gameday). Get your tickets HERE.
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The Wizards, Wands and Wings ticket package is back this year! Join us, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, as the K-Wings take on the Iowa Heartlanders, and get 4 tickets, 3 K-Wings Wizard Wands and 1 free game of bowling at Airway Fun Center for $89.
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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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