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December 10, 2025

K-WINGS FALL IN SHOOTOUT WITH BISON WEDNESDAY

Kalamazoo can’t overcome Bloomington’s comeback effort at home on Wednesday.  

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KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings (6-10-2-1), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, battled valiantly but came up just short against the Bloomington Bison (11-5-2-2) in a shootout affair Wednesday at Wings Event Center, 5-4.

Powell Connor (1) ignited the K-Wings offense with a breakaway bar-down snipe for his first goal of the season. On the play, Hunter Strand (4) stole the puck from near the blue line and laced a pass to Connor in the neutral zone for the fastest K-Wings goal of the season, just 58 seconds into the first period. 

Bloomington tied the game at one at the 10:34 mark, but Kalamazoo exploded for three goals in the second.

Andre Ghantous (4) broke the stalemate with a putback wrister just inside the left post at the 5:56 mark of the second period. On the setup, Davis Pennington (7) sent the puck along the blue line to Jayden Lee (4), who launched a bomb from deep that redirected to Ghantous for the rebound goal. 

Tacking his fourth goal in three games, Quinn Preston (7) extended the Kalamazoo lead with a top-shelf snipe just inside the right bar. Off the breakaway, Zach Okabe (10) found a driving Lee (5) who dished the puck behind him to Preston entering the slot to bring the lead to two at the 11:37 mark of the second. 

Rookie forward Colson Gengenbach (1) continued the K-Wings' offensive onslaught by sending a one-time rocket in the top twine from the top of the crease for his first career goal at the 13:43 mark of the second. On the goal, Cam Knuble (2) collected a loose puck at the offensive zone blue line and striped a pass to Okabe (11) for a tic-tac-toe score with Gengenbach. 

Unfortunately, Bloomington responded with three straight goals to tie the game. One with 15 seconds left in the second frame, and two more at the 2:08 and 9:58 (PPG) marks of the third period to even the score at four. 

After a scoreless overtime period, the Bison won the game with the shootout’s only goal in the third round.

The K-Wings penalty kill was 3-for-4 in the contest, and Jonathan Lemieux (2-4-1-1) made 31 saves in the rubber match. 

Kalamazoo now heads to Cincinnati for a 7:35 p.m.EST matchup Friday at Heritage Bank Center. 

The Kalamazoo Wings return home for Christmas with the K-Wings on Sunday, December 14! The first 1,000 fans will get a Slappy on the Shelf giveaway, and after the game, slide into some post-game fun with our Fans Skate the Ice event—just $5 skate rentals! It’s the perfect way to celebrate the season, K-Wings style!

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Kalamazoo’s New Year’s Eve hockey tradition lives on! Join the K-Wings as they battle the Toledo Walleye at 6 p.m. EST, December 31, at Wings Event Center. Start your NYE with thrilling hockey action, then catch the football games on TVs throughout the arena. It’s a tradition decades in the making—don’t miss out on ringing in the new year, K-Wings style!

Season Tickets for 2025-26 are available NOW. Click here to join the ranks of the High Flyers and catch all the action next season with all the perks!

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The Kalamazoo Wings are a professional hockey team based in southwest Michigan, having 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 its 36 regular-season home games at Wings Event Center from October through April.

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