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November 15, 2026

K-WINGS RALLY CUT SHORT, FALL TO GOATHEADS

Kalamazoo’s comeback effort stalls as time expires; New Mexico escapes with the win.   

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KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings (5-5-2-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, almost completed a comeback with two late goals, but fell to New Mexico (3-7-4-0) Sunday, 6-5. 

New Mexico scored first at 2:19. 

The lead lasted most of the first period until Dylan Wendt (5) leveled the game with 58 seconds left on the power play. Wendt cashed in on a 4-on-3 advantage with a wrist shot off the post and into the back of the net. Zach Urdahl (2) and Tim Rego (3) provided the assists. 

New Mexico stacked the next two tallies at the 2:33 and 3:11 marks of the second period.  

Tyler Gratton (4) scored his first of the afternoon shortly after at the 4:30 mark. On the play, Tim Rego (4) cut through the defense before leaving the puck for Gratton from point-blank range. Andre Ghantous (8) added the secondary assist on the goal.   

New Mexico once again responded at 5:19. 

Gratton (5) pulled the K-Wings back within one with his second of the game at the 14:27 mark. The forward crashed the net and converted a rebound from a Noel Edfeldt (1) slap shot, set up by Sean Chisholm (2). 

The Goatheads scored on the power play at 1:00 and shorthanded at 10:21 of the third. The final New Mexico tally marked the end of the afternoon for Mitchell Weeks (2-4-0-0), who made 16 saves before being relieved by Hunter Vorva (0-0-0-0) the rest of the way out (5-for-5). 

Wendt (6) gave the Wings life at 11:40, when he sniped the puck bar down on the power play. Urdahl (3) and Rego (5) added the assists to cut the lead to two.  

Just over three minutes later at 14:33, Rego (2) drew the K-Wings to within one, set up by Stepan Timofeyev (2) and Konstantin Khremkin (5). Unfortunately, Kalamazoo could not find the equalizer.

The K-Wings outshot the Goatheads 33-27 and went 2-for-4 on the power play.  

Next up, Kalamazoo hits the road to take on Reading for the third and final time this season at 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday, November 20, at Santander Arena.

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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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