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KALAMAZOO — After knocking off the Wheeling Nailers in the first round of the ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs, the Kalamazoo Wings have spent this week preparing for their second round matchup with the South Carolina Stingrays. Finishing in fourth place in the South Division, the seventh-seeded Stingrays trailed the K-Wings by a mere three points overall on the season. The …

Round 2 About the teams: The Kalamazoo Wings (38-26-2-6) finished first in the North Division and clinched their third consecutive division title in the process. The South Carolina Stingrays (37-26-4-5) ended the season in last place of the South Division. Even though they finished in last place in their division, the Stingrays were only three points behind the K-Wings overall. …

Sparked by a Dwight Helminen goal in the third period, the Kalamazoo Wings scored three unanswered in the final 20 minutes to defeat the South Carolina Stingrays 4-1 in game two of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals and in the process take a two games to none lead in the best-of-seven series. For the first-time in six playoff games, an opponent …

In a game fitting of being played on Friday the 13th, the Kalamazoo Wings defeated the South Carolina Stingrays 6-4 in game one of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, in a contest that featured plenty of strange bounces and scoring chances, including a couple of tallies from Elgin Reid in a span of 14 seconds in the third period. The first …

The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL, two-time defending North Division Champions, reigning Eastern Conference Champions and National Hockey League affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils and American Hockey League’s Albany Devils, announce the times and dates of 2012 Kelly Cup Playoff Eastern Conference Semi-Final match-up against the South Carolina Stingrays. The K-Wings and Stingrays will …

KALAMAZOO – The Kalamazoo Wings are moving on to the next round of the ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs after defeating the Wheeling Nailers three games to one in their best-of-five first round set. Winning both games on home ice over the weekend, the K-Wings will now face the South Carolina Stingrays in a best-of-seven matchup that begins this Friday night …

Ever trailing in game four, the Kalamazoo Wings defeated the Wheeling Nailers 3-2 Saturday night at Wings Stadium to win their Best-of-Five Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Series three games to one. Justin Taylor earned his first goal of the postseason to give the K-Wings the lead 5:46 into the first period. Taylor’s initial shot was stopped by Patrick Killeen; however, with …

KALAMAZOO – The Kalamazoo Wings may have won game three of the best-of-five series over the Wheeling Nailers on Friday night, but coach Nick Bootland says there are still areas that the K-Wings need to work on if they are going to move on to the second round. “I really don’t think that it is a 5-1 score,”Bootland said. “We …

The Kalamazoo Wings proved there is certainly no place like home, as the K-Wings defeated the Wheeling Nailers in game three of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals with a decisive 5-1 victory to take a two games to one lead in the Best-of-Five Series. Keeping up with the trend of the first two games of the series, Kalamazoo scored the game’s …

Trailing entering the third period, the Kalamazoo Wings scored three times, including twice on the power-play defeat the Wheeling Nailers 4-2 and in the process even up the Best-of-Five Eastern Conference Quarterfinal match-up at a game apiece. In what seemed a like a carbon copy of the first period in game one, either team had many scoring chances in the …