News release
24 March 2010
Elmira Jackals (35-22-4-3) at Kalamazoo Wings (38-19-5-3)
The Elmira Jackals will attempt to clinch a spot in the 2010 Kelly Cup Playoffs when they take on the Kalamazoo Wings at 7:00 p.m. at Wings Stadium. The Jackals need to defeat the K-Wings and then have Gwinnett lose to Reading in regulation in order to clinch a playoff berth.
If both scenarios occur, the Gladiators, the only team currently outside of the playoff picture that could beat out the Jackals for a spot in the playoffs, could only tie the Jackals at 79 points. The first tiebreaker of wins could be equaled by the Gladiators at 36, but the second tiebreaker of head-to-head points would go to Elmira, which went 3-0-0-0 against Gwinnett this season for a total of six points against the Gladiators compared to Gwinnnett's zero against Elmira.
The Jackals became the second-to-last team in the American Conference last night to give up 200 goals this season.
Tyler Donati became the 64th player in ECHL history on Tuesday night to reach 100 points in a season, recording assists on both Jackals goals to up his league-leading scoring total to 101 points. Tyler is the first ever Jackal to reach triple digits in a season.
The Jackals road winning streak came to an end at eight games last night in a 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones. The loss was the first on the road since the All-Star Break and the most recent one since Jan. 17, when the Jackals fell in Wheeling.