News release
6 November 2004
Kalamazoo, MI The Kalamazoo Wings scored five-straight goals Saturday night as they downed the Elmira Jackals 5-3 at Wings Stadium.
The exact opposite to the previous night in Port Huron, it was the Jackals who took the early lead only to have it foiled by Kalamazoo. Elmira got on the scoreboard at 12:53 of the first period when Jeff Antonovich scored his third goal in two games, a one-timer from a Jamie Thompson pass. Jason Sess also earned an assist on the goal.
In the second period, Elmira made it 2-0 on their only power play chance of the game. UHL leading scorer Greg Koehler lit the lamp at 7:38, with just two seconds remaining on Tim Turners penalty, again assisted by Thompson and Sessa. The Jackals held the two goal lead for most of the period until a late power play goal sparked a flood of five straight Kalamazoo goals. Daniel Carriere scored at 17:44 from Ryan Barnes and Andrew Luciuk to cut the lead in half. Then as time expired David Hukalos shot found the net and referee Mike Mondalek ruled that it had beated the buzzer, tying the game at two.
The Wings carried their momentum into the final twenty minutes and took their first lead when Hukalo scored his second goal of the game on the power play at 3:14 from Tom Ditzer and Yannick Carpentier. Five minutes later it was 4-2 courtesy of a Tim Turner wrist shot. Kalamazoo scored their 5th goal at 10:10 of the period on an Andrew Luciuk backhand shot, giving the Wings a 5-2 lead. Elmira got one back two minutes later when defenseman Simon Poirier one-timed the puck over the catching glove of Wings goalie Chad Alban; Poiriers second goal in as many games, assisted by Antonovich and Nathan Gillies.
Alban earned Kalamazoos 5th win of the season as he stopped 23-of-26 in goal, while Greg Hewitt turned away a colossal 45-of-50 K-Wings shots. Perhaps a big key to the game was the power play chances, Kalamazoo was 2-for-5, while Elmira scored a goal on their only time on the man-advantage.
After four straight games on the road, Elmira returns home to take on the expansion Motor City Mechanics on Wednesday November 10th, a 7 pm face off at the First Arena.