TRANSACTIONS
Date | Link | Details | |
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12-15-13 | LINK | RW SEBASTIAN WÄNNSTRÖM recalled to Chicago (AHL) from Kalamazoo (ECHL) by St. Louis. | |
12-17-13 | LINK | LW YANNICK VEILLEUX assigned to Kalamazoo (ECHL) from Chicago (AHL) by St. Louis. | |
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INJURY REPORT
Date | Link | Details | |
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12-06-13 | LINK | C/RW RYAN TESINK (Blainville-Boisbriand/QMJHL) out approx. 3 weeks with upper body injury. | |
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WOLVES GAME RECAPS
Dec. 18, 2013
Wolves ring up five goals in School-Day Game win
ROSEMONT, IL --- Rookie right wing Ty Rattie scored twice in the first period to set the tone for the Chicago Wolves to earn a 5-2 victory over Hamilton Wednesday afternoon during a School-Day Game at Allstate Arena.
Thousands of Chicago-area students also saw forwards Mark Mancari, Pat Cannone and Dmitrij Jaskin score for the Wolves (13-12-0-2) while Corey Locke, Brent Regner and Cade Fairchild registered two assists apiece.
"I think we played a solid game all-around," said Wolves head coach John Anderson. "Things went well for us even when we scored on ourselves."
Hamilton (12-13-0-3) scored the game’s first goal at 10:47 of the first period without touching the puck. With the Wolves possessing the puck in the offensive zone, the officials called a delayed penalty on the Bulldogs. Wolves goaltender Jake Allen left the ice to give Chicago an extra attacker, but a Wolves pass banked off the extra attacker’s skate and eased 140 feet down the ice into the unattended goal. Defenseman Morgan Ellis received credit for the tally.
The Wolves answered quickly on the power play as Rattie scored his team-leading 10th goal on a one-timer set up by Jaskin and Corey Locke at 11:43.
LINK to scoresheet at TheAHL dot com.
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Dec. 21, 2013
Late goal seals win over Griffins, 3-2
ROSEMONT, IL --- The Chicago Wolves received some late-game heroics from rookie left wing Dmitrij Jaskin, who scored with 2:09 left to complete the Wolves 3-2 victory over the Western Conference-leading Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday night at Allstate Arena.
Right wing Mark Mancari (G, A) and defenseman David Shields also tallied for Chicago. Goaltender Jake Allen (12-7-2) held off a late flurry from the Griffins to finish the night with 20 saves.
"Grand Rapids never quits and I was happy to see us match their intensity late in the game," said Wolves head coach John Anderson. "We missed some point-blank chances early, but I was glad to get the game-winner in regulation."
LINK to scoresheet at TheAHL dot com.
PAW PRINTS: Rattie and Jaskin have both moved into the AHL's top 20 rookie scorers with their performances this week .. Rattie is 15th among rookies with an 11-7-18 scoring line in 28 games, while Jaskin is 20th among first-year AHLers with a 9-8-17 line in 20 games ... Rattie's total of 11 goals is tied for third among rookies ... Ryan Strome of Bridgeport (NYI) leads AHL rookie scorers with a 9-24-33 line in 23 games, and Syracuse (TMP) rookie Nikita Kucherov leads rookie goal scorers with 13 in 17 games ... Both Strome and Kucherov have seen NHL ice time this season ... Rattie's 11 goals also place him in a group of 13 players league-wide with that total; the current goal-scoring leader in the AHL is Texas winger Colton Sceviour with 18.
DATE | ... | OPPONENT | TIME | VENUE |
12-22-13 | vs | MILWAUKEE | 4:00 PM CST | Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL |
12-27-13 | at | LAKE ERIE | 7:30 PM EST | Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |
12-28-13 | at | LAKE ERIE | 1:00 PM EST | Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |
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K-WINGS GAME RECAPS:
Dec. 17, 2013
Kattelus lifts K-Wings past Cyclones
Kalamazoo defeats Cincinnati 2-1 in overtime
CINCINNATI, OH --- Prior to Tuesday night no team in the ECHL had been able to defeat the Cincinnati Cyclones when the Cyclones entered the third period with the lead. However, an overtime goal from Eric Kattelus (8th) with 18.3 seconds remaining in overtime changed that, as the Kalamazoo Wings came-from-behind to beat the Cyclones 2-1.
LINK to scoresheet at ECHL dot com.
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Dec. 20, 2013
Walleye makes K-Wings feel blue
Toledo shocks Kalamazoo 2-1 on Blue Ice
KALAMAZOO, MI --- he Kalamazoo Wings out played the Toledo Walleye for a majority of Friday night’s game; however, two goals in a span of 20 seconds for the Walleye gave them a shocking 2-1 come-from-behind victory during the first half of Bell’s Winter White Blue Ice Weekend.
LINK to scoresheet at ECHL dot com.
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Dec. 21, 2013
Christmas "Bell's" are ringing
Kalamazoo heads into the holiday break with a 2-1 victory over Toledo
KALAMAZOO, MI --- Receiving two goals in the second period, the Kalamazoo Wings snapped a four-game (0-3-0-1) home winless streak with a 2-1 victory over the Toledo Walleye during the Bell’s Winter White Blue Ice Game.
Finding the puck in a scramble in front of the Walleye net, Brett Ponich tied the game at 1-1 with his second goal of the season 2:43 into the second period.
The K-Wings defense dictated the final 20 minutes holding the Walleye to five shots. Jordan Binnington, who has won four out of his last five starts, made 21 saves to improve his record to 8-5-0-0.
LINK to scoresheet at ECHL dot com.
WING TIPS: As the weather outside has turned colder, Binnington is heating up in net for the K-Wings ... Kalamazoo is 6-3-0-0 in December, and Binnington has a 4-1-0-0 record in this month, allowing just seven goals on 147 shots in 302 minutes for a GAA of 1.39 and a saves rate of 95.2% during December.
DATE | ... | OPPONENT | TIME | VENUE |
12-27-13 | at | READING | 7:05 PM EST | Santander Arena, Reading, PA |
12-28-13 | at | READING | 7:05 PM EST | Santander Arena, Reading, PA |
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