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Kalamazoo Wings
Kalamazoo Wings
City	Kalamazoo, Michigan
League	ECHL
Conference	American Conference
Division	North Division
Founded	1974
Home arena	Wings Stadium
Colors	Red, white, blue
Owner(s)	Mr.William Johnston
General manager	Wade Welsh
Head coach	Nick Bootland
Media	WLKM (95.9 FM) Kalamazoo Gazette
Affiliates	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL); San Jose Sharks (NHL); Adirondack Phantoms (AHL); Worcester Sharks (AHL)
Franchise history
1974-2000	Kalamazoo Wings (IHL)
1999-2000	Madison Kodiaks (UHL)
2000-2009	Kalamazoo Wings (UHL/IHL)
2009 to Present	Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Championships
Regular season titles	3 (1979-80, 1980-81, 2005-06)
Division Championships	6 (1979-80, 1980-81, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1998-99, 2005-06)
Conference Championships	3 (1979-80, 1980-81, 2005-06)
Colonial Cups	1 (2005-06)
Kelly Cups	None

See also: Kalamazoo Wings (1974-2000)

The Kalamazoo Wings (usually shortened to K-Wings) are a professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA that began play in the 2000-2001 season after a relocation of the Madison Kodiaks (founded in the 1999-2000 season). They are a member of the ECHL's American Conference, North Division, and play in the 5,113 seat Wings Stadium. From 2000 until June 1, 2009, the team had been a member of the United Hockey League (which changed its name in 2007 to the International Hockey League), when the club informed the league of its plans to withdraw because of the league's continuing stability issues [2]

The current franchise was granted the right to use the name and logo of the previous Kalamazoo Wings, which was a member of the original International Hockey League from 1973 through 2000. The name Wings was selected when the franchise first started in 1974. At the time Kalamazoo was one of the main affiliates of the Detroit Red Wings (NHL). During the 1995 playoffs the team changed its name to the Michigan K-Wings until its demise in 2000. The team changed its name to Michigan due to pressure from the league to make the franchise appeal to the larger market in the league. The late R.T. Parfet, owner of the team, was the only team in a smaller market to oblige. The combination of larger markets entering the league and stability led to the Wings ownership requesting inactive status and owners of the former Madison Kodiaks franchise of the United Hockey League to move to Kalamazoo. [3]

Kalamazoo is home to the World Famous "Green Ice Game" (St. Patrick's Day.) It is one of the most celebrated games in all of minor league hockey and has been around since 1982. With the success of the Green Ice Game, the Wings have also created the Pink Ice Game (Valentine's Day), the Orange Ice Game (Halloween) and a new creation the Golden Ice Game (sponsored by McDonalds). [4]

On June 9, 2009, the ECHL accepted the Wings into the league. The team will be affiliated with the Philadelphia Flyers and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League and the Adirondack Phantoms and Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League.

[edit] Championships

Year	League	Trophy
1978-1979	International Hockey League	Turner Cup
1979-1980	International Hockey League	Turner Cup
2005-2006	United Hockey League	Colonial Cup

[edit] Retired numbers

#22 Mike Wanchuk

[edit] Team records

[edit] Single season

Goals: 66

Dave Michayluk (1984-85)

Assists: 113

Rob Brown (1993-94)

Points: 155

Rob Brown (1993-94))

Penalty minutes: 648

Kevin Evans (1986-87)

GAA: 2.02

Ryan Nie (2006-07)

SV%: .929

Ryan Nie (2006-07)

[edit] Career

Career goals: 239

Mike Wanchuk and

Kevin Schamehorn

Career assists: 308

Brent Jarrett

Career points: 475

Kevin Schamehorn

Career penalty minutes: 2,776

Kevin Evans

Career goaltending wins: 196

Georges Gangon

Career shutouts: 13

Manny Fernandez

Career games: 392

Georges Gangon

[edit] Standings

Year	GP	W	L	T/OTL	PTS	GF	GA	Pct	Standings
1974–1975	75	17	53	5	39	203	318	.260	10 of 11
1975–1976	78	27	41	10	6	273	318	.410	8 of 9
1976–1977	78	38	27	13	89	325	290	.571	2 of 9
1977–1978	80	35	31	14	84	315	288	.525	4 of 9
1978–1979	80	40	28	12	92	368	327	.575	4 of 9
1979–1980	80	45	26	9	99	366	274	.619	1 of 10
1980–1981	82	52	20	10	114	369	244	.704	1 of 8
1981–1982	82	41	36	5	89	355	333	.543	3 of 7
1982–1983	82	32	44	6	76	311	341	.463	5 of 8
1983–1984	82	37	38	7	83	333	316	.506	5 of 7
1984–1985	82	40	35	7	89	323	297	.543	5 of 9
1985–1986	82	47	35	0	100	345	314	.610	4 of 10
1986–1987	82	36	46	0	80	331	353	.479	8 of 9
1987–1988	82	37	33	12	86	328	360	.524	7 of 9
1988–1989	82	39	36	7	85	345	350	.518	6 of 10
1989–1990	82	53	23	6	112	389	311	.682	3 of 9
1990–1991	82	52	29	1	105	354	302	.640	2 of 11
1991–1992	82	37	35	10	84	292	312	.512	7 of 10
1992–1993	82	29	42	11	69	291	367	.421	10 of 12
1993–1994	81	48	26	7	103	337	297	.636	5 of 13
1994–1995	81	43	24	14	100	288	249	.617	5 of 17
1995–1996	82	40	24	18	98	290	272	.598	7 of 19
1996–1997	82	31	44	7	69	208	272	.421	17 of 19
1997–1998	82	39	36	7	79	223	261	.518	15 of 18
1998–1999	82	35	34	13	83	232	253	.506	11 of 16
1999–2000	82	33	37	12	78	178	223	.476	12 of 13
1999-2000	74	35	33	6	76	254	376	.514	8 of 14
2000-2001	74	37	31	6	80	220	220	.541	9 of 15
2001-2002	74	27	37	8	66	213	277	.446	11 of 14
2002-2003	76	29	39	8	66	210	282	.434	10 of 10
2003-2004	76	45	22	9	99	281	207	.651	4 of 12
2004-2005	80	50	24	6	100	257	204	.663	3 of 14
2005-2006	76	52	17	7	111	332	183	.730	1 of 14
2006-2007	76	47	23	6	100	251	191	.658	4 of 10
2007-2008	76	31	34	11	73	242	252	.480	5 of 6
2008-2009	76	44	29	3	91	274	253	.599	4 of 6

(*) - From 1974-2000 competed in the International Hockey League. From 2000-2009 competed in the United Hockey League and International Hockey League

[edit] Current roster

As of October 20, 2009.^[1]

GOALTENDERS
#	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
30	Julien Ellis	L	January 27, 1986	Sorel, QC, Canada
31	Jeremy Duchesne	L	October 17, 1986	Silver Spring, MD, USA
34	Ryan Nie	R	April 15, 1985	Nanticoke, ON, Canada

DEFENSEMEN
#	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
3	Jeff Mason	R	August 11, 1981	Easthampton, MA, USA
4	Blake Friesen	R	June 4, 1985	Excelsior, MN, USA
6	Will Colbert	L	February 6, 1985	Arnprior, ON, Canada
10	Ryan McGinnis	L	March 3, 1987	Flint, MI, USA
12	Jordan Grant	L	December 16, 1986	Barrie, ON, Canada
17	Devin Featherstone	L	January 11, 1985	Calgary, AB, Canada
21	Tom Morrow	L	October 21, 1983	Afton, MN, USA
25	David Sloane	R	April 6, 1985	Ambler, PA, USA
44	Mitch Versteeg	R	February 10, 1984	Lethbridge, AB, Canada

FORWARDS
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
8	Sam Ftorek	F	R	November 30, 1974	Wolfeboro, NH, USA
9	Andrew Fournier	C	L	November 5, 1987	Amherstview, ON, Canada
15	Bryan Jurynec	LW	L	December 17, 1983	Orland Park, IL, USA
16	Sean O'Connor	RW	R	January 31, 1987	Brownstown, MI, USA
18	Anton Kharin	LW	L	July 31, 1985	Moscow, Russia
19	Rick Cleaver	C	L	August 10, 1983	Port McNeill, BC, Canada
27	Darryl Bootland	RW	R	November 2, 1981	Schomberg, ON, Canada
28	Brian McGuirk	LW	L	July 11, 1985	Danvers, MA, USA
45	Trent Daavettila	F	L	September 3, 1984	Howell, MI, USA
72	Darryl Lloyd	C	L	February 10, 1984	Pickering, ON, Canada
91	Olivier Legault	LW	L	October 2, 1986	Chibougamau, QC, Canada
94	Mathieu Curadeau	C	L	January 23, 1985	Montreal, QC, Canada

Staff
Title	STAFF MEMBER
Head Coach	Nick Bootland

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

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