It took a little while for the offense to click, but Brandon Hickey and Calisti scored 37 seconds apart to give the Everblades a 2-0 lead by the 9:46 mark of the opening period. Lukas Kälble and Jake Smith picked up the assists on Hickey’s goal, while Hickey earned the helper on Calisti’s score.
With just over three minutes to play in the middle period, Calisti’s second goal of the night extended the Blades’ lead to 3-0. Smith notched his second assist of the game, while Dominic Franco also added a helper, extending his ECHL-best point streak to double digits.
Oliver Chau padded the Blades’ advantage to 4-0 at 13:04 of the final period. Kälble picked up his second assist, while Kobe Roth also got in on the fun.
Kalamazoo’s Max Humitz spoiled Cam Johnson’s run at a second consecutive shutout with a power play goal at 17:35 of the third.
In between the pipes for the Everblades (11-3-2-1), Johnson registered 16 saves and picked up his seventh win of the season. For Kalamazoo (8-8-1-0), Evan Cormier made 27 saves and suffered the loss.
With the two-game series sweep of the K-Wings in the books, the Everblades will hit the road for a three-in-three stretch, facing the Greenville Swamp Rabbits at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7 before meeting the Savannah Ghost Pirates for a pair of games on Thursday, Dec. 8 and Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively.
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