INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Playing the first of three games on the weekend, the Indy Fuel hosted the Kalamazoo Wings for their annual school day game. With Joe Widmar and Darien Craighead scoring a goal in each of the first two periods, the Fuel eventually went on to win 2-1 on Thursday morning. 
After controlling the majority of the first five minutes, the Indy Fuel got on the board first when Widmar picked up a loose puck in front of Trevor Gorsuch and tucked it around his pad. Indy gave up a handful of chances to Kalamazoo throughout the remaining 15 minutes of the opening period but they eventually took a 1-0 lead into the locker room.
Outshooting the Fuel 4-0 through the first half of the middle stanza, the Wings battled a focused Justin Kapelmaster but were held off. Doubling Indy’s lead, Craighead picked up a loose puck outside of the Fuel offensive zone and streaked into the zone and beat Gorsuch with a backhand shot.
Defending an onslaught of Kalamazoo chances to start the third period, Fuel goaltender Justin Kapelmaster held the Wings at bay. It took until there were five minutes remaining for Kalamazoo to score when Kyle Blaney fed Denis Smirnov and he tapped home a one-timer past Kapelmaster. The Fuel shut down the Wings for the remainder of the game, eventually taking a 2-1 win on Thursday morning.
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