KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings (23-33-4-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Columbus Blue Jackets, battled but couldn’t solve the Iowa Heartlanders (16-32-12-1) and fell 2-0 on Sunday at Wings Event Center.
The Heartlanders opened the scoring with a breakaway goal at the 6:49 mark of the first period. Iowa struck again with a goal off of a rebound opportunity at the 3:29 mark of the second.
Evan Cormier (8-18-3-0) was strong in net, preventing several quality chances from turning into goals and helping the K-Wings stay in the game throughout. He finished with 28 saves on 30 shots faced.
Luke Morgan led Kalamazoo with 10 shots in the loss, the most by a K-Wing this season.
Hunter Jones (8-15-9-0) earned his first ECHL shutout for Iowa, making 31 saves.
The K-Wings hit the road next weekend, starting with a matchup against the Wheeling Nailers (25-31-5-0) on Friday at 7:10 p.m. EDT at Wesbanco Arena.
With K-Wings match report
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