Kalamazoo, MI- The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL, three-time defending North Division Champions and National Hockey League affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks, and American Hockey League’s Chicago Wolves announce they will play a home-and-home preseason schedule next week against the Toledo Walleye.    

For just the second-time in the K-Wings 39-year history, the K-Wings will play a home game outside of Wings Stadium when they host the Toledo Walleye on Friday, October 5^th at Wings West in the first of two preseason clashes. Face-off between the rivals will commence at 7:30 p.m. 

The contest will be held on the Borgess Rink at Wings West, which is located on 5076 Sports Drive off of 9^th Street in Kalamazoo.

Tickets for the game will be $5 general admission and only available at the door. Fans can also watch the game from Old Burdick’s Wings West for an additional charge of $5. All K-Wings season ticket holders will receive a FREE ticket to the October 5^th matchup; however, any season ticket holder that wishes to watch the game from Old Burdick’s will have a cost of $5.

The game was moved to Wings West last week after Stadium Management Co. announced plans for a two-million dollar renovation to Wings Stadium, which will be completed in time for the K-Wings home opener on Friday, October 19^th versus long-time rival, the Fort Wayne Komets.

Kalamazoo will conclude the preseason on the road the following night against Toledo on Saturday, October 6^th with a 9 p.m. encounter at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.

K-Wings season-ticket holders looking to get their hockey fix this weekend can watch the Jr. K-Wings home opener for FREE, as the Jr. K-Wings play the Port Huron  Fighting Falcons this Sunday, September 30^th at 2 p.m. at Wings West.

Similar to last season, all K-Wings season-ticket holders will receive FREE admission to all Jr. K-Wings home games.  Since VIP cards haven’t been issued, season-ticket holders can use any other form of ID to get into the contest.

Single-game and season tickets for the upcoming 2012-2013 season are on sale at the Wings Stadium Ticket Office. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday’s.  To charge tickets by phone, please call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000

For more information about the preseason schedule, please contact Mike Modugno, director of public relations and broadcaster at (269) 226-0384.

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