Toledo, OH- The Kalamazoo Wings captured their third straight North Division title in convincing 6-1 victory Wednesday night at the Huntington Center against the Toledo Walleye.

Sparked by two goals 23 seconds apart, the K-Wings jumped ahead to a 2-0 advantage. Fed by a Darryl Bootland pass to the high slot, Elgin Reid (8^th) put the K-Wings on the scoreboard 8:23 into the period.

Moments later, Darren Archibald (12^th) walked out the corner and between the circles to fire a wrister through the legs of Alex Richards to lengthen the lead to two goals.

Putting the game out of reach in the second period, Nick Sirota (21^st) extended his goal streak to an ECHL season-long eight games 4:10 by knocking in a Joe Charlebois rebound.

Later in the period, Prab Rai (2^nd) scored on a penalty shot to push the K-Wings to four goals. The penalty shot attempt the K-Wings’ ECHL season-high ninth (2-for-9) this season.

With 22.6 seconds, Archibald (13^th) struck for his second-goal of the game, this time a power-play marker that was setup by Sirota and Eric Kattelus.  

Becoming the second K-Wing to earn a hat trick this season, Archbald (14^th) netted his third goal of the night deking around Richard 4:56 into the third period.,

Joey Martin broke up Riley Gill’s shutout bid late in the game with his 20^th goal of the season, which tied Martin with Kyle Rogers for the team-lead.

Gill finished the game with 29 saves.

Game Stats: http://echl.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=9491.  

Kalamazoo will continue their three-game road swing this Friday, March 30^th with a 7:30 p.m. (CDT) encounter at the Sears Centre against the Chicago Express.

For more information about tonight’s game, please contact Mike Modugno, director of public relations and broadcaster at (269) 349-9772, extension 220.

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