(PR) Kalamazoo, MI – Dan Eves scored twice and Gerald Coleman made 42 saves as Trenton held off the American Conference’s strongest squad, 4-3 Sunday evening in Kalamazoo. Taking two-goal leads on three separate occasions, Trenton managed to keep up the intensity in a 60-minute performance to hand the K-Wings only their second regulation loss in 14 games this season.
Dan Eves scored the first Devils goal at 4:57 of the first, ending a streak of nearly 139 minutes without a Devils goal vs. Kalamazoo, dating to the season opener on October 17. Eves stole the puck at the blue line and fired from the right wing over the shoulder of goalie Julien Ellis, just inside the long post and under the cross bar for his fifth tally of the season.
Tony Zancanaro scored a power play goal six minutes later, cleaning up a rebound after an Andy Thomas blast.
After McGuirk made it 2-1 with his third of the season for the Wings, the Devils scored on a rush down the right wing. Kory Nagy took the puck from the neutral zone toward the right wing circle, his quick feed to slot found Myles Stoesz’ stick, and the league leader in penalty minutes immediately pulled the trigger for his third of the year and a 3-1 Devils lead.
Goals 15 seconds into the second period and with 20 seconds left in the period for Kalamazoo bookended Dan Eves’ second goal of the game. The ultimate game winner came on the power play after a quick centering pass from Mike Harder who was parked behind the net.
The Devils stopped a flurry of chances for the Wings in a scorless third, including two power plays in the final eight minutes, plus a six-on-five advantage for the last few minutes when Ellis was pulled for an extra attacker. The Devils sustained 18 third period shots, holding on for the 4-3 win, their seventh victory of the year.
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(Wings PR) Kalamazoo, MI- All good things come to an end and for the Kalamazoo Wings that includes their five-game winning streak, which came to an end with a 4-3 loss to the Trenton Devils.
Ending a scoreless drought against Kalamazoo; Dan Eves (5th) intercepted a pass at the K-Wings blue line and raced in to beat Julien Ellis 4:57 into the game. The goal snapped Trenton’s scoreless woes against the K-Wings at 138:37.
On Friday, the Devils went 0-for-7 on the power-play; however, Tony Zancanaro (2nd) turned Trenton’s fortunes around knocking in a rebound on their first man-advantage chance of the afternoon.
Kalamazoo cut the deficit to a single goal with 4:30 remaining in the period, with a power-play strike from Brian McGuirk (3rd). McGuirk, who had four career goals entering the season, has now lit the lamp three times over the past two games.
The Devils extended their lead back to two goals late in the period with a rebound marker from Myles Stoesz (3rd).
Storming out in the second period, Kalamazoo registered their second tally of the night 15 seconds into the stanza with wrap around marker from Andrew Fournier (4th).
Eves (6th) regained a two-goal lead for the Devils with a power-play goal 14:04 into the period.
With 20.4 remaining in the period, Kalamazoo closed the gap back to one goal, with a one-timer into the slot from Sam Ftorek (2nd).
Neither team was able to register on the scoreboard in the third period. Gerald Coleman turned aside 18 of his game-high 42 saves in the final 20 minutes, while Ellis finished the contest with 20 saves.
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