Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings
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The Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings are an American junior A ice hockey
team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan
. The Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings will begin their inaugural season in 2011. The K-Wings play their home games at Wings West Arena (formerly known as S2 Ice Arena) which seats 1,500. On November 4, 2010 the NAHL approved of the K-Wings affiliation with the ECHL's Kalamazoo Wings.
The second team in the franchise was the Kalamazoo Jr. Wings. The team was in existence from 1989-1994. In the 1990-91 and 1992-93 season the Wings won the Robertson Cup.
The longest consecutive streak of active teams in its history was the Danville Wings that folded in 2003 after starting in the 1994-95 season. The Wings never won the Robertson Cup in the 1999-00 season despite managing an impressive 37-15-0-4 (37 wins, 15 losses, 0 ties, 4 OTL) record.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
. The Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings will begin their inaugural season in 2011. The K-Wings play their home games at Wings West Arena (formerly known as S2 Ice Arena) which seats 1,500. On November 4, 2010 the NAHL approved of the K-Wings affiliation with the ECHL's Kalamazoo Wings.
History
The Western Michigan Wolves was this franchise's first team. The Wolves were in operation for only the 1988-89 season and it also played in the NAHL. The Western Michigan Wolves played a 40-game season and went 12-22-6 (12 wins, 22 losses, 6 ties) and finished with 30 points..The second team in the franchise was the Kalamazoo Jr. Wings. The team was in existence from 1989-1994. In the 1990-91 and 1992-93 season the Wings won the Robertson Cup.
The longest consecutive streak of active teams in its history was the Danville Wings that folded in 2003 after starting in the 1994-95 season. The Wings never won the Robertson Cup in the 1999-00 season despite managing an impressive 37-15-0-4 (37 wins, 15 losses, 0 ties, 4 OTL) record.
Regular Season Records
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM | Finish |
| 2011-12 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 70 | 66 | 311 | TBD |