Kalamazoo Wings

Kalamazoo Wings
City	Kalamazoo, Michigan
League	ECHL
Conference	Western
Division	Central
Founded	1999 (in the UHL)
Home arena	Wings Event Center
Colours	Red, white, blue
General manager	Toni Will
Head coach	Joel Martin
Affiliates	Vancouver Canucks (NHL) Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)
Website	Official website
Franchise history
1999–2000	Madison Kodiaks
2000–present	Kalamazoo Wings
Championships
Regular season titles	1 (2005–06) (UHL)
Division titles	1 (2005–06) (UHL) 4 (2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14) (ECHL)
Conference titles	2 (2005–06, 2006–07) (UHL) 1 (2010–11) (ECHL)
Colonial Cups	1 (2005–06) (UHL)
Kelly Cups	0

The Kalamazoo Wings are an American professional ice hockey team. They began playing in 1999. The team plays in the ECHL. They play their home games in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the Wings Event Center. They are the ECHL affiliate for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). They are also the affiliates for the Abbotsford Canucks of the American Hockey League (AHL).

The team originally played in Madison, Wisconsin as the Madison Kodiaks from 1999 to 2000. After suffering from low attendance, the Kodiaks would relocate after only one season. They would move from Madison to Kalamazoo, Michigan.^[1] The team would reveal their name as the Kalamazoo Wings. This was to honor a former ice hockey team called Kalamazoo Wings that played in the International Hockey League from 1974 until 2000.

On October 14, 2000, the team would play their first game as the Kalamazoo Wings. They would defeat the Flint Generals 2–1.^[2]

On July 10, 2023, the Wings and the Vancouver Canucks announced their affiliation.^[3] The Wings were formerly affiliates of the Philadelphia Flyers,^[4] San Jose Sharks,^[4] New York Islanders,^[5] St. Louis Blues, Columbus Blue Jackets,^[6] and the Tampa Bay Lightning.^[7]

References

1. "Team History". Kalamazoo Wings. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
2. "2000-01 Kalamazoo Wings Results and Schedule". HockeyDB. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
3. "K-Wings announce NHL affiliation with Vancouver Canucks". Kalamazoo Wings. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
4. "Future Flyers May Get Their Wings First". NBC10 Philadelphia. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
5. "K-Wings affiliate with New York Islanders". MLive. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
6. "K-Wings announce affiliation with Columbus Blue Jackets". ECHL. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
7. "K-Wings sign affiliation deal with Tampa Bay Lightning". ECHL. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

Other websites

• Official website