Kalamazoo Wings (1974-2000)

See also: Kalamazoo Wings

The Kalamazoo Wings (K-Wings) were an ice hockey team that began play in the International Hockey League for the 1974–1975 season. The team played in Wings Stadium for their entire IHL membership. While the team was originally known as the Kalamazoo Wings, most people shortened the name to K-Wings. On May 16, 1995, team owners changed the name of the team to the Michigan K-Wings, hoping to be able to compete for name recognition with the other teams in the IHL, which at the time was moving into larger markets such as Chicago. On April 17, 2000 the Dallas Stars announced that they were ending their affiliation agreement, and the franchise requested inactive status from the IHL. On July 27, 2000, the Madison Kodiaks of the United Hockey League announced that they were relocating to Kalamazoo for the 2000–2001 season, and would be known as the Kalamazoo Wings.

Team colors were originally red, white, and blue, but on June 1, 1988, they announced that they were going to change their colors to green, gold, black, and white in order to match the Minnesota North Stars, their NHL parent club.

Championships

Year	League	Trophy
1979–1980	IHL	Turner Cup
1978–1979	IHL	Turner Cup

Standings

Year	GP	W	L	T/OTL*	PTS	GF	GA	Pct	Standings
1974–1975	75	17	53	5	39	203	318	.260	10 of 11
1975–1976	78	27	41	10	6	273	318	.410	8 of 9
1976–1977	78	38	27	13	89	325	290	.571	2 of 9
1977–1978	80	35	31	14	84	315	288	.525	4 of 9
1978–1979	80	40	28	12	92	368	327	.575	4 of 9
1979–1980	80	45	26	9	99	366	274	.619	1 of 10
1980–1981	82	52	20	10	114	369	244	.704	1 of 8
1981–1982	82	41	36	5	89	355	333	.543	3 of 7
1982–1983	82	32	44	6	76	311	341	.463	5 of 8
1983–1984	82	37	38	7	83	333	316	.506	5 of 7
1984–1985	82	40	35	7	89	323	297	.543	5 of 9
1985–1986	82	47	35	0	100	345	314	.610	4 of 10
1986–1987	82	36	46	0	80	331	353	.479	8 of 9
1987–1988	82	37	33	12	86	328	360	.524	7 of 9
1988–1989	82	39	36	7	85	345	350	.518	6 of 10
1989–1990	82	53	23	6	112	389	311	.682	3 of 9
1990–1991	82	52	29	1	105	354	302	.640	2 of 11
1991–1992	82	37	35	10	84	292	312	.512	7 of 10
1992–1993	82	29	42	11	69	291	367	.421	10 of 12
1993–1994	81	48	26	7	103	337	297	.636	5 of 13
1994–1995	81	43	24	14	100	288	249	.617	5 of 17
1995–1996	82	40	24	18	98	290	272	.598	7 of 19
1996–1997	82	31	44	7	69	208	272	.421	17 of 19
1997–1998	82	39	36	7	79	223	261	.518	15 of 18
1998–1999	82	35	34	13	83	232	253	.506	11 of 16
1999–2000	82	33	37	12	78	178	223	.476	12 of 13

(*) - For 1987–1988 season Overtime Losses were tracked instead of Ties