This broadcast will be a tape-delay showing from the previous night on Jan, 18, when the two teams face-off at Wings Event Center.
The rivalry between Kalamazoo and Toledo goes back 50 years. From the 1974-75 season through 1985-86. the K-Wings and Toledo Goaldiggers squared off in the International Hockey League, and the rivalry was renewed in the ECHL in the 2009-10 when Kalamazoo joined the league as an expansion team, and the newly-christened Walleye debuted in the newly-constructed Huntington Center.
The 2025 Warrior/ECHL Hockey Heritage Week presented by Discover Kalamazoo and Firekeepers will include the induction of the 17th class into the ECHL Hall of Fame on Friday, Jan. 17, and the Hockey Heritage Game at Wings Event Center on Saturday, Jan. 18.
Other featured events during the weekend include the Stanley Cup® and exhibits from the Hockey Hall of Fame on display both days, as well as Fan Fest and a K-Wings 50th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday.
