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Monday,
December 5,
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Komets
Ride Win Streak to Six Games
Return home to host Evansville Saturday, Dayton
Sunday
Fort Wayne, IN -- The
Komets improved to 11-5-0 and 22 points with a sweep
of a two-game set at Rapid City Friday and Saturday
for week seven of the 2011-12 campaign. Fort Wayne
trails first-place Evansville by a point in the
battle to the top of the Turner Conference entering
the season's eighth week. The Komets extended their
win streak to a CHL season-high six games. The
Komets also pushed their road win streak to a CHL
season-high six games.
The Komets completed their season series against
Rapid City, taking the series 4-1-0.
Komets of the week--
•Nick Boucher (10-3-0) won both games played at
Rapid City for the week to extend his win streak to
five games and remains unbeaten in six road
appearances (6-0). Boucher stopped 54 of 57 shots
for a 1.50 goals-against average
and .947 save percentage for the week and
completes week seven with a CHL-best 2.25
goals-against average after 14 games. Boucher
earned third star mention Friday and second star
Saturday.
•Right wing Bobby Chaumont scored a goal in each
game at Rapid City, including the game winner
Saturday, to extend his goal-scoring streak to a
current CHL-high four games (4 goals).
•Center Colin Chaulk
recorded his second three-point game of the season
Friday at Rapid City scoring the game-winning goal
and adding two assists. Chaulk
was awarded first star for his effort in Friday’s
3-2 win at Rapid City.
•Komet defenseman Brent Henley contributed a goal
and an assist while posting a +2 in the Komets’ 3-1
win at Rapid City Saturday to earn first-star of the
game honors. After 11 games with the Komets,
the defenseman has two goals, five points and a
plus/minus of +11 along with 43 penalty minutes.
Milestones--
•Veteran center Colin Chaulk’s
assist on Chris Auger’s goal Friday at Rapid City
was his 500th all-time Fort Wayne career
assist (regular season and playoffs).
•Rookie left winger Stephon
Thorne contributed to the Komets' 3-1 win at Rapid
City Saturday with his first career goal, a
short-handed effort, for the first goal of the game.
Taking a shot—The Komets were awarded their
first penalty shot of the season Saturday at Rapid
City at 12:08 of the third period. Skater Artem
Podshendyalov missed his attempt against Rush
goaltender Danny Battochio.
It was Podshendyalov's second career penalty shot.
He was awarded a shot last season against Dayton's
Jeff Jakaitis Jan. 1, 2011 in which Jakaitis made
the save.
GAMES THIS WEEK
Komets skate at Bloomington Friday-- The
Komets will travel to Bloomington Friday to face the
Blaze at 8:05pm ET. It will be the Komets
first of five visits to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum
this season and the second meeting of the year after
the Komets' 3-1 Thanksgiving home win over the Blaze
earlier. Bloomington (3-12-2, 8 points) is
idle this week until they host the Komets Friday.
The Blaze are coming off two road losses from last
weekend but have won their last two home games.
IceMen visit Saturday-- The Komets return for
their first home game since Thanksgiving (15 days)
when Evansville visits for a 7:30pm faceoff
Saturday. It's the fifth meeting of the season
with the series knotted at 2-2. The Komets
upended the IceMen 5-2 in the last meeting at
Evansville Nov. 17. Evansville (11-4-1, 23
points) enters the week edging the Komets by a point
for first place in the Turner Conference. The
IceMen will host Dayton Friday before traveling to
Fort Wayne Saturday.
Komets welcome Gems Sunday-- The Komets will
host their second of five Sunday matinees when
Dayton visits this Sunday at 5pm. It's
Dayton's second of seven visits this year. The
Komets crushed the Gems 5-2 at Hara Arena Nov. 26 in
the last meeting to take a 2-1-0 series lead.
Dayton (8-6-4, 20 points) enters the week in third
place of the Turner Conference, trailing the Komets
by two points and first-place Evansville by three.
The Gems finished last week with a split of a
two-game series at Missouri and are 6-2-1 in their
last nine outings. Dayton skates at Evansville
Friday and hosts Quad City Saturday before making
the trip to Fort Wayne Sunday.
Applebee's Tip-A-Komet for Make-A-Wish Tuesday--
The Komets invite fans to join them for dinner at
Applebee's on North Clinton Street, located by the
Coliseum, this Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 6:30pm-8:30pm.
The entire Komet team will be waiting tables for the
evening and all tips benefit Applebee's Make-A-Wish
fundraising. Get dinner at Applebee's Tuesday
with a Komet serving as your waiter to benefit
Make-A-Wish! For more information call
260-483-0011.
 Operation
Komet Kare Package starts Saturday-- Komet fans
can support our troops by bringing donations such as
books, magazines, DVD's, snacks, T-Shirts, soap,
socks and other gift items to the next three Komet
home games beginning this Saturday when the Komets
host Evansville at 7:30pm. Operation Komet
Kare Package continues at Sunday's home game against
Dayton at 5pm and again Saturday, Dec. 17 when
Evansville visits at 7:30pm. For more
information on types of items to donate please call
the Komet office at 260-483-0011.
Hottest
Ticket In Town--
Tickets for all 60th Anniversary Komet home games are on
sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at
TicketMaster.
The Komets offer discounts on
group tickets sold at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way. For more
ticket
information visit
the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets' website
at
www.komets.com.
INC Soundoff with the Komets Monday nights
-- The Komets, along with I ndiana's News Center and
title sponsor PHP,
present a live weekly televised sports program
on Monday nights at 7:30 on WPTA TV 21 Alive. The show
is
televised live from Wrigley Field Bar and Grill each
week throughout the 2011-12 season with INC's Tommy
Schoegler as host. Komet players and personnel
will serve as co-hosts during the half-hour program.
The show will also feature highlights, interviews,
call-ins and special segments. TONIGHT,
Dec. 5, forwards Tom Mele and Kaleigh Schrock will be special guests.
60th
Anniversary Komet Hockey on WOWO -- The
Komets and WOWO Radio
 News-Talk 1190 AM
have partnered once again for 2011-12. Broadcaster Bob Chase
will call the action for his 59th consecutive season
radio-rinkside. All games broadcast on radio,
home and away, can be heard online at
Xfinity KometCast. Most games will be
broadcast on WOWO Radio News-Talk 1190 AM with ESPN
Radio AM 1380 as an alternative when scheduling
conflicts occur.
KOMETS PLANNER THIS WEEK
• Friday, Dec. 9..............
• Saturday, Dec. 10.........
• Sunday, Dec. 11.......... |
Komets at Bloomington Blaze, 8:05pm ET
Evansville IceMen at Komets, 7:35pm ET
Dayton Gems at Komets, 5pm ET |
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All games broadcast on News Talk 1190 WOWO and
webcast free at
www.komets.com at
Xfinity KometCast. |
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 6.............
Wednesday, Dec. 7........
Thursday, Dec. 8.............
Friday, Dec. 9.................
Saturday, Dec. 10...........
Sunday, Dec. 11.............
Monday, Dec. 12............. |
10am-11:30am at Lutheran Sports Health
Center
10am-11:30am at Lutheran Sports Health
Center
10am-11:30am at Lutheran Sports Health
Center
10am-10:30am at Lutheran Sports Health
Center
10:30am-11am at the Coliseum
10:30am-11am at the Coliseum
9am-10am at the Coliseum |
CHL STANDINGS thru games of 12/4/11
Turner Conference
TEAM
GP W L
OTL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN STREAK
Evansville
16 11 4
1 23 .719
54 43 362
4-1-0 7-3-1 6-4-0
2-0-0
Fort Wayne
16 11 5
0 22 .688
58 42 348
4-3-0 7-2-0 8-2-0
6-0-0
Missouri
18 9 7
2 20 .556
54 54 332
2-4-1 7-3-1 3-6-1
1-0-0
Dayton
18 8 6
4 20 .556
58 60 337
3-3-2 5-3-2 6-3-1
0-1-0
Rapid City
17 8 8
1 17 .500
56 58 361
5-4-0 3-4-1 3-7-0
0-2-0
Quad City
16 8 8
0 16 .500
55 54 258
2-4-0 6-4-0 5-5-0
2-0-0
Bloomington
17 3 12
2 8 .235
46 74 310
3-5-1 0-7-1 2-8-0
0-2-0
TOTALS
118 58 50
10 126 .534 381
385 2308 -
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Berry Conference
TEAM
GP W L
OTL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN STREAK
Wichita
17 12 5
0 24 .706
62 50 322
8-3-0 4-2-0 6-4-0
1-0-0
Allen
17 10 4
3 23 .676
61 46 333
3-2-0 7-2-3 7-2-1
0-1-0
Tulsa
19 10 7
2 22 .579
73 65 292
6-2-2 4-5-0 6-3-1
0-1-0
Rio Grande Valley 17
10 6 1
21 .618 56
48 326 8-4-1
2-2-0 7-2-1 0-0-1
Texas
17 8 6
3 19 .559
46 46 213
5-2-3 3-4-0 5-2-3
1-0-0
Arizona
20 8 9
3 19 .475
57 69 426
3-6-1 5-3-2 6-4-0
1-0-0
Laredo
17 5 12
0 10 .294
43 70 268
3-8-0 2-4-0 2-8-0
0-3-0
TOTALS
124 63 49
12 138 .556 398
394 2180 -
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FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 12/4/11
#
PLAYER
POS GP G A PTS
+/- PIM PPG PPA SHG
SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG
SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS
SPCT
41 Smith, Brett
C 16 9 14
23 +13 21 4
5 1 0
1 1 0
1 1 1
1 1.000 43
.209
15 Chaumont, Bobby
RW 16 6 16 22
+12 4 3
4 0 0
1 2 0
0 0 0
1 .000 56
.107
55 Podshendyalov, Art LW
16 7 7 14
+1 12 2
3 0 0
2 0 1
1 0 1
2 .500 38
.184
60 Milam, Jamie
D 16 6 8
14 +1 6
1 7 0
0 1 0
0 0 0 0
1 .000 48
.125
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 16 4 10
14 -1 34 1
4 0 0
2 0 0
1 0 0
1 .000 31
.129
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
16 5 7 12
+4 12 1
4 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 28
.179
61 Auger, Chris
F 16 5 7
12 +6 9
1 2 0
0 0 1
0 0 0 0
1 .000 56
.089
64 Rizk, Jean-Michel
RW 13 8 3
11 +6 18 1
0 0 0
2 3 0
1 0 0
0 .000 39
.205
44 Thomas, Leo
C 13 3 3
6 +4 12
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 .000 30
.100
43 Henley, Brent
D 11 2 3
5 +11 43 0
0 0 1
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 12
.167
29 Thorne, Stephon
LW 14 1 4
5 +1 20
0 0 1
0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 22
.045
10 Mele, Tom
F 14 0 5
5 +4 19
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 .000 23
.000
79 Schrock, Kaleigh
RW 16 0 4
4 +2 47
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 .000 44
.000
7 Lovell, Jamie
D 10 1 2
3 -3 2
1 1 0
0 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 20
.050
21 Bennefield, Jesse
LW 4 1 2
3 -2 4
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 0 0 1
1 1.000 8
.125
4 Molle, Dustin
D 11 0 2
2 +5 22
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 18
.000
34 Llewellyn, Tristin D
11 0 1 1
+1 10 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 12
.000
23 Molle, Bryant
D 16 0 0
0 +14 25 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 15
.000
33 Boucher, Nick
G 14 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
8 Starenky, David
D 8 0 0
0 +4 20
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 5
.000
X Beech, Kevin G
2 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
35 Kangas, Alex
G 1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
X Lapointe, Danny C
1 0 0 0
0 4 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 1
.000
GP G A PTS +/-
PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA
GWG FG OTG UAG ENG
SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS
SPCT
TOTALS
16 58 98 156 +83 348
16 32 2
1 11 9
1 4 1 3
11 .273 549
.106
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L
OTL SO GA GAA SHOW
SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick
14 801:40 10 3 0
1 30 2.25 1
1 2
11 362
.923
35 Kangas, Alex
1 60:00 1 0
0 0 5 5.00
0 0 0
0 26
.839
X Beech, Kevin
2 97:28 0 2
0 0 7 4.31
0 0 0
0 26
.788
TOTALS
16
11 5 0 1
42 2.63 1 1
2 11
414 .908
Komets.com -- The official website for the Fort Wayne Komets is
www.komets.com. In addition to live gamecasts, the Komets'
home on the web also features news, stats, interactive fan features
and information as well as real-time scoring via the CHL and
Pointstreak.
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