Fort Wayne, IN --- Week 13 of the 2007-08 IHL campaign will be remembered as the week Kevin Reiter became the only goaltender in the 56-year history of Fort Wayne Komet hockey to pitch three straight shutouts.

Reiter posted the shutouts as he was completing a stretch of eleven straight starts in 17 nights. Reiter has registered exactly 180 consecutive shutout minutes since leaving the game at Bloomington Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 6:19 of the third period after surrendering a goal.

The Komets have not surrendered a goal for 187 minutes, 21 seconds. Goalies Kevin St. Pierre and Kevin Kurk combined for the Komet's team record for consecutive shutout minutes of 199:27 over a period of 5 games from Dec. 30, 2005 to Jan. 8, 2006.

The week started with a 5-4 setback at Bloomington Wednesday. Reiter and the Komets started the shutout streak Friday with a 3-0 home win against Muskegon. Saturday the Komets whitewashed the Wings at Kalamazoo 4-0 and Sunday the visiting Port Huron IceHawks became the third straight shutout victim 3-0.

The Komets finished week 13 with an IHL-best 24-9-3-1 record for 52 points and maintained a five-point margin over second-place Flint (19-6-3-6).  -IHL Standings-

Komets home for 2 this week before the circus
The Komets will be home for two games this week before the break for the circus at the coliseum. Wednesday the Flint Generals visit at 7:30pm for a battle between the two top teams in the IHL. The Generals feature former Detroit Red Wing star Darren McCarty. McCarty (RW) has skated 4 games with Flint scoring 2 goals and 2 assists. The Generals are unbeaten in regulation in their last 6 games (4-0-1-1). The Komets handed Flint their only regulation road loss of the season in the last meeting Dec. 29 (9-1). In 13 road games, the Generals are 8-1-1-3 on the season.

Friday the Komets are home to Muskegon for an 8pm start. The Fury are 2-4-0-0 in their last 6 games and are coming off a 4-3 overtime win over Flint Sunday. Muskegon skates at Port Huron Wednesday before hosting the Komets Friday. Saturday the Komets begin a four-game road swing at Port Huron at 7:30pm. The IceHawks are on a three-game losing streak and will host Muskegon Wednesday and Kalamazoo Friday before welcoming the Komets Saturday.

All 3 Komet games this week will be broadcast on Fort Wayne radio and webcast free at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast with Bob Chase calling the play-by-play. Wednesday's home game against Flint will air on WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380. Friday's home tilt with Muskegon and Saturday night's visit to Port Huron will air on WOWO Radio AM 1190.

Who needs rest.....the Komets have just completed a stretch of 12 games in 18 nights (Dec. 27 to Jan. 13) and were 9-3-0-0 in that period, finishing the period with three straight shutouts on consecutive nights.

Leading Komets.....Luciano Aquino (RW) 19 goals, 44 points, 6 power play goals.....Colin Chaulk (C) 27 assists.....Mathieu Curadeau (C) +19.....Mitch Woods (RW) 162 penalty minutes (IHL high).....netminder Kevin Reiter 15 wins, 2.44 goals-against average and .908 save percentage (all IHL highs).  -Komet teamstats-

Streaking Komets.....Komets riding an IHL season high 8-game home winning streak and 3-game win streak; Goaltender Kevin Reiter has started 11 straight games (8-3-0-0) and has a 3-game shutout streak (180:00); Goalie Nick Boucher, currently on I.R., will risk a 6-game winning streak when he returns to action; Konstantin Shafranov (LW) has an IHL season-high 6-game goal-scoring streak (8 goals, 1 assist, 6-game point streak); Terry Marchant (C) has a 6-game point streak (2 goals, 7 assists); Brandon Warner (D) has a 3-game assist streak (3 assists).

Special K's: The Komet's were successful on 15 of 17 penalty kills (88.2%) in 4 games played last week and scored 4 power play goals on 20 chances (20.0%). The stingy Komet defense has an IHL best goals-against average of 2.57 per game.

Milestones: Kevin Bertram (D) skated his 300th career game Wednesday at Bloomington.....Terry Marchant (C) appeared in his 100th IHL game Wednesday at Bloomington.....Konstantin Shafranov (LW) scored his 100th Komet career goal in Friday's 3-1 home win against Muskegon.....Sergei Durdin (D) registered his 100th pro North American point Saturday at Kalamazoo.

KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Wednesday, Jan. 16.....Flint Generals at Komets, 7:30pm, WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380
Friday, Jan 18.....Muskegon Fury at Komets, 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Jan. 19.....Komets at Port Huron IceHawks, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are available free online at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast.
-Komet Schedule-

Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Jan. 15.....noon- 2pm at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Jan. 16.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, Jan. 17.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
Friday, Jan. 18.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, Jan. 21.....9:30am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena (optional)
Tuesday, Jan. 22.....9:30am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena

Season ticket exchange night Wednesday.....Fans with unused season tickets can exchange them for tickets to this Wednesday's game against Flint. Tickets can be exchanged at the Coliseum Ticket Office.

Got Tickets.....tickets for all 2007-08 Komet home games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. The Komets offer discounts on group tickets sold at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way in Fort Wayne. For more information on season tickets and group ticket sales, visit the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets online at www.komets.com.