Fort Wayne, IN --- The first-place Komets won all three games played to gain six points in week 16 and increase their margin over second-place Flint to 12 points. The Komets improved to 30-11-3-1 for 64 points and matched last season's pace of 30 wins after 45 games.  -IHL Standings-

The Komets started the week with a 5-2 win at Bloomington Wednesday. Friday the Komets posted an IHL high 11th straight home win shutting out the visiting Flint Generals 5-0. Saturday the Komets posted their fourth straight win over Kalamazoo 5-2 and are unbeaten in eight straight games at Kalamazoo dating back to Jan. 13, 2007.

Aquino, Reiter, players of January.....the IHL announced Friday, Feb. 1, that Fort Wayne winger Luciano Aquino was named the Aquafina Rookie of the Month and Komet goalie Kevin Reiter was named the Southern Sports Supply Goaltender of the Month for January. Aquino gets the nod for Rookie of the Month for the third straight month after scoring 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) during January. Reiter snagged his second monthly honor of the year after completing January with a 1.96 goals-against average and .929 save percentage. Reiter registered four shutouts in the month including a Komet's record three consecutive shutouts.

Komets home for three this week
Wednesday the Komets begin a three-game home stand and a stretch of five straight home games in 10 nights when the Flint Generals return for a 7:30pm faceoff. The Komets lead the series 4-2-0-0 and are 3-0-0-0 against the Generals on Fort Wayne ice. The Generals are winless in their last four games after suffering a 4-2 setback at Port Huron Saturday night. Flint's last win came against the Komets 5-1 at Perani Arena Jan. 25. Eric Marvin has appeared in the Flint goal nine straight games and forward Michel Beausoleil is top General with 49 points including eight power play tallies.

Friday the Komets host Port Huron at 8pm. The Komets have a five-game win streak against Port Huron and are unbeaten by the IceHawks six straight. The Komets took a 2-0 shutout win out of Port Huron in the last meeting Jan. 19. It's the 11th of 15 meetings as Fort Wayne leads the season series 7-2-1-0. Forward Tab Lardner leads Port Huron with 29 goals and 53 points. The IceHawks begin the week in third place, two points behind Flint in the race for second-place and are riding a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-0-1). The Hawks host Kalamazoo Thursday before traveling to Fort Wayne Friday.

The Komets will enjoy their only Saturday night off of the season before completing the home tripleheader week Sunday when Bloomington visits for a 5pm faceoff. The PrairieThunder are 10 points out of a playoff spot and enter week 17 coming off a 2-1 overtime win at Muskegon Saturday night. Bloomington is 2-5-0-0 in their last seven games. Sunday's game will be the 10th meeting this season. The Komets hold a 6-3-0-0 season series lead, 4-1-0-0 in Fort Wayne. Veteran Don Parsons leads the Thunder with 24 assists and 42 points. The PrairieThunder are idle until they visit Fort Wayne Sunday.

All three Komet games this week will be aired on Fort Wayne radio with Bob Chase calling the action radio-rinkside at komets.com Comcast KometCast. Wednesday's game will be broadcast on WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380. Games Friday and Sunday are slated to air on WOWO Radio AM 1190.

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.

Leading Komets.....Luciano Aquino (RW) 23 goals, 53 points, 8 power play goals.....Colin Chaulk (C) 31 assists.....Chaulk, Matt Reynolds (LW) and David Huakalo (RW) 5 game winning goals*.....Mathieu Curadeau (C) +24*.....Kevin Bertram (D) 194 penalty minutes*.....netminder Kevin Reiter 18 wins*.....goaltender Nick Boucher 2.33 goals-against average* and .919 save percentage*.  -Komet teamstats-
(*-IHL highs)

Streaking Komets.....In addition to the Komet's three-game win streak and 11-game home winning streak, P.C. Drouin (LW) has an IHL high eight-game point and assist scoring streak (2 goals, 10 assists). Luciano Aquino (3 goals, 3 assists), Mathieu Curadeau (2 goals, 3 assists) and Colin Chaulk (2 goals, 4 assists) each pointed in games played last week for three-game point scoring streaks. Goaltender Nick Boucher has won his last eight straight starts. Defenseman Kevin Bertram has been even or better on the plus/minus 27 straight games. Bertram's only minus game this season was Dec. 1 (-1), a 4-3 home loss to Bloomington.

Milestones: Winger Matt Reynolds registered his 100th pro point (assist) in Friday's 5-0 win over the visiting Flint Generals. Defenseman Guy Dupuis has skated 698 Komet career games and is expected to hit 700 Friday when the Komets host Port Huron.

KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Wednesday, Feb. 6.....Flint Generals at Komets, 7:30pm, WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380
Friday, Feb. 8.....Port Huron IceHawks at Komets, 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Sunday, Feb. 10.....Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets, 5pm, 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, Feb. 5.....9:30am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Feb. 6.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, Feb. 7.....10:30am-12:30pm at McMillen Ice Arena
Friday, Feb. 8.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Saturday, Feb. 9.....no on-ice practice
Sunday, Feb. 10.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Tuesday, Feb. 12.....10am-noon at the Coliseum

Comcast Komet Hockey Report Card Night Friday.....students with an "A" or "A Equivalent" will be admitted FREE for the Komet's home game against Port Huron this Friday night at 8:00. Students can get a free ticket by taking their report card (or a letter from their teacher or school showing their "A" or "A Equivalent") to the Coliseum Ticket Office. Comcast will make a donation to the Literacy Alliance for every "A" student attending the game. Fans can call the Komet office for more information at 260-483-0011.

Marathon night Friday.....all Friday games are Marathon nights at Komet hockey. Fans can get a buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer when they fill up three times at participating Marathon stations around the Fort Wayne area. Komet/Marathon fill-up cards are available at your neighborhood Marathon.