Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets clinched the regular season championship for the second straight season and will have home ice advantage throughout the IHL playoffs after taking both games played last week. Fort Wayne is the first minor league pro team to capture a regular season championship in North America this season.
-IHL Standings-

Friday night the Komets clipped the visiting Kalamazoo Wings 3-2 in a shootout to push their home winning streak to 19 games, eclipsing a 44-year-old Fort Wayne record of 18 consecutive home wins.

Saturday the Komets clinched the IHL Huber Trophy with a 4-3 shootout win over the Flint Generals on Fort Wayne ice and extended their home winning streak to 20 games. The Komets also are riding a league season-high 10-game winning streak.

The IHL's record for consecutive home wins is 22 games set by the Muskegon Mohawks during the 1965-66 campaign.

The Komets hold a 27-point lead over second place Port Huron with 96 points and a record of 45-12-5-1. 13 games remain on the season and Fort Wayne has a chance to smash it's all-time records of 53 wins and 112 points in a season. The Komets set the mark of 53 wins during 2003-04. Fort Wayne has hit 112 points four times in the past including 1983-84, 1985-86, 1991-92 and 2003-04, but has never had more than 112 points in a season in it's 56-year history.

Generals return to Fort Wayne for battle Wednesday and Saturday
The Komets will skate four games this week starting Monday with the annual St. Patrick's Day green ice game at Kalamazoo at 7pm. The Komets have won the last seven straight meetings and lead the series 11-1-1. Monday night's game is the seventh and final game of the regular season at Kalamazoo where the Komets hold a 5-0-1 edge.

Wednesday the Komets and Flint Generals faceoff at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne at 7:30pm. The Komets have won the last three meetings and are unbeaten by the Generals in the last five (4-0-1). The Komets are unbeaten by Flint on Fort Wayne ice in 5 meetings (5-0-0).

Friday the Komets travel to Port Huron for a 7:30pm faceoff at McMorran Arena. It's the 14th of 15 meetings this season with the Komets leading the series 10-2-1. The Icehawks are ahead of Flint, Muskegon and Kalamazoo in a tight race for second place and home-ice advantage in the first round of the IHL playoffs. Only six points separates Port Huron from fifth place Kalamazoo (63 points). The Icehawks are on a roll of three straight wins and will host Kalamazoo Wednesday before welcoming the Komets Friday night.

Saturday the Komets and Generals tangle for the third straight game at the War Memorial Coliseum at 7:30pm. It will be the 12th of 15 meetings and the seventh of eight in Fort Wayne. Flint will be the Komet's guest in the season finale in Fort Wayne April 13.

All Komet games this week are slated to air on Fort Wayne radio with Bob Chase calling the action radio-rinkside. Monday's St. Patrick's Day game at Kalamazoo and Wednesday's Komet home game against Flint will be aired in the Fort Wayne area on WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380. Games Friday and Saturday are slated to air on WOWO Radio AM 1190. All games broadcast can also be heard free worldwide on the internet at komets.com Comcast KometCast.

Got Tickets.....tickets for all remaining 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) 70 points, 11 power play goals.....Aquino and Mathieu Curadeau (C) 30 goals.....Colin Chaulk (C) 43 assists and 7 game winning goals*.....Curadeau +28*.....Mitch Woods (RW) 250 penalty minutes*.....netminder Kevin Reiter 26 wins*.....goaltender Nick Boucher 2.14 goals-against average* and .919 save percentage*. (*-IHL highs)   -Komet teamstats-

Hot Komet Streaks: 20 straight home wins, 10-game winning streak, 12-game unbeaten streak, Komets have outshot their opponents 22 straight games and are riding road streaks of five straight wins and are unbeaten on the road seven consecutive games.
Luciano Aquino (RW) is riding an eight-game point streak (5 goals, 6 assists) and five-game assist scoring streak (6 assists). Mathieu Curadeau has a five-game point streak (4 goals, 2 assists). Goaltender Kevin Reiter has won his last five straight starts and is unbeaten in six straight appearances. Netminder Nick Boucher has a six-game winning streak and 11-game unbeaten streak. Boucher has not lost a game he has started for 17 straight games.

The last time......the Komets lost a home game was Dec. 21 vs Kalamazoo 6-4....the Komets lost a road game was Feb. 17 at Bloomington 4-1 (which is also the last time the Komets lost a game in regulation).....the Komets were outshot was Jan. 25 at Flint 34-33. The Komets have only lost once in regulation in the last 21 games played (18-1-2-0).

Milestones and careers: Matt Reynolds (LW) scored his career high 18th goal in the Komet's 3-2 win vs. Kalamazoo Friday.....also in Friday's win Colin Chaulk (C) dished his 300th Fort Wayne career assist.

Shaf to the rescue.....Konstantin Shafranov (LW) was 0-2 in shootout attempts until last week's games. Shafranov scored both of the shootout game winners Friday and Saturday night to improve to 2-4 in shootout attempts this season.