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Komets week in review Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets won both home games during week 24 of 2007-08 to set a new IHL record of 24 consecutive home wins, eclipsing the old record of 22 established by the Muskegon Mohawks during the 1965-66 IHL season. The Komets improved to 50-12-5-2 for 107 points with two weeks and seven games remaining in the regular season slate. -IHL Standings- Friday night the Komets clipped the visiting Kalamazoo Wings 4-3 in front of a Fort Wayne crowd of 9,212 to break the old IHL record of consecutive home wins with their 23rd straight victory on Coliseum ice. Saturday night 8,354 fans watched the Komets stopped the Muskegon Fury 6-4 to push their record to 24 straight home wins. Luciano Aquino (RW) registered his second hat trick of the season. P.C. Drouin (LW) scored a goal and added an assist for a two-point evening. Goalie Nick Boucher earned his career high 21st win of the season on 20 saves and extended his unbeaten streak to 14 games (12-0-1-1). Saturday the Komets reached the 50-win plateau for the second consecutive season and fourth in the last five campaigns. Fort Wayne has hit the 50-win mark eight times in it's 56-year history. Winger David Hukalo registered a pair of goals including the game winner. Konstantin Shafranov (LW), Colin Chaulk (C), Evgeny Saidachev (RW) and Mathieu Curadeau also scored for the Komets. Kevin Reiter backstopped his eighth straight win for a career high 29 wins on the season. The Komets skate on the road this weekend with three games in three nights starting Friday at Bloomington for an 8pm faceoff. It will be the final meeting of the season with the Thunder. The Komets lead the series 10-4-1. Bloomington skates at Port Huron Wednesday before hosting the Komets Friday and is fighting to get out of the IHL cellar. The Thunder are eight points out of playoff position with six games remaining. Saturday the Komets visit Muskegon at 7:30pm. It's the 13th of 15 meetings this season with the Komets holding a 7-3-1-1 edge over the Fury. The Komets have won the last two matches at Muskegon and are even at 3-3-0-1 at Walker Arena so far this season. Muskegon currently holds fourth place in the tight race for IHL playoff position and has seven games remaining. The Fury will play at Flint Wednesday and Port Huron Friday before welcoming the Komets Saturday. The Komets complete the weekend with a 3pm Sunday matinee at Port Huron where the Komets are 6-1-0 this season. It's the final meeting of the regular season with the Komets leading the series 11-2-1 after winning the last nine straight games against the Icehawks. Port Huron is 6-2-1-1 in it's last 10 games and holds second place in the IHL with 77 points, four ahead of third-place Flint. The Icehawks host Bloomington Wednesday and Muskegon Friday. Port Huron will travel to Kalamazoo Saturday before hosting the Komets Sunday afternoon. Two home games remain on the 2007-08 regular season slate. The Komets' next home game is Wednesday, April 9th against the Muskegon Fury at 7:30pm. The Komets will end their home schedule Sunday, April 13 when the Flint Generals visit for a 5pm faceoff. All three Komet games this weekend are slated to air on Fort Wayne radio WOWO
AM 1190 with Bob Chase calling the action radio-rinkside. All games broadcast on radio can be heard free online at
www.komets.com Comcast KometCast. Got tickets?.....Komet season ticket holder playoff tickets are ready for pick-up at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way in Fort Wayne. Komet office hours are Monday thru Friday 9am-5pm. Playoff tickets can also be picked-up at the Komet's game night office at the Coliseum, across from the visitor's locker room, at either of the two regular season home games remaining. Tickets for the Komet's final two home regular season games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. For ticket information, fans can call the Komet office at (260) 483-0011 or visit www.Komets.com. Komets open Round One of the Turner Cup Playoffs Friday April 18th at 8pm.....The IHL regular season champion Komets will face the fourth-place team, determined by points at the conclusion of the regular season, in the first round of the Turner Cup Playoffs starting Friday, April 18 at 8pm. The Komet's second home game of the first round is scheduled for Sunday, April 20 at 6pm. Sunday playoff games in Fort Wayne will start at 6pm instead of the regular season Sunday start time of 5pm. Hot Komet Streaks: 24 straight home wins, 5-game winning streak,
9-game road unbeaten streak (7-0-1-1), 18-game unbeaten streak (16-0-1-1).....Luciano
Aquino (RW) is riding an IHL season-high 14-game point streak (12 goals, 12
assists).....Mathieu Curadeau has a nine-game point streak (7 goals, 6 assists)
and five-game assist streak (5 assists).....Konstantin Shafranov (LW) has a
seven-game point streak (3 goals, 7 assists) and five-game assist streak (5
assists).....Colin Chaulk (C) has a 5-game point streak (1 goal, 4
assists).....P.C. Drouin (LW) has a 4-game point and assist streak (1 goal, 6
assists).....Guy Dupuis (D) has a 3-game point and assist streak (6
assists).....goaltender Kevin Reiter has an eight-game winning streak and is
unbeaten in nine straight appearances.....netminder Nick Boucher has not lost a
game he has started in 20 straight games and is unbeaten in regulation 14
straight (12-0-1-1). Career highs reached: Kevin Bertram 255 penalty minutes.....David Hukalo 23 assists, 42 points and 19 goals.....Kevin Reiter 29 wins.....Nick Boucher 21 wins.....Matt Reynolds 18 goals, 46 points.....Kevin Hansen 147 penalty minutes. Career highs within reach: Colin Chaulk 26 goals, has 23.....P.C. Drouin 24 goals, has 22.....Guy Dupuis 15 goals, has 11.....Sergei Durdin 8 goals, has 7.....Matt Reynolds has reached his career high of 28 assists. Fort Wayne record watching.....53 wins in a season (the Komets start week 25 with 50 wins and have seven games remaining).....112 points in a season (the Komets are at 107 points).....32 home wins (the Komets have 31 home wins with two home games remaining). Hot Komets, mild Wings.....the Komets finished their season schedule against Kalamazoo winning the series 12-1-1-1. Kalamazoo's one regulation win over the Komets during the season was the last time the Komets lost at home, Dec. 21, 6-4. KOMETS PLANNER Komet practice schedule Komets.com.....the official website of the Fort Wayne Komets is www.komets.com. In addition to featuring the free webcasting of live Komet game radio broadcasts with Bob Chase, Komets.com also provides fans and media with up-to-date team stats, news, interactive fan features and information. Fans can also follow all Komet games with real-time scoring via the IHL and Pointstreak by clicking the Scoreboard at Komets.com.  |
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