Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets pleased a home opening crowd of 10,153 faithful with a 4-0 feathering of the visiting Port Huron IceHawks Saturday night at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. It was the 6th straight Komet home opener in front of over 10,000 fans. The Komets extended their home-opener unbeaten streak to 13 and improved to 35-13-1-7 in 56 openers at home. Saturday night's game marked Fort Wayne's 3,525th IHL regular season game.

Fort Wayne netminder Kevin Reiter started the season with his 8th career shutout on 30 saves for first star of the game and last season's Defenseman of the Year Guy Dupuis passed 3 assists to earn second star honors. Rookie Olivier Legault tallied his first career goal and point while wingers David Hukalo (FG, GW) and Luciano Aquino and center Mathieu Curadeau added a mark each. The Komets were 2/8 on the power play, Port Huron 0/7.

This week the Komets skate at Bloomington Friday night and return to the Memorial Coliseum Saturday to host the PrairieThunder to cap a home-and-home series for the weekend. Bloomington began the season with a 5-1 win at Flint Saturday night. This Saturday night's home game will be the first of 8 visits this season by the PrairieThunder. Last season the Komets were 6-4-0 in 10 meetings with Bloomington and 3-2-0 at home against the Thunder.

Leading Komets..... with only one week and one game in the books for the Komets, defenseman Guy Dupuis leads the IHL with 3 assists and is in a 3-way tie for point leader with 3 points. Kevin Reiter posted the only shutout of the opening week in the IHL to top league netminders with a .00 goals-against-average and 1.000 save percentage. The Komets registered the most shots in a game last week with 44 on Port Huron's goalie Marty Magers.   -Komet teamstats-   -IHL Standings-

Special K's.....the Komets stopped all 8 Port Huron power plays and scored 2 power play tallies in 8 opportunities for a league-high 25.0% power play rating.

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. Season tickets also continue to be on sale. 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.

Komet Hockey on the air.....most Komet games will be broadcast on WOWO Radio AM 1190 this year with Bob Chase at the Fort Wayne microphone for his 55th consecutive season. Some games will be aired on WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380 as an alternative when conflicts occur. All games aired on radio will also be available free on the internet at Comcast KometCast at www.komets.com. Fans can follow the official scoring of all Komet games this season by clicking on the "Scoreboard" link at Komets.com.

KOMETS OF THE WEEK
Forward of the Week: David Hukalo (RW), 1gp, 1g (gw, fg), 1pt, 0 pim
Defenseman of the Week: Guy Dupuis, 1gp, 3 assists, 3 points, +1, 0 pim.
Goalie of the Week: Kevin Reiter, 1gp, 0 ga, 33/33, 1 shutout to lead the IHL with .00 goals-against-average and 1.000 point percentage.
Rookie of the Week: Olivier Legault (LW), 1gp, 1g, 1pt, 0 pim.

KOMET GAMES THIS WEEK
Friday, Oct. 26....Komets at Bloomington PrairieThunder, 8:05pm (FW time), WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Oct. 27.....Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are also webcast free at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast.

KOMET PRACTICE PLANNER
Tuesday, Oct. 23.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Oct. 24.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
Thursday, Oct. 25.....10am-noon at McMillen Ice Arena
Friday, Oct. 26.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Saturday, Oct 27.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, Oct. 29.....10am-noon at the Coliseum

Get your Komets magnetic schedules......5,000 Applebee's Komet Magnetic Schedules will be given away at the turnstiles this Saturday night when the Komets host the Bloomington PrairieThunder at 7:30. The Komets feature giveaways at every home game this season. Visit Komets.com for a complete schedule of "free stuff" given away at Komet home games this year.