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Komets gain six points in week 12
Icehawks visit Wednesday, Generals invade Friday, Thunder here
Saturday
Drouin, Haun take December honors
FORT WAYNE KOMETS PRESS RELEASE
Posted Monday, January 5, 2008
Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club | 1010 Memorial Way, Fort
Wayne, IN 46805 | 260.483.0011
Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets
completed week 12 of 2008-09 gaining six points in five games to
improve to 17-11-1-3 and 38 points. The Komets will begin
the first full week of the 2009 portion of the slate in third
place in the IHL, four points behind front-runner Kalamazoo.
The Komets skated five games last week on the tail end of a
season-longest stretch of eight games in 10 nights. The
week started with a shootout in Fort Wayne Monday against
Kalamazoo that needed 14 rounds to complete, a new Fort Wayne
franchise record. After overtime didn't produce a winner,
Kalamazoo outscored the Komets in the shootout 4-3 to grab the
win by the same score.
Wednesday the Komets welcomed in the new year with a 6-2 win
over the visiting Flint Generals. The sell-out crowd of
10,511 watched the Komets improve to 35-13-3-1. It was the
Komets' 52nd New year's Eve home game since the tradition began
in 1955.
Friday the Komets clipped the
Icehawks at Port Huron 2-1 for the first Fort Wayne overtime win of the season.
Defenseman Guy Dupuis netted the game winner for the Komet's first overtime goal
of the season.
Saturday the Komets were doubled-up in Kalamazoo 4-2 to extend their winless
streak against the Wings to five games.
Sunday the Komets finished the week at Flint on the short end of a 7-6 shootout.
This week the Komets will host three home games in four nights starting
Wednesday when Port Huron visits for a 7:30pm faceoff. Wednesday is Season
Ticket Exchange Night number two. Fans can exchange unused season tickets
from previous games of the season for tickets to this Wednesday night's game.
Friday the Komets welcome Flint to town for an 8pm faceoff. Fans can use
their Marathon fill-up cards to get free tickets. Fill up cards are
available at all area participating Marathon stations. Two fill-ups on a
card get fans a buy-one, get-one-free ticket offer.
Saturday the Bloomington PrairieThunder visit at 7:30pm to finish the week.
Looking ahead to next week, the Komets will skate a rare 10:30am game at
Muskegon Tuesday, Jan. 13. There will be no Fort Wayne radio broadcast of
the game.
Tickets.....Komet tickets 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 visit the Komet office, or the Komets'
website at
www.komets.com,
or call 260-483-0011.
Komet streaks:
Winger P.C. Drouin has a point-scoring streak of six games (4 goals, 5 assists).
Defenseman Guy Dupuis has points in three straight games (2 goals, 3 assists)
and rookie right wing Sean O'Connor is riding a three-game point streak (2
goals, 1 assist).
First pro tally: Defenseman Brian Boulay netted his first
pro goal Monday in the Komets' 4-3 shootout loss to Kalamazoo in Fort Wayne.
Boulay added another goal Saturday at Kalamazoo.
Special K's kill: The Komets continue to lead the IHL with
the top penalty kill of 87.4% after successfully killing 24 of 27 power plays
(88.9%) in the five games of the week.
Drouin, Haun players of December: The IHL announced today
that Fort Wayne left wing P.C. Drouin has been named the league's Pepsi Player of the
Month and Komet netminder Tim Haun has been named the Southern Sports Supply IHL Goaltender of the
Month for December, 2008. Drouin skated all 13 games during December
leading the Komets with 13 assists, 19 points and +8 scoring points in 12 of the
13 games. The veteran had five multiple-point games and completed an IHL
season-high point scoring streak of 12 games (5 goals, 13 assists) in December.
Drouin was also named Player of the Week during the month for the week ending
Dec. 14.
Haun started five games posting a 3-1-0-1 record allowing 11 goals for a 2.17
goals-against average and stopped 124 of 135 shots for a .919 save percentage.
The rookie netminder registered the Komets' only shutout of the season Dec. 26
against the visiting Bloomington PrairieThunder stopping all 25 shots faced for
a 3-0 win in his first appearance with the Komets.
Game Change: The Komets IHL game originally scheduled for
Feb.14 at Bloomington has been moved to Jan. 28. The game will faceoff at
7:05pm (8:05pm Fort Wayne time) at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum. The change
was made at the request of the Central Illinois Arena Management officials to
make the building available for a Jeff Dunham show on Feb. 14.
KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games coming up
Wednesday, Jan. 7.....Port Huron Icehawks at Komets, 7:30pm, ESPN Radio AM 1380
Friday, Jan. 9.....Flint Generals at Komets, 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Jan 10.....Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO
Radio AM 1190
Tuesday, Jan. 13.....Komets at Muskegon Lumberjacks, 10:30am (no
radio)
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast
Komet practice schedule
Tue. Jan. 6.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wed. Jan. 7.....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thu. Jan 8.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
Fri. Jan. 9....10am-11am at the Coliseum
Sat. Jan 10.....11am-noon at the Coliseum
Mon. Jan. 12.....10:00am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wed. Jan. 14.....10:00am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Komets Schedule
Komet Hockey On The Web and Air.....most
Komet
games are broadcast on WOWO Radio AM 1190 with Bob
Chase at the Fort Wayne microphone for his 56th 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" at
www.komets.com.
Komets.com.....the official website of the Fort
Wayne Komets is
www.komets.com.
In addition to featuring free webcasting of live Komet game
radio, 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.
IHL STANDINGS thru games of 1/4/09
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK
Kalamazoo 31 21 10 0 0 42 .677 129 92 600 10-2-0-0 11-8-0-0 9-1-0-0 4-0-0-0
Port Huron 33 20 12 1 0 41 .621 121 97 626 9-7-1-0 11-5-0-0 7-2-1-0 1-0-0-0
Fort Wayne 32 17 11 1 3 38 .594 118 97 820 7-5-1-2 10-6-0-1 4-3-0-3 0-1-0-1
Muskegon 29 17 10 2 0 36 .621 121 119 718 10-5-0-0 7-5-2-0 5-4-1-0 2-0-0-0
Flint 36 11 22 1 2 25 .347 124 171 860 7-10-1-1 4-12-0-1 3-7-0-0 1-0-0-0
Bloomington 31 10 20 1 0 21 .339 94 131 679 7-10-1-0 3-10-0-0 2-7-1-0 0-3-1-0
TOTALS 192 96 85 6 5 203 .529 707 707 4303 - - - -
FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 1/4/09
# PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT
71 Drouin, P.C. LW 32 20 27 47 +12 38 5 12 2 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 2 .000 111 .180
91 Chaulk, Colin C 28 5 38 43 +6 46 2 21 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 69 .072
2 Dupuis, Guy D 32 7 25 32 +5 53 3 16 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 129 .054
7 Varone, Rick C 32 11 15 26 +4 54 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 4 .500 70 .157
21 Hukalo, David RW 30 7 19 26 +10 33 5 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 72 .097
44 Thomas, Leo C 16 9 7 16 +6 22 5 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 .000 56 .161
(TOTALS) 25 13 9 22 -1 63 7 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 .000 81 .160
94 Curadeau, Mathieu C 15 14 7 21 +2 22 6 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 .000 65 .215
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 19 8 11 19 +4 10 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 52 .154
19 Osman, Dominic RW 18 11 4 15 -3 11 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 77 .143
9 Warner, Brandon D 23 7 6 13 +1 25 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 40 .175
29 OConnor, Sean RW 22 7 4 11 -1 12 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 .333 59 .119
28 Holladay, Jay D 31 2 6 8 0 40 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 55 .036
22 Bertram, Kevin D 29 1 5 6 +10 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 29 .034
74 Gravelle, Maxime C 29 1 5 6 -1 42 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 25 .040
82 Legault, Olivier LW 20 3 2 5 +2 49 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 14 .214
15 MacMillan, Brad RW 27 2 3 5 -3 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 39 .051
3 Mironovic, Danko D 32 0 4 4 -1 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 26 .000
4 Boulay, Brian D 32 2 1 3 -2 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 .063
47 Lewis, Adam C 16 1 1 2 -6 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 30 .033
X Beckett, Jason D 8 0 2 2 +7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 21 .000
X Field, Mike F 7 0 1 1 -4 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .000
14 Pence, Jake D 3 0 1 1 -2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .000
33 Boucher, Nick G 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
35 Haun, Tim G 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
60 Laplante, Sebastie G 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
X Potts, Ryan F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT
TOTALS 32 118 194 312 +45 820 41 78 5 5 17 21 1 7 2 3 19 .158 1074 .110
# GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick 21 1238:21 10 8 1 1 0 59 2.86 0 2 3 4 547 .903
60 Laplante, Sebastie 6 326:16 4 2 0 0 0 18 3.31 0 0 0 0 157 .897
35 Haun, Tim 6 368:44 3 1 0 2 1 17 2.77 0 1 4 14 159 .903
TOTALS 32 17 12 1 3 1 97 3.03 0 3 7 18 863 .899
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