Komets earn three points for week 17, improve to 24-15-2-6
Wings visit Friday

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Posted Monday, February 9, 2009

Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets completed week 17 of 2008-09 trailing first-place Port Huron by three points after collecting three of a possible four points in two home games played for the week and improving to 24-15-2-6 after 47 games.

Friday the Komets turned back Flint 3-1 for their fifth straight home win against the Generals.  Center Leo Thomas, winger Dominic Osman and defenseman Danko Mironovic each scored Komet goals while netminder Sebastien Laplante earned the win on 22 saves.

Sunday the Komets fell in overtime 4-3 to the visiting Muskegon Lumberjacks to remain unbeaten in regulation three straight games.  The Komets had leads of 2-0 and 3-2 before the Lumberjacks recovered for the win in overtime.  Osman scored the first two goals of the game.  Right wing Sean O'Connor also found the net for Fort Wayne.  Laplante suffered his first overtime loss of the season stopping 22 of 26 Muskegon shots.

Streaking Komets.....Forwards Mathieu Curadeau (3 assists), Leo Thomas (1 goal, 3 assists) and Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (3 assists) all have three-game point and assist scoring streaks.  Goalie Sebastien Laplante is riding a four-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1-1).

Looking ahead to week 18 the Komets will skate three games starting at Muskegon Wednesday night at 7:00.  It will be a battle for second place with both teams knotted at 56 points each going into the game. The Komets are 3-2-0 in games at Walker Arena this year and 4-4-1-1 overall against the 'Jacks.  Muskegon is 3-1-0-2 in their last six games.  The Komets are 6-1-1-3 in their last 11 games. 

Friday the Kalamazoo Wings visit Fort Wayne for an 8pm faceoff.  It will be the 10th of 16 meetings with the Komets even in the series at 3-3-1-2.  Kalamazoo, starting the week trailing the Komets by two points, will host Bloomington Wednesday before traveling to Fort Wayne Friday.  The Wings are 2-4-0 in their last six outings and have lost their last three road games.

The Komets finish the week with a 4pm faceoff at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo Sunday.  It will be the Komets' fifth of eight visits this season.  The Komets are 1-2-0-1 at Kalamazoo after four trips this season.

Comcast Report Card Night earns A+.....Last Friday night the Komets not only celebrated a 3-1 win over the visiting Flint Generals, but also celebrated another successful Comcast Report Card Night crowd of 10,077.  Students turned in their report card A's for tickets and earned a $5,000 donation for the Literacy Alliance from Comcast Cable.

 Marathon Night Friday.....Fans can use their Marathon fill-up cards to get free tickets for Friday's game.  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. 

Komet Kuarters books Chase and Sebring Saturday.....This Saturday, Feb. 14, Komet legendary broadcaster Bob Chase and The News Sentinel's Blake Sebring will welcome Komet fans at Komet Kuarters from 1pm-3pm.  Both will be on hand to autograph copies of Bob Chase's new book and the new Legends Book.  Joining Chase and Sebring will be Komet players Colin Chaulk, Brad MacMillan and Konstantin Shafranov.  Komet Kuarters is on Coliseum Blvd. next to Carlos O'Kelly's.

KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games coming up
Wednesday, Feb. 11....Komets at Muskegon Lumberjacks, 7pm, WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380
Friday, Feb. 13.....Kalamazoo Wings at Komets, 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Sunday, Feb. 15.....Komets at Kalamazoo Wings, 4:00pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast
Komet practice schedule
Tue. Feb. 10.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wed. Feb. 11.....10am-11am at the Colisem
Thu. Feb. 12.....11am-noon at the Coliseum
Fri. Feb. 13.....10am-11am at the Colisem
Sat. Feb. 14.....No practice on ice
Tue. Feb. 17.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Komets Schedule

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, the Komets' website at www.komets.com, or call 260-483-0011.

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 2/9/09
IHL 2008/2009
TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF    GA    PIM    HOME        ROAD        L-TEN     STREAK    
Port Huron          47    28    16      2     1   59    .628   159   133   871    13-9-1-0    15-7-1-1    4-4-1-1   0-1-0-0  
Fort Wayne          47    24    15      2     6   56    .596   168   140   1063   11-8-2-3    13-7-0-3    5-1-1-3   0-0-1-0   
Muskegon            45    25    14      3     3   56    .622   181   174   1081   15-7-1-2    10-7-2-1    4-4-0-2   1-0-0-0   
Kalamazoo           46    27    19      0     0   54    .587   162   142   842    15-5-0-0    12-14-0-0   5-5-0-0   0-1-0-0   
Bloomington         46    20    22      1     3   44    .478   155   183   886    13-10-1-1   7-12-0-2    7-0-0-3   1-0-0-0   
Flint               49    16    27      2     4   38    .388   156   209   1153   10-11-1-1   6-16-1-3    4-3-1-2   1-0-0-0   
TOTALS              280   140   113    10    17   307   .548   981   981   5896   -           -           -         -         

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 2/9/09
#     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   47  25   37   62   +15    52    6   14    2    2    3   5     0   0   2    0      3    .000  150    .167  
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    47  9    28   37   +12    82    4   17    1    1    2   1     1   0   1    0      3    .000  186    .048  
21    Hukalo, David       RW   43  11   25   36   +14    51    5    9    1    1    4   2     0   0   0    0      2    .000  114    .096  
44    Thomas, Leo         C    31  14   14   28   +15    34    6    3    1    0    2   4     0   1   0    0      3    .000  109    .128  
        (TOTALS)               40  18   16   34    +8    75    8    3    1    0    3   4     0   1   0    0      3    .000  134    .134  
7     Varone, Rick        C    47  13   21   34   +10    72    2    5    1    0    2   3     0   1   0    3      9    .333  104    .125  
94    Curadeau, Mathieu   C    23  17   14   31    +3    24    7    6    1    0    1   3     0   3   0    1      5    .200  104    .163  
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   34  14   17   31   +10    20    5    5    0    0    2   0     0   3   0    0      4    .000  81     .173  
20    Versteeg-Lytwyn, M  LW   11  5     9   14    +6    6     1    1    0    0    0   1     0   1   0    1      3    .333  41     .122  
        (TOTALS)               31  9    17   26    0     18    1    2    0    0    1   1     0   1   0    1      3    .333  87     .103  
19    Osman, Dominic      RW   26  16    6   22    +1    11    6    2    1    0    2   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000  107    .150  
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   37  12   10   22    0     18    4    2    0    0    1   1     0   0   0    1      4    .250  107    .112  
    X Warner, Brandon     D    26  7     7   14    -1    27    2    3    0    0    1   3     0   0   0    0      1    .000  45     .156  
74    Gravelle, Maxime    C    44  3     9   12    -4    48    0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  42     .071  
28    Holladay, Jay       D    46  2    10   12    +7    68    0    3    0    0    0   2     0   0   0    0      2    .000  94     .021  
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   37  5     3   8     -5   168    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  60     .083  
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    47  2     6   8     +5    47    0    0    0    0    1   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000  34     .059  
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    31  1     5   6    +11    80    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  31     .032  
    X Lewis, Adam         C    22  1     5   6    -10    23    0    0    0    1    0   0     0   1   0    0      0    .000  40     .025  
82    Legault, Olivier    LW   24  3     2   5     +1    49    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000  18     .167  
4     Boulay, Brian       D    47  2     2   4     +1    78    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  57     .035  
    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 Potts, Ryan         F    5   0     2   2     +2    0     0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  0      .000  
52    Tarantino, Vince    D    10  0     1   1     +7    2     0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  9      .000  
14    Pence, Jake         D    8   0     1   1     0     6     0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  12     .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  
33    Boucher, Nick       G    30  0     0   0     0     0     0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  0      .000  
60    Laplante, Sebastie  G    10  0     0   0     0     2     0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  0      .000  
    X Haun, Tim           G    8   0     0   0     0     2     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                   47  168  275  443  +117  1063  50   95    8    8   24   29    2  11   3    6      40   .150  1637   .103  

#       GOALIE              GP  MIN      W   L   OTL  SOL  SO  GA   GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT  
33      Boucher, Nick       30  1785:23  14  11  1    3    1   83   2.79  0     4    6      10     807    .907  
60      Laplante, Sebastie  10  572:28   6   2   1    1    1   26   2.73  0     1    2      11     261    .909  
    X   Haun, Tim           8   493:44   4   2   0    2    1   25   3.04  1     2    4      18     218    .897  
        TOTALS              47           24  17  2    6    3   140  2.98  1     7    12     39     1286   .902