Komets extend unbeaten streak to six games
Wings return Saturday

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Posted Monday, February 16, 2009

Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets (25-15-2-8, 60 points) maintained pace at the top of the IHL earning four points out of a possible six to continue to trail first-place Port Huron by three points at the end of week 18 of 2008-09.

The week started with a 4-3 shootout loss at Muskegon Wednesday.  P.C. Drouin, Leo Thomas and Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn scored in regulation for the Komets.  Komet netminder Nick Boucher suffered the shootout loss after making 19 saves on 22 shots in regulation and overtime.  Fort Wayne was 0-3 in the shootout while Muskegon was 1-3.

Friday the Komets dropped a 4-3 shootout loss to the visiting Kalamazoo Wings to remain unbeaten in regulation at home four straight games.  Mathieu Curadeau, Rick Varone and Konstantin Shafranov each scored for the Komets in regulation.  The Komets were 1-4 in the shootout with Shafranov scoring the lone Fort Wayne shootout goal.  Komet goalie Boucher registered his sixth shootout loss of the season stopping 19 of 22 shots in 65 minutes of play.  Kalamazoo was 2-4 in the shootout. 

Sunday the Komets completed the week with a 5-4 overtime victory at Kalamazoo.  The win extends Fort Wayne's unbeaten streak to six games while pushing their road unbeaten streak to seven games.  Komet goaltender Sebastien Laplante earned his seventh win of the season making 16 saves on 20 shots in regulation and stopping all three shots faced in overtime.

The Komets have earned points in each of their last six straight games and have not lost in regulation since their 4-0 shutout loss to Port Huron on Fort Wayne ice Jan. 30.

13 Komet games have needed extra time to decide a winner this year.  The Komets are 2-2 in overtime games this season
while registering a 1-8 record in shootouts.

There have been four penalty shots in Komet games this season, none resulting in goals.  Three penalty shots have been
awarded against the Komets will all three being stopped by Komet goalie Nick Boucher.  The first penalty shot awarded to
the Komets this season came in Sunday’s 5-4 overtime victory at Kalamazoo in which David Hukalo missed in the third
period.

Streaking Komets.....Goaltender Sebastien Laplante has a five-game unbeaten streak (3-0-1-1) after back-stopping the Komets to their 5-4 overtime win at Kalamazoo Sunday.....Center Mathieu Curadeau is riding a six-game point scoring streak (3 goals, 6 assists).....Winger David Hukalo has assists in each of his last three games (3 assists).

Looking ahead to week 19 the Komets will be idle until they skate at Flint Friday at 7:30pm.  It will be the 10th meeting of the season with the Komets leading the series 7-1-0-1, 4-0-0-1 in the last five meetings.  The last-place Generals lost both games played last week and are 1-5-0-1 in their last six outings.  The Generals skate a rare Monday afternoon game this week at Bloomington before welcoming the Komets Friday.

The Komets will complete the week hosting the Kalamazoo Wings Saturday night at 7:30.  After Sunday's 5-4 overtime win at Kalamazoo, the Komets are 4-3-1-3 against the Wings this season.  Saturday's game will be the 12th of 16 meetings this season between the Komets and Kalamazoo.  The Wings host Muskegon Friday before traveling to Fort Wayne Saturday.



Bird Watch:  Fans can see Komet mascot Icy the Eagle this Saturday, Feb. 21, from 2pm-4pm at the Verizon Kiosk in Glenbrook Square Mall.  Icy will be on hand to meet and great and sign autographs for all Komet fans and visitors.

KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games coming up
Friday, Feb. 20.....Komets at Flint Generals, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Feb. 21.....Kalamazoo Wings at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast
Komet practice schedule
Tue. Feb. 17.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wed. Feb. 18.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Thu. Feb. 19.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Fri. Feb. 20.....10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena
Sat. Feb. 21.....11am-noon at the Coliseum
Mon. Feb. 23.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
Tue. Feb. 24.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
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 2/15/09
IHL 2008/2009
TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF     GA     PIM    HOME        ROAD        L-TEN     STREAK    
Port Huron          50    29    16      4     1   63    .630   172    141    917    14-9-2-0    15-7-2-1    5-2-2-1   0-0-2-0   
Muskegon            49    28    15      3     3   62    .633   196    192    1161   16-8-1-2    12-7-2-1    6-2-0-2   2-0-0-0   
Kalamazoo           50    30    19      1     0   61    .610   181    157    924    17-5-1-0    13-14-0-0   5-4-1-0   0-0-1-0   
Fort Wayne          50    25    15      2     8   60    .600   179    152    1138   11-8-2-4    14-7-0-4    5-1-1-3   1-0-0-0   
Bloomington         48    21    23      1     3   46    .479   165    190    946    13-10-1-1   8-13-0-2    7-1-0-2   1-0-0-0   
Flint               51    16    29      2     4   38    .373   164    225    1175   10-12-1-1   6-17-1-3    3-5-0-2   0-2-0-0   
TOTALS              298   149   117    13    19   330   .554   1057   1057   6261   -           -           -         -         

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 2/15/09
#     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   50  26   37   63   +15    60    6   14    2    2    3   6     0   0   2    0      4    .000  157    .166  
91    Chaulk, Colin       C    28  5    38   43    +6    46    2   21    0    3    2   1     0   0   0    0      1    .000  69     .072  
21    Hukalo, David       RW   45  11   27   38   +16    56    5    9    1    1    4   2     0   0   0    0      2    .000  119    .092  
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    50  10   28   38   +17    84    4   17    1    1    2   1     1   0   1    0      3    .000  194    .052  
94    Curadeau, Mathieu   C    26  20   17   37    +7    51    7    6    1    0    2   3     1   3   0    1      5    .200  118    .169  
7     Varone, Rick        C    50  15   22   37    +7    81    3    5    1    0    2   3     0   1   0    3      11   .273  107    .140  
44    Thomas, Leo         C    34  14   15   29   +16    36    6    3    1    0    2   4     0   1   0    0      3    .000  114    .123  
        (TOTALS)               43  18   17   35    +9    77    8    3    1    0    3   4     0   1   0    0      3    .000  139    .129  
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   37  15   20   35   +14    20    5    5    0    0    2   0     0   3   0    1      5    .200  85     .176  
20    Versteeg-Lytwyn, M  LW   14  6     9   15    +5    10    1    1    0    0    0   1     0   2   0    1      4    .250  51     .118  
        (TOTALS)               34  10   17   27    -1    22    1    2    0    0    1   1     0   2   0    1      4    .250  97     .103  
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   40  13   11   24    -1    20    4    2    0    0    1   2     0   0   0    1      5    .200  118    .110  
19    Osman, Dominic      RW   29  16    7   23    +2    13    6    2    1    0    2   1     0   0   0    0      1    .000  114    .140  
    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    47  4    10   14    -4    50    0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  51     .078  
28    Holladay, Jay       D    49  2    11   13    +5    72    0    4    0    0    0   2     0   0   0    0      2    .000  99     .020  
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    50  2     7   9    +10    51    0    0    0    0    1   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000  39     .051  
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   38  5     3   8     -5   168    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  60     .083  
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    33  1     5   6    +10    82    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  35     .029  
    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    50  2     2   4     +1    78    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  59     .034  
14    Pence, Jake         D    11  0     4   4     0     6     0    2    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  21     .000  
    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  
    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    32  0     0   0     0     0     0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  0      .000  
60    Laplante, Sebastie  G    11  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                   50  179  293  472  +131  1138  51   97    8    8   25   31    3  12   3    7      47   .149  1745   .103  

#       GOALIE              GP  MIN      W   L   OTL  SOL  SO  GA   GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT  
33      Boucher, Nick       32  1915:23  14  11  1    5    1   89   2.79  0     6    9      17     869    .907  
60      Laplante, Sebastie  11  636:01   7   2   1    1    1   30   2.83  0     1    2      11     280    .903  
    X   Haun, Tim           8   493:44   4   2   0    2    1   25   3.04  1     2    4      18     218    .897  
        TOTALS              50           25  17  2    8    3   152  3.04  1     9    15     46     1367   .900