Hot Komets Streak to 4-0-0 Start
Home for Hockey Halloween Night

FORT WAYNE KOMETS PRESS RELEASE                    
Posted Monday, October 27, 2008
Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club | 1010 Memorial Way, Fort Wayne, IN  46805 | 260.483.0011

Fort Wayne, IN — The Fort Wayne Komets are off to a 4-0-0 start in defense of their Turner Cup championship after posting two wins in the second week of the IHL's 2008-09 campaign.

Friday night the Komets powered past the PrairieThunder 7-4 at Bloomington.  Saturday the Komets spoiled the Wings' home opener with a 2-1 win at Kalamazoo.

The Komets' 4-0-0 start is the longest undefeated start for head coach Al Sims in six seasons as Komet head coach and it is the best start for the Komets since 2001-02 when they registered six straight wins before losing in a shootout.  The Komets went on to post a 7-0-2 record before suffering a regulation loss.  The Komets' longest winning streak to start the season was eight games in 1978-79 before they lost to the Grand Rapids Owls in Michigan 8-2.

Curadeau takes a hat......center Mathieu Curadeau scored his second hat trick of his career, both with the Komets, netting three goals in Friday night's 7-4 win at Bloomington.  Curadeau also added an assist in the match for a four-point night.  His hat trick was the second of the season for a Komet after Dominic Osman's three-goal performance in the season opener at Port Huron Friday night, Oct. 17.

Komets at the top of the IHL:  The Komets lead with eight points, 26 goals for and have the stingiest defense already of 10 goals against in the four games played.  Center Colin Chaulk has posted an IHL best 10 assists and 11 points.  Chaulk and teammate Jason Beckett rank at the top of the IHL in plus/minus with a +8.  Center Mathieu Curadeau has a league-high 3 power play tallies while center Rick Varone leads rookies with 3 goals and 5 points.  Veteran Guy Dupuis leads IHL defensemen with 6 assists and 7 points.  Netminder Nick Boucher is off to an IHL best start of 2.00 goals-against average and .930 save percentage in two games played.

Streaking Komets.....along with the Komets' four-game winning streak, four-game point streaks have been posted by Colin Chaulk (1g, 10a), Konstantin Shafranov (3g, 6a and four-game assist streak) and Rick Varone (3g, 2a). Riding three-game point streaks are P.C. Drouin (4g, 2a and three-game goal streak) and David Hukalo (1g, 4a).

Osman placed on 30-day I.R......winger Dominic Osman has been placed on the 30-day injured reserve list.  Osman suffered his injury in a game opening weekend and will be out of action until Thanksgiving week.  In two games opening weekend he scored five goals including a hat trick and added two assists for seven points and the IHL Player of the Week Award for opening week.

Komets home for Hockey Halloween Night.....the Komets will return to coliseum ice this Friday night for Halloween to host the Kalamazoo Wings at 8pm.  All little ghosts and goblins at the game will be invited to take part in the annual Halloween parade on ice during the first intermission.  All kids in costume get a free Komet Halloween bag of goodies.  Fans will also be treated with a free public skate, courtesy of Wendy's, immediately following the game. 

Get your Komet magnetic schedule Friday.....no refrigerator is complete without a Komet magnetic schedule stuck to it.  This Friday fans arriving at the game will be treated to the annual Komet magnetic schedule giveaway.  Thousands will be handed out to fans arriving at the game courtesy of Applebee's.

Tickets.....tickets for all 2008-09 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 visit the Komet office, or the Komets' website at www.komets.com, or call 260-483-0011.

KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Friday, Oct. 31.....Kalamazoo Wings at Komets, 8pm, WOWO AM 1190
Saturday, Nov. 1.....Komets at Bloomington PrairieThunder, 8:05pm (FW time), WOWO AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Oct. 28.....10am-noon practice at the coliseum
Wednesday, Oct. 29.....10am-noon practice at the coliseum
Thursday, Oct. 30.....10am-noon practice at the coliseum
Friday, Oct. 31.....10am-11am practice at the coliseum
Saturday, Nov. 1.....10am-11am practice at the coliseum
Sunday, Nov. 2....no practice on ice
Monday, Nov. 3.....10am-noon practice at the coliseum
Komets Schedule

Komet Hockey On The Web and Air.....most Komet games will be broadcast on WOWO Radio AM 1190 this year 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 10/26/08
TEAM                GP   W    L    OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT    GF   GA   PIM   HOME      ROAD      L-TEN     STREAK    
Fort Wayne          4    4    0      0     0    8    1.000   26   10   134   1-0-0-0   3-0-0-0   4-0-0-0   4-0-0-0   
Bloomington         4    3    1      0     0    6    .750    20   16   100   2-1-0-0   1-0-0-0   3-1-0-0   1-0-0-0   
Muskegon            3    2    1      0     0    4    .667    12   11   43    2-0-0-0   0-1-0-0   2-1-0-0   0-1-0-0   
Flint               5    2    3      0     0    4    .400    15   27   219   1-1-0-0   1-2-0-0   2-3-0-0   0-1-0-0   
Port Huron          5    1    4      0     0    2    .200    16   21   116   1-2-0-0   0-2-0-0   1-4-0-0   1-0-0-0   
Kalamazoo           3    0    3      0     0    0    .000    7    11   72    0-1-0-0   0-2-0-0   0-3-0-0   0-3-0-0   
TOTALS              24   12   12     0     0   24    .500    96   96   684   -         -         -         -         

FORT WAYNE KOMETS Teamstats  thru games of 10/26/08
#     PLAYER              POS  GP  G   A   PTS  +/-  PIM  PPG  PPA  SHG  SHA  GWG  FG  OTG  UAG  ENG  SHOG  SHOA  SHO%  SHOTS  SPCT  
91    Chaulk, Colin       C    4   1   10  11   +8   12    0    4    0    2    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000  10     .100  
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   4   3   6   9    +6    2    1    1    0    0    1   0     0   1   0    0      0    .000  13     .231  
94    Curadeau, Mathieu   C    4   6   1   7    +4   12    3    0    0    0    0   0     0   2   0    0      0    .000  21     .286  
19    Osman, Dominic      RW   2   5   2   7    +4    0    1    1    1    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  18     .278  
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    4   1   6   7    +3    6    0    2    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  13     .077  
71    Drouin, P.C.        LW   4   4   2   6    +6    4    0    1    1    0    2   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  15     .267  
7     Varone, Rick        C    4   3   2   5    +4    8    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   1   0    0      0    .000  10     .300  
21    Hukalo, David       RW   4   1   4   5    +6    4    0    1    0    0    1   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  7      .143  
82    Legault, Olivier    LW   4   2   0   2    +4   11    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  3      .667  
13    Beckett, Jason      D    4   0   1   1    +8    9    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  12     .000  
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    4   0   1   1    +4   12    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  2      .000  
74    Gravelle, Maxime    C    4   0   1   1    +2   16    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  4      .000  
28    Holladay, Jay       D    3   0   1   1    +4    0    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  7      .000  
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    4   0   0   0    +7    4    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  5      .000  
4     Boulay, Brian       D    4   0   0   0    +5    4    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  3      .000  
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   3   0   0   0    +1   26    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  5      .000  
33    Boucher, Nick       G    2   0   0   0     0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  0      .000  
55    Potts, Ryan         F    2   0   0   0     0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  0      .000  
60    Laplante, Sebastie  G    2   0   0   0     0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  0      .000  
9     Warner, Brandon     D    1   0   0   0    +1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000  1      .000  
                               GP  G   A   PTS  +/-  PIM  PPG  PPA  SHG  SHA  GWG  FG  OTG  UAG  ENG  SHOG  SHOA  SHO%  SHOTS  SPCT  
      TOTALS                   4   26  37  63   +77  134   5   10    2    2    4   2     0   4   0    0      0    .000  149    .174  

#       GOALIE              GP  MIN     W  L  OTL  SOL  SO  GA  GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT  
33      Boucher, Nick       2   120:00  2  0  0    0    0   4   2.00  0     0    0      0      53     .930  
60      Laplante, Sebastie  2   120:00  2  0  0    0    0   6   3.00  0     0    0      0      69     .920  
        TOTALS              4           4  0  0    0    0   10  2.50  0     0    0      0      122    .924