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Komets Complete Week Three 5-1-0-0
Chaulk, Varone, Laplante IHL Players of October
PrairieThunder visit Saturday
FORT WAYNE KOMETS PRESS RELEASE
Posted Monday, November 3, 2008
Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club | 1010 Memorial Way, Fort
Wayne, IN 46805 | 260.483.0011
Fort Wayne, IN — The Fort Wayne Komets completed week
three of the 2008-09 campaign on top of the IHL with a 5-1-0-0
record for 10 points after splitting the two games played last
week.
In review of last week's action, the Komets crushed the visiting
Kalamazoo Wings 5-1 Friday for their fifth straight win to start
the season. Saturday night the Komets traveled to
Bloomington and suffered their first defeat of the season 5-4.
The Komets' 5-1-0-0 start is the best since 2001-02 when they
posted six straight wins before a loss.
The Komets will skate two games
this week. Friday the Komets visit the Lumberjacks at Muskegon at 7:00pm.
It will be the first of 15 meetings this season between the
Komets and Jacks. Muskegon has six points for fourth place
in the IHL after a 3-2-0-0 start. Former Komet Bruce
Ramsey is in his third straight season as Muskegon's head coach.
The Lumberjacks are led by player/assistant coach Todd Robinson
(6 goals, 10 points). Robinson picked up the Pepsi IHL
Player of the Week award for scoring three goals and five points
in two games last week. Goalie Isaac Reichmuth has
appeared in all five Muskegon games for a 3-2-0-0 record and
4.50 goals against average.
Saturday the Komets return home to host the PrairieThunder.
Bloomington's win over the Komets Saturday pulled the
PrairieThunder (4-2-0-0) to within two points of Fort Wayne in
the race for first place in the IHL. The Komets will have
a chance to avenge last Saturday night's loss at Bloomington when
the Thunder rolls in to Fort Wayne
this Saturday night at 7:30. Bloomington is led by veteran
winger Don Parsons with 8 goals and 14 points. Skater Jon
Booras also leads the PrairieThunder with 9 assists and 14
points.
Komets at the top of the IHL: The Komets
have the highest goals-per-game average of 5.83 after scoring 35
goals in six games played and have the stingiest
defense of 16 goals against (2.67 per game). The Komets
also rank first on the power play with a 21.9% rating. Center Colin Chaulk has posted an IHL best 10 assists,
13
points and +10 in five appearances. Center Mathieu Curadeau
leads with nine goals and four power play tallies while center Rick Varone
tops
rookies with five assists and nine points. Veteran Guy Dupuis
leads IHL defensemen with seven assists and eight points.
Jason Beckett has the best plus/minus for a defenseman with +8.
Sebastien Laplante remains the only unbeaten IHL goalie
(3-0-0-0) and ranks first among IHL netminders with a 2.33
goals-against average and .927 save percentage.
Komet hot streaks.....center Colin Chaulk has a
five-game point streak (3 goals, 10 assists), right wing David
Hukalo is riding a five-game point streak (2 goals, 6 assists),
left winger P.C. Drouin has points in five straight games (5
goals, 6 assists), rookie center Rick Varone has points in each
of the six games played (4 goals, 5 assists) and is riding a
four-game assist streak (5 assists), left wing Konstantin
Shafranov also has points in all six games played to date and an
IHL high six-game assist streak (3 goals, 8 assists).
Komets sweep monthly awards.....the Komets
swept league honors for the month of October as the K's were a
perfect 5-0-0-0 to start the season. Center Colin Chaulk
was named Pepsi IHL Player of the Month, center Rick Varone was
awarded Aquafina Rookie of the Month and Sebastien Laplante
collected the Southern Sports Supply Goaltender of the Month
award.
Chaulk registered a league-high 10 assists, 13 points and
+10 with points in each of the five games played during the
month.
Varone completed the month leading IHL rookies with four
assists and seven points after scoring points in each of the
five games played. He was also named the IHL Rookie of the
Week for the first week of the season.
Laplante appeared in three games and was a perfect
3-0-0-0 posting an IHL best 2.33 goals against average and .927
save percentage.
Welcome Mike Field to the Komet fold.....the
Komets added forward Mike Field to the roster prior to Friday
night's home game last week. Field made his pro debut with
an assist on the Komets' first goal of the match against
Kalamazoo for his first pro point. Field, 25, participated
in Norfolk's (AHL) and Augusta's (ECHL) training camps prior to
the start of the season. Last year the skater completed
four seasons with American International of the NCAA.
Got a Komet Schedule Pen? Komet fans can get
their free Komet schedule pens this Saturday night when the
Komets host Bloomington at 7:30 when they enter the building
courtesy of Sprint. In addition to the handy Komet
schedule pens, fans can also get a free chuck-a-puck puck with
their Kroger and Scott's receipt or Plus Card at this Saturday
night's Komet home game.
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, Nov. 7.....Komets at Muskegon Lumberjacks, 7pm, WOWO AM 1190
Saturday, Nov. 2.....Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets,
7:30pm, WOWO AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 4.....10am-noon at the coliseum
Wednesday, Nov. 5.....10am-noon at the coliseum
Thursday, Nov. 6.....10am-noon at the coliseum
Friday, Nov. 7.....10am-11am at the coliseum
Saturday, Nov. 8.....10am-11am
at the coliseum
Sunday, Nov. 9....no practice on ice
Monday, Nov. 10.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
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 11/1/08
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK
Fort Wayne 6 5 1 0 0 10 .833 35 16 176 2-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 5-1-0-0 0-1-0-0
Bloomington 6 4 2 0 0 8 .667 27 25 161 3-2-0-0 1-0-0-0 4-2-0-0 1-0-0-0
Flint 8 3 4 1 0 7 .438 26 41 249 2-1-1-0 1-3-0-0 3-4-1-0 1-0-0-0
Muskegon 5 3 2 0 0 6 .600 22 22 97 2-0-0-0 1-2-0-0 3-2-0-0 0-1-0-0
Kalamazoo 6 2 4 0 0 4 .333 23 26 104 1-1-0-0 1-3-0-0 2-4-0-0 1-0-0-0
Port Huron 7 2 5 0 0 4 .286 24 27 190 2-2-0-0 0-3-0-0 2-5-0-0 0-1-0-0
TOTALS 38 19 18 1 0 39 .513 157 157 977 - - - -
FORT WAYNE KOMETS Teamstats thru games of 11/1/08
# 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 5 3 10 13 +10 12 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 13 .231
94 Curadeau, Mathieu C 6 9 2 11 +3 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 31 .290
71 Drouin, P.C. LW 6 5 6 11 +7 6 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 22 .227
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 6 3 8 11 +8 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 19 .158
7 Varone, Rick C 6 4 5 9 +8 18 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 14 .286
21 Hukalo, David RW 6 2 6 8 +6 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 13 .154
2 Dupuis, Guy D 6 1 7 8 +5 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 20 .050
19 Osman, Dominic RW 2 5 2 7 +4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18 .278
82 Legault, Olivier LW 6 3 0 3 +5 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9 .333
13 Beckett, Jason D 6 0 2 2 +8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 17 .000
3 Mironovic, Danko D 6 0 1 1 +7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 .000
22 Bertram, Kevin D 6 0 1 1 +6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .000
74 Gravelle, Maxime C 6 0 1 1 +1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .000
28 Holladay, Jay D 5 0 1 1 +4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 .000
10 Field, Mike F 2 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
4 Boulay, Brian D 6 0 0 0 +6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 .000
15 MacMillan, Brad RW 5 0 0 0 +1 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 .000
33 Boucher, Nick G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
60 Laplante, Sebastie G 3 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 6 35 53 88 +91 176 7 13 3 3 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 .000 216 .162
# GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
60 Laplante, Sebastie 3 180:00 3 0 0 0 0 7 2.33 0 0 0 0 89 .927
33 Boucher, Nick 3 179:03 2 1 0 0 0 9 3.02 0 0 0 0 70 .886
TOTALS 6 5 1 0 0 0 16 2.67 0 0 0 0 159 .909
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