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Komets stop Thunder 6-4, remain
unbeaten at home
Lumberjacks here for first place battle Friday
FORT WAYNE KOMETS PRESS RELEASE
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008
Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club | 1010 Memorial Way, Fort
Wayne, IN 46805 | 260.483.0011
Fort Wayne, IN — The defending Turner Cup Champion Fort Wayne Komets
took a split of two games played last week to continue on top of
the IHL after four weeks of play.
In review of last week's action, the Komets suffered a 6-4
setback at Muskegon Friday night allowing the Lumberjacks a
two-point gain on the Komets for the top spot in the IHL.
Saturday the Komets returned home to stop the Thunder from
Bloomington 6-4 and remain unbeaten at home in three appearances
so far.
Entering week five the Komets share the top spot in the IHL with
Muskegon. Both teams have identical records of 6-2-0-0 for
12 points.
For the first time this season, the Komets will skate three games
in three nights starting Thursday in Flint with a 7pm faceoff at
Perani Arena. The Generals have scheduled many Thursday
night home games this season and this will be the first of two
for the Komets. The third-place Generals are three points
behind the first-place Komets and are coming off a 5-2 loss at
Muskegon Saturday. Thursday night's match is the second of
16 meetings after the Generals were ambushed 11-3 by the Komets
in the Fort Wayne home opener Oct. 18.
Friday the Komets return to Fort
Wayne to host the Muskegon Lumberjacks at 8pm for a battle of
the two top teams in the IHL. The Komets remain undefeated
on home ice (3-0-0) and have a chance to avenge last Friday
night's 6-4 loss at Muskegon. Friday night's tilt is the
second of 15 meetings and first of eight visits by the
Lumberjacks this season. Muskegon is riding a three-game
winning streak. The 'Jacks are idle this week until they
travel to Fort Wayne Friday.
Saturday the Komets compete the week with a 7:30pm faceoff at
Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. It's the second of eight
visits to Kalamazoo and the third of 16 meetings. The
Komets upended the Wings 5-1 in the last meeting on Halloween
night in Fort Wayne. The Wings were shut out at Port Huron
their last time out 5-0 for a two-game losing skid and are 2-3-0
in their last five games.
Komets leading the I: Center Mathieu
Curadeau has an IHL high nine goals (four-way tie). Left
wing P.C. Drouin has a league best two game winning goals
(four-way tie). Center Rick Varone leads rookies with six
goals, seven assists and 13 points along with a +10. Guy
Dupuis leads defensemen with four goals and 12 points. The
Komets lead with 45 goals and have allowed a league-lowest 26
goals. The Komets attracted a crowd of 9,464 Saturday
night and lead all minor league pro hockey in America in
attendance with a per-game average of 9,115 after three home
games.
Komet streaks.....Colin Chaulk has registered
points in each game he has appeared. After missing two
games due to the flu, the veteran center extended his personal
point-scoring streak to six games (3 goals, 13 assists) scoring
three assists in Saturday night's 6-4 home win over Bloomington
in his return to action. Winger David Hukalo has a
seven-point scoring streak (3 goals, 8 assists) and center
Mathieu Curadeau pointed in each game played for the week for a
four-game point streak (3 goals, 5 assists). Also, the
Komets' 6-4 home win Saturday night over the Thunder pushed
their undefeated home streak to three games.
Points in seven of the first eight out of the gate.....winger
Konstantin Shafranov (assists in each of seven games), winger
David Hukalo (assists in each of six games), center Rick Varone
and center Mathieu Curadeau have each tallied points in seven of
the eight games played so far this season for fast starts to
2008-09.
Special K's.....the Komets own the leading IHL
power play with a 26.1% rating scoring 12 goals with the man
advantage in 46 chances. Saturday the Komets netted their
first home power play goals of the season scoring twcie with the
extra attacker. The Komets also have a league-high three
short-handed tallies (all scored on the road) and have yet to
allow a short-handed goal.
Fill 'er Up and SAVE! Again this season the
Komets have teamed with Marathon for big savings at the ticket
office. With every two fill-ups fans can cash in on a "buy
one, get one free" ticket offer. Marathon/Komet fill up
cards are available at all participating Marathons in the local
area. Fill 'er Up for Komet savings!
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
Thursday, Nov. 13.....Komets at Flint Generals, 7pm, WKJG/ESPN
AM 1380
Friday, Nov. 14.....Muskegon Lumberjacks at Komets, 8pm, WOWO AM 1190
Saturday, Nov. 15.....Komets at Kalamazoo Wings,
7:30pm, WOWO AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 11.....10am-noon at the coliseum
Wednesday, Nov. 12.....10am-noon at the coliseum
Thursday, Nov. 13.....10am-11am at the coliseum
Friday, Nov. 14.....10am-11am at the coliseum
Saturday, Nov. 15.....no practice on ice
Sunday, Nov. 16....no practice on ice
Monday, Nov. 17.....10am-noon 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 11/8/08
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK
Fort Wayne 8 6 2 0 0 12 .750 45 26 259 3-0-0-0 3-2-0-0 6-2-0-0 1-0-0-0
Muskegon 8 6 2 0 0 12 .750 38 31 192 4-0-0-0 2-2-0-0 6-2-0-0 3-0-0-0
Flint 11 4 6 1 0 9 .409 35 52 307 2-2-1-0 2-4-0-0 4-5-1-0 0-1-0-0
Port Huron 9 4 5 0 0 8 .444 33 28 212 3-2-0-0 1-3-0-0 4-5-0-0 2-0-0-0
Bloomington 8 4 4 0 0 8 .500 32 35 249 3-3-0-0 1-1-0-0 4-4-0-0 0-2-0-0
Kalamazoo 8 2 6 0 0 4 .250 24 35 134 1-2-0-0 1-4-0-0 2-6-0-0 0-2-0-0
TOTALS 52 26 25 1 0 53 .510 207 207 1353 - - - -
FORT WAYNE KOMETS Teamstats thru games of 11/8/08
# 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 6 3 13 16 +11 12 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 13 .231
94 Curadeau, Mathieu C 8 9 6 15 +2 12 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 37 .243
71 Drouin, P.C. LW 8 7 8 15 +7 14 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 29 .241
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 8 5 9 14 +9 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 26 .192
7 Varone, Rick C 8 6 7 13 +10 18 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 22 .273
2 Dupuis, Guy D 8 4 8 12 +6 12 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 .125
21 Hukalo, David RW 8 3 8 11 +5 6 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 15 .200
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 8 0 2 2 +7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 21 .000
74 Gravelle, Maxime C 8 0 2 2 -1 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 .000
3 Mironovic, Danko D 8 0 1 1 +6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 .000
22 Bertram, Kevin D 8 0 1 1 +7 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 .000
28 Holladay, Jay D 7 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 .000
10 Field, Mike F 4 0 1 1 -2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .000
4 Boulay, Brian D 8 0 0 0 +4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9 .000
15 MacMillan, Brad RW 7 0 0 0 -1 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 .000
33 Boucher, Nick G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
60 Laplante, Sebastie G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
9 Warner, Brandon D 2 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .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
TOTALS 8 45 69 114 +81 259 12 23 3 3 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 .000 273 .165
# GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick 4 239:03 3 1 0 0 0 13 3.26 0 0 0 0 94 .879
60 Laplante, Sebastie 4 238:40 3 1 0 0 0 13 3.27 0 0 0 0 112 .896
TOTALS 8 6 2 0 0 0 26 3.25 0 0 0 0 206 .88
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