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Komets shutout Thunder, improve to
10-7-1-0
4 games in 5 nights slated this week
Icehawks invade Saturday
FORT WAYNE KOMETS PRESS RELEASE
Posted Monday, December 8, 2008
Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club | 1010 Memorial Way, Fort
Wayne, IN 46805 | 260.483.0011
Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets finished week eight of
2008-09 splitting the two games played to improve to 10-7-1-0
and 21 points. Fort Wayne holds fourth place in the tight
IHL race, four points behind first-place Muskegon.
In review of last week, the Komets suffered their first setback
of the season to the Generals 3-2 at Flint Friday.
Saturday the Komets returned home to notch their first shoutout
of the year 3-0 over the visiting Bloomington PrairieThunder.
It was the 170th shutout win, 98th at home, in Fort Wayne's
57-year history. Goaltender Tim Haun recorded the shutout
in his first IHL start after being added to the Komets' roster
last week. Veteran Guy Dupuis posted his third three-point
night of the season assisting on all three goals scored to lead
IHL defensemen with 19 assists and 23 points.
This week the Komets skate four games in five nights starting at
Port Huron Tuesday at 7:30pm. The Icehawks begin the week
in second place with 24 points in 21 games, three points ahead
of the Komets who have skated 18 games so far this season.
Port Huron is riding a three-game win streak. The Komets
were the last team to beat Port Huron 5-3 in the last meeting
Nov. 28 at Fort Wayne. The Komets lead the season series
2-1-0-0.
Thursday the Komets travel to Flint to face the Generals at 7pm.
Flint is coming off two straight wins for their second two-game
win string of the season. The Komets lead the season
series 3-1-0-0. Thursday's game will be the fifth of 16
meetings this year.
Friday the Komets visit the league-leading Muskegon Lumberjacks.
It's the second of seven trips to Muskegon. The
Lumberjacks are the only IHL team with a winning record against
Fort Wayne. The Komets are 0-3-0-0 in three previous
meetings. The Komets lost 3-1 at home Dec. 29 to Muskegon
in the last meeting. Muskegon split their two games played
last week and are 3-2-0-0 in their last five, 5-3-1-0 in their
last nine. The Lumberjacks are idle this week until the
Komets visit Friday.
Saturday the Komets complete the week hosting Port Huron at
7:30pm. In addition to Tuesday night's Komet game at Port
Huron, the Icehawks will host Bloomington Friday night before
traveling to Fort Wayne Saturday.
Next week the Komets will host a home double-header weekend
prior to the Christmas holiday. Saturday, Dec. 20 the
Komets host Muskegon at 7:30pm and Sunday, Dec. 21 the Komets
welcome the Kalamazoo Wings at 5pm for the first Sunday game of
the season featuring a Wendy's after-game family skate.
Sunday, Dec. 21 is also the first Komet's Season Ticket Exchange
Night of the season.
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.
For more information visit the Komet office, or the Komets'
website at
www.komets.com,
or call 260-483-0011.
Thomas trains to Fort Wayne.....the Komets
welcomed skater Leo Thomas to the lineup last week prior to
Friday and Saturday night's games. Thomas started the
season with Bloomington before agreeing to terms with the Komets.
The veteran forward posted points in each game played over the
weekend. Thomas passed an assist Friday and scored the
first goal and game winner Saturday against his former teammates
in his Fort Wayne debut.
P.C. streaking.....veteran P.C. Drouin scored
points in each game played last week to extend his point-scoring
streak to five games (2 goals, 5 assists).
Special K's.....the Komets' penalty kill was a
perfect 14/14 in the two games played last week. The Fort
Wayne penalty kill ranks #1 in the IHL with an 87.0% efficiency
rating. The Komets were 3/11 with the man advantage and
continue to lead the IHL with a 22.5% power play rating.
KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Tuesday, Dec. 9.....Komets at Port Huron Icehawks, 7:30pm,
ESPN Radio AM 1380
Thursday, Dec. 11....Komets at Flint Generals, 7pm, ESPN Radio
AM 1380
Friday, Dec. 12.....Komets at Muskegon Lumberjacks, 7:30pm, WOWO AM 1190
Saturday, Dec. 13.....Port Huron Icehawks at Komets,
7:30pm, WOWO AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast
Komet practice schedule
Tue, Dec. 9.....10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wed, Dec.10.....11am-noon at McMillen Ice Arena
Thu, Dec. 11.....10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena
Fri, Dec. 12.....no practice on ice
Sat, Dec. 13.....11am-noon at the coliseum
Sun, Dec. 14....no practice on ice
Mon, Dec. 15.....10am-noon at the
coliseum
Komets Schedule
 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 12/7/08
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK
Muskegon 18 12 5 1 0 25 .694 84 73 469 8-2-0-0 4-3-1-0 6-3-1-0 1-0-0-0
Port Huron 21 12 9 0 0 24 .571 74 64 409 5-4-0-0 7-5-0-0 6-4-0-0 3-0-0-0
Kalamazoo 19 11 8 0 0 22 .579 74 58 363 5-2-0-0 6-6-0-0 8-2-0-0 0-1-0-0
Fort Wayne 18 10 7 1 0 21 .583 72 55 478 5-3-1-0 5-4-0-0 4-5-1-0 1-0-0-0
Flint 23 7 14 1 1 16 .348 75 107 569 5-6-1-1 2-8-0-0 3-6-0-1 2-0-0-0
Bloomington 19 7 12 0 0 14 .368 61 83 490 5-6-0-0 2-6-0-0 3-7-0-0 0-3-0-0
TOTALS 118 59 55 3 1 122 .517 440 440 2778 - - - -
FORT WAYNE KOMETS teamstats thru games of 12/7/08
# 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 16 4 26 30 +8 30 1 14 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 38 .105
71 Drouin, P.C. LW 18 13 14 27 +6 26 3 7 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 58 .224
2 Dupuis, Guy D 18 4 19 23 +6 28 2 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 65 .062
94 Curadeau, Mathieu C 14 13 7 20 +2 16 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .000 62 .210
7 Varone, Rick C 18 8 10 18 +6 44 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 42 .190
21 Hukalo, David RW 16 5 11 16 +4 12 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 44 .114
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 13 6 9 15 +8 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 36 .167
19 Osman, Dominic RW 7 10 2 12 +3 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 39 .256
44 Thomas, Leo C 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9 .111
(TOTALS) 11 5 3 8 -7 41 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 34 .147
29 OConnor, Sean RW 10 2 2 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 22 .091
9 Warner, Brandon D 9 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12 .167
22 Bertram, Kevin D 17 1 3 4 +8 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11 .091
82 Legault, Olivier LW 11 3 0 3 +4 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 .300
3 Mironovic, Danko D 18 0 3 3 +3 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 14 .000
28 Holladay, Jay D 17 0 3 3 -4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 23 .000
74 Gravelle, Maxime C 18 0 2 2 -2 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 15 .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
4 Boulay, Brian D 18 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 15 .000
15 MacMillan, Brad RW 17 0 1 1 -6 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 23 .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
14 Pence, Jake D 3 0 1 1 -2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .000
33 Boucher, Nick G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
60 Laplante, Sebastie G 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
27 Lewis, Adam C 5 0 0 0 -3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6 .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
35 Haun, Tim G 1 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 18 72 120 192 +37 478 25 48 4 5 10 11 0 4 0 0 0 .000 568 .127
# GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick 12 691:08 5 5 1 0 0 37 3.21 0 0 0 0 289 .887
60 Laplante, Sebastie 6 326:16 4 2 0 0 0 18 3.31 0 0 0 0 157 .897
35 Haun, Tim 1 60:00 1 0 0 0 1 0 .00 0 0 0 0 25 1.000
TOTALS 18 10 8 1 0 1 55 3.06 0 0 0 0 471 .895
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