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Komets gain 6 points, improve to
13-8-1-0
Lumberjacks visit Saturday, Wings here Sunday
Drouin, Boucher snag weekly honors
FORT WAYNE KOMETS PRESS RELEASE
Posted Monday, December 15, 2008
Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club | 1010 Memorial Way, Fort
Wayne, IN 46805 | 260.483.0011
Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets completed week nine of
2008-09 sweeping all three road games before suffering a 4-1
setback Saturday to the visiting Port Huron Icehawks. The
Komets gained six points in the week's play to improve to
13-8-1-0 for 27 points and second place in the IHL, one point
behind first-place Port Huron and two points ahead of
third-place Muskegon in the tight race at the top of the league.
In review of last week, the Komets extended their win string to
four games with three straight road wins. Tuesday the
Komets took a 3-2 victory out of Port Huron. Thursday the
Komets clipped the Generals at Flint 4-3 and Friday the
Lumberjacks in Muskegon became the Komets' third straight victim
on the road 3-1. Saturday the Komets returned to Fort
Wayne and dropped a 4-1 decision to Port Huron.
This week the Komets will start a home-and-home series against
the Lumberjacks at Muskegon Friday at 7pm. Saturday
the Komets host the Jacks at 7:30pm to start a weekend home
double-header prior to the Christmas holiday. The
Lumberjacks are idle this week until they host Fort Wayne
Friday. Muskegon has lost their last two outings including
the 3-1 loss to the Komets last Friday night at L.C. Walker
Arena. This Friday's game is the 5th of 15 meetings this
season. Fort Wayne trails the series 1-3-0-0 after winning
it's first game against the Jacks last Friday night.
Sunday the Komets finish three-games in as many nights when they
welcome the Kalamazoo Wings to town for a 5pm faceoff.
Kalamazoo has been alternating wins and losses lately, going
2-3-0-0 in their last five games after posting an eight-game
winning streak. Kalamazoo skates at Port Huron Tuesday and
returns home to host Flint Friday and Bloomington Saturday
before traveling to Fort Wayne Sunday.
Sunday's game is
the first Sunday afternoon game of the season in Fort Wayne
featuring a Wendy's after-game family free skate. Sunday
is also the first Komets' Season Ticket Exchange Night of the
year. Season ticket holders with unused tickets from
previous games this year can exchange them for tickets to
Sunday's 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.
For more information visit the Komet office, or the Komets'
website at
www.komets.com,
or call 260-483-0011.
Drouin, Boucher players of the week: Veteran
P.C. Drouin was named the IHL's Player of the Week and Nick
Boucher snagged the Goaltender of the Week award for the period
ending Dec. 14, 2008.
Drouin had points in each game played to extend his point
scoring streak to a league season-high nine games (4 goals, 9
assists) and reach an IHL season-high six-game assist streak (6
assists). Drouin finished the week with two goals, four
assists and six points in the four games played for his first
weekly honor of the season. The left winger leads the
Komets with 15 goals, 33 points and +10 on the season.
Boucher earned the netminder of the week honor after winning
both games played. Boucher allowed three goals for a 1.50
goals-against average and stopped 60 of 63 shots for a .952 save
percentage. It was the first weekly honor of the season
for Boucher and the third goaltender award for the Komets.
Tim Haun was named Goaltender of the Week for the previous week.
Sebastian Laplante was named Goalie of the Month for October.
Special K's.....the Komets' continue to rank #1 in the IHL
on the penalty kill with an 86.5% efficiency rating. Prior
to Port Huron's three third-period power play goals Saturday
night, the Komets had successfully killed 48 of 49 power plays.
The Komets also continue to lead the IHL on the power play with
a 20.6% rating.
KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Friday, Dec. 19.....Komets at Muskegon Lumberjacks, 7pm, WOWO AM 1190
Saturday, Dec. 20.....Muskegon Lumberjacks at Komets,
7:30pm, WOWO AM 1190
Sunday, Dec. 21.....Kalamazoo Wings at Komets, 5pm, WOWO AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast
Komet practice schedule
Tue, Dec. 16.....10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wed, Dec.17.....10am-noon at the
Coliseum
Thu, Dec. 18.....10am-noon at the
Coliseum
Fri, Dec. 19.....10am-11am at
McMillen Ice Arena
Sat, Dec. 20.....11am-noon at the Coliseum
Sun, Dec. 21....no practice
Mon, Dec. 22.....no practice
Tue, Dec. 23.....10am-11am at the Coliseum, Komet office closed
Wed. Dec. 24.....no practice, Komet office closed
Thu. Dec. 25.....no practice, Komet office closed
Fri. Dec. 26.....10am-11am at the
Coliseum
Komets Schedule
 PROJECT
KOMET KARE PACKAGE 3 starts Saturday.....the Komets and FortWayne.com would
like to ask fans for their help in supporting our troops by donating to Project
Komet Kare Package again this season. Prior to Komet home games this
Saturday and Sunday donations will be accepted and later shipped to American
troops defending our freedom around the globe. Many different items can be
donated such as white socks, soap, deodorant, body lotion and wash, phone cards
and much more. For more information and donation suggestions visit
www.anysoldier.com/whattosend.cfm.
 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 12/14/08
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK
Port Huron 24 14 10 0 0 28 .583 85 70 466 5-5-0-0 9-5-0-0 6-4-0-0 2-0-0-0
Fort Wayne 22 13 8 1 0 27 .614 83 65 563 5-4-1-0 8-4-0-0 6-3-1-0 0-1-0-0
Muskegon 20 12 7 1 0 25 .625 87 80 511 8-4-0-0 4-3-1-0 5-4-1-0 0-2-0-0
Kalamazoo 21 12 9 0 0 24 .571 82 66 410 6-2-0-0 6-7-0-0 7-3-0-0 0-1-0-0
Flint 26 8 15 1 2 19 .365 86 118 655 5-7-1-1 3-8-0-1 3-6-0-1 1-0-0-0
Bloomington 21 8 13 0 0 16 .381 67 91 522 6-7-0-0 2-6-0-0 3-7-0-0 1-0-0-0
TOTALS 134 67 62 3 2 139 .519 490 490 3127 - - - -
FORT WAYNE KOMETS teamstats thru games of 12/14/08
# 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 22 15 18 33 +10 30 3 8 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 68 .221
91 Chaulk, Colin C 20 4 29 33 +6 34 1 16 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 45 .089
2 Dupuis, Guy D 22 5 20 25 +4 32 3 11 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 78 .064
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 22 8 10 18 +8 46 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 49 .163
21 Hukalo, David RW 20 5 13 18 +7 25 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 52 .096
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 11 11 2 13 +1 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 54 .204
44 Thomas, Leo C 6 4 3 7 +3 9 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 19 .211
(TOTALS) 15 8 5 13 -4 50 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 44 .182
9 Warner, Brandon D 13 4 3 7 +3 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 22 .182
29 OConnor, Sean RW 14 3 3 6 +1 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 30 .100
28 Holladay, Jay D 21 1 4 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 35 .029
22 Bertram, Kevin D 21 1 3 4 +9 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 16 .063
82 Legault, Olivier LW 14 3 0 3 +3 43 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12 .250
3 Mironovic, Danko D 22 0 3 3 +1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18 .000
74 Gravelle, Maxime C 20 0 3 3 -2 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18 .000
15 MacMillan, Brad RW 20 0 2 2 -4 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 26 .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 22 0 1 1 +1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 16 .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 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
47 Lewis, Adam C 8 0 0 0 -3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 13 .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
35 Haun, Tim G 3 0 0 0 0 2 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
GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT
TOTALS 22 83 137 220 +55 563 27 52 4 5 13 14 0 5 0 0 0 .000 693 .120
# GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick 14 811:08 7 5 1 0 0 40 2.96 0 0 0 0 349 .897
60 Laplante, Sebastie 6 326:16 4 2 0 0 0 18 3.31 0 0 0 0 157 .897
35 Haun, Tim 3 178:44 2 1 0 0 1 7 2.35 0 0 0 0 77 .917
TOTALS 22 13 9 1 0 1 65 2.95 0 0 0 0 583 .900
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