Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets completed week 12 of 2009-10 earning five points in
four games and improving to 17-11-0-2 for 36 points and third
place with a four-point margin over fourth place Bloomington and
Dayton.
The final week of 2009 began with a 6-4 setback to the visiting
Dayton Gems Tuesday night in the first of a mid-week holiday
home-and-home series. Wednesday the Komets turned the
tables and clipped the Gems in Dayton 3-2.
Thursday the Komets celebrated New Year's Eve with a 5-1
thrashing of the Thunder from Bloomington. A sold-out
crowd of 10,454 attended the traditional Fort Wayne event
pushing the Komets' average home attendance for the year to
8,036 after 13 games on coliseum ice. It was the Komets'
eighth straight New Year's Eve victory to improve to 36-13-3-1
in 53 games.
Saturday the Komets capped the week earning a point in a 3-2
shootout loss at Flint.
Thunder and Lumberjacks visit for double-header weekend
The Komets will skate back-to-back home games this Friday and
Saturday. Friday the Bloomington PrairieThunder
(14-11-2-2, 32 points) return for an 8pm faceoff. The
Thunder are on the Komets' heels in the standings trailing by
four points. Bloomington will host Port Huron Wednesday
before traveling to Fort Wayne Friday. The Thunder are
winless in their last four outings (0-3-1-0). Friday's
match will be Bloomington's third of six visits to Fort Wayne
where they are winless in two previous visits. The Komets
lead the series 3-2-0-0.
Saturday the Komets welcome Muskegon (21-8-0-3) at 7:30pm.
The Lumberjacks are tied with Port Huron at the top of the IHL
with 45 points. The Komets dropped the Lumberjacks 7-2 in
the last meeting Dec. 26 at Muskegon. The Lumberjacks are
2-3-0-0 in their last five games and will host Flint
Friday before facing the Komets Saturday.
Sunday the Komets complete the weekend with a 5pm faceoff in
Dayton. The Gems are also trying to catch the Komets,
trailing by four points, and will skate at Flint Saturday before
facing the Komets at Hara Arena Sunday.
Komet streaks.....Leo Thomas (C) has points in
four straight games (2 goals, 3 assists) and assists in three
straight games (3 assists).....Konstantin Shafranov (LW) has a
three-game point scoring streak (1goal, 3 assists).
Sims claims number 300.....Al Sims, Fort Wayne's
winningest coach, had more to celebrate than the new year last
Thursday night when he registered his 300th win as a Komet head
coach after beating Bloomington in Fort Wayne's traditional New
Year's Eve game 5-1. Sims is in his seventh season as a
Komet head coach. Sims coached four seasons from 1989-90
thru 1992-93 and is in his third straight season as head coach
since his return in 2007.
Great Komet tickets.......Still plenty of great
seats available for all upcoming Komet home games.
Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket
Office and online at
www.ticketmaster.com.
Single game
ticket prices for 2009-10 remain the same as last season,
ranging from $8.00 to $20.00 for seniors and adults and starting
at $6.00 for children. The Komets offer discounts on
group tickets sold at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way. For more information visit
the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets' website
at
www.komets.com.
Radio rink-side......follow the Komets radio-rinkside
with Bob Chase, in his 57th
consecutive season calling Komet action on WOWO Radio AM 1190.
The Komet
broadcast can also be
heard worldwide at
www.komets.com at
Comcast KometCast.
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.
KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Friday, Jan 8...................Bloomington PrairieThunder
at Komets, 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Jan 9...............Muskegon Lumberjacks at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Sunday, Jan. 10..............Komets at Dayton Gems, 5pm, WOWO
Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast
KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Jan. 5.............10am-noon
at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Jan. 6........10am-noon
at the Coliseum
Thursday, Jan. 7............10am-noon
at the Coliseum
Friday, Jan. 8................10am-11am at the Coliseum
Saturday, Jan. 9............10am-11am at the Coliseum
Tuesday, Jan. 12...........10am-11:30am
at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Jan. 13......10am-11:30am
at McMillen Ice Arena
Thursday, Jan. 14..........10am-11:30am
at McMillen Ice Arena
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 1/3/2010
TEAM
GP W L
OTL SOL PTS WPCT
GF GA PIM
HOME ROAD
L-TEN STREAK
Port Huron
31 22 8
0 1 45
.726 108 81 628
14-2-0-0 8-6-0-1 8-2-0-0
0-1-0-0
Muskegon
32 21 8
0 3 45
.703 109 94 780
12-4-0-0 9-4-0-3 6-4-0-0
1-0-0-0
Fort Wayne
30 17 11
0 2 36
.600 88 80 684
9-3-0-1 8-8-0-1 5-4-0-1
0-0-0-1
Bloomington 29
14 11 2
2 32 .552 90
87 759 11-3-2-0
3-8-0-2 5-4-1-0 0-3-1-0
Dayton
33 14 15
3 1 32
.485 94 104 494
7-7-1-1 7-8-2-0 3-6-0-1
1-0-0-0
Flint
33 11 17
1 4 27
.409 89 107 660
9-5-0-4 2-12-1-0 5-3-0-2
0-0-0-1
Quad City
30 10 14
4 2 26
.433 77 102 471
7-5-1-1 3-9-3-1 4-3-2-1
3-0-0-0
TOTALS
218 109 84 10
15 243 .557 655
655 4476 -
- -
-
FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 1/2/2010
#
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 30 7 21 28
-1 24 5 11
0 1 2 0
1 0 0 1
3 .333 89 .079
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 25 6 22 28
+4 66 1 7
0 0 1 2
0 0 1 0
0 .000 66 .091
44 Thomas, Leo
C 30 13 9 22
+2 30 5 5
2 0 4 2
2 1 0 0
3 .000 77 .169
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 30 5 16 21
-1 45 3 6
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 80 .063
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 26 8 9 17
-1 22 2 2
2 0 2 0
0 1 0 0
1 .000 81 .099
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 17
4 10 14 +3
6 1 4 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 1
2 .500 33 .121
21 Hukalo, David
RW 21 7 6 13
0 30 4 3
0 0 2 2
1 0 0 0
1 .000 58 .121
96 Chwedoruk, Justin F
20 6 6 12
0 13 3 1
0 1 0 1
0 0 1 0
2 .000 60 .100
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
27 4 8 12 -1
2 2 6 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 46 .087
27 Syroczynski, Matt LW
5 5 3 8
+6 0 1 1
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 25 .200
79 Schrock, Kaliegh RW
30 6 1 7
-8 75 0 0
1 1 1 1
0 1 0 0
0 .000 75 .080
19 Rodger, Keith
D 29 2 5 7
-2 72 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 31 .065
9 Warner, Brandon
D 21 1 6 7
0 6 0 2
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 29 .034
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 21 2 4 6
+10 33 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 16 .125
72 Woodard, Matt
D 29 3 2 5
-8 25 2 2
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 43 .070
X Klempa, Tomas RW
24 3 2 5
-6 2 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 .000 69 .043
7 Varone, Rick
C 15 1 4 5
-2 12 1 3
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 33 .030
20 Phillips, Bobby D
30 0 4 4
+11 23 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 37 .000
15 MacMillan, Brad RW
14 1 1 2
0 109 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 14 .071
3 Mironovic, Danko D
26 0 2 2
+1 31 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 19 .000
35 Haun, Tim
G 19 0 2 2
0 14 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
51 Stayzer, Blair
D 13 1 0 1
0 34 1 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 16 .063
X Whitehead, Travis C 7
1 0 1 0
4 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.167
X Saidachev, Evgeny RW 7
0 1 1 -2
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.000
33 Boucher, Nick
G 11 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
X Laise, Vince F
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
X Duffus, Parris G
1 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
30 88 144 232 +5 684
31 55 5 4
17 15 6 7
2 2 12
.167 1011 .087
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L
OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW
SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
35 Haun, Tim
19 1158:10 10 7 0
2 0 45 2.33 2
4 3 14
463 .911
33 Boucher, Nick
11 660:11 7 4 0
0 0 32 2.91 0
0 0 0
299 .903
X Duffus, Parris 1
0:31 0 0 0
0 0 0 .00
0 0 0
0 0
.000
TOTALS
30
17 11 0 2 0
80 2.67 2 4
3 14 762
.905
